The Setting Son - Above the rest (video)

"Above the rest" is the first single from The Setting Son's upcoming record "Before I eat my eyes & ears", due out October 8 via Bad Afro.

Bad Afro 2011 release schedule

No exact dates yet except for one, but here's Bad Afro Records's confirmed release list for this coming spring:

Dragontears - 2000 micrograms from home LP repress. 500 copies on green vinyl. (AFROLP032). Release January 17.
Baby Woodrose - Mindblowing seeds & disconnected flowers LP/CD (AFROLP041/AFROCD041)
Baby Woodrose - Blows your mind LP repress. 500 copies on purple vinyl. (AFROLP020)
On Trial - 2x7" (FRO050)
Telstar Sound Drone - 7" (FRO051)

And for fall:

Baby Woodrose - Love comes down CD/LP (AFROLP042/AFROCD042)
The Setting Son - s/t LP repress. 500 copies on red vinyl. (AFROLP034)
Baby Woodrose/The Setting Son split 7” (FRO052)
The Dolly Rocker Movement (AU/US) - Your side of town 7” (FRO053)

MP3: Baby Woodrose - Countdown to breakdown

Trying hard to stay positive on music posts this week, and boy am I struggling. Good thing I've got more quality hard rock to share though, because without it, I'd be at near-zero. So yeah, keep holding on for the hate to come next week; until then here's a cut from the new self-titled Baby Woodrose album, their sixth overall. I've only been so-so on the last few Woodrose records and the same goes for Mr. Lorenzo Woodrose's various side endeavors (The Setting Son, Dragontears), but this new disc is totally solid. Maybe not quite a year-end contender, but whatever, I'll take pure listening enjoyment over the stacks of plastic garbage littering my office and will be content, thankyouverymuch. Soundwise, don't expect any big surprises though; as with all Bad Afro releases, this falls well within their usual standard classic/retro/garage rock spectrum. "Countdown to breakdown" psychs it up a bit at least, adding a few backing aahs, tasteful tremolo leads and a smattering of backwards guitar, all while dropping small hints of bad-trips to come. Like I said, totally solid.

Baby Woodrose - Countdown to breakdown

MP3: The Setting Son - Spring of hate

Spring of hate? All I know is that it snowed here on Saturday and that is so not okay this close to April, certainly at this longitude. I don't think anymore, much less The Setting Son, can adequately express my displeasure at the failure of the seasons to turn. Still, it's a catchy little number and I can appreciate the fact that they mine the more ominous side of 60s psychrock revivalism. Hard to back that squeaky voice though, that's a tough one.

The Setting Son - Spring of hate

Sirius playlist week #10

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

01. KVLR - All there is to hiding out
02. TALK 1
03. The Rollstons - Defender of the frown
04. Turboweekend - Sweet Jezebel
05. Midaircondo - Serenade
06. TALK 2
07. Promoe - The logic of dreams
08. The Kissaway Trail - La la song
09. Karjalan Sissit - Kuolema tuiloo
10. Montt Mardié - Paraply
11. TALK 3
12. Mikko Singh - Laodi majra
13. Jonathan Johansson - All vill ha hela världen
14. My Darling You! - Dressed4success
15. Paris - Another Saturday night
16. TALK 4
17. Heroin and Your Veins - Intoxication
18. Quagmire - We know we don't know
19. Totalitär - Mer skit att välja
20. The Setting Son - Spring of hate
21. 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.

New album, single from The Setting Son

The Setting Son's new album "Spring of hate" has been pushed back to April 20 with the lead single "Soulmate" preceding it on March 2.

