Cats on Fire confirm album release, share new song
The new Cats on Fire album "All blackshirts to me", the Finnish indiepop band's third overall, has been confirmed for release on March 28 via . Check out the new song "A few empty waves" right here.
Country: Finland
Listed: Delay Trees
Finland's Delay Trees does the "Listed" guestlist thing for Dusted: http://dustedmagazine.com/features/1030
Oceanwake - The words of gods lie among us
Finnish doom with a distinct psychedelic bent. "The words of gods lie among us" is Oceanwake's first single which they hope to release as a 7" shortly; the album "Kingdom" will follow later this year once a label steps up to release it.
Death Hawks - Shining (video)
Heavy Krautrock'n'roll from Finland. The band's new album "Death & decay" was just released last week via .
MP3: Magyar Posse - The endless cycle of violence
My wife and I went to see the movie "Pina" this past weekend in Seattle and I was surprised to catch a piece of music I recognized, but couldn't place. Stuck around for the credits and was pleasantly surprised to find it was the excellent Finnish instrumental act Magyar Posse, a band I enjoy quite a bit but rarely find myself listening to with any regularity. It's always good to be reminded, especially when you can be pleasantly surprised to discover the sounds have aged better than anticipated. A glut of early aughts postrock made this seem less special at the time (2002), but how much of that stuff really stands the test of time? Magyar Posse does. And it makes perfect sense to use their music as a soundtrack to modern dance.
Magyar Posse - The endless cycle of violence
DJ Fenriz 40th anniversary "Slow Black Death" mix
Check out a new mix that Fenriz did for the blog AFITFOG in honor of his 40th birthday: http://afistinthefaceofgod.blogspot.com/2012/02/dj-fenriz-40th-anniversary-vinyl-mix.html
Quite a few Scandinavian selections on this, including cuts from Execration (best of 2011!), Rippikoulu, Faustcoven, Saturnalia Temple and Bathory.
If Society to release new LP from Vene
will be releasing a new LP in March from Finnish noiserockers Vene. Hit up the label website for full details and a sample tune: http://www.ifsociety.com/news.php#n167
Disgrace
Vol. 2
Svart Records
This dirty ol' bastard has been lying around for nearly 20 years and has only seen the light of day because the band members scoured today's underground for old cassette copies good enough for an official release. What we have, therefore, is a true retro album; a step back in time with a new 1993 album. A very definite progression can be heard between this and the previous Disgrace album of the time, debut "Grey misery", although elements from that can be heard as well. The foundation for "Vol. 2" lies in the realm of early Black Sabbath and Danzig, both of whom were firm favorites of Disgrace back in the early '90s. There's obviously a bit of a stoner vibe on this, then, making it sound something like Sabbath with heavier vocals -- a goal that the band had in mind when writing the album. The production could obviously be better, but given the source material they've done a damn fine job. Besides, the harsh nature of the recording adds a distinctive character to it; you almost feel like you're back in 1993. I hate the term, but this could well have been the first death 'n roll album out there.
- John Norby
Jussi Lehtisalo - Here march the cranes (excerpt)
Listen to an excerpt of Jussi Lehtisalo's (Circle) upcoming sophomore solo LP "Interludes for prepared beast", due out February 22 via /.
Arts Desk Nordic Music Round-Up #3
The Arts Desk has posted a third installment of their Nordic Music Round-Up series: http://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/just-scandinavia-nordic-music-round-3
Featured artists include Jenny Hval, Alog, Mirel Wagner, Black Twig, Firefox AK, Karin Park, Den Svenska Tystnaden and many more.
Nordic by Nature - 2 years of good taste
Berlin-based Scandinavian clubnight Nordic By Nature has posted a new mixtape for free download to celebrate their 2-year anniversary: http://soundcloud.com/nordicbynature/nordic-by-nature-2-years-of-1
Nightsatan - Outro
Finnish John Carpenter-worshipping synth-rockers Nightsatan finally did the inevitable and recorded a movie soundtrack. Listen to the theme from "Outro" here: http://soundcloud.com/solinarecords/nightsatan-outro
Mirel Wagner in the Pitchfork tracklist
Finnish artist Mirel Wagner got playlisted by Pitchfork: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13079-no-death/
I haven't heard the entire album yet, but it's gotten rave reviews from abroad and all of the samples I've heard have been great.
Poison Mask - Graveyard world
New Finnish metal/punk, out now via the newly resurrected .
Off the Record: Sahara Hotnights
Watch Sahara Hotnights do an acoustic session for Finnish live music video site Off the Record: http://offtherecord.fi/sahara-hotnights/