Delusions of Adequacy reviews The Hives' most recent album: https://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewID=8397
As promised, the new album "So here we are" from Swedish alt-country act Winny Lee is now available for free download: https://www.winnylee.com/
IKONS-affiliated act Outmen have two new tracks up on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/outmen
MP3: Firefox AK - Winter rose
I had a feeling the new Firefox AK single would be good, but this good? Nope, no way! Sorry to underestimate you Andrea! What I like best about the track besides the obvious appeal of the husband/wife duet is how damn sparse it is. There's a bit of synth, but it's pure garnish - really, it's the rhythm and vocal tracks that carry it. It also appears that living in Berlin causes you to eschew guitars as there's barely any to be found here. It remains to be seen whether Tiger Lou will follow in a similar direction with his upcoming record, but I know they've both been listening a lot of techno and it shows. Otherwise, I can only begin to imagine how amazing the remixes for this track will be. This album version is fantastic, but I wouldn't be surprised if a b-side knocks it out of the park.
Firefox AK - Winter rose (ft. Tiger Lou)
Pitchfork reviews The Field's new digital-only EP "Sound of light" which was commissioned by the Nordic Light Hotel: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/47967-sound-of-light-ep
Les Issambres
Merry Christmas
Fifth Week Records
This CD's got the feel of a batch of still-warm cookies a friend just baked and brought over. You can easily imagine the siblings who lead this band and their friends sitting round at home dreaming up silly and sad Christmas songs (one which spent way too many days stuck in my head is titled "It's a sad sad Christmas Day, Sadaam Hussein") and recording them right then and there. The hand-wrapped-in-Christmas-wrapping-paper packaging only adds to the informal feel of a friendly gift. But spontaneous and lightweight as the record may be, there's some real talent in this band, and like their more serious (and better) 2007 release, "Late fairytales", it's got some really nice lo-fi indie songs that combine strong pop sense with some late 1970s New York art rock influence.
- Nancy Baym
The Tarantula Waltz on tour in Italy:
01/26 - Spazio Retroscena, Como
01/27 - Arci Mirabello, Cantù
01/28 - Locomotiva, Osnago
01/29 - Birimbo, Brienno
01/30 - TV and Radio shows, Zoagli
01/31 - Happy New Club, Casnigo
02/01 - Pegaso, Arcola
02/02 - Il Banco, Zoagli
02/03 - Savona, Raindogs
To celebrate the release of their new album "Na na ni", Fredrik has unveiled a new website: https://www.sagomusik.com/
Stars in Coma will tour Italy in March:
03/20 – Relé Café Bistro, San Giovanni Teatino (ITA)
03/21 – Lego Café, Cesena (ITA)
03/22 – ARCI Ponterotto, Montelupo F.no (ITA)
03/23 – Mattatoio, Carpi (ITA)
Cake On Cake has signed with US label Sleepy Records for the release of her third album, due out later this year.
The nominees for the 2008 Danish DeeJay Awards have been announced: https://ddja.dk/2008/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=36
DigitalMetal reviews the new Opeth live collection "The Roundhouse tapes": https://www.eclipsemagazine.ws/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1137
The Pastry Club is presenting a night of (mostly) Danish music at 93 Feet East in London on February 19 with Epo-555 and Jong Pang. More details: https://www.last.fm/event/470263
The nominees for Finland's music industry awards, the Emma-gaala, have been announced: https://www.emmagaala.fi/artistit/
There's now a video for the new Benea Reach track "New waters" at the band's website: https://www.beneareach.com/