Norwegian noise artist Single Unit (aka Are Mokkelbost) will be performing at Glasslands in Brooklyn on November 24 as support for Child Abuse.
The Silent Ballet reviews our latest netrelease, "White/Grey/Black" from Tobias Hellkvist and Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words: http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/1934/Default.aspx
Download here: IAT.MP3.012
pHinnWeb reports that Finnish doom act Reverend Bizarre and electro duo Mr Velcro Fastener have a new split 12" EP where they each cover each other's song: http://phinnweb.blogspot.com/2008/11/reverend-bizarre-mr-velcro-fastener.html
MI has the lowdown on this year's Svenska Musikförläggarföreningen (SMFF) Swedish songwriter prizes: http://www.musikindustrin.se/artikel/241/Adam_Tensta_plockade_hem_dubbla_priser.html
Indie MP3 has a new track from Icelandic shoegazers Singapore Sling: http://www.indie-mp3.co.uk/2008/11/new-album-from-singapore-sling.html
The band's new album "Perversity, desperation and death" is out now.
Lo-Fi-Fnk is streaming a new track at myspace called "Want U": http://www.myspace.com/lofifnksweden
Said track appears on the "Kitsuné Maison 6" comp and will also appear on the group's forthcoming album.
MP3: The Mascots - Words enough to tell you
It's been a brutal week of work for me, so I'm especially grateful that contributor Matt Giordano wrote up today's mp3 post:
The Nuggets box-sets are great because there's so much well-forgotten singles just lurking through the annals of history, ready to be loved again and again. That's how I found The Mascots, a Swedish pop band from the 60s. It's obvious to state, and as the compilation is titled, that the music could be mistaken for a British Invasion band, as the sound is so similar and that influence still resonates today. Here's a lost classic for you all.
The Mascots - Words enough to tell you
Dungen
4
Subliminal Sounds/Kemado Records
Atmospheric, jazzy, psychedelic, and soaked with the jam band instincts of the late 60s, "4" is a fantastic album. Opener "Sätt att se" sets the tone for this cinematic experimentation with freeform rock and jazz, the retro production adding further depth to the nostalgic experience - warm, buzzing guitar notes; no sharp edges anywhere, just wave after wave of layered instrumentation. The fact that frontman Gustav Ejstes sings in Swedish does not necessarily matter, not in the way that Markus Krunegård's record suffers for non-Swedish speakers - the beauty of Dungen is in watching the band's songs augment, gain inertia, evolve, and one doesn't have to understand Ejstes' lyrics to witness the progression of the compositions. "Fredag" has quickly become one of my favorite Dungen tracks, though there isn't a bad song to be found on "4". It may not make my Top 10 of 2008, but "4" might well outlive some of those that do through sheer talent and timelessness.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Drummer Tommy Christensen has parted ways with Norwegian pop act Superfamily: http://superfamilypop.blogspot.com/2008/11/tommy-has-left-building.html
Renown Norwegian labels Smalltown Supersound and Telle Records will be teaming up for a clubnight at Cargo in London on December 11. In addition to live music from Diskjokke and The New Wine, Hot Hot Hot DJs (ft. Telle label founder Mikael Telle and DJ Asel) and STSS mainman Joakim Haugland will also spin records.
Rune Grammofon has now posted details for their next release, "Rest at worlds end" from the Norwegian duo Humcrush: http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/humcrush/rcd-2081---humcrush_-rest-at-worlds-end
Don Martin from Norwegian hip-hop group Gatas Parlament has a new mixtape posted for free download: http://www.gatasp.no/don-martin-bushkiller-style-mixtape/
Finnish weirdo blues rockers Black Audio have a new live 10" out now. Read about it at their website: http://www.blaudio.net/
The Silent Ballet on the latest Ø (Mika Vainio/Pan Sonic) album "Oleva": http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/1919/Default.aspx
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Vamp - St. Mandag
02. Erlend Bratland - True Colors
03. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Pust
04. Odd Børretzen/Lars Martin Myhre - Syv sørgelige sanger og tre triste
05. Marit Larsen - The Chase
06. Rita Eriksen - Hjerteslag
07. Herborg Kråkevik - Annleis enn i går
08. Maria Mena - Cause & Effect
09. Karpe Diem - Fire vegger
10. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Mål & Mening
11. Diverse artister - Mgp Jr 2008
12. Odd Nordstoga - Pilegrim
13. Halvdan Sivertsen - Mellom oss
14. Øystein Sunde - Meget i Sløyd
15. St. Thomas - St. Thomas Box
16. GT-Sara - Hva var vel livet uten deg?
17. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og Deilig - Knutsen og Ludvigsen
18. Ingemars - I Finnskogens rike
19. Espen Lind - Army of one
20. Thomas Brøndbo - Du sa æ va en drøm