Check out the video for the new Sondre Lerche single "Phantom punch": https://exodus.interoutemediaservices.com/?id=87239166-36e9-47aa-8330-4abd54bf50d3&delivery=stream
Snowy Shaw (ex-Notre Dame, Mercyful Fate, etc.) is the new singer of Therion (alongside Mats Leven and two female singers)! The long-running Swedish doom act will release their new album "Gothic Kabbalah" in January.
Speaking of Snowy, he recently did session drum work and helped produce the new demo from Swedish glam-rockers Loud'n'Nasty. Listen to their new single "Nasty girls": https://www.loudnnasty.com/media/NastygirlsRadioquality.mp3
Download the remix of "Eller?" by Petter, featuring Vendetta and Paragon: https://forum.petter.nu/cc/click.php?id=3
Updated Frida Hyvönen tourdates:
11/05 - Tonic, NYC
11/07 - M-Room, Philadelphia, PA
11/08 - Rock and Roll Hotel, Washington DC
11/11 - Casa Burrito, Murfreesboro, TN
11/17 - Emos, Austin, TX
11/19 - Beat Kitchen, Chicago, IL
12/06 - 93 feet east, London (UK)
12/06 - 93 feet east, London (UK)
12/12 - Le Divan Du Monde, Paris (FRA)
Eastground Records has started a new netlabel subdivision entitled FreeMusic. Their first release is a double a-side single from Swedish rockers Les Anges Perdues: https://www.eastgroundrecords.se/freemusic.html
Combat Rock reports that Finnish act The Phoenix Foundation has recorded two brand new songs for a split 7" with UK act Four Dumb Kids. More details to come?
Keep up with Hero Dishonest as they tour the US: https://www.chambersmagazine.com/blogit.php?blogid=1&postid=1
Swedish powerpop act The Drawbacks have a new song on their website: https://www.thedrawbacks.se/
Stylus reviews Peter Bjorn and John: https://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/peter-bjorn-john/writers-block.htm
MIC Norway reflects on this year's Icelandic Airwaves fest: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2006102318172197599450
Music (for Robots) on Katatonia: https://music.for-robots.com/archives/001677.html
I too am really looking forward to finally seeing them live for the first time.
This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 tracks of the week:
01. The Killers – When You Were Young
02. Nikola Sarcevic – Love Is Trouble
03. The Killers – Sam's Town
04. Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
05. The Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
06. Cat Power – The Greatest
07. Anna Ternheim – Feels Like Sand
08. The Killers – Enterlude
09. The Killers – Bones
10. The Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
And the top 10 albums of the week:
01. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
02. The Knife – Deep Cuts
03. Cat Power – The Greatest
04. The Radio Dept. – Pet Grief
05. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
06. Radiohead – OK Computer
07. The Knife – Silent Shout
08. Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
09. The Radio Dept. – Lesser Matters
10. Jens Lekman – Oh You're So Silent Jens
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DigitalMetal has the press release for the new album "Hope" from Finnish doom-metallers Swallow the Sun: https://www.digitalmetal.com/news.asp?cid=7781
It comes out February 7 via Spinefarm and will feature guest appearances from Jonas Renkse (Katatonia) and Tomi Joutsen (Amorphis).