Country: Denmark

Festival report: SPOT Festival, Århus, day one (Thursday)

Green Pitch to NYC, new EP coming in fall

Danish indie act Green Pitch will be doing a one-off date at Littlefield in NYC on June 16. The band will also be releasing a new EP (title tba) on September 6 via .

Alcoholic Faith Mission on the road

Updated tourdates for Denmark's Alcoholic Faith Mission:

05/21 - Spot Festival, Aarhus (DK)
05/23 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
05/24 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin (GER)
05/25 - Scheune, Dresden (GER)
05/26 - Pod Minoga, Poznan (POL)
05/27 - Glashaus, Bayreuth (GER)
05/28 - Museumskeller, Erfurt (GER)
05/29 - Südstadt, Munich (GER)
05/30 - Heimat, Regensburg (GER)
05/31 - Café Video, Gent (BEL)
06/01 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER)
06/03 - Feinkost Lampe, Hannover (GER)
06/04 - Nato, Leipzig (GER)
06/12 - Start Festival, Copenhagen (DK)
07/08 - Drucklufthaus, Oberhausen (GER)
07/09 - Festival de la Cite, Lausanne (CH)
07/10 - La Pampa Festival, Görlitz (GER)

The Breakers recording a new album with Little Steven

Danish rockers The Breakers are back after a 4-year break and are over at the legendary Electric Ladyland Studios in NYC working on a new album with Steven van Zandt of The E Street Band in the producer's chair. Expect an autumn release.

Pitchfork reviews Under Byen

Pitchfork reviews the new Under Byen album "Alt er tabt": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14236-alt-er-tabt/

Sirius playlist week #20

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

01. Enforcer - High roller
02. TALK 1
03. Robyn - Dancing on my own
04. The Amazing - And it looks like today
05. Årabrot - End of first chant: II
06. TALK 2
07. The Bombettes - Cherry shot
08. Underachiever - No rain (arson)
09. Lapko - Kiss 'n' cry
10. TALK 3
11. The Howard Way - Runaway
12. Familjen - Socker
13. Deathchain - The crawling chaos
14. Lågkonjunkturen - Den här låten handlar om...
15. TALK 4
16. Anna von Hausswolff - Track of time
17. Marit Bergman - Free falling
18. Jennie Abrahamson - I lost my heart
19. TALK 5
20. Menfolk - Rubato (con song)

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.

Entakt frontman goes solo

Entakt frontman Jonas Villumsen is going solo and has a new track posted at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/jonasvillumsen

The Boombox Hearts - Gold

Danish slowcore act The Boombox Hearts (ex-Oliver North Boy Choir) have posted a new track called "Gold" at Bandbase: http://www.bandbase.dk/TheBoomboxHearts/

MP3: Moses - Warning

Moses was a three-piece heavy rock from Denmark way back in the glory days of the late 60s/early 70s. I know I post a lot of similar stuff from new bands aping this style, so it's nice to get a slice of the real deal every once in awhile. And now, since Moses' sole (I believe) album "Changes" was recently reissued by , I have even more of an excuse to do so. No big surprises to be had musically speaking, these dudes are your typical fuzzed-out blues jammers, leaning a bit more towards Blue Cheer or Cream than Black Sabbath or Led Zep. I don't say "typical" to put them down though, I only say that so you don't go in expecting to be blown away by some was-lost face-melter. Naah, it's just a solid album that deserves better than being lost to history and, as someone who buys a heckuva lot of reissues, I can appreciate that. Play loud!

Moses - Warning

Crunchy Frog signs The Malpractice (ex-I Am Bones)

has signed The Malpractice, a new band started by Johannes Gammelby of I Am Bones (now officially broken up) and Beta Satan. Look for a single in June to be followed by an album after summer; otherwise, hear some demos at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/themalpracticedk

Rising gets a new drummer, more

Drummer Martin Niemann (ex-Marvins Revolt) has decided to take a break from music and has resigned from his place on the throne for Danish heavy rockers Rising. Jacob Johansen (Anchorless, The Fashion, ex-Lack), who has already previously sat in with the band back in late 2009, will be taking his place. As for the future, the band has cancelled their show with Moloken on May 21 and will instead debut the new lineup on May 28-29, in Göteborg and Malmö respectively, their very first Swedish dates. Otherwise, the band plans to work on their debut full-length for next six months or so and will be touring Europe in September.

Sirius playlist week #19

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

01. Sweatmaster - Turnover
02. TALK 1
03. Viola - Leave it all again (feat. Bääbs)
04. Regulations - Down the street
05. The Bear Quartet - Sweet beef
06. TALK 2
07. Mattias Alkberg - Lys upp mig en stjärna
08. Susanne Sundfør - Turkish delight
09. The Skull Defekts - Remain in cruxus (dub)
10. TALK 3
11. Obliteration - Ingesting death
12. Zombiekrig - Håll käften ge mig dina pengar
13. Grande Roses - The astronaut
14. Brutus - Solution
15. TALK 4
16. Ikons - Guns
17. Rising - Grail of bone
18. The Aches - Dancing syllables
19. TALK 5
20. Eskatol - Fane av løgner

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.

Listed: Trentemøller

Trentemøller does the "Listed" thing for Dusted: http://dustedmagazine.com/features/905

Strange Ears closing statement

As mentioned here, Danish label/booking agency is shutting down and now it's official. Read the official statement from bossman Steffen Rasmussen: http://bitterculture.blogspot.com/2010/05/tankerne-bag.html (in Danish)

Beta Satan - Proof

Listen to Beta Satan covering fellow Dane Kim Las (Money Your Love): http://www.myspace.com/betasatan
Said track will appear on a new 2xCD version of Las' album "Shackles of amusement" (previously released on vinyl only) featuring a bonus disc of reinterpretations of his songs as performed by bands such as Beta Satan, I Got You On Tape, Choir Of Young Believers and more.