Danish act Efterklang has launched a new project called "Efterkids" to promote music education in public schools: http://www.efterkids.com/
Head to the site to see the band "performing" with six students from New York's Special Music School and to download materials to recreate the experience yourself (in your own classroom).
Danish heavies Rising are now streaming two brand new tracks at myspace off their forthcoming 7", due out November 29 via : http://www.myspace.com/risingdk
In other news, the band's self-titled debut EP will be getting a much-needed 12" vinyl release on November 29 as well, via German label in an edition of 500 copies, 150 on white.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. The Scrags - In the devil's hands
02. TALK 1
03. Boeoes Kaelstigen - Desolate view
04. Johnossi - Roscoe
05. Kimono - Tomorrow
06. TALK 2
07. Fun - Here comes the ugly man
08. Kite - Hexx
09. Mother of the Forest - Bränna broar
10. Mother of the Forest - Vid berget
11. TALK 3
12. Non Tiq - QUiet
13. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - I could have sworn I heard them SING
14. Enslaved - Raidho
15. TALK 4
16. Säkert! - Riot
17. Kristofer Åström - Devil
18. Sweatmaster - Calling Satan, let me in
19. Mercyful Fate - Black funeral
20. TALK 5
21. Lighthouse Project - Lust for lie
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.
Hear a new track from Marybell Katastrophy at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/marybellkatastrophy
Efterklang will tour Holland in February as part of the Cross-Linx Festival where they will be backed by a 16-person orchestra (conducted by Daniel Bjarnaso of Iceland):
02/17 - Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht
02/18 - Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, Eindhoven
02/19 - De Oosterpoort, Groningen
02/20 - De Doelen, Rotterdam
Dates are now starting to be confirmed for Hjertestop's US tour in November: http://www.myspace.com/hjertestop
WavesOut is a new Denmark-based free music streaming site specializing in electronic and indie tunes: http://wavesout.com/
Danish act Twins Twins are no more: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=83910840&blogId=539645081
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.
Hymns from Nineveh reports that his new album is now complete and will be released via in early 2011.
The Informations, the solo endeavor of The William Blakes guitarist Frederik Nordsø, will release their debut album "Noah's ark" on November 1 via . Lead single "Lion's hand" comes out October 4.
The new Dmitry Fyodorov album "Shapeless" and the entire remix collection of the same are now both available for streaming: http://www.dmitryfyodorov.com/
Also see the footer links for both being available as free downloadable mixtapes.
Stream the new single "Life is up to you" from Danish indie act 4 Guys From The Future: http://soundcloud.com/tambourhinoceros/life-is-up-to-you
The band's album "Under the new morning sun" will be released on October 25 via .
Danish act Ave have unveiled the video for "Cure for sorrow", the first single off their debut full-length (actually, double-album) "12 poems & sing me the silence, I once used to know": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBYVXgb0sbM
Said record will be out October 25 via . Personally, I thought the group's debut EP "Follow your saint" showed promise, but the follow-up "Five poems" pretty much sucked. Can't say I'm all that enthusiastic about this.
SuperChargerThe debut from this Danish crew serves as a lesson in the craft of fusing rock'n'roll nostalgia with heavy metal thunder. As the band name suggests, the album is, indeed, a super-charged dose of metal that drives with an unwavering passion throughout. More often than not, it references a multitude of legendary rock acts in such a deliberate manner that it's clear these guys have absorbed all the essential ingredients of their favorite bands and cooked up their own blend of metal'n'roll that, while definitely familiar, is quite unique. There's a distinct Southern feel on here, so much so that you would be forgiven for thinking that SuperCharger hail from the USA rather than Denmark. As for the variety of bands that are referenced, there are simply too many to mention in detail. From the offset there's a Guns n' Roses thing going on, particularly in the use of the piano and the riffing style they employ. The guitar aspect continues throughout the album, albeit mainly in the small nuances heard in the background here and there, while the use of the piano regularly conjures up visions of Axl and Co. in their "Use your illusion" years. There are also regular nods and winks to Mötley Crüe, Aerosmith, AC/DC and even the likes of Little Angels and Status Quo, all executed with a metalized style that affords it a sound unique to SuperCharger. A great little discovery for fans of any of the aforementioned bands and, I would dare say, an eye-opener for fans of Southern rock.
- John Norby
