Antenna talks to Finnish avant-metal act ...andOceans/nee Havoc Unit: https://www.antenna.nu/havocunit/news1.php
Pitchfork reports that Robyn will finally unleash an expanded version of her 2005 self-titled pop masterpiece on the UK on April 2: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/41133/Robyn_Says_Konichiwa_to_UK_With_Expanded_Roby
US folks will still have to import the damn thing, despite universal acclaim. Bummer.
SellOut! Music is coming back from hibernation with a new release from Norwegian indiepop act Hiawata and a new MCD entitled "They could have been bigger than Hiawata!" due out March 26. Listen to samples at myspace or check out the video for the first single "Dylan MacKaye" right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOphk4GsX6g&eurl=
Maria Eriksson of The Concretes just released a solo record under the name Santa Maria. The record was produced by Johan Bethling (Tape) and features guest appearances from both Lars Skoglund and Marcus Krunegård of Laakso. Read more: https://www.slottet.eu/santamaria/
Swedish singer/songwriter and IAT.MP3 artist Björn Kleinhenz has two new songs on myspace, one being a Ben Gibbard cover: https://www.myspace.com/bjornkleinhenz
Sounds fantastic, as always.
Entartete Musik has released the debut EP "Internal breed" from Saprophyth, the solo project of Sabizz (drummer for both Noplacetohide and Nidingr). The disc is super limited and the music described as a mix of black and death metal. Listen to a preview here: https://myspace.com/saprophyth
Updated Thomas Dybdahl tourdates:
03/14 - The Parish, House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
03/14 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/17 - Gypsy Tea Room, Dallas, TX
03/20 - Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, CA
03/21 - El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
03/23 - Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
03/29 - The Waiting Room, Omaha, NE
03/30 - Double Door, Chicago, IL
03/31 - 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis, MN
04/02 - The Mod Club, Toronto
04/04 - Theatre Of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
04/05 - Birchmere, Alexandria, VA
04/06 - Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
04/07 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
04/25 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
04/29 - W2, Den Bosch (NL)
Music (for Robots) on Finnish act Husky Rescue: https://music.for-robots.com/archives/001859.html
NPR's World Cafe profiles Peter Bjorn and John: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7374401
Ebb's album "Loona", the winner of the electronic category at this year's Manifest Awards, will be receiving a UK release on March 26 and worldwide on April 9. Check out the video for their next single "Life is on TV": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsm3l_aqLk4
In somewhat Ebb-related news, Gaymonkey labelmate Sara Berg will soon release her new single "Crawl back from under" on March 12. B-side remixers include Sophie Rimheden, Endel & Leida, Appareil and Goodstuf. Listen here: https://www.myspace.com/saraberg
New tourdates for Danish act Late Night Venture:
02/14 - Loppen, Copenhagen (DK)
02/15 - Duncker, Berlin (GER)
02/17 - Centrum, Erfurt (GER)
02/18 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
Aversionline reviews Scraps of Tape's new album "This is a copy is this a copy": https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2007/02/13/scraps-of-tape-this-is-a-copy-is-this-a-copy-cd/
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Andrew is a smart dude. Listen to what he says.
Robyn finally has a video for "Konichiwa bitches": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC_GnG1wO38
Genius.
MP3: Mira Craig - Boogeyman
On one hand, you really gotta admire someone like Mira Craig. There aren't that many aspiring pop/R&B divas out there with the kind of DIY attitude she has. She writes her own material, does her own production, puts out her own records and so on and so forth. Sure, there's artists like Robyn who have their own labels, but she didn't build her career from the ground up like Mira did.
On the other hand, Mira's music is incredibly fucking weird. It does not sound at all like anything you'd expect from a Norwegian pop princess. She draws a lot from her family's Louisiana roots, but I knew nothing about that the first time I put this on and heard all of her voodoo roo roo ranting. She's got a really gruff voice and puts it to good use to sound as intimidating as possible. Pair it with the video treatment and the whole thing is even more bizarre and confusing. She's from Norway, I swear! Other popstars such as Elvira Nikolaisen probably sell more records, but Mira Craig is far more interesting. Maybe not exactly 'good', but I'll leave that up to you to decide for yourself.
Mira Craig - Boogeyman