Now in-stock: Christian & Karla-Therese Kjellvander - Santiago Alquimista et al - Live
Yep, that's right! It's the new Christian Kjellvander live album recorded with his wife Karla-Therese (a fine musician on her own, I might add). I'm not sure I'm supposed to be selling these yet, but screw it! Act first, apologize later! Tack Fredrik!
Also back in stock and ready for ordering:
Kristofer Åström - RainawayTown (CD)
Kristofer Åström & Hidden Truck - So much for staying alive (2CD)
Kristofer Åström & Hidden Truck - Go, went, gone (CD)
Crucified Barbara will support Backyard Babies on tour in the UK and elsewhere:
09/02 - Academy 2, Birmingham
09/03 - Rock City, Nottingham
09/04 - Academy 2, Newcastle
09/05 - Cathouse, Glasgow, Scotland
09/06 - Corporation, Sheffield
09/07 - Academy 3, Manchester
09/09 - Concorde 2, Brighton
09/10 - The Brook, South Hampton
09/11 - T.J's, Newport, Wales
09/12 - ULE, London
09/13 - Waterfront, Rotterdam, Holland
The Local talks to Sofia Talvik as she prepares to tour the US for the first time: http://www.thelocal.se/13228/20080723/
Metal Martyr reports that Iron Maiden will face off in a game of football (aka, soccer if you live in the US) tomorrow July 24 against an all-star Norwegian team featuring members from Dimmu Borgir, Cadaver, Turbonegro and more: http://www.metalmartyr.com/iron-maiden-strappin-on-their-football-boots/
Dagens Nyheter on Live Nation's domination of the Swedish live music scene plus an interview with Thomas Johansson, head of the company's business strategy for Europe and Asia: http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2198&a=807546 (in Swedish)
Aversionline on the new album "My soul for his glory" from Finnish black-metal act Behexen: http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/07/23/behexen-my-soul-for-his-glory-cd/
Sofia Talvik's guest duet partner this week: Pelle Tamleht, frontman for The Sunshine. Watch the video: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=36285986
In case you haven't checked the msgboard, I've updated the Gbg Spotlight thread with more details on what I've covered so far, plus I created a brand new muxtape mix highlighting a few of my favorite tracks along with a few bonus songs. Check it out!
Here's a good punk-rock icebreaker: which era of Black Flag is your favorite? I'm a Rollins guy myself, though it didn't always used to be that way. Young Avi liked the louder/faster style of the early years, but now old and bitter Avi prefers the, well, older, more bitter and more disillusioned stuff from "Damaged" onward. Nitad, on the other hand, are definitely early years kind of guys. This isn't the snotty retro-punk of the Umeå or KBH scenes though, this stuff is more like a continuation of classic Swedish hardcore. Fast and furious, yes, but also with plenty of hooks to keep you coming back for more. The name is from a famous Moderat Likvidation song, after all. Really looking forward to the upcoming full-length -- even if it's not so hot, it's still got all the various EP tracks plus some seriously bad-ass artwork.
Nitad - Ge mig ge mig
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Mist consists of 4 girls from Gothenburg and is the kind of band that fall into the category "see them live", since their originality isn't striking when just listening, I need some charisma here! "On high heels" is a self released album, recorded in Peekaboo Studios, an alternative Pop EP consisting of 5 songs with a general impression of moderate beauty. According to me and the fact that they have played together since childhood, they should sound more original and improvisational. I'm saying that it is a bit too unbuoyant; there are intersections between the sound and the lead vocal, the cause of that can be the answer of the difference between track 3: "My baby blue" (which is excellent) to the other songs. Martha Brauer's vocal is on the right spot on this song, the ensemble is faultless from instrument, chorus to style, exactly the jazzy to swinging touch that Mist should concentrate completely on. In "My baby blue" I find the potential of this group and further on I hope they will improvise more to their success. Meanwhile, I might see them live.
- Therese Buxfäldt
The Local reports that Swede Robert Wells has been selected by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Sport to compose the official television theme music for this year's Olympic games in Beijing. Read more: http://www.thelocal.se/13202/20080722/
Swedish black-metal act Watain is coming back to the US in October: http://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=11116
Norwegian artist Askil Holm will be going into Velvet Recordings in Spydeberg in September to begin work on a new album.
Adore Music (Killerchaps, The Third Try Club) has signed Swedish indie act Kusowsky.
Preview three new unmastered tracks from EBM act Lip Service: http://kollaps.superautomatic.com/
Mist