New Volbeat album gets release date
Volbeat's new album "Beyond Hell/Above Heaven" has been confirmed for release on September 13.
Country: Denmark
Love Potion present Euro Slaughter Tour
Danish hardcore act Love Potion will be taking Encroached (JPN) on a European tour:
07/28 - Lades, Copenhagen (DK)
07/29 - SO36, Berlin (GER)
07/30 - Play Fast or Don't Festival, Hradec Kralove (CZ)
07/31 - Nuovo Lazzaretto, Bologna (ITA)
08/01 - GGS31, Winthertur (CH)
08/02 - Villa Rosenau, Basel (CH)
08/03 - JUZ, Mannheim (GER)
08/04 - The Winston, Amsterdam (HOL)
08/05 - Lobusch, Hamburg (GER)
08/06 - Utkanten, Malmö (SWE)
Efterklang does another remix swap
Efterklang has done yet another remix swap, this time with Oh No Ono: http://efterklang.net/home/2010/06/10/efterklang-oh-no-ono-remix-swap-and-summer-greeting-video/
Oh No Ono to perform as live unit with Bear In Heaven
Soundvenue reports that Oh No Ono will be doing a live collaboration with Americans Bear In Heaven on August 10 at Lille Vega in Copenhagen where they will take turns playing their own songs and before collaborating as one huge band together on stage. No idea if they plan to record anything in this configuration, but there's more info on the concert here: http://www.soundvenue.com/nyheder/2010/06/09/bear-in-heaven-fusionerer-med-oh-no-ono
Kellermensch get UK release plus new EP
Danish art-metal act Kellermensch will see their self-titled debut album released in the UK on July 5. They are also putting out a new EP at home on June 21 called "Narcissus" which features their new single "Army ants" (as posted about here).
Menfolk
Beast one / Man nil
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There's nothing at all conventional about this Danish quartet and it's for this reason that they will appeal to pretty much anyone who likes their music to force them to think once in a while. It's not that Menfolk are overly complex, or even that they're difficult to understand; rather they are just quirky as hell right across the board. Odd song structures benefit from an odd overall sound, and this is mainly down to the band's ability to think outside the box in all aspects of their craft. Norway's maestros of all things bizarre -- Virus -- spring to mind on occasion, although Menfolk don't offer quite the David Lynch-type headfuck that Czral and his cohorts manage to muster. Instead they combine the essence of that eerie complexity and blend it with a more simplified structure akin to Rage Against the Machine and Fugazi. A simplified complexity, if you will. That might sound like a bit of a contradiction in terms, but after one spin of "Beast one / Man nil" it all makes sense. Sort of. Hell, these guys don't even approach instrumentation in a conventional way, opting to bookend the crunchy drive of one guitar with the pummelling detonation of two basses. It definitely works wonders for the sound which, while hinting at the aforementioned acts, comes across like a punked-up Primus meets a funked-up Fudge Tunnel. While the musicianship is spot on the money, this is quite a noisy release, where guitar feedback, although kept in the background, serves as a deliberate structural component. If there's one gripe about this album though, it's that the passages where single notes (rather than chords) are played on the guitar sound a bit too watery. It's a shame, since the chords are absolutely monstrous. A great second album with little in the way of flaws and heaps in the way of punk attitude.
- John Norby
Rising to release 7" via Red Tape
Rising will be releasing a new 2-track 7" via Danish DIY collective featuring "Legacy of wolves" b/w "Daughter of the sun", their first recordings with new drummer Jacob Johansen (Lack, The Fashion).
Pitchfork reviews Trentemøller
Pitchfork reviews the new Trentemøller record "Into the great wide yonder": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14306-into-the-great-wide-yonder/
Kellermensch - Army ants
The new Kellermensch single "Army ants" is now streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/kellermensch
Efterklang and Turboweekend remix swap
Danish acts Efterklang and Turboweekend did a remix swap and the results are now posted for free download: http://efterklang.net/home/2010/06/04/efterkang-turboweekend-remix-swap/
Generally speaking I don't usually care about these sorts of things, but the results actually came out quite well.
Søren Huss returns
Gaffa reports that Saybia frontman Søren Huss is re-entering the music business after a two-year break following the tragic death of his girlfriend and mother of his daughter: http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/40168
Saybia will be playing a few shows this summer before beginning work on their fourth album and Huss will also be releasing his debut solo album, recorded in his native tongue, sometime in October.
Jacob Faurholt giving away new EP of old material, more
Danish artist Jacob Faurholt is giving away an EP of unreleased material from his old band Sweetie Pie Wilbur: http://jacobfaurholt.bandcamp.com/album/saint-wilbur
He's also posted the band's debut album from 2005 on as a free download for this month only: http://jacobfaurholt.bandcamp.com/album/queen-of-hope
Powersolo - Murder in SFAX (video)
Pirat TV has the premiere of the new Powersolo video "Murder in SFAX", recorded while on tour in New Mexico: http://www.dr.dk/pirattv/klip/powersolo-murder-in-sfax/powersolo-murder-in-sfax
The Devil Probably post EP for download
Danish slowcore/indie act The Devil Probably have posted a new 4-song EP for free download: http://thedevilprobably.bandcamp.com/
This isn't the sort of stuff I usually get down with, but they are pretty good I think. Reminds me a little bit of Grandaddy.
Copenhagen Popfest postmortem wrapup
Roque from interviews one of the organizers from Copenhagen Popfest: http://cloudberryrecords.com/blog/?p=1964