Absolu Noise interviews Rasmus Kellerman

Absolut Noise interviews Rasmus Kellerman about his new solo, his first under his own name after many releases as Tiger Lou: https://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2010/06/24th-interview.html

Henric de la Cour doc in the works

PSL reports that Jacob Frössén (one half of the duo Skriet) is working on a documentary about Henric de la Cour from Yvonne/Strip Music: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/06/08/extra-extra-jacob-frossen-gor-dokumentarfilm-om-henric-de-la-cour/

Shout Out Louds - Show me something new (video)

Shout Out Louds have a new video for the song "Show me something new": https://vimeo.com/11844954

Sailor & I - John Franklin EP

Swedish indie act Sailor & I are streaming their new 6-song EP "John Franklin" at SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/sailorandi/sets/john-franklin

Sambassadeur - I can try

The new Sambassadeur single "I can try", officially due out July 7 via Labrador Records, is being given away as a free download: https://www.labrador.se/icantry

RIP Montys Loco

Bummer: Montys Loco have officially called it quits after 10 years as a band: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=47883753&blogId=535527587

New EP from The Hives in July

Swedish garage-rockers The Hives will be releasing a new EP on July 2 as a precursor to their upcoming album, due out later this year. The band has also revamped their matching outfits and has decided to go with a nautical/sailor theme.

MP3: Watain - Death's cold dark

"Have you heard the new Watain?"
"Yeah, it's weird... it's got hooks"
"True, but they've always kind of had that. I dunno, it just doesn't do much for me"
"Me neither"

I paraphrase, but that's more or less the discussion I had with a friend on the subject of "Lawless darkness", Watain's latest album. As I was saying earlier in the first part of my examination of black metal in 2010, I often wonder if my disinterest has more to do with me than it has to do with the actual music. I've been actively listening to the album for a couple weeks now and while I'm still not that into it, there's nothing definitely wrong with it either, at least not that I can pinpoint. But it does also play into the subject I brought up before: modern BM's lack of mystery. They still sport some of the best corpse paint around, looking more like the rotting undead than evil clowns, but then again, I'm looking at their spread in Terrorizer and thinking, god, this is all so corny. Not that everyone should emulate Portal all of a sudden, but that band is pretty much the only BM act I can think of whose image is as creepy/fearsome as their music. Like I've been saying: the element of mystery is crucial! Also, though Watain frontman Erik Danielsson no longer goes by the letter E, I kinda wish they would just shed the artifice entirely at this point. It's not necessary, it's distracting and arguably, seeing as how they are currently the most popular black metal band in the world right now who still managed to retain their cred, they could easily get away with it. Still, I suppose it could be me. I'll keep listening and hoping that it eventually clicks.

Watain - Death's cold dark

New Aerial single plus Nomethod sampler on the way

Aerial will be releasing "Vacant dreamers" as a new single on July 8, complete with video. Their label Nomethod has also announced that they'll be releasing a new sampler, their first ever, that same day: https://robertsvensson.com/nomethod/?p=39
Three previously unreleased tracks from the likes of Simian Ghost, Love Is a Burning Thing and The Giant's Dream plus a whole lotta great Swedish indierock.

Pixie Carnation in the studio

Pixie Carnation is in the studio working on what will become their full-length debut album. Expect a 7" single this fall with the album itself to follow in early 2011, assuming all goes according to plan.

New Eyeshades EP for free

Knoppar is giving away a new EP from The Eyeshades (in addition to offering it as a paid download in various locations): https://knoppar.blogspot.com/2010/06/do-what-you-want.html

Martin Herterich mix at Fluid Radio

Swedish experimental/drone artist Martin Herterich has a new mix up at Fluid Radio containing some new music he's recorded as well as a bunch of stuff from his friends (and others): https://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2010/06/martin-herterich-exclusive/

Updated tourdates for Alarma Man

Updated tourdates for Swedish labyrinth-punks Alarma Man:

08/06 - Loppen, Copenhagen (DK)
08/07 - Jenseits von Millionen, Friedland (GER)
08/08 - Immerhin, Würzburg (GER)
08/09 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
08/11 - Lichtung, Cologne (GER)
08/12 - DBs, Utrecht (NL)
08/13 - Iepeterfest, Ieper (BEL)
08/14 - Hafen2, Offenbach (GER)
08/15 - Asta Kneipe, Rosenheim (GER)
08/16 - Rhiz, Vienna (AUS)
08/17 - Klub Velbloud, Czech Budweis (CZ)
08/19 - Comet Club (Record Release Party), Berlin (GER)
08/20 - Brownstahlfest, Erfurt (GER)

Dead Letters selling limited t-shirts

Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words recently did a very small limited run of t-shirts that proved popular enough he's doing it again -- preorder here: https://www.deadwords.org/

Sirius playlist week #23

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. TALK 1
02. Dear Euphoria - Coming down
03. Magnus Pelander - A sinner's child
04. Monzano - Grand siblings
05. TALK 2
06. Haust - Pointing and laughing
07. Pets - A good day for telling lies
08. Adventure Of - Time will tell
09. Swedish House Mafia - One
10. TALK 3
11. Supersci - Snap out of it
12. Pearl Fiction - The ruby fever
13. Britta Persson - Meet a bear
14. TALK 4
15. Nidingr - Reginsmol
16. The Bear Quartet - You you you you you you
17. Grande - You are the night
18. Rasmus Kellerman - The greatness & me
19. TALK 5
20. Susanne Sundfør - The brothel

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.