Usually anything with the "space disco" tag is an instant turn-off for me, but Lumeet comes off more like 80s action movie montage soundtrack than the usual Balearia-inspired, cognoscenti-approved stuff I typically associate with the style. Simply put: If the retro analog electronics of fellow Finns Nightsatan or Desert Planet are your thing, you'll probably dig this too -- I know I do.
Check out the entire full-length album "Isadora Mu" at Bandcamp: http://store.lumeet.net/album/isadora-mu
New tunes from Red Doves, a new band featuring ex-members form Trapdoor Fucking Exit, Section 8 and Henry Fiats Open Sore. Look for the band's debut 12" "Off the grid" to be released on April 30 via .
Finnish fiddler Arto Järvelä (JPP, etc) will be doing a West Coast tour in May alongside Finnish/American folk duo Kaivama: http://www.kaivama.com/shows.html
Nice to see they're doing a show here in Olympia, so if my wife decides that's how she'd like to spend her birthday then we will be in attendance.
Apparently the US release of Ane Brun's latest record "It all starts with one" will include this Arcade Fire cover as a bonus track. The official release date is May 1.
"En för alla för en" is the first single from Knivderby's upcoming record "Uppochnervända kors", due out April 25 via , and it features guest vocals from SAOL of The Baboon Show.
Berlin-based clubnight Nordic By Nature has posted their latest mixtape for April/spring. To get the latest on their activities for the month, go here: http://www.nbnberlin.de/dates.html
"Worn out shoes" is the first song Lighthouse Project wrote for their new album "We are the wildflowers" and also the first song they are sharing. Said album will be officially released on April 25.
I wouldn't normally expect straight-up meat'n'potatoes death metal from , but here you go. Look for the band's upcoming self-titled discography CD to be released in the near future.