Supershine to release album in August
Danish postpunk-influenced pop act Supershine have signed with and will be releasing their debut full-length in August. The lead single "The ones who never live" is out now.
Country: Denmark
Something's rotten in Denmark?
Jeez, Denmark sure does excel at churning out endless amounts of the most mediocre electronic pop. Not to pick on Lydmor in particular, but so much of this stuff is just so aggressively bland, I don't know how they do it.
Aqua - How R U doin? (video)
Oh yeah, the new Aqua single now has a video! You know you love it. Direct link: http://youtu.be/_RQkNBiGpH0
Ghost Society - Silence
Ghost Society are streaming a new song from the new "Together we are not alone" Japan relief benefit comp: http://www.dpc-rec.dk/?p=1261
Rising
Legacy of wolves 7"
Red Tape
Two tracks of burly metal delivered with hardcore-level intensity, buoyed even further by a clean and powerful recording. I know I should've covered this ages ago when it first came out, but I've been too busy spinning the mp3s on repeat while pumping iron at the gym. Seriously though, if you want modern heaviness that delivers on the false promises of bands like Mastodon and High on Fire (face it, neither of those bands are all that hot), then you need Rising. The band gets better with every release and the fact that they manage to sound so tough without resorting to any sort of lunkheaded machismo is commendable as well. Can't wait to hear what they do next.
- Avi Roig
Apparat Organ Quartet join Crunchy Frog
has picked up Icelandic act Apparat Organ Quartet and will be releasing their sophomore album "Pólýfónía" across Europe this coming September. More here: http://blog.crunchy.dk/post/Apparat-Organ-Quartet-signed-at-Crunchy-Frog.aspx
The Untamed - Dolores
Grab a new single from Danish rockabilly/garage-punks The Untamed courtesy of : http://www.heptownrecords.com/2011/05/11/new-single-from-untamed-dolores/
When Saints Go Machine - On the move
There's a new tune from When Saints Go Machine streaming at SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/when-saints-go-machine/on-the-move
Death Token LP on the way
Long-running Copenhagen hardcore act Death Token will finally be releasing an LP via in the not-so-distant future. Entitled "All dreams are nightmares", the label says it sounds like "a massive recording mixing up classic raw Japanese and European hardcore punk with a Hellhammer meets Rudimentari Peni styled approach." No official release date, just soon.
Iceage US dates coming in
Dates for Iceage's upcoming US tour are starting to be confirmed:
06/17 - Public Assembly (Northside Festival), NYC w/Prurient, Lost Tribe, Pop. 1280, more
06/18 - Other Music (tbc), NYC
06/19 - The Barbary, Philadelphia, PA w/Puerto Rico Flowers, Leather
06/20 - Golden West, Baltimore, MD
06/21 - The Shop (4314 Main St.), Pittsburgh, PA
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06/23 - Popeye's Garage, New Haven, CT
06/24 - Royale Nightclub, Boston, MA w/Fucked Up, Jeff the Brotherhood
There will be west coast dates too, expect details soon.
Lindstrøm, My bubba & Mi to Culture Collide
Lindstrøm and My bubba & Mi (who?) are the first Scandinavian acts confirmed for the 2011 edition of Filter Magazine's Culture Collide fest happening in LA this October: http://culturecollide.com/
Lucy Love - Thunder (video)
Gaffa is streaming the new Lucy Love video "Thunder": http://gaffa.dk/tv/clip/742
Can't say that the song appeals to me, but the clip itself is very well done.
MP3: The Psyke Project - We came from Earth
Of the many things I love about this tune, one of the more subtle and killer aspects is the absolute lack of drum fills. The Psyke Project started life as an intensely mathy metalcore act, but over the years they've evolved steadily into a lean, mean, no-frills machine. The other thing I love about it: that ridiculously heavy breakdown at the end. It starts off so slow and empty and then only manages to get even more brutal as they hold notes and let them bend into feedback. The rest of their new split release "Ebola" with fellow Danes As We Fight is all just as good too, that is, aside from the other band's material. The less I say about them, the better.
The Psyke Project - We came from Earth
Aversionline revisits Artillery
Aversionline takes a look back at Danish thrashers Artillery: http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2011/05/06/artillery-by-inheritance-cd/
Shelflife unveils new Burning Hearts EP
has posted preorder info for the new EP "Into the wilderness" from Finnish indie act Burning Hearts, due out June 21: http://www.shelflife.com/catalogue/LIFE075.html
Check the sidebar for a free download of the title track and keep an eye out for a new EP from Danish act Balloon Magic on the label sometime later this summer.