After 15 years and 6 albums, Sweden's New Tango Orquesta is changing their name to New Tide Orquesta. The band will make their public debut with the new moniker on SVT2 this coming Saturday at 8pm and will be releasing the new record "How to climb a mountain" this coming October via .
The full English-language (and totally awesome) press release from Way Out West declaring their decision to go all vegetarian this year: http://www.wayoutwest.se/en/nyheter/way-out-west-goes-veggie-0
Sweden's Imperial State Electric will be teaming up with Norway's Smoke Mohawk for a quick tour next month:
09/19 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
09/20 - Luxor, Köln (GER)
09/21 - Matrix, Bochum (GER)
09/22 - 1210, Stuttgart (GER)
09/23 - ISC, Bern (CH)
09/25 - 59:1, München (GER)
09/26 - Hirsch, Nürnberg (GER)
09/27 - Bi Nuu, Berlin (GER)
And that's not all! The band's will also be doing a split 7" for the occasion via which will feature each group covering a Blue Öyster Cult song.
Dusted recommends Holograms self-titled album: http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/7302
Metro reports that this year's Way Out West festival will be 100% vegetarian, both for attendees and performers: http://www.metro.se/way-out-west/arets-way-out-west-blir-en-kottfri-zon/EVHlhh!cTrJ6brqrSzyo/
BIG ups to the folks at Luger for making this happen! Initiatives like this make me way more determined to attend next year.
Not as visually entertaining as some of their other clips, but still dece.
KokoWhile you couldn't really say that Koko has a unique premise about it, you could quite comfortably declare that it sounds interesting -- an '80s pop elixir laced with electro tanginess and served up by the tongue of Dear Euphoria. Mmmm, tasty. The thing is that despite the potential here -- not least down to the unique and untouchable voice of Elina Johansson -- this debut full-length falls a good bit short of the mark in terms of retaining any initial interest. It just seems like second-rate, done-before, Swedish electropop that, while well enough executed, gets pretty tired pretty quickly. There's a thin air or pretension about "K.O." -- a feeling that a contrived effort to 'think outside the box' has been the main driving force of any kind of variation here. It's a shame, but at the end of the day -- whether contrived or authentic -- "K.O." just doesn't pack the punch it needs to render it essential.
- John Norby
New jams from The Wild Shore, easily the most rockin' thing they've done thus far. More like this, please!
Swedish hardcore act Nitad is heading out on tour next month:
09/12 - Härden, Göteborg (SWE)
09/13 - Dödsmaskinen, Köpenhamn (DK)
09/14 - tba, Hamburg (GER)
09/15 - OCCII, Amsterdam (NL)
09/16 - The Pit's, Kortrijk (BEL)
09/17 - tba, Paris (FRA)
09/18 - Negative belifes, Bordeaux (FRA)
09/19 - Putzuzulo gaztetxea, Zarautz (ESP)
09/20 - Rock palace, Madrid (ESP)
09/21 - Casal de Joves de Roquete, Barcelona (ESP)
09/22 - La Gueule Noire, Saint Etienne (FRA)
09/23 - Help needed!
09/24 - Kessel, Offenburg (GER)
09/25 - Epplehaus, Tubingen (GER)
09/26 - Arena, Vienna (AUS)
09/27 - Kapu, Linz (AUS)
09/28 - Koma F, Berlin (GER)
09/29 - tba, Malmö (SWE)
It took two years, but Alice in Videoland has finally released a very entertaining homemade video for their single "Spaceship".
I don't love Air France, but I do love Göteborg and would move there in an instant if I could, so that's more than enough reason to endorse AF member Joel Karlsson's personal recommendation list for the city: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/city-guides/joel-karlsson-air-france-102151
I'm not familiar with every place he recommends, but I wholeheartedly back Solrosen as one of the best, most friendly and affordable places we ate on our recent trip.
New stuff from Emmon also featuring Mister Monell.
From Folkmun's split cassette release with Solo Archivist, out now via
has announced that Spiders' lead single for their upcoming album "Flash point" will be the tune "Weekend nights". It will get an official release on September 7 with a limited 7" run of 500 copies and will include a cover of "Lies" by 90s-era Swedish retro-rockers The Strollers on the flip.
Swedish instrumental/prog act Gösta Berlings Saga's excellent sophomore release "Detta har hänt" will be getting a much-welcome vinyl next month and the band will celebrate by hopping on Switchblade's record release show on September 20 at Hornstull Strand in Stockholm. Details here.
