Check out the Pluxus remix of Familjen's "Det snurrar i min skalle" streaming at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39c6f2iwpgI
Victims will do a few German dates in late October:
10/30 - Archiv, Potsdam
10/31 - Hafenklang, Hamburg
11/01 - AZ, Mülheim
Live music with Per Egland at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/08/25/musik-med-per-egland/
Detektivbyrån is the band of the week at The Silent Ballet: http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Articles/tabid/55/ctl/Details/mid/412/ItemID/1723/Default.aspx
Don't forget to check out my own interview with the band from Saturday: [click here]
New releases on the way from Norwegian label Kong Tiki:
09/08 - The School - Destructive sounds
09/15 - Ranheim - Norwegian wood (engineered by Steve Albini)
09/29 - The Moving Oos - tba
Finnish crusties Hebosagil will be doing a split CD with the absolutely crushing act Viisikko in the near future. Listen to them here: http://www.myspace.com/viisikko
As if "Colossal" wasn't heavy enough, this one's sure to level some buildings. Almost any band that incorporates the Black Flag bars into their logo (see the last few tracks in the player) is worth investigating.
Danish indie act The Elephants will be going into the studio with Mads Andersen in late October to begin work on their next record.
Norwegian band Simon Says No! will be making the trek to NYC for CMJ in late October. Exact dates/details to come.
Paper Thin Walls on the new Emiliana Torrini track "Me and Armini": http://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=1818
Danish artist Gustav Foss has a new 5-track promo EP posted for streaming + download at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/gustavfoss
Mayhem, General Surgery Sayyadina and Crowpath are confirmed for next year's Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 22-24 at Sonar in Baltimore, MD.
Jonas Bjerre (Mew), Guy Berryman (Coldplay) and Magne Furuholmen (A-ha) have apparently joined forces in a new supergroup under the name Apparatjik. The trio recorded the theme song for upcoming BBC2 series "Amazon", premiering on September 22, and so far has no plans to do anything else.
Nosordo's next release will be an LP from Oceans of Silver and Blood, the drone duo of Joachim Nordwall (The Skull Defekts, Kid Commando, iDEAL) and string/sound artist Mark Wastell. The record will be out in late September and the pair will celebrate with a release show at Cafe Oto in London on September 21. Details: http://www.cafeoto.co.uk/programme/oceans.shtm
Structures Sonores, the label of IAT.MP3 artist Sonores, will be putting out the debut album "Any where out of the world" from Swedish electronic act Auton. The label had originally been planning on releasing a comp of contemporary Swedish music entitled "While we're learning to forget", but has since decided to sideline that as Auton's material is said to be far stronger. Listen to samples: http://www.myspace.com/aut0n
Sofia Talvik's duet partner this week is Frida Öhrn from fellow Swedish act Oh Laura: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=41328736