MP3: Radar - Where others were honest (I'm a lie)

Norrland crust/metal/prog act Moloken, a 2009 favorite, are touring Scandinavia later this month and one of the bands they're playing a string of dates with is Finnish act Radar. Generally speaking, I'm not too crazy about their style of post-metal, but the new EP they recently sent me has a pretty cool 3D cover and the included glasses allowed me to properly view Robyn's video for "Don't fucking tell me what to do", so that's gotta be worth something -- hence this post. It's kind of weird, in the space of a month of so I got a whole bunch of new music in a similar vein and, again -- while not being a huge fan of this stuff, was pleasantly surprised to find it all to be of above-average quality. I already covered Kausal who might just be the best of the lot, but Radar are pretty decent too despite one major piccadillo: I don't care if you want to sing cleanly or scream harshly, but please don't try to do both. 99% of the time it sucks and Radar are no exception. Individually, they do fine with each style... when performed together, it's way corny. That's why I'm posting a track with purely melodic vocals for fellow discerning listeners -- you get the heaviness and the glory and none of the distracting bullshit. RIYL Khoma!

Oh, and those Moloken tourdates:

09/15 - L'Orient, Linköping (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/16 - Sugar Bar, Stockholm (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/17 - Ungdomens Hus, Uppsala (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/18 - Ungdomens Hus, Oskarshamn (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/19 - tba, Karlskrona (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/23 - Nuclear Nightclub, Oulu (FIN) w/Radar
09/24 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FIN) w/Radar
09/25 - S-Osis, Turku (FIN) w/Radar
09/26 - Kuudes Linja, Helsinki (FIN) w/Radar
09/29 - tba (NOR) w/Manhattan Skyline
09/30 - tba (NOR) w/Manhattan Skyline
10/01 - Garage, Oslo (NOR) w/Manhattan Skyline
10/02 - Fru Lundgreen, Trondheim (NOR) w/Manhattan Skyline

Radar - Where others were honest (I'm a lie)

Villa Nah to support OMD

Finnish duo Villa Nah will be supporting OMD on tour in the UK:

10/29 - Brighton Dome, Brighton
10/31 - Bristol Colston Hall, Bristol
11/01 - Nottingham Royal Centre, Nottingham
11/02 - Glasgow Concert Hall, Glasgow
11/04 - Liverpool Arena, Liverpool
11/05 - Ipswich Regent, Ipswich
11/07 - London Hammersmith Odeon, London
11/08 - Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham

The New Tigers - Sampler

Goodnight Monsters shoegazey sideproject The New Tigers have a new CDr release out on Bone Voyage Recordings and you can go there to preview it in full: http://www.boneshop.net/product_info.php?products_id=129

22-Pistepirkko tour Switzerland, celebrate 30 years

Finland's 22-Pistepirkko are doing a few Swiss dates before embarking on a 30th anniversary tour of their homeland:

10/01 - Dachstock Reitschule, Bern (CH)
10/02 - Drahtwerk, Biel/Bienne (CH)
10/03 - Viadukt, Zurich (CH)
10/09 - Tavastia, Helsinki (FIN)
10/15 - Henry’s, Kuopio (FIN)
10/16 - Tukkijätkä, Heinola (FIN)
10/21 - Bar Kino, Pori (FIN)
10/22 - Klubi, Turku (FIN)
10/23 - Rytmikorjaamo, Seinäjoki (FIN)
10/28 - 45special, Oulu (FIN)
10/29 - 45special, Oulu (FIN)
10/30 - Klubi, Tampere (FIN)
11/04 - Torvi, Lahti (FIN)
11/05 - Soho, Porvo (FIN)
11/06 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FIN)

On Volcano - The explorer (live video)

Check out Finnish act On Volcano performing a brand new song live for Finnish radio: http://areena.yle.fi/video/1224300

Sirius playlist week #36

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

01. TALK 1
02. Mindy Misty - Slippies
03. Fatboy - Bad news from pretty red lips
04. Viola - Puppies in the rain
05. Kite - Jonny boy
06. TALK 2
07. Code 64 - Progenitor
08. Familjen - Det var jag (This Is Head version)
09. Ved - Question for L Ron
10. TALK 3
11. Hope I Die Virgin - At crude garbage falls
12. Vidderna - Utanför
13. Ljudbilden & Piloten - Domedeijla mosse
14. TALK 4
15. Roll the Dice - Into the ground
16. Muxika77 - The mountain
17. Den Svenska Tystnaden - Afasi
18. Elmo - Young love
19. TALK 5
20. Bedroom Eyes - (Here's one for you) Underdog

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.

Lazy Acre interviews All Scandinavian

In an interesting twist, Lazy Acre Records interviews Peter from Nordic music blog All Scandinavian instead of the other way around: http://lazyacrerecords.blogspot.com/2010/09/lazy-acre-records-meets-all.html

Steed Lord - One good reason (video)

Ridiculous, in a good way. I think. Direct link: http://vimeo.com/14403084

FM2000 to release album in late September

Care for some humppa alt-rock? Look for Finnish act FM2000 to release their new album "Opium grilli" on September 29 via Sakara Records. Hear a sample tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RZeRtulnpo

Lapko in Russia

Lapko will do a couple shows in Russia at the end of the month:

09/29 - IKRA Club, Moscow
10/02 - Club Tantsy, St. Petersburg

Delay Trees confirm album, post new single

Finnish indie act Delay Trees have confirmed that their self-titled debut album will finally be released on September 29 and have also posted a brand new track for free download called "About brothers": http://www.delaytrees.com/

Service begets Casine

Service has launched a new US-based offshoot label called Cascine with a focus on "alt-pop and experimental electronic music with a major-key bent." Their debut release will be an EP from Finnish duo Shine 2009 called "Associates" with an album to follow in 2011. Samples and more info: http://www.cascine.us/

Miasmal to debut at Kill-Town Death Fest

Swedish death metal act Miasmal will be making their long-awaited live debut at the upcoming Kill-Town Death Fest in Copenhagen on September 16. Other bands performing at said fest include Obliteration, Nominon, Ascended, Corpus Mortale, Maim, Vorum and tons more, including great non-Scandinavian acts such as Bloody Sign (FRA), Anatomia (JAP) and Dead Congregation (GRE) -- pretty much every top-level non-American death act. Full details here: http://www.killtowndeathfest.dk/

Viola - Puppies in the rain

I guess it's September in Finland, so that means another new track from Viola: http://www.violamusicclub.com/2010-09-puppies-in-the-rain

Sirius playlist week #35

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

01. Bastard Priest - Power of death
02. TALK 1
03. Mindy Misty - Dead pan frenzy
04. Mother of the Forest - Kingdom
05. Säkert! - Fredrik
06. TALK 2
07. Pistol Disco - Pool
08. Obstacles - Rorschach
09. Radar - Paradigm shift
10. TALK 3
11. The Bear Quartet - Fist or hand
12. Niels Nielsen - Dpend
13. Adam Tensta - Young black boy
14. TALK 4
15. I'm Kingfisher - Willing night plants
16. Joel Alme - No class
17. Dear Euphoria - Coming down
18. The Genuine Fakes - When reality hits you
19. TALK 5
20. Brick - Call Batman

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.