New heavy sludge outta Norway from a band called Barren Womb. Look for the band's new EP "On the origin of the fæces" on September 14 via ; no word on whether or not they'll also be lifting the design of Type O Negative's original artwork off their album of almost-the-same name, but I guess we'll have to wait and see (and never unsee).
Cult Nation is offering up a full-length preview of the upcoming Grave album "Endless procession of souls": http://www.cvltnation.com/exclusive-cvlt-nation-streaming-grave-perimortem/
Pitchfork reviews the Holograms' new self-titled album, out now via : http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16901-holograms/
Don't forget our own review which you can find right here.
New Swedish indie heavily indebted to Starmarket and the like. Hear Glue Girls' entire new EP "We're here to pick up the pieces" via Spotify.
Finland meets Sweden by way of gentle indierock. This is Finns The New Tigers covering Swedes Top Sound while the latter return the favor on the flipside. Hear both tracks and/or order the 7" here.
New music from SKwBN sideproject Springfactory off the band's new album, due out this fall.
Swedish hard-rockers Graveyard have announced that their new album "Lights out" will be released on October 26.
"Clark" is the debut single from Slowgold's upcoming self-titled debut, due out August 24 via . Quite a bit different from the label's other acts such as Nitad and Bombus, but that's by no means a bad thing!
Norwegian indierockers Lukestar are sadly calling it quits after 10 years as a band and will play their final show on August 31 at Parkteateret in Oslo. Read their final statement here.
Tattoo by Jonas at Göteborg Classic
I'm back home again and back at work after a two-week Swedish excursion -- thanks to all my friends, new and old, for hanging out and being awesome! In the meantime, I've got myself a mountain of junk to climb out from under so expect updates this week to be terse. I'll be back on top soon enough.
Been meaning to get this written up for over a week now, but I haven't found the time and now that I'm about head out on vacation to Sweden for a couple weeks, I figure I need to get at least something up. So without further ado, here's my picks for the best releases of 2012 so far (in alphabetical order):
Agent Side Grinder - Hardware ()
Beastmilk - Use your deluge ()
Diskoteket - Det ska se ut som slutet ()
Magnus Ekelund & Stålet - Supernova EP ()
Nitad - Rastlös & vild ()
Susanne Sundfør - The silicone veil ()
Tvärvägen - Staring directly into the sun ()
Vånna Inget - Jag ska fly tills jag hittar hem ()
On the cusp/too early to tell:
Anchorless - Every nook and cranny ()
Norra Kust - s/t ()
Westkust - Junk EP ()
Reissues:
Missbrukarna - Zooma in en zombie ()
Ratsia - Jäljet ()
Listen to a selection of these records below via Spotify:
I know I said I wasn't going to be posting much, but the new Westkust EP is too good to deny. Check out the band's record release show on July 14 at Skjul Fyra Sex in Göteborg.
I'm leaving for a 2-week jaunt to Sweden this coming weekend and am utterly and completely overwhelmed with work I need to finish before I depart, so please forgive me while I concentrate on the things that need doing. Not that there's a whole lot going on right now to report anyway, but expect little-to-no updates before August and enjoy a nice little classic tune from Umeå favorites Isolation Years in the meantime.
Isolation Years - Say-nothing day
Tomorrow night on July 12 Club It's a Trap! presents the hardcore stylings of Stockholm-based heavies This Gift is a Curse plus local boys Vervain at Debaser Malmö! Be there!