Listen to three new Immanu El songs
Swedish postrock act Immanu El have three new songs posted at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/immanuelband
Taxi Taxi! confirm debut full-length
Taxi Taxi!'s debut full-length "Still Standing at Your Back Door" is confirmed for release on September 21.
MP3: Moderat Likvidation - P.K
I promised a week of negative-minded mp3 posts and I fully intend to deliver, but I am going to start out slow. The new Moderat Likvidation album isn't bad per se as much as it's pointless. Do we really need one of Sweden's classic hardcore acts to reunite in 2009 and tell us about how out of control political correctness has gotten? No, we don't. I'm glad to see those dudes are still raging after all these years and I'm sure a ton of folks were stoked to finally get a chance to see them live, but I doubt their new record would've gotten much attention if they weren't banking on the name. See Pissed Jeans' "Goodbye (hair)" for the proper way to make old-man hardcore. This is just tired and boring.
Moderat Likvidation - P.K
Buy Múm mp3s, help refugees
Artist-friendly mp3 marketplace Gogoyoko has an exclusive digital pre-sale of the new Múm album "Sing along to songs you don't know": http://www.gogoyoko.com/exclusive/mum
Duplicate Records opens mp3 shop, preps lots of new releases
Norwegian avant/metal label Duplicate Records is now doing direct sales of high quality mp3 downloads and are throwing in a bunch of extra tracks as a bonus for many releases: http://www.duplicate-records.com/mp3store.htm
In other label news, look for new 7"s from Lydia Laska and Carniwhöre this fall plus new CDs from both Enthral and Violated.
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour confirm debut album release
Danish indie act The Asteroids Galaxy Tour will finally release their debut full-length "Fruit" in Europe on September 21 with a North American/US release to follow on October 13.
"Have heart" mix
It's not 100% Scandinavian, but I have a new mix I made up at the blog You Were There, Too entitled "Have heart": http://youweretheretoo.blogspot.com/2009/08/avi-roigs-playlist.html
Atoi - Julio Jackson (video)
Danish act Atoi has a neat new animated video for the single "Julio Jackson": http://vimeo.com/6109447
Sounds and looks pretty good!
Presenting: Bouvet
Check out Bouvet, a new Oslo-based act featuring members from Death Is Not Glamorous and The First Cut: http://www.myspace.com/bouvetband
My first impression is that they're doing a heavy/melancholy alt-rock thing kind of like Lapko or maybe Heroes and Zeros, but not nearly as melodramatic as the former. Look for their debut 7" via Sound Fiction this fall.
Sirius playlist week #33
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Marit Bergman - Casey, hold on
02. TALK 1
03. Ponamero Sundown - Alcoholic deathride
04. Titiyo - If only your bed could cry (feat. Moto Boy)
05. The Bear Quartet - Millions
06. TALK 2
07. The Skull Defekts - Millions
08. Gösta Berlings Saga - Sorterargatan 3
09. TALK 3
10. Stefan and the Problematix - In the city
11. 1999 - Hated people
12. Astrid Swan - 2000 - 2010 (I'm not even 30)
13. Grande Roses - I don't wanna get back on that horse again
14. TALK 4
15. Blänk - Shirt off
16. Psychic Stunts - Wind up the sound
17. Baby Woodrose - Countdown to breakdown
18. TALK 5
19. AC4 - Let's go to war
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.
Röyksopp in the US
Röyksopp are coming over to the US for a few limited dates in November and will be bringing fellow Norwegian Anneli Drecker as their guest vocalist:
11/18 - Club Nokia, Los Angeles, CA
11/19 - Regency, San Francisco, CA
11/23 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
11/24 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
The Bear Quartet - 89 now ready for pre-order
Copies of the brand new Bear Quartet album "89" are in-hand and ready for order: [click here]
Buy now and you might even get it before the official release date of 9/9/9, but only if you're lucky. Needless to say, this disc is absolutely essential.
More on 'Saluting the Crunchy Frog-a-logue'
Crunchy Frog has posted some liner notes about their forthcoming 2CD cover tribute/anniversary collection "Saluting the Crunchy Frog-a-logue": http://blog.crunchy.dk/post/SALUTING-THE-CRUNCHY-FROG-A-LOGUE.aspx
Johnny Stage to release solo album
Danish artist Johnny Stage (Martin Hall, Sort Sol, Glamorama) will be releasing his debut solo album "Unknown album" in early 2010. The music is described as "sophisticated rock ala Roxy Music, Brian Eno and David Bowie" and more info can be found at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/johnnystage
Updated Enforcer tourdates
Updated US tourdates for Swedish retro metallers Enforcer:
08/20 - Café Lura, Chicago, IL
08/21 - Blondies, Detroit, MI
08/22 - Ramalama Records Toledo, OH
08/23 - Club Garibaldi's Milwaukee, WI
08/25 - Club DownUnder, Burley, ID
08/26 - The Palace Lounge Missoula, MT
08/27 - Gusto's, Boise, ID
08/28 - Hell's Kitchen, Tacoma, WA
08/29 - Josephine's, Seattle, WA
08/30 - Kelly's Olympian Portland, OR
08/31 - Bubba Thrasher's Redding, CA
09/01 - MusicHead, Medford, OR
09/02 - Annie's Social Club San Francisco, CA
09/03 - The Second Wind, Santee, CA
09/04 - The Black Castle Los Angeles, CA
09/05 - The Jumping Turtle San Marcos, CA
09/06 - Mad Italian's Club 101 Flagstaff, AZ
09/07 - The Compound, Albuquerque, NM
09/08 - Whiskey Dix Bar, Lubbock, TX
09/09 - The Conservatory Oklahoma City, OK
09/10 - Riot Room, Kansas City, MO
09/11 - P.J's, Manhattan, Kansas
09/12 - Rockstar Sports Bar Ft. Worth, Texas
09/13 - Newby's Too, Panama City Beach, FL
09/14 - The Haven, Winter Park, FL
09/15 - The Pit, Jacksonville, FL
09/16 - The Dive Bar Raleigh Raleigh, NC
09/17 - The Smiling Moose Pittsburgh, PA
09/18 - Club Europa, Brooklyn, NY
09/19 - Sonar Club, Baltimore, MD
09/20 - Traxx Long Island, Ronkonkoma, NY
09/21 - Muddy River, Portsmouth, NH
09/22 - Now That's Class Cleveland, OH
I'm not too impressed by Enforcer myself, but tourmates Cauldron (CAN) might be worth checking out.