Four new Hearts of Black Science tracks, album soon
Swedish melancholy rock act Hearts of Black Science are back in full effect and streaming four new tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/heartsofblackscience
Sista Sekunden to tour in April
April tourdates for Swedish hardcore act Sista Sekunden:
04/03 - G18, Bremen (GER)
04/04 - Plaque, Leipzig (GER)
04/05 - Stumpf, Hanover (GER)
04/06 - Bastard Club, Osnabrück (GER)
04/07 - el Lokal Pirate, Den Haag (NL)
04/08 - Haus Mainusch, Mainz (GER)
04/09 - The Bunker, Chemnitz (GER)
04/10 - Club 007, Prague (CZ)
04/11 - Archiv, Potsdam (GER)
04/12 - Hafenklang, Hamburg (GER)
Oh Land - Heavy eyes (video)
Check out the video for "Heavy eyes" from Danish artist Oh Land: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIG9w4wiKWU
Cult of Luna DVD preview, pt. 2
The release of the new Cult of Luna DVD "Fire was born" has been delayed to late April, so the band has compensated by posting another clip online from the disc: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RzVpwfRVeo
MP3: Trummor & Orgel - Somebody stole my thunder
I actually dig the new Trummor & Orgel disc "Thunderball sessions" quite a bit, shame that the single is the weakest moment. I'm not sure if it's the wrong key or what, but Magnus Carlson's velvet croon comes across as strangely sterile here. I'm surprised, especially considering the way he's able to make even the most rote Weeping Willows material sound Important, but anyhow, let's emphasize the positive, shall we? Concentrate on the instruments, not the vocals. The self-explanatory duo is in full-on Esquivel meets James Bond territory here, creating a soundtrack for a spy movie that doesn't exist, so I suppose they need at least one pop number. "Secret mission", "Under cover", "Spy Island"... song titles that mirror the instrumentation as being very, very obvious, but also very well done. Of course it's cheesy, it's supposed to be, but they jam it out hard.
Trummor & Orgel - Somebody stole my thunder (ft. Magnus Carlson)
The Sounds confirm new album title
The Sounds' new album will be called "Crossing the rubicon". I have no idea when it will be out, but they say the first single "No one sleeps when I'm awake" will be on myspace next week.
Sirius playlist week #10
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. KVLR - All there is to hiding out
02. TALK 1
03. The Rollstons - Defender of the frown
04. Turboweekend - Sweet Jezebel
05. Midaircondo - Serenade
06. TALK 2
07. Promoe - The logic of dreams
08. The Kissaway Trail - La la song
09. Karjalan Sissit - Kuolema tuiloo
10. Montt Mardié - Paraply
11. TALK 3
12. Mikko Singh - Laodi majra
13. Jonathan Johansson - All vill ha hela världen
14. My Darling You! - Dressed4success
15. Paris - Another Saturday night
16. TALK 4
17. Heroin and Your Veins - Intoxication
18. Quagmire - We know we don't know
19. Totalitär - Mer skit att välja
20. The Setting Son - Spring of hate
21. TALK 5
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.
New CDs from Wonderland now in-stock
New discs in stock on the retail front:
PB&J to support Depeche Mode
Peter Bjorn and John will support Depeche Mode when they tour the US this summer. Pfork has details: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/149584-peter-bjorn-and-john-to-open-for-depeche-mode
New Pinto album in May
Swedish indie act Pinto will release their sophomore album "Short songs about longing are better than long songs about shortcomings" on May 5 via Krusty Stills.
I Was a King coming on vinyl
Hype City will be releasing I Was a King's self-titled album on vinyl on March 23. Preorder info: http://hypecity.no/?p=412
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix 2009
02. Silje Nergaard - A Thousand True Stories
03. Jonas Fjeld og Chatham County - Brother Of Song
04. Sie Gubba - Hemafrå
05. Elisabeth Andreassen - Spellemann
06. Kari Bremnes - Ly
07. deLillos - Huskeglemme
08. Frøya - Jenta fra landet
09. Kristin Asbjørnsen - The Night Shines Like the Day
10. Marit Larsen - The Chase
11. Maria Mena - Cause & Effect
12. Tommy Tokyo feat Starving for My Gravy - Smear Your Smiles Back On
13. Åge Sten Nilsen - Glamunition
14. DDR - Das War Das
15. Vestlandsfanden - Tipping & Trygd
16. Skambankt - Hardt regn
17. Black Debbath - Black Debbaths beste. 10 år
18. AF1 - Alle For En
19. Karpe Diem - Fire vegger
20. El Caco - Heat
Diskret Förlag to release 7" from Monument
How many bands are there called Monument? I'm not sure, but the Swedish new-wave/synth version of that band will be releasing a 7" on Diskret Förlag (Hanna Hirsch) called "Feel failure" in May.
Musik med As in RebekkaMaria
Live music with As in RebekkaMaria at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/03/06/musik-med-as-in-rebekkamaria/