BQ/Skull DFX 7" coming on DLTD

Deleted Art will be releasing a split 7" featuring The Bear Quartet single "Millions" b/w The Skull Defekts cover of the same on the flip.

Sirius playlist week #42

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

01. Paper - Out of it into it
02. TALK 1
03. David Åhlén - Spirit fall
04. Rickard Jäverling - The wedding ring
05. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - This room seems empty without you
06. Erik Enocksson - Non strigis
07. TALK 2
08. Pistol Disco - Organ and drum
09. Dear Euphoria - Pop pills
10. The Skull Defekts - Waving
11. Boeoes Kaelstigen - Radius
12. TALK 3
13. Björn Kleinhenz - HAZ 920
14. [ingenting] - Medan vi sov
15. Agent Side Grinder - Black vein
16. Johan Heltne - Hjärte. Instinkt. Principer.
17. TALK 4
18. Jesper Norda - We have the guts

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.

The Skull Defekts + Daniel Higgs

The Skull Defekts are recording an album together with US artist Daniel Higgs (Lungfish) in Stockholm beginning on October 31. Expect a March 2010 release via Important Records.

When Skies Are Grey presents: Undergången - An Audio Companion To The End-tymes

Coming soon via When Skies Are Grey, the label run by Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words: "Undergången - An Audio Companion To The End-tymes", a 120-minute cassette comp of international darkwave/noise artists including contributions from Swedes such as Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, Jean-Louis Huhta, The Skull Defekts, Adolf Filter and lots more. Copies are not available to order yet, but I'll definitely be grabbing a few for resale. Hit up the Dead Letters tumblr for samples: http://dreadwords.tumblr.com/

Skull Defekts Euro tour in 2010

The Skull Defekts will be touring Europe in late February/early March. Dates soon.

Sirius playlist week #33

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

01. Marit Bergman - Casey, hold on
02. TALK 1
03. Ponamero Sundown - Alcoholic deathride
04. Titiyo - If only your bed could cry (feat. Moto Boy)
05. The Bear Quartet - Millions
06. TALK 2
07. The Skull Defekts - Millions
08. Gösta Berlings Saga - Sorterargatan 3
09. TALK 3
10. Stefan and the Problematix - In the city
11. 1999 - Hated people
12. Astrid Swan - 2000 - 2010 (I'm not even 30)
13. Grande Roses - I don't wanna get back on that horse again
14. TALK 4
15. Blänk - Shirt off
16. Psychic Stunts - Wind up the sound
17. Baby Woodrose - Countdown to breakdown
18. TALK 5
19. AC4 - Let's go to war

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.

MP3: The Skull Defekts - Millions

The Skull Defekts vs. The Bear Quartet. Göteborg vs. Luleå. Two bands of old-timers square off and everyone wins. Yes, even you.
BQ's new album "89" is officially released on 9/9/9, but I have been informed that copies are already enroute to IAT HQ. Pre-order details will be up soon; in the meantime, this is essential listening.

The Skull Defekts - Millions (The Bear Quartet cover)

New C40 from Nightvision Campers on Moptaco Dics

Experimental/noise label Moptaco Dics has a new 40-minute cassette out now from Nightvision Campers, the duo of Dan Johansson from Sewer Election and label boss Daniel Fagerström (The Skull Defekts, The Je Ne Sais Quoi, Optic Nest). It's called "Golden hiss" and is described as being "based ONLY on white noise and hiss, the band has created a techno-like sound, without any hints of dance."

Adrian selects 'Millions' as The Bear Quartet single

Adrian Recordings has announced that "Millions" will be the lead single from the new Bear Quartet album. Labelmate Adreas Tilliander will provide a b-side remix (a BQ first!) and The Skull Defekts will also contribute a cover version. Listen at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thebearquartet

MP3: The Skull Defekts - Knives, birds, stones & pyramids

There are two version of The Skull Defekts' new album "The temple". First we have the CD version, an continuation of the "rock" direction exhibited by the band on "Blood spirits & drums are singing". Drums, guitar, vocals and more drums playing riff-oriented jams -- they may not usually concede to typical pop idioms such as verses, chorus and so-on, but it most definitely rocks in solid head-nodding fashion. We also have the 2xLP version of "The temple" which takes all of the the same songs as the CD and augments them with extra interludes, as recently heard on the more electronic/experimental/drone oriented "The drone drug" album. Personally, I prefer the former for it's more concise execution; as much as can appreciate the band's droning tendencies in all guises and forms, it's the rhythm-and-drum heavy sound that gets me going. "Knives, birds, stones & pyramids" is the opening salutation of "The temple" and it lays out everything you need to know: this is pure cult ritual set to a pounding beat and illustrated with cryptic symbols and pagan imagery. Sex and violence, man and beast -- it all comes together. In lesser hands, such other-worldly tourism might come across as preposterous, but they never over-sell it. Even without the message intact, as on the album's instrumentals, it's still all quality head-jammers.

The Skull Defekts - Knives, birds, stones & pyramids

Sirius playlist week #20

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

01. Bruket - Stockholm kallar
02. TALK 1
03. The Skull Defekts - Knives, birds, stones & pyramids
04. Cilihili - Happy without the boy
05. Elenette - Kär (imaginär) pensionär
06. TALK 2
07. Existensminimum - Sound of music
08. Volcanic Places - Goo
09. Sonjagon - Aristocrat
10. TALK 3
11. Superfamily - Let's go dancing
12. The Scrags - TV messed up mind
13. Bastard Priest - Merciless insane death
14. Bacchus Tapes - Hold on Magnolia
15. TALK 4
16. Halph - Cheap points
17. Vadadi - 10 seconds before
18. Wired for Mono - The man behind the wall
19. TALK 5
20. Tomas Halberstad - Travel as I wait

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.

Musique Machine reviews latest Skull DFX album

Musique Machine reviews The Skull Defekts' new album "The temple": http://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=2208

Chronic Heist no more

Chronic Heist has officially called it quits -- keep an eye on the members' other bands: The Skull Defekts, The Je Ne Sais Quoi and Gösta Berlings Saga.

Moptaco Disc #17+19: Vic Sinex, Mattias Gustafsson

Moptaco Dics, the DIY label run by Daniel "Fagge" Fagerström of The Skull Defekts/The Je Ne Sais Quoi, has two new cassette releases out now -- first is Vic Sinex' "Live at Ny Tid Ny Strid" which is somewhat self-explanatory, but also contains rehearsal tape content. Second is Mattias Gustafsson's (Altar of Flies) debut under his own name "Död metall", a release described as a smooth handgesture to John Carpenter soundtracks, pre-sequencer Tangerine Dream and the dirt of Rune Lindblad." More details here: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=159277093&blogId=485945690

Sirius playlist week #16

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

01. Sonic Ritual - Take the edge off
02. TALK 1
03. Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
04. Elenette - Att göra en hit
05. Maskinen - Bränner
06. TALK 2
07. The Skull Defekts - Habit
08. Grave - Into the grave
09. Murmansk - Moth
10. TALK 3
11. Kite - My girl and I
12. Laakso - Worst case scenario
13. Samtidigt Som - Denna sida mot fienden
14. TALK 4
15. David Åhlén - We sprout in thy soil
16. Knife and Ape - Buck teeth
17. Existensminimum - 1993
18. Cut City - Departure in particular
19. TALK 5
20. Masquer - Hanging garden

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.