When Saints Go Machine - Fail forever (video)
I'm into it. Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1FG-ws-A8A
Tag: News
JS666 - At bar with Satan
Finnish artist JS666 has a new mix posted for streaming/download entitled "At bar with Satan": http://soundcloud.com/js666/at-bar-with-satan
Thomas Ekelund + Terence Hannum collaborate on Heresies
Thomas Ekelund (Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words) and American artist Terence Hannum (Locrian) have collaborated on a new zine/CDr as the 12th penultimate edition in Hannum's year-long zine series "Heresies". The music is a massive 34-minute drone piece which can be sampled here, but it's also worth checking out the physical object because it comes in a very cool letterpressed package -- head to Thomas' site for a preview: http://www.whenskiesaregrey.se/
Nöjesguiden top 20 Swedish albums for 2010
Nöjesguiden's top 20 Swedish albums of 2010:
01. Robyn - Body talk, part 2
02. Håkan Hellström - 2 steg från paradise
03. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a scheme
04. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
05. The Bear Quartet - Monty Python
06. This is Head - 0001
07. Robyn - Body talk, part 1
08. Säkert! - Facit
09. Ludwig Bell - Jag har försökt förklara
10. Daniel Adams-Ray - Svart, vitt och allt däremellan
11. Britta Persson - Current affair medium rare
12. Moto Boy - Lost in the call
13. The Concretes - WYWH
14. Joel Alme - Waiting For the Bells
15. Tove Styrke - Tove Styrke
16. Andreas Söderlund - Daustralien
17. Orup - Född i November
18. Embee - The mellow turning moment
19. Various Artists - Sonja Åkesson tolkad av
20. Bandjo - Bandjo
Link: http://nojesguiden.se/artiklar/arets-svenska-skivor-2010
The Tallest Man on Earth makes the Pfork top album list
The Tallest Man on Earth comes in at #33 on the first portion of Pitchfork's top 50 albums of 2010 list.
Andreas Bertilsson - Själens ö (video)
New music from Andreas Bertilsson, from the album of the same name due out in January via . Cool video, cool song; well worth checking out.
The 50 Nordic candidates
The initial 50 candidates for the inaugural Nordic Music Prize have been announced: http://nordicmusicprize.com/eng/pages/8-the_50_nordic_candidates
Adam Tensta - Ok wow
Do the obligatory Twitter/Facebook post and get the new Adam Tensta single "Ok wow" as a free download: http://adamtensta.com/ok-wow/
Stream all 7 of the various b-side remixes at SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/adamtensta/
Axe - New song, more
Swedish noisepunks Axe recently recorded 15 new songs at The Dustward Studio in Stockholm and are now currently streaming one of them at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/weareaxe
And on a related note, Axe guitarist David Fried also sends word that his other band Munnen will be doing a 7" in the not-so-distant future on the label . More details on that to come...
New Sator in February
Look for the new Sator album "Under the radar" to be released on February 18 via .
First Aid Kit do covers single for Jack White
Gaffa reports that Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit has recorded a single with Jack White for release on his label: http://gaffa.se/nyhet/45482
The official release date is January 19 and the featured tracks are two covers, "Universal soldier" (Buffy Saint Marie) b/w "It hurts me too" (Karen Dalton).
Glasvegas add Swedish drummer
The noisy Scots of Glasvegas have plucked Swede Jonna Löfgren from obscurity to be their new drummer: http://ripitup.co.nz/contentitem/news-glasvegas-recruit-new-drummer/1508
DN has a short interview with her: http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/musik/svenska-jonna-ny-i-glasvegas-1.1227043
Mattias Alkberg + Pascal = true
has announced that they'll be doing a split album with like-minded acts Pascal and Mattias Alkberg with five songs each to be followed by a joint tour. More details: http://gaffa.se/nyhet/45447
Under the Radar year-end surveys: The Mary Onettes, Club 8
The Mary Onettes and Club 8 both participated in Under the Radar's year-end artist survey feature.
Martin Senter - På tal om allting + EL-SD news
As with all proper singles, Martin Senter's new track "Elak" has a flipside: http://soundcloud.com/martinsenter/pa-tal-om-allting
And speaking of Martin, he told me recently that his band EL-SD will begin recording an album in January with the esteemed Carl Vikman, a very talented producer/engineer who should send me the new Lukestar album despite what that band's management says. Anyhow, there's no agenda or label associated with EL-SD at this point, but I should hopefully be able to share some demos or something at some point soon.