Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Champagne Riot - The champagne anthem
02. TALK 1
03. The Late Parade - We will walk straight through this wall
04. Bolywool - Save my soul
05. Darkthrone - Eyes burst at dawn
06. Boy Omega - Follow the herd
07. TALK 2
08. Isobel & November - She came down the mountain
09. Dream Evil - Kill, burn, be evil
10. TALK 3
11. Martin Senter - Ingenting förlorat
12. Pascal - Tyst här i mörkret
13. Hello Saferide - Anna
14. Brothers of End - Big bird
15. TALK 4
16. Voices Break the Silence - Lost
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.
Listen to Norway, part 3. I deeply regret not going to see Turbonegro back when they were touring the US in support of "Ass cobra", playing warehouse shows and dingy punk dives. Their name is kinda lame, so I figured I'd pass. Had I known I was missing out on a band of denim-clad dudes shooting bottle rockets out their ass while playing kick-ass Scandinavian garage rock revival, you bet I would've been there, but no, it was not meant to be. I sure did hear about it after the fact though, they caught on quick. I don't even remember if they made it back to support "Apocalypse dudes" before the first breakup, but I was over it by then and didn't really want to see them playing large venues surrounded by ridiculous hordes of "Turbojugend" anyway. I did however give the 2007 remaster of "Apocalypse dudes" a spin the other day and was sorely disappointed to hear how flat and weak it sounds. The beginning of the end, even before the reunion! However, take a track or two at a time and you're still rockin'; the album just lacks the monmentum to carry through from start to finish. Had they trimmed the fat, it probably would be fine -- 45 minutes of "deathpunk" is 15-20 too many. Anyhow, like I said, cherry-picking tunes from the record is still perfectly fine as there's more than a few A-listers to choose from. Mine: "Get it on". Sure, it's one of the band's more inoculous songs (compare it to "Prince of the rodeo" or "Don't say motherfucker, motherfucker" for instance), but that main riff totally stomps. Oh, and as for "Ass cobra", that album totally holds up fine.
01. WigWam - Non Stop Rock'N'Roll
02. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix 2010
03. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
04. Frøya - My American Dream
05. Uncle Deadly - Monkey Do
06. Motorpsycho - Heavy Metal Fruit
07. Bjørn Eidsvåg - De Beste
08. Jaga Jazzist - One-Armed Bandit
09. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
10. Stage Dolls - Always
11. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ild & Vatten
12. N'Jie Haddy - World of the free
13. Claudia Scott/Casino Steel/Ottar Big Hand Johansen - Honky Tonk Night - The Best
14. John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen - For Sant Til Å Være Godt
15. Jahn Teigen - Teigen - 40 Største Hits
16. Sivert Høyem - Moon Landing
17. Rita Eriksen - Frelsesarmeens Juleplate 2009
18. Ila Auto - Ila Auto
19. d'sound - Starts and Ends
20. Shining - Blackjazz
Norwegian death metallers Obliteration have lined up a few extra dates in addition to their appearance at Maryland Deathfest and will be bringing their friends Nekromantheon along for the ride:
05/27 - Maryland Deathfest VIII Pre-fest Party @ Sonar, Baltimore, MD
05/29 - Maryland Deathfest VIII @ Sonar, Baltimore, MD
06/03 - Tones of Death @ Fontanas, NYC, NY
06/05 - Katacombes, Montreal, QC
06/06 - Ninkasi Club, Quebec, QC
06/07 - tba, Boston, MA
06/11 - The M Room, Philadelphia, PA
If you're like me and are excited about the new Darkthrone, the vinyl edition of the new album "Circle the wagons" is now available for preorder and will be released on March 8, a full month before the CD/digital. Go here for details: http://www.peaceville.com/darkthrone/
If I didn't already just preorder a bunch of Swedish death metal reissues, I'd be all about it.
Norwegian pop/roots act Bob Haley are now streaming their new single "Running through a dream" at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/yourbobhaley
Look for the band's new album "Catch the music" to be released in May.
Check out an e-card for the new track "Death priest" from the recently-reunited Norwegian metal act Purified in Blood: http://www.ecards.no/purifiedinblood/
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. TALK 1
02. Monument - Feel failure
03. Regulations - To be me
04. Du - Bring down a house
05. Tyrant - Go ahead raise the dead
06. TALK 2
07. Tobias Fröberg - When we go to war
08. Next Life - Anti matter
09. Lo-Fi-Fnk - Marchin' in
10. Boy Omega - Just a boy
11. TALK 3
12. The Bear Quartet - I was a weapon
13. I'm from Barcelona/David Ljung - Silence
14. Thee Gutted String - I've been to town
15. TALK 4
16. Paper - Before that day
17. The Goner - Bright and colossal (risen mind)
18. At the Gates - Suicide nation
19. TALK 5
20. Madrugada - Look away Lucifer
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.
Many folks have abandoned myspace, but Fenriz of Darkthrone still uses it to highlight his favorite underground acts with his "Band of the Week" feature and now, after doing it continually for a long while, it's led to some bigger/better things besides just hipping many folks to lots of great music (myself included). First up, there will be a "Live Evil Fest" happening in Camden, UK in late October featuring a number of previous "Band of the Week" recipients including Obliteration and Sonic Ritual, two IAT favorites. Go here for more on that: http://www.myspace.com/liveevilfestival
Secondly, both Nocturno Culto and Fenriz will be co-editing the March issue of Terrorizer where they will be running features and interviews on many other bands they dig. Should be great for anyone into true underground metal + punk, so yeah, keep an eye out!