Racingpaperplanes download repository
IAT.MP3 artist Racingpaperplanes is posting a whole bunch of old demos, videos and other rare material for free download/viewing: http://racingpaperplanes.blogspot.com/
PB&J confirm album title, release date and tour
Via Skivkoll comes word that the new Peter Bjorn and John album "Living thing" will be released worldwide on March 27. Tracklist:
01. The feeling
02. It don't move me
03. Just the past
04. Nothing to worry about
05. I'm losing my mind
06. Living thing
07. I want you!
08. Lay it down
09. Stay this way
10. Blue period Picasso
11. 4 out of 5
12. Last night
And tourdates:
02/25 - Strand (fd. Street), Stockholm (SWE)
02/26 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
02/27 - Storan, Göteborg (SWE)
03/05 - Scala, London (UK)
03/06 - Academy 2, Manchester (UK)
03/07 - The Button Factory, Dublin (UK)
03/23 - Estragon, Bologna (ITA)
03/24 - Nouveau Casino, Paris (FRA)
03/25 - Botannique, Brussels (BEL)
03/26 - Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)
03/27 - tba, Cologne (GER)
03/28 - Kesselhaus, Berlin
New Bigband album in March
Norwegian act Bigbang will release the new album "Edendale" on March 9.
Cult of Luna live DVD due out March 23
Cult of Luna's new live DVD "Fire was born", filmed in London last July, will be released on March 23 both as a bonus disc to a new repackaged version of their latest album "Eternal kingdom" and also as a standalone product.
Sterling - Love uranium (video)
Check out the video for Sterling's new single "Love uranium": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrdmPbFaD5M
Culkin gets set for debut full-length
IAT's good friends Culkin will be recording six new tracks in two weeks, enough for a full-length album. Stoked!
The Haunted to release early years comp
Earache will be putting out a special 2-disc comp from The Haunted called "Warning shots" featuring a disc of the band's best material from the early days (1998 - 2003) plus a disc of b-sides/rarities along with an extensive interview with bassist Jonas Björler. Read more: http://teethofthedivine.com/site/news/the-haunted-warning-shots-2-disc-compilation-set-for-release/
Cats On Fire - Horoscope
Finnish indiepop act Cats on Fire is now streaming the new song "Horoscope" at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/catsonfiremusic
New Death Breath in 2009
Guitarist Robert Pehrsson has decreed that there will indeed be a new Death Breath album in 2009. 10 songs are picked and are waiting to be recorded.
They Live By Night
s/t
Razzia Records
The band They Live By Night split up in 2007, but are now back with the new self-titled album and it's definitely not a bad restart. The band has dropped some edge and guitars since "Art & wealth" to replace them with a more traditional pop-sound. This might not be something bleeding edge within its genre, considering the strong drums, whistling and the soft vocals. But it is without any doubt, very well done. "Catching up" is the first track of the album and it sets the energetic happy pop-mood that follows all the way through. At times it feels like a time-machine back to the Sweden's 90's pop-scene, for example, I find the song "Standing by the sea" similar to Staffan Hellstrand's 1993 hit "Lilla fågel blå". TLBN's new release is high-quality pop and it sticks to you, for a while.
- Morten Frisch
TSOOL back in the US at long last
The Soundtrack of Our Lives are doing a short batch of US dates in March:
03/09 - Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
03/13 - Double Door, Chicago, IL
03/15 - The Independent, San Francisco, CA
03/16 - Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA
Plus two more shows TBA (SXSW?).
Kvoteringen in the studio
Swedish hardcore act Kvoteringen is back in the studio working on a new album.
PopMatters gets hip to Katzenjammer
PopMatters (wisely) recommends Norwegian folk/pop group Katzenjammer: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/67391-katzenjammer-le-pop/
In case you forgot, I listed the band's debut album "Le pop" as one of my favorites for 2008.
Help pick Tomas Halberstad's next single
Tomas Halberstad is letting fans and friends help pick his next single: http://tomashalberstad.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/pick-my-next-single/
Absolut Noise talks to Jonathan Johansson
Absolut Noise talks to up-and-coming Swedish artist Jonathan Johansson: http://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2009/01/2009-and-here-come-newcomers-part-3.html