Bad Afro 2009

Upcoming releases on the way in 2009 from Danish rock'n'roll label Bad Afro:

01/19 - Serena Maneesh – Montrose cadaveric 7"/download
03/01 - The Setting Son – Spring of hate LP/CD/download
Spring 2009 - The Mojomatics – Don't believe me when I am high 7"/download
Spring 2009 - The Dolly Rocker Movement – Our brave new world 7"/download
Fall 2009 - Baby Woodrose/The Setting Son – split 7"
Fall 2009 - Baby Woodrose – tba LP/CD/download

Both The Mojomatics and The Dolly Rocker Movement are non-Scandinavian acts and will be featured on the new Bad Afro sub-label Bad Afro International, so that's probably the last you'll ever see them mentioned here.

The Setting Son
s/t
Bad Afro

Fully embracing the dark side of 1960s psychedelic rock, The Setting Son's self-titled debut album is a strange trip, but one worth embarking on. Combining the sounds of early Rolling Stones with the very distinctive Scandinavian take on garage rock, this record doesn't take breaks and doesn't need breathers. With a Phil Spector-like approach to the layering of their music, The Setting Son build their songs from jangled, thin guitar lines, warm keys, thick organs, the deep, percussive elements of the bass and drums, and Sebastian T.W. Kristiansen's strained, fitting vocal delivery. The Black Lips sound like they have studied the approach of 60s rock bands and carefully reconstructed the delivery; The Setting Son craft their music with such youthful, raw energy that the songs feel more like lost cousins of that iconic era instead of a talented resurrection of melodies lost in time's cruel passage.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson

Here's the playlist for my radio show on Saturday:

01. Ted Gärdestad - Räcker jag till
02. TALK 1
03. The Setting Son - In a certain way
04. Beyond Dawn - TRNQL
05. Miss Li - Let her go
06. TALK 2
07. Jonna Lee - Dried out eyes
08. Death By Kite - Hiroshima
09. The Motorhomes - I wanna make you sing
10. TALK 3
11. Printer - Minds out
12. Alarma Man - Sweden, Sweden
13. Pistol Disco - Radiation
14. TALK 4
15. Knugen Faller - Lugna favoriter
16. Scraps of Tape - Since all the birds are moving, shouldn't we
17. Carpet People - If I lose my voice
18. TALK 5
19. Asha Ali - A promise broken
20. Ingenting - Punkdrommar
21. Holiday for Strings - I got two hands
22. TALK 6
23. NEI - City of gold
24. FAP - Sjömannen
25. Monoton - Hours
26. TALK 7
27. Deathbed - Everyday heroin
28. Dibaba - Go marching in
29. Johnossi - Execution song
30. Sista Sekunden - Se opp
31. TALK 8
32. Laakso - Worse case scenario
33. Tiger Lou - Sell out
34. Peter Bjorn and John - Matchmaker
35. TALK 9
36. Johndoe - Hardt som faen
37. Espen Jørgensen - Move ahead - quickly
38. Säkert! - Och jag grät mig till sömns efter alla dar
39. TALK 10
40. KVLR - Slow clapping
41. Anna Leong - 61
42. Final Exit - Bent out of shape
43. TALK 11
44. The Bear Quartet - Lights out, sound off

There's a new track from Danish indierock act The Setting Son on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thesettingson
The debut single "In a certain way" is out today via Bad Afro with the full-length to follow on September 3.

Bad Afro has now confirmed the release of The Setting Son's debut album for September 3 with the first single "In a certain way" now coming out on 7" vinyl on May 14. As mentioned before, the band is the project of Danish singer/songwriter Sebastian Kristensen and features drummer Lorenzo Woodrose of Baby Woodrose along with Adam Olsson (The Aim) on gutiar and Marco Burro (The Untamed) on bass.

Bad Afro has announced that they will be releasing the self-titled debut album from The Setting Son this coming September with the first single "In a certain way" preceding it in April. The band features drummer Lorenzo Woodrose of Baby Woodrose along with Sebastian Kristensen on vocals, Adam Olsson (The Aim) on gutiar and Marco Burro (The Untamed) on bass and was recorded at Black Tornado in Copenhagen with Lorenzo and Ralph Rjeicy manning the desk.