Sweden's Bitch Boys started life in the late 70s as a killer punk band and put out a couple 7"s along with the LP "H-son produktion", but that's not the Bitch Boys I'm posting today. I do love those early records and grabbed a copy of "H-son" when I was in Stockholm, but I also grabbed a copy of "Continental", their 1981 follow-up album. Even a cursory glance at the covers shows the difference:
Yep, they went from young, snotty punks to new romantic in the space of a year. No big deal though- they were actually pretty damn good at it, as you'll hear in today's mp3. The crowd noise intro is a little long and unnecessary, but once they kick in, it's a great little pop tune with a driving beat and buzzing synths. Sure, it's kinda heavy-handed and over-produced, but it works. I especially dig the way the post-chorus bridge gets all pretty with piano in contrast to the rest of the song. New romantic, indeed! I'll see what I can do about getting a full album rip up later today.
Bitch Boys - Café Cherié
Danish postrock act Mimas has a song from their forthcoming record posted on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/mimas
Norwegian experimental/noise label Ambolthue has a bunch of new releases out today including a free remix comp featuring 133 1-second tracks, a reissue of Øyvind Hellner's "Wolf" cassette on CDR (quite possibly Norway's first noise release from 1984) and a new edition in the "Card Series" called Balloony Tunes. Check it: http://www.ambolthue.com/
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Kurt Nilsen - Rise To The Occasion
02. Espen Lind - Army of one
03. Kathrine Moholt - Sweethearts
04. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og deilig -beste
05. Vassendgutane - Xo
06. Åge Aleksandersen - Katalysator
07. Return - Best Of Both Worlds
08. Madrugada - Madrugada
09. Too Far Gone - Livåt
10. Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
11. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
12. Malin - Pang
13. Malin - Pang
14. Morten Harket - Letter From Egypt
15. Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons
16. Ingrid Olava - Juliets Wishes
17. Celine - Bæstevænna
18. Real Ones - All For The Neighbourhood
19. Harald Heide Steen jr. - Musikalske Minner
20. Erik og Kriss - Verden vil bedras
There's a new track from The Haunted up on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thehaunted
NRK reports that Madrugada is officially over: http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.6176294 (in Norwegian)
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Lars Winnerbäck - Vi var där blixten hittade ner - Live hösten 2007
02. Nordman - Djävul eller gud
03. Takida - Bury the lies
04. Patrik Isaksson - 10 år en snäll mans bekännelser
05. Lasse Stefanz - Rallarsväng
06. The Refreshments - Jukebox - Refreshing classics
07. Amanda Jenssen - Killing my darlings
08. Lisa Miskovsky - Last year's songs - Greatest hits
09. Robert Wells - The best of Rhapsody 1998-2008
10. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
11. Abalone Dots - Traveler
12. E.M.D. - A state of mind
13. Brolle - Ett hjärta som glöder som en gång brann
14. Miss Li - Best of 061122-071122
15. ABBA - ABBA Gold - Greatest hits
16. Rongedal - Rongedal
17. The Poodles - Sweet trade - New edition
18. Kleerup - Kleerup
19. Evert Taube - Mästerverk!
20. Hammerfall - Rebels with a cause
MIC Norway has a round-up of Øya Festival coverage from around the web: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2008081411270910453192
Dusted reviews the new Lindstrøm album "Where you go I go too": http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4454
The new I'm From Barcelona track "Music killed me" has barely been out a week, but Adventure Kid has already posted his own version: http://www.adventurekid.se/AdventureKid-MusicKilledMe.mp3
Finnish post-rockers Magyar Posse are collaborating with director Petri Hagner on a new film entitled "Aldebaran rising". The band is composing music for the work and will be performing live at the debut on Octobter 17/18 at Valimo-Sali in Pori, Finland.
Rune Grammofon has posted details for the new MoHa! album "One-way ticket To Candyland": http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/moha_/rcd-2078---moha-one-way-ticket
Danish act The Holiday Show has confirmed their forthcoming debut album for release on October 20 via Slow Shark Records.