Ikons have a new website: http://www.1kon5.com/
New Pelle Carlberg tourdates in Germany:
12/01 - Blauer Engel, Kiel
12/02 - Admiralspalast, Berlin
12/03 - Subway, Köln
12/04 - Feinkost Lampe, Hannover
12/05 - Unikeller, Osnabrück
12/06 - Sparte 4, Saarbrücken
12/08 - tbc, Kassel
Look for him to hit the UK and Italy in November as well - dates soon.
Rolling Stone calls Swedish act Marching Band buzzworthy: http://www.rollingstone.com/blogs/breaking/2008/08/hype-monitor-hospital-ships-ma.php
John Roger Olsson of IAT.MP3 act The Grand Opening will be heading out on his very first solo tour under his own name this coming November, accompanied only by his fiancée (who is a very nice lady, I must say):
11/08 - Balsam, Warschau (POL)
11/10 - tba
11/11 - Subrosa, Dortmund (GER)
11/12 - D:qliq, Luxembourg (LUX)
11/13 - Stube, Darmstadt (GER)
11/14 - Cafe Mule, Leipzig (GER)
11/15 - Hasenschaukel, Hamburg (GER)
In other news, The Grand Opening's excellent, most recent album "Beyond the brightness" is out now in Australia on Inertia Music, but of course you can always order a copy from me as well: [click here]
MP3: Anders Teglund - I whisper, he lives
Of all the folks participating in the Björn Kleinhenz cover countdown, Anders Teglund's contribution has got to be the most off the wall. The guy's already got a pretty impressive resumé - Cult of Luna, Convoj, columnist for Groove - might as well add in remixer, though I'm not sure that's what I'd call this piece of music. There are obvious Björn Kleinhenz vocal samples, but who knows where the other sound sources came from? I imagine this isn't too far off from what a Thrones version of the same would be like. Be sure to stick it out too, it gets better as it goes along. I like weird, weird is good.
Anders Teglund - I whisper, he lives
Razzia Records has now officially confirmed that the long-awaited David Sandström Overdrive album "Pigs lose" will be out on October 22.
Oplen, the electronic solo project of Henrik Sunbring from Agent Side Grinder and Kalamare Beat Club, will be releasing a full-length vinyl album on Enfant Terrible early next year. He'll also contribute a track to a comp on the same label, due out this coming fall.
Check out the trailer for "Aldebaran Rising", a movie featuring new music from Finnish postrock act Magyar Posse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EFRqcS96kg
I had seen news reports about the big fire in Bergen, Norway, but what I didn't know was that many prominent members of the local scene lost their rehearsal space and all of their equipment in the blaze: http://www.nomusicmedia.com/2008/09/09/fire-practically-whipes-out-50-of-all-bands-from-bergen/
The new Afasi & Filthy video for "Sverigetrotters" is on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLrvmYgAFY4
Nice to see some footage from Hultsfred - it was a great show.
Norwegian hip-hop crew Gatas Parlament have a new track posted for free download: http://www.gatasp.no/rasist-mot-min-vilje/
Details and preorder info is now posted for the forthcoming Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words LP + 7" release "Lost in reflections": http://www.fangbomb.com/FB008/index.html
Considering that 2007's "Fall, fall, falling" was one of my favorite releases of the year, I am incredibly excited to get my hands on this new one.
The a-side for the forthcoming Je Suis Animal "Painted my face" 7" on Cloudberry Records is now streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/jesuisanimal
Sounds quite nice I must say.