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Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Monty - En till himmel
02. TALK 1
03. Gösta Berlings Saga - Kontrast
04. Yamon Yamon - The darker place
05. Next Life - Paladin warrior
06. Haust - Skate rock
07. TALK 2
08. Okkultokrati - On mouth of hells
09. Blood Command - Party all the way to the hospital
10. Karin Ström - Hon som älskade dig
11. Kommun - The open relationship
12. TALK 3
13. Mattias Alkberg - Nya nya testamentet
14. Boy Omega - Follow the herd
15. No Hope for the Kids - Century of warfare
16. Labbet feat. Russell Morgan - Heart and soul of a lion
17. TALK 4
18. Champagne Riot - The champagne anthem
19. Movits! & Zacke - Först tar vi Manhattan
20. Mixtapes & Cellmates - Soon
21. TALK 5
22. No Balls - Suffering contest
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Boy Omega will be heading out on a European tour in late February, quite possibly for the last time in a long while as he is becoming a father in May:
02/25 - Zentrale, Hamburg (GER)
02/26 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig (GER)
02/28 - NBI, Berlin (GER)
03/01 - Modra Vopice, Praha (CZ)
03/03 - Vorstadt, Vienna (AUS)
03/09 - Mariaberg, Rorschach (CH)
03/10 - Kaserne, Basel (CH)
Boy Omega has a new video for the song "Follow the herd": http://vimeo.com/7552120
There's now a video for the new Boy Omega single "Dinosaur drugs": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtp8plkI7BQ
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Joensuu 1685 - I'm on fire
02. TALK 1
03. Boy Omega - Dinosaur drugs
04. Katatonia - Forsaker
05. Moloken - Die fear will
06. TALK 2
07. Rising - Dead kings
08. The Cardigans - Erase/rewind
09. The Amazing - Dragon
10. TALK 3
11. The First Miles - Black heart
12. [ingenting] - Medan vi sov
13. Skriet - Kärlekens land
14. TALK 4
15. Abandon - It's all gone
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Göteborg-based indie artist Boy Omega has a brand new single called "Dinosaur drugs" posted for free download: http://www.boyomega.com/
Also be sure to check the live section of the site for German and Austrian tourdates in October.
Göteborg-based indie artists Boy Omega and Lassus will be heading out on tour together in October:
10/01 - Cafe Riptide, Braunschweig (GER)
10/02 - Moritzbastei, Leipzig (GER)
10/03 - Arge, Salzburg (GER)
10/04 - Cat, Ulm (GER)
10/05 - Asta Kneipe, Rosenheim (GER)
10/06 - Das Haus, Ludwigshaufen (GER)
10/07 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin (GER)
10/10 - Ostpol, Dresden (GER)
10/14 - Szene, Vienna (AUS)
10/16 - Spielboden, Dornbirn (AUS)
10/19 - Heimat, Regensburg (GER)
Our guest in this week's entry of our ongoing Göteborg Spotlight Series: the mighty Alarma Man! Not only were they kind enough to answer my questions, they also sent over the very first taste of what's to come on their new album. Read on...
It's been quite some time since we've heard anything new from you guys - why the long wait? What have you been doing these past few years?
Since the release of our 12" split "Duets" you mean? We continued working on songs for a full length album and got the chance to move from our old place to Dieter Schöön's Lablaza (the same place we recorded our debut album). Lablaza was both chaotic and a very creative environment for us. A couple of month passed by. In October 2007 we felt pretty close to start recording the album. December came up and our landlord got an offer he couldn't resist. We were threwn out of Lablaza and Bandidos moved in. So there we were. No rehearsal room, no studio.
A week went by and we found a new home. We moved in together with a bunch of other creative bands/people (URAN, Dieter Schöön, FBFOS).
We started building the studio, in which our album where going to be recorded.
During this 1,5 months we wrote a bunch of new songs.
At this time the idea of collaborate with Adam Magnusson as a producer/sound engineer came up and he became a part of the process.
In march we hit the studio. We all study or work so it took a bit longer than expected to get it done. Now when the album is done we're looking for a label that wants to release it.
Besides working on the album we've been on a couple of tours in Europe and we've helped friends on live gigs and studio albums. (C.Aarmé, Cut City, Uran, Boy Omega and Dieter Schöön).
How does Alarma Man fit into the "Gbg scene"? Does a cohesive scene even exist?
When I hear "Gbg scene" I think of Håkan Hellström and a bunch of bands started by ex-members from Bad Cash Quartet, but I'm not sure if that scene really exists. There are too many band in too many genres to say what would be a part of it. Alarma Man has never felt like we're a part of any scene... If you need to be a part of any, we choose the "good band" scene.
We do have the Koloni/iDEAL scene here in Gothenburg. It's really inspiring to live in the same town as Christian Pallin (Koloni) and Joachim Nordwall (iDEAL). They manage to bring us bands that I've never heard of before and those bands are always good or totally crazy. Either way I'm always satisfied when leaving the venue.
So do you think there's such a thing as a Gbg sound? Or would you say that bands in Gbg are brought together by other circumstances or ideas?
Nowadays you don't need a "real" studio and expensive equipment to make music. I guess the "Gbg sound" was killed by Cubase and ProTools. When comparing Cut City, Uran, Repoman and other great bands from Gbg, I find it hard to see any similarity except for that they make good music. Gothenburg is known in Sweden for it's "loose" and friendly attitude. Perhaps that's the thing with bands from here. Gbg bands focus on the music instead of looking good on stage... haha!
Okay, so tell us about the new album. How is it different/the same compared to what you've done before?
This album is the best music we've ever done (yes I know it's a cliche, but it's true).
Lots of people are asking if there will be vocals on this album. Yes. There will be. A lot!
Adding vocals wasn't a big decision for us. We made "Duets" as an experiment and liked the idea of working with vocals. It might seem a bit strange when you've been known as an instrumental mathpunk band, but we feel comfortable with it. We've never had a plan to be an instrumental band forever and we didn't have a plan to start singing on our second album. It's just the way it turned out.
Another big difference is that we worked with a producer. We needed an outside persons thoughts and vibes in the recording process. Adam has a big part in the arrangements and how the songs turned out.
Our first album was a lot of high speed craziness and big guitar riffs. 4 years has passed by and our new songs are slower, darker and colder. I think a held back fever is a good way to describe the album.
Got a song you'd like to share?
Here's a song from the upcoming album. Its a three-faced song about being chased, therefore the name "Nightwolf". Look out for the saxophones in the chorus, played by our friend Joel Westberg!
Alarma Man - Nightwolf
Black Star Foundation has announced the signing of Swedish act Holmes. The band is currently recording their debut album "Wolves" at Kepner Treg in Göteborg with Per-Ola Eriksson (Boy Omega, Björn Kleinheinz, The Book of Daniel) for release later this year. Hear demo tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/holmezzz
Muxika 77 aka Musika 77 are currently at Kepner Treg Studios in Göteborg working on their third album with engineer Per-Ola Eriksson (Boy Omega, Björn Kleinhenz).
Boy Omega will support Christian Kjellvander on tour in Northern Europe:
02/21 - Weltruf, Kiel
02/22 - Mau Club, Rostock
02/23 - Tonenburg, Höxter / Albaxen
02/24 - Beatpol, Dresden
02/25 - Babylon, Berlin
02/26 - Knust, Hamburg
02/27 - E-Werk, Erlangen
02/28 - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg
02/29 - 59to1, München
03/01 - Bierstindl, Innsbruck
03/02 - Chelsea, Wien
03/06 - ISC Bern, Bern
03/07 - White Rabbit Club, Freiburg
03/08 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden
03/09 - Kulturkeller, Fulda
The latest Hyacinth House album "Black crows' country" has been licensed to Glitterhouse (Woven Hand, Boy Omega) for release across Europe.
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Receiving extremely favorable reviews, especially from Deutschland, Boy Omega's fourth album continues along in the singer-songwriter vein that propelled Bright Eyes to enviable heights with 2002's "Lifted..." and again with 2005's "I'm wide awake, it's morning". While some kind bloggers have compared "Hope on the horizon" to such seminal albums as "Blonde on blonde", "Hope on the horizon" is an alright album with some fantastic standout tracks - opener "A quest for fire" being the best. After a few tracks however, the strings and horns start to blur together, as do the songs, and "Hope on the horizon" begins to feel like a record you've heard even before you finish your first listen. It's not bad, it's just not remarkable either.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Lassus has uploaded a whole bunch of new tracks on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lassustheband
Also check their blog for a long list of dates they'll be doing as part of Boy Omega's orchestra.
Boy Omega