Danish artist Lena Andersson won three awards at the Just Plain Folks Awards in Nashville, TN including Female Vocalist of the Year and 2nd place in the category "Best Female Singer Songwriter Album" for her record "Let your scars dance".
The first batch of copies for the new Great Northern Recordings compilation #4 (feat. Lakes of Grass and Gold (aka Erik Enocksson), Tape, The Magic State and Tsukimono) sold out mighty quick, but I've managed to score another grip and have updated the storefront accordingly. Buy or die: CD / CS
Don't snooze on this one - once these are gone, they are gone for good!
The new Tarantula Waltz album "Did not leave to find but to forget, to leave behind" is confirmed for release on January 13 and the lead single "Glasgow & Clyde" will be out in November, but can already be heard at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/tarantulaband
Umeå-based punkrockers Industri Royal have a new single called "Talar i tungor" ("Speaking in tongues") which can be downloaded for free: http://industriroyal.com/industri_royal-talar_i_tungor.mp3
The band also has a new video for the song "I can keep a secret" which can be viewed here: http://vimeo.com/6434416
Swedish child pop group Next Generation has two new videos online: "Gul och blå" / "Jag är ingen robot"
You've got to be a callous hard-hearted bastard not to be charmed by this. Look for the new record "Ung revolution" in November.
The Washington Post Express reports on the "experience" of seeing a trashed Ida Maria live on the Perez Hilton tour: http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2009/09/ida-maria-perez-hilton.php
Dear Euphoria on tour:
09/16 - Kfz, Marburg (GER)
09/17 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
09/18 - Noch besser Leben, Leipzig (GER)
09/19 - Vorstadt, Wien (AUS)
09/21 - Glockenbachwerkstatt, München (GER)
09/23 - Hafen 2, Offenbach (GER)
09/24 - Reeperbahnfestival, Hamburg (GER)
09/25 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
09/26 - Spatz&Wal, Unna (GER)
I don't know how she is live, but her debut record "Heal my violence" is superb.
Trondheim-based singer/songwriter Rhys Marsh and the Autumn Ghost will release his sophomore album "Dulcima" on October 5 via Termo Records (While Willow, The Opium Cartel) and the first single "You'll never fall" is being offered as a free download: http://rhysmarsh.com/downloads/youllNeverFall.zip
Hear another two tracks from the record at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/rhysmarsh
No exact dates are posted yet, but Smalltown has confirmed that they'll be touring the US with Off With Their Heads from October 21 through November 14, from Chicago to SF with stops at the Red Scare Red October Fest, Gainesville Fest and the Pirates Press anniversary party.
The new Marvins Revolt album on PlayRec now has a name and a release date: "Patrolling the heights" will be released on November 2. Tracklist here: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=48079377&blogId=509659598
Finnish shoegazers Joensuu 1685 recorded an extended Kraut-ish cover Bruce Springsteen's "I'm on fire" and are offering it up as a free download: http://www.zshare.net/audio/653458830ba5ff94/
Check out the band on tour in Europe:
09/24 - Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin (GER)
09/25 - Ilse’s Erika, Leipzig (GER)
09/26 - Beatpol, Dresden (GER)
09/28 - Chapeau Rouge, Prague (POL)
10/01 - 013 Batcave, Tilburg (NL)
10/02 - OT301, Amsterdam (NL)
10/03 - L’Ubu, Rennes (FRA)
10/05 - POP IN bar, Paris (FRA)
10/06 - Windmill Brixton, London (UK)
10/08 - The Social - Sonic Cathedral Party, London (UK)
10/09 - 12 Bar Club, London (UK)
Norrland doomcore act Moloken have finally released their debut full-length album "Our astral circle" and are streaming it at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moloken
RIYL early Neurosis (I do). Also check their page for European tourdates starting in mid-October.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. [ingenting] - Halleluja!
02. TALK 1
03. Lama - Beginning
04. Hearts of Black Science - Gold and dust
05. Fare You Well - Come closer now
06. TALK 2
07. Hearts No Static - Part 3
08. No Balls - No
09. Brothers of End - Why
10. TALK 3
11. Loud Pipes - Clean your head
12. Astrid Swan - 2000-2010 (I'm not even 30)
13. David Åhlén - Spirit fall
14. Kornstad - Noir
15. TALK 4
16. C.Aarmé - Abyss song
17. Interlace - Nemesis
18. Toture Division - Traumatic inhuman severance
19. Strip Music - 24 hrs
20. TALK 5
21. Culkin - Twin lakes annual
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers. Also: he doesn't know it yet, but Mathias from Culkin will be my guesthost on next week's show. I'll be letting/forcing him to pick the playlist...
Check out a short trailer for the new Mixtapes & Cellmates single "Soon", due out September 28 via Nomethod: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVJs66jIMyI
Tomas Halberstad's solo debut "The anger" will finally get a proper worldwide digital release on October 1 via all the usual suspects. Check it out -- it's worth hearing.