The folks behind music blog Discobelle are getting themselves into the record business and their first release will be a digital EP from Finnish trio MVSEVM entitled "French jeans". Preview here: http://www.myspace.com/mvsevmband
Dusted reviews the Pan Sonic/Keiji Haino collaboration "Shall I download a blackhole and offer it to you": http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/5462
Killing the Legacy lists their favorite Finnish hardcore albums of 2009: http://killingthelegacy.blogspot.com/2010/01/bit-late-but-heres-best-of-best-of-2009.html
If you need new tunes for the gym, these are all fine selections.
Joensuu 1685 shoegazey cover of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm on fire" will get a 7" vinyl release via UK label . 333 copies, white vinyl, due out officially on January 18. The band will also be personally on-hand in London to help promote the release:
01/18 - The Social, London
01/19 - 12 Bar, London
01/20 - The Ruby Lounge, Manchester
01/21 - The Captain’s Rest, Glasgow
Finnish indie act Kiki Pau are streaming the new song "Stains" at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/kikipau
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. November - En ny tid är här
02. TALK 1
03. Viola - 2010s (maybe the world won't end)
04. Love Is All - Kungen
05. Niels Nielsen - We are youth
06. NEI - 40 rabbits
07. TALK 2
08. Voices Break the Silence - Lost
09. Oriel Joans - Knuckles whiten
10. Ljudbilden & Piloten - Arms and legs together
11. David Åhlén - Great is thy faithfulness
12. TALK 3
13. Sambassadeur - Sandy dunes
14. Folkvang - Stugsista
15. Nirvana 2002 - Slumber
16. TALK 4
17. Obliteration - Exterminate
18. Java - Smokescreen
19. Thee Gutted String - White
20. TALK 5
21. Grande Roses - The farm
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.
The folks behind the Ja Ja Ja Scandinavian music showcase in London have made themselves a short doc on the November event featuring guests Kira Kira, I Was A King and TV Off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ffksvr_8oE
All Scandinavian lists their top 20 albums of 2009: http://allscandinavian.com/2977/the-20-best-albums-of-2009/
There's a new track from Finnish electro/indie act I Was a Teenage Satan Worshipper streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/teensatanists
The band's new album "Strange lights" will be out in February.
Finnish indie act Captain Cougar has added a bunch of new songs to their myspace page from their forthcoming album "Of dreams long gone": http://www.myspace.com/captaincougar
I haven't had a chance to listen to it all myself, but I've definitely been into the newer material I've heard.
Viola's first free track of 2010 is now available for download: http://violamusicclub.com/2010-01-2010s-maybe-the-world-wont-end
So are we really calling it the "twenty-tens"?
I received no less than three emails from three different people about this over break, so no doubt it is important: Finnish indie act Cats on Fire have a new single called "The Hague" posted for free download via /: http://www.cosyrecordings.com/cosy024.html
A few statistics for the year, should you be curious...
Total news items: 3880
Reviews: 77
Mp3s: 235
Top downloads (for tracks posted in 2009):
01. Florence Valentin - Spring Ricco
02. Ison & Fille - Jag skratter idag
03. King Diamond - No presents for Christmas (slightly cheating since I also posted it last year)
04. The Scrags - Psycho cyclone
05. Mercy - Heavy metal warriors
Top search terms:
01. Porno (no surprise, though I suspect most people aren't actually looking for the Swedish rapper)
02. Darkthrone
03. King Diamond
04. Melody Club
05. Black Uniforms
Remember, the mailorder goes on hibernation tomorrow so get your orders in now. Otherwise, I'm hard at work on revamping the site for 2010 and will be back with regular updates next week. Take care and happy New Year!
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. TALK 1
02. Mattias Alkberg - Andra känner
03. Darkthrone - Launchpad to nothingness
04. Mikkel Meyer - Kokostosca
05. TALK 2
06. First Band from Outer Space - Turn left to the Mexican barbeque
07. Kråkesølv - Privat regn
08. TALK 3
09. Galaxy Safari - Save me
10. Witchcraft - Samaritan burden
11. Bad Hands - Sonnenrad
12. TALK 4
13. Lapko - I shot the sheriff
14. Siena Root - Into the woods
15. Marvins Revolt - Siberia
16. TALK 5
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.