Studio's two 12"s "NoComply" and "West Coast" will be compiled and released on CD format as "Yearbook 1" on January 24 via Information. More details: https://www.inf000.com/
For the Eardrums on Sofia Talvik's forthcoming album "Street of dreams", due out January 30: https://eardrumsreviews.blogspot.com/2007/01/sofia-talvik-street-of-dreams.html
Sounds Like Violence will finally have their debut full-length "With blood on my hands" released on February 12 via Burning Heart. A video is on the way for the first single "The greatest" and you can hear it plus one more track over at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/soundslikeviolence
Stylus echoes many of my own sentiments on I's album "Between two worlds": https://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/i/between-two-worlds.htm
This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 tracks of the week:
01. The Knife – Silent Shout
02. Band of Horses – The Funeral
03. Bloc Party – Banquet
04. Hot Chip – Over and Over
05. The Killers – When You Were Young
06. The Knife – Neverland
07. The Pipettes – Pull Shapes
08. The Smiths – The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
09. The Postal Service – We Will Become Silhouettes
10. The Knife – Heartbeats
And the top 10 albums of the week:
01. The Postal Service – Give Up
02. Camera Obscura – Let's Get out of This Country
03. The Knife – Silent Shout
04. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
05. Band of Horses – Everything All the Time
06. The Pipettes – We Are the Pipettes
07. Death Cab for Cutie – Plans
08. Hot Chip – The Warning
09. Death Cab for Cutie – Transatlanticism
10. The Bear Quartet – Personality crisis
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The new Music For Robots compilation features a track from Lo-Fi-Fnk: https://music.for-robots.com/archives/001792.html
Fat Planet talks to El Perro Del Mar: https://www.fatplanet.com.au/blog/2007/01/08/el-perro-del-mar-sweden/
The Fashion's new self-titled album will be released on February 19 with touring to follow in April and May. Listen to the first single "Letters from the ambulance" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thefashiondk
Last Days of April has two brand new songs up on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/ldoa
Wasted Sounds has new records (as in vinyl) on the way from Dödsdömd, Insurgent Kid and Blinds before the end of the month. Head to their website for mp3s and details: https://www.wastedsounds.com/
Cut City's new website is finally open and you can stream their entire new album "Exit decades" there: https://www.cut-city.com/
The CD comes out February 6 via GSL, the LP on Some Industries/Deleted Art. Highly recommended for fans of 1999 or The Kid.
New GAS tourdates for Swedish rockers Diamond Dogs:
01/19 - Wild at Heart, Berlin
01/20 - Real Music, Lauchhammer
01/21 - Cobra, Solingen
01/23 - Valentin, Kempten
01/24 - Arena, Wien
01/25 - Rockhouse, Salzburg
01/26 - Suboptimal, Bamberg
01/27 - Gaswerk, Winterthur
01/28 - Mitch, Mitch
01/29 - Zwölfzehn, Stuttgart
01/30 - Sonic Ballroom, Köln
Speaking of things Diamond Dogs-related, living legend David Bowie is 60 today. I know this because he is born on the best day of the year, the same as me.
Sonomu has a nice review of Sonores posted today: https://sonomu.net/text/~sonores-elefante/
Again, this is one of 2006's best releases and is highly recommended.
Swedish cult black-metal act The Black (ex-Dissection/Vinterland/etc.) has posted a new song on myspace, their first new material in thirteen (!!!) years: https://myspace.com/officialtheblack
The band just finished recording their new album "Alongside death" at Erebus Odora with Peter Björgö (Arcana, Sophia).