New music from Shadow Shadow, a mysterious Swedish act whose membership I am not yet at liberty to reveal, though I suspect some more astute listeners may be able to discern at least some of the components. "Riviera" is but a taste of what's to come -- an entire album is finished, they just need time to figure out how they want to release it and when they do, I will be sure to let you know. Very recommended!
Shadow Shadow - Riviera
Mother of the Forest presents "Fuck the Universe Tuesdays" starting with "Fuck Knugen". The rationale: "tuesdays are the most boring day of the week, but to save the summer from boring tuesdays mother of the forest will release one track evry tuesday for five weeks"
Pitchfork is streaming the a-side of the new Museum of Bellas Artes single "Bear cubs": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13708-bear-cubs/
Blessings' debut cassette release "Bittervatten" now available for streaming via Bandcamp, minus one tune. If you dig dark + heavy hardcore, check this out!
Samples of the new DynaMike album "National hymns", due out (appropriately enough) tomorrow, June 6 to coincide with Sweden's National Day. You like tango? I like tango.
Give me an epic indierock tune with expansive pop hooks and a masterful sense of dynamics and of course I'm going to be impressed. It's a formula that can be easily codified on paper, but that doesn't mean it's so easy to replicate, though plenty of Swedish artists -- Magnus Ekelund, We Are the Storm, Pixie Carnation to name a few -- have definitely hit the mark at least once. Now add Pretties for You to the list; the title track of their new EP "Silver lining", just released today via , is a sure-fire qualifier. They take their time getting to the chorus payoff, but it's worth it.
Pretties For You - Silver lining
Wanna get totally old-school and order a cassette version of Henric de la Cour's latest single "Grenade"? Well, now you can! As for the digital generation, it's also now available via Spotify.
Okkultokrati will be heading out on the road in July as support for Black Tusk and will be debuting a bunch of new material along the way:
07/08 - MTC, Köln (GER)
07/09 - tbc
07/10 - Star & Garter, Manchester (UK)
07/11 - Underworld, London (UK)
07/12 - Winston, Amsterdam (HOL)
07/13 - Juha West, Stuttgart (GER)
07/14 - 59 to 1, München (GER)
07/15 - Cassiopeia, Berlin (GER)
07/16 - 007, Prague (CZ)
07/17 - tbc
07/18 - tbc
07/19 - Truckstop Alaska, Gothenburg (SWE)
07/20 - Slottsfjell Fest, Tonsberg (NOR)
My question is, who's gonna give me a ride out to Truckstop on the 19th?
Straight out the gate on their new album "Rastlös och vild", Nitad is in full-on bulldozer mode, leveling everything in their path with Pissed Jeans-style riffing and unhinged vocals. They pick up the pace for much of the rest of the LP, but I remain partial to these heavy, mid-tempo moments which show the gubbestyrka in full plumage. Easily a top-10 HC release for 2012.
Nitad - Rastlös och vild
New 90s-style hardcore from Swedish act Trembling Hands, just released on 7" via /. If label names like Gravity and Ebullition mean anything to you, you should check this out.
Out now via , the new album "Vi som ville någon annanstans" from Swedish punkrockers Nobelkommitten.
Anna Ternheim's latest record "The night visitor" is currently streaming in full at Spinner, now that it's finally just about to be released in the US: http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/spinner#/13
has added LKPG heavy rockers Nocturnal to their roster and will be releasing their debut 7" single in August/September with the band going back into Studio Hufvudstaden in October to track a full-length.
Excellent Norwegian punk act Dark Times is back in the studio, working on a new 7".