Marvins Revolt - Capital wasteland

Marvins Revolt might not exist as a band anymore, but that doesn't stop them from sharing this outtake from "Patrolling the heights" as a special holiday gift.

Rising gets a new drummer, more

Drummer Martin Niemann (ex-Marvins Revolt) has decided to take a break from music and has resigned from his place on the throne for Danish heavy rockers Rising. Jacob Johansen (Anchorless, The Fashion, ex-Lack), who has already previously sat in with the band back in late 2009, will be taking his place. As for the future, the band has cancelled their show with Moloken on May 21 and will instead debut the new lineup on May 28-29, in Göteborg and Malmö respectively, their very first Swedish dates. Otherwise, the band plans to work on their debut full-length for next six months or so and will be touring Europe in September.

New music from Nightpass

Danish "math-pop" act Nightpass are streaming a new track at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/nightpass1
RIYL Marvins Revolt.

MP3: Marvins Revolt - Siberia

"After almost a decade of making music together as Marvins Revolt, we have decided to put the band to sleep for an unknown period of time."

Bummer, especially since I was just now getting into their latest record "Patrolling the heights". The band was always that way for me though, their music always needed extra time to simmer before it reached optimum flavor and that just doesn't fly in this short attention span world. I make notes to revisit, but many others have already moved on. Pity. Anyhow, here's to whatever comes next for those guys -- I'm sure they'll be doing good things whether with Rising or something else. (Read the band's full statement)

Marvins Revolt - Siberia

Sirius playlist week #52

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. TALK 1
02. Mattias Alkberg - Andra känner
03. Darkthrone - Launchpad to nothingness
04. Mikkel Meyer - Kokostosca
05. TALK 2
06. First Band from Outer Space - Turn left to the Mexican barbeque
07. Kråkesølv - Privat regn
08. TALK 3
09. Galaxy Safari - Save me
10. Witchcraft - Samaritan burden
11. Bad Hands - Sonnenrad
12. TALK 4
13. Lapko - I shot the sheriff
14. Siena Root - Into the woods
15. Marvins Revolt - Siberia
16. TALK 5

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.

Sirius playlist week #49

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Interlace - Nemesis
02. TALK 1
03. Kråkesølv - Skredder
04. Mata de Leon - He's alright
05. Agent Side Grinder - 210-392
06. TALK 2
07. Lapko - I shot the sheriff
08. Obliteration - Exterminate
09. Frivolvol - Blades of steel
10. Adam McCormack - Dead sailor
11. TALK 3
12. Marvins Revolt - Organize your arms
13. The Bear Quartet - Least loved (of the unloved)
14. Håkan Lidbo - Let's rock
15. TALK 4
16. Eskatol - Hevn
17. Elias & the Wizzkids - Oh these nights
18. Grande Roses - Factory
19. C.Aarmé - Assuan
20. TALK 5
21. Le Sport - Love in stereo

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.

Top 10s for 2009: Play/Rec

Marvins Revolt interview at Fünf

Fünf interviews the guys in Danish act Marvins Revolt: http://funfunfunf.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/waiting-room-1/

Marvins Revolt tour diary

Marvins Revolt are keeping a tour diary: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=36067944&blogId=517905702

Marvins Revolt on tour

Danish noiseniks Marvins Revolt leave for an extensive European tour today in support of their new record "Patrolling the heights", out now via Play/Rec:

11/06 - Urjes Living Room, Enschede (NL)
11/07 - Vortex, Siegen (GER)
11/08 - Den Ijskelder, Gent (BEL)
11/09 - KTS Freiburg (GER)
11/11 - Le Mojomatic, Montpellier (FRA)
11/13 - Pierrot Lunar, Girona (ESP)
11/14 - L’eclèctic Club, Barcelona (ESP)
11/15 - Sala Mogambo, San Sebastian (ESP)
11/16 - tba, Bragança (POR)
11/17 - Armazém do Chá, Porto (POR)
11/18 - tba, Lisboa (POR)
11/19 - Dolce Vita, Don Benito (ESP)
11/20 - Freemarket @ Maison des 3 quartiers, Poitiers (FRA)
11/21 - La Lanterne, Rennes (FRA)
11/23 - Le Rigoletto, Paris (FRA)
11/25 - La Zone, Liege (BEL)
11/26 - La Malterie, Lille (FRA)
11/27 - RTT, Bruxelles (BEL)
11/28 - Verso, Luxembourg (LUX)
11/29 - The Hope, Brighton (UK)
11/30 - The Ole Blue Last, London (UK)
12/01 - tbc, Newport (UK)
12/01 - tba, Newport (UK)
12/02 - The Flapper, Birmingham (UK)
12/03 - The Harley, Sheffield (UK)
12/04 - Islington Mill, Manchester (UK)
12/05 - Uncle Alberts, Middlesbrough (UK)
12/06 - Royal Park Cellars, Leeds (UK)
12/08 - Richter Collective X-mas Party @ Twisted Pepper, Dublin (IE)
12/09 - Cypress Avenue, Cork (IE)
12/10 - Bakers Place, Limerick (IE)
12/11 - Bar Ritz, Castlebar (IE)
12/12 - Kelly's, Galway (IE)
12/13 - The Calidonia, Liverpool (UK)
12/14 - The Central, Nottingham (UK)
12/15 - tbc, Birmingham (UK)
12/16 - The Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes (UK)
12/17 - The Chantry Social Club, Canterbury (UK)
12/19 - Lades, Copenhagen (DK)

Lowcut reviews Marvins Revolt

Lowcut has good things to say about the new Marvins Revolt album "Patrolling the heights": http://www.lowcut.dk/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=945:marvins-revolt--patrolling-the-heights&catid=29:album-reviews&Itemid=54

Sirius playlist week #44

Here's the playlist for this week's "Blog Radio" show on Sirius XMU:

01. Obliteration - Exterminate
02. TALK 1
03. Dmitry Fyodorov - Coconut office
04. Cut City - Replacement
05. High Hats - The end
06. TALK 2
07. The Skull Defekts - Millions
08. Marvins Revolt - Organize your arms
09. Interlace - Nemesis (Infect My Black Dub by Void)
10. Hearts No Static - Motif
11. TALK 3
12. We Live in Trenches - White knuckles
13. Makthaverskan - Vi var människor från början
14. Cilihili and DaBook - Orinoco flow
15. TALK 4
16. Frivolvol - It smells like something died in here
17. Björn Kleinhenz - I hate it when you go
18. Oriel Joans - Knuckles whiten
19. TALK 5
20. Bruket - Stockholm kaller

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.

Marvins Revolt - Organize your arms

Danish noiserockers Marvins Revolt are giving away the new track "Organize your arms" as a free download: http://www.marvinsrevolt.com/

Marvins Revolt - Antique markers

Play/Rec has posted the first sample from the new Marvins Revolt album "Patrolling the heights", due out November 2: http://www.myspace.com/playrec
The track is called "Antique markers".

MP3: Rising - Dead kings

Indie/hardcore dudes attempting to play metal is a dicey proposition, hence me approaching Danish act Rising with extreme caution, especially considering the "true fucking metal" banner they fly on myspace. However, in their favor I will concede they have a legit metal brother in guitarist Jacob Krogholt (ex-Withering Surface), but is he enough to offset the potential poseurtude of drummer Martin Niemann (Marvins Revolt) and bassist/vocalist Henrik Hald (Trust)? Or maybe those dudes are just slumming it with their other bands, finally able to let loose their inner-hessian with Rising? It's not an unreasonable question because I must concede that yes, they do successfully bring the heavy. Rising leans a bit towards the angular sludge of Unsane or Årabrot more than, say, the true metal glory of Manowar, but that's not such an awful digression IMO. If you're still in doubt, just wait for the solo section on this track and your opinion might be swayed. And really, I'd much rather hear a band like this than any 4th-rate thrash revival, even if it isn't exactly denim-vest and bullet-belt material or the truest of true. It's heavy and I like it, that's enough.

Rising - Dead kings