New Alog on 11.11.11
The new Alog album "Unemployed" is confirmed for release on November 11 via : http://alog.net/posts/205
Tag: News
PopMatters reviews Loney Dear
PopMatters reviews the new Loney Dear record "Hall music": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/149967-loney-dear-hall-music/
Presenting: Avasaxa
Avasaxa is a new postrock/shoegaze band from Finland featuring a member from On Volcano and this is their self-titled debut EP. You can definitely hear comparisons between the two bands, but this stuff seems far more dreamy and that's by no means a bad thing.
Bang Gang covers countdown
Icelandic act Bang Gang will be giving away a new cover tune every two weeks until the end of the year, grab the first one here: http://www.tonlist.is/extra/BangGang/Daniel/
The subject is fellow Icelandic artist Daníel Ágúst who is probably best known as the frontman for GusGus.
Ulver live DVD coming in late November
Ulver will be releasing a live 2xDVD/Blu-ray album on November 28 featuring their performance from The Norwegian National Opera in Oslo this past July. Full details, including set list and more: http://www.kscopemusic.com/ulver/thenorwegiannationalopera/
Erato - Call your girlfriend (video)
Swedish vocal trio Erato covers Robyn at the kitchen table. Very nicely done!
Mattias Hellberg preorder
Esteemed Swedish experimental/art label is now taking preorders for the new Mattias Hellberg album "High in the lowlands", officially released on November 2: http://www.kningdisk.com/index_kd087.htm
Rising album preview
Rock-a-Rolla Magazine is streaming Rising's just-released new album "To solemn ash" in full for a limited time: http://rock-a-rolla.com/main/?p=2457
Ison & Fille - Sena nätter, tomma glas (video)
Can't fuck with a dude who rolls out of bed wearing a championship belt. Ain't no way.
The Swede Beat interviews Dante
The Swede Beat interviews Swedish pop artist Dante, the solo alias of Dante Kinnunen of The Concretes: http://www.theswedebeat.com/new2011/music/interview-dante
Klubbland #39: Anna Järvinen
There's a new episode of Klubbland online and it features singer/songwriter Anna Järvinen: http://blogg.svt.se/klubbland/2011/10/21/39-anna-jarvinen/
Terrible Feelings on tour
Malmö punkrockers Terrible Feelings are hitting the road in November:
11/02 - Loppen, København (DK) w/Fucked Up
11/03 - Mejeriet, Lund (SWE) w/Fucked Up
11/04 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE) w/Fucked Up
11/12 - Babel, Malmö (SWE) w/Invasionen
11/14 - Rote Flora, Hamburg (GER) w/Bent Cross
11/15 - dB's, Utrecht (NL) w/Jeff The Brotherhood
11/16 - Help!
11/17 - Help!
11/18 - tba, Venice (ITA)
11/19 - Kafé Kult, Munich (GER) w/Raein
11/20 - Arena, Vienna (AUS)
11/21 - Klubovna Povalec, Prague (CZ)
11/22 - Help!
11/23 - tba, Berlin (GER)
11/24 - Ungeren, Copenhagen (DK) w/Autistic Youth
They Shoot Music: Miss Li
Miss Li recently did an acoustic live session for the They Shoot Music Don't They website while hanging backstage at the Haldern Pop festival: http://theyshootmusic.at/posts/Miss_Li
Regulations to play A Varning from Montreal
No idea if they're doing anything else, but Regulations are coming to Canada to play the A Varning From Montreal Festival V on November 5.
Cigarette Crossfire album preview
Punknews.org is streaming the new album from Finnish punkrockers Cigarette Crossfire in its entirety: http://www.punknews.org/bands/cigarettecrossfire