Watch video footage of Kimmo Pohjonen and Sami Kuoppamäki rehearsing for "Songs of Experience" at Patti Smith's Meltdown Festival from back in 2005: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=17945459
If you never thought that an accordianist could jam out on Hendrix, watch that clip and have your mind blown.
Elin Ruth (nee Elin Sigvardsson) has a new website: https://www.elinruth.com/
Listen to the new single "Antidote" to be posted at myspace next week. It will officially be released on November 20.
Download the new Detektivbyrån video "" right here: https://www.detektivbyran.net/Lyckans%20Undulat.mov
For the bandwidth-impaired, it's also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmPltWvvxdc
Rock Eyez interviews Martin Sweet from Swedish sleezerock act Crashdiet: https://www.rockeyez.com/interviews/int-martinsweet-crashdiet.html
Norwegian noise/thrash act Killl on tour in Europe:
12/06 - Qujochoe, Linz (AUS)
12/07 - Bad Bonn, Düdingen (CH)
12/08 - Balthes, Ravensburg (GER)
12/11 - Kampnagel, Hamburg (GER)
12/12 - Lido, Berlin, Berlin (GER)
12/13 - Reclycart, Brussels (BEL)
12/14 - State x, Den Haag (NL)
12/15 - Blitz, Oslo (NOR)
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Kurt Nilsen - Push push
02. Hellbillies - Spissrotgang
03. D.D.E. - 15 år live
04. CC Cowboys - På Svalbard uten strøm
05. Henning Kvitnes - Stemmer i gresset
06. Alejandro Fuentes - Tomorrow only knows
07. Ole Edvard Antonsen - Landscapes
08. Dance With A Stranger - Everyone needs a friend - The Very Best of DWAS
09. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ord & Øgonblick
10. Jan Eggum - Hjerteknuser
11. Minor Majority - Candy store (2 CD edition)
12. Raga Rockers - Ubermensch
13. Christian Ingebrigtsen - The Truth about lies
14. Valkyrien Allstars - Valkyrien Allstars
15. Sigvart Dagsland - Forandring
16. Scandinavia - Fly
17. Jørn Hoel - På grunn av dæ
18. Solveig Slettahjell - Domestic songs
19. Jan Eggum - 30/30
20. GT-Sara - På farten med full rulle
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Kent - Tillbaka till samtiden
02. Magnus Uggla - Pärlor åt svinen
03. Christer Sjögren - Älskade andliga sånger
04. Lars Winnerbäck - Daugava
05. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao 3
06. E-Type - Eurotopia
07. Petter - God damn it
08. Thorleifs - Våra bästa år
09. Nisse Hellberg - En tiger i tanken
10. Peter Lemarc - Kärlek i tystnadens tid
11. Peter Jöback - Människor som du och jag
12. Mando Diao - Never seen the light of day
14. Shirley Clamp - Tålamod
15. The Hives - The black and white album
16. Jaqee - Nouvelle d'amour
17. Sahara Hotnights - What if leaving is a loving thing
18. Sonja Aldén - Till dig
19. Hammerfall - Steel meets steel - Ten years of glory
20. Miss Li - Songs of a rag doll
Check out Thomas Denver Jonsson performing a brand new demo track, captured on video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--e3Yo5o_iM
He's also posted an mp3 of his contribution to last year's Gene Clark tribute on Groover Recordings: https://www.thomasdenver.com/mp3/thomas_denver_jonsson-set_you_free_this_time.mp3
Stereogum has a new Raveonettes track: https://stereogum.com/the-gum-drop/song.php?tid=7093
MP3: The Bombettes - I wanna
Compare and contrast: the lack of enthusiasm I bemoaned in yesterday's post on Jonas Game has nothing to do with The Bombettes. The 4-track "What's cooking good looking?" EP is a near-perfect, unstoppable force. They bulldoze through each song with raw fury. When they declare "I wanna kick your ass", I have no doubt that they'll be true to their word. Loud, brash and snotty; this is yet another Umeå band showing the world the way things should be done.
The Bombettes - I wanna
Swedish Kraut/postpunk act Paper has signed a licensing deal with Novoton Records via their own label Destruction Production for the release of their forthcoming album, due out in February. The band describes the situation like so:
Novoton releases/distributes everything that is released on Destruction Production (wich is a creative-destruction platform created and managed by Paper. The idea is to produce destruction by being creative. Much like the weapon industry but without the physical consequences. One could compare it to the Norwegian blackmetal scene as well).
Said album is currently in the mixing stage, but you can also check the band out at Debaser Malmö next Friday November 16.
The Finest Kiss weighs in with a much more thorough appraisal of Tuesday's Jens Lekman show in Seattle: https://finestkiss.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/charmed-im-sure/
The new Bloodlights album is streaming in its entirety via myspace: https://www.myspace.com/bloodlights
Alarmrock
5 skott i pikkan
Beat Butchers
The teenagers in Alarmrock play infectious ska tinted punk, pretty much like Anders "Moneybrother" Wedin's old band Monster did, with brass and all that comes with it. Although these kids sing in Swedish which, in combination with their left-wing lyrics, kind of makes them into a ska Ebba Grön. I'm sure they're a riot live, listening to them on record is a bit frustrating since it just makes me wish I was seeing them live instead. It's definitely not original, nor are these songs amazing enough to earn Alarmrock a place within the higher strata of the ska punk genre. It bodes well though -there's no way I'll miss seeing these guys if I ever get the chance, there's just too much energy here to ignore.
- Simon Tagestam
It's been awhile since I've posted a new profile piece, too long if you ask me, but that dry spell has come to an end! Just posted, a profile on GBG-based act IKONS. Even better, they've provided a brand new exclusive track for download, so check it out!