New from Swedish label Gravitation, The Tallest Man on Earth: https://www.gravitation.nu/discoframe.asp?id=30&action=disco3
Not much in terms of info, but there are samples and they sound good.
Dungen's performance from this year's Bonaroo Festival in June is now available as a paid download, in both mp3 and lossless FLