reports that Hero Dishonest's most recent album "Dangerous" has finally been licensed for release in the US via later this year (or early next) along with the band's yet-to-be-released album, just in time for their next American tour in the spring. More details when I get 'em.
Finnish hardcore act Hero Dishonest heads eastward to Mother Russia next week:
06/04 - Jolly Roger Cafe, Minsk
06/05 - Hospitable Ed, Smolensk
06/06 - Chocolate Factory, Moscow
06/07 - Heaven Club, Vologda
06/08 - London, Novgorod
06/09 - Dusche, St. Petersburg
Finnish live music video site Off the Record posted a whole bunch of great punk/hardcore clips while I was out for the holiday including sets from Kiljuvelka-70, Dead Elvis & His One Man Grave (Disgraceland) and Hero Dishonest.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. TALK 1
02. Robert Svensson - Runaway
03. My Poor Lover - Lovesick
04. Fun - Williams house
05. TALK 2
06. Hero Dishonest - Birth, Sports Illustrated, death
07. Hanna Hirsch - Framtid och besvär
08. Haleiwa - Observatorielunden
09. Pistol Disco - Pool
10. TALK 3
11. MF/MB/ - The grand chase
12. Ståålfågel - Stupet
13. The Nature - Northern lights
14. TALK 4
15. The Loveable Tulips - Fortune favours the brave
16. Anna von Hausswolff - Track of time
17. Hunt - Ashes of a secret heart
18. The Bells - No Waves
19. TALK 5
20. Makthaverskan - Know love
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.
After a long break, Finnish label returns with two new releases for October: Fun's 3rd album "New 13" and a new album from Hero Dishonest called "Dangerous", their 5th overall. For full details and free sample downloads, go here: http://www.ifsociety.com/news.php#n157
Both are pretty much essential, if you ask me.
Awesome Finnish act Fun (not the American crap with the same name being peddled to blogs as of late) will not only be supporting the mighty Jesus Lizard in Helsinki on September 16 (a near-perfect gig IMO), they'll also be heading out for a short Baltic tour with pals Hero Dishonest that same month> Preliminary details:
09/23 - Tallinn, Estonia
09/24 - Riga, Lativa
09/25 - Kaunas, Lithuania
09/26 - Vilnius, Lithuania
In other news, the band will be recording a new album in November for an early 2010 release. I know I'm looking forward to it.
Finnish hardcore act Hero Dishonest is heading to Germany for a few dates next week plus a Czech fest gig:
07/23 - Stumpf, Hannover (GER)
07/24 - Zorro, Leipzig (GER)
07/25 - Lokal, Berlin (GER)
07/26 - Fluff Fest, Piesen (CZ)
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:
01. Elias and the Wizzkids - Young and hairy
02. TALK 1
03. Barra Head - Common ground
04. Familjen - Kom säger dom
05. José González - Killing for love
06. TALK 2
07. Marybell Katastrophy - Red red lips
08. Trentemøller - Moan (Trentemøller remix ft. Ane Trolle)
09. Lykke Li - I'm good, I'm gone
10. TALK 3
11. Dreamboy - Stars
12. Laakso - Worst case scenario
13. Marit Bergman - This is the year
14. TALK 4
15. Abhinanda - Rumble
16. Docenterna - Bensin i blodet
17. The Bombhappies - And at Belle Bed Inn, I found you
18. TALK 5
19. Firefox AK - Winter rose (ft. Tiger Lou)
20. Peloton - Nozal
21. The Bell - Target group
22. TALK 6
23. Moto Boy - Young love
24. Aerial - Kallisti
25. Truckfighters - Atomic
26. TALK 7
27. I'm From Barcelona - Treehouse
28. Pascal - Smärtsillande
29. Hero Dishonest - Fist song
30. Vijaya - Your gun will never set you free
31. TALK 8
32. Matts Katt - About the French
33. C.Aarmé - Dustin
34. Leütenhaven - Abbatoir the ghost
35. TALK 9
36. Lukestar - Shade you hide
37. Christian Kjellvander - Two souls
38. Royal Downfall - A life of constant failure
39. TALK 10
40. Entombed - Lights out
The playlist for my radio show this week:
01. Pistol Disco - Walking with Jesus
02. TALK 1
03. Heroes & Zeros - Into the light
04. Vijaya - Your gun will never set you free
05. Convoj - My timekeeping heart
06. TALK 2
07. Darkthrone - Too old, too cold
08. A Perfect Friend - Rush hour
09. Death By Kite - Hiroshima
10. TALK 3
11. Fun - I've got a truck
12. Moonbabies - Walking on my feet
13. The Perishers - When I fall
14. TALK 4
15. Regulations - Police siren
16. Viola - Ordinary teenage sensation
17. Björn Kleinhenz - Starlit queen
18. TALK 5
19. Gravy - Glory to our brilliant name
20. Hero Dishonest - Stalin vs Hank Hardy
21. Sophie Zelmani - To know you
22. Ulver - Capitel III: Graablick blev hun vaer
23. TALK 6
24. Håkan Hellström - Ramlar
25. Abhinanda - Highway tonight
26. Single Unit - Passion, pirates & parasites
27. TALK 7
28. Kompjotr Eplektrika - Skulldrummantra
29. The Tiny - Just like you
30. Death Breath - Death breath
31. TALK 8
32. Entombed - Serpent speech
33. The Cardigans - Marvel hill
34. Soviac - I got the ribbah
35. TALK 9
36. The Bear Quartet - Put me back together
37. You Is Stupid - I am history
38. Paris - 60 minutes
39. The Process - Mot Sverige i tiden
40. TALK 10
41. Weeping Willows - I give you the morning
The newest Hero Dishonest record "When the shit hits the man" has been out for awhile now and I keep meaning to talk about it, but it keeps getting pushed back. Enough! 21 songs, 25 minutes. No frills, no bullshit hardcore. Loud, fast and pissed-off. They've now paired down to a single vocalist and the recording is crisp, clean and clear. The much-improved sound quality is a welcome change - it's great to hear just how ridiculously tight the band is. That was something that really impressed me when I saw them live awhile back, but always felt was lacking in their previous releases. Well, it's a problem no more! The band sounds so much more powerful minus the dirt of a lackluster recording.
Hero Dishonest - Saw it
Keep up with Hero Dishonest as they tour the US: http://www.chambersmagazine.com/blogit.php?blogid=1&postid=1
The latest Music Export Finland newsletter is online: http://musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=114
It mostly covers the usual ho-hum acts such as HIM, The Rasmus and Disco Ensemble, but they do mention Hero Dishonest's upcoming US tour.
Dates for the upcoming Hero Dishonest US tour with Acts of Sedition:
10/19 - Madison, WI
10/20 - Milwaukee, WI
10/21 - Grand Rapids, MI
10/22 - Grand Haven, MI
10/23 - Pittsburgh, PA
10/24 - Buffalo, NY
10/25 - Rochester, NY
10/26 - Boston, MA
10/27 - Philidelphia, PA
10/28 - New York, NY
10/29 - Allentown, PA
10/30 - Washington, DC
10/31 - Asheville, NC
11/01 - Athens, GA
11/02 - Huntsville, AL
11/03 - Houston, TX
11/04 - Austin, TX
11/05 - San Antonio, TX
11/06 - Dallas, TX
11/07 - Denton, TX
11/08 - Norman, OK
11/09 - Lawrence, KS
11/10 - St. Louis, MO
11/11 - Chicago, IL
Speaking of things related to If Society, Hero Dishonest's new album "When the shit hits the man" won't be out on the label they help run (Combat Rock is handling it, as mentioned here before), but there are new tracks on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/herodishonest
As promised, the recording is far meatier than anything they've done in the past, finally matching the power and brutality of their live show.
Combat Rock Industry has posted a crapload of dates for the bands I Walk the Line, Bombshell Rocks and Hero Dishonest: http://www.fireinsidemusic.com/ekeikat.htm
The new Hero Dishonest album "When the shit hits the man" should be out by mid-October, just in time for their US tour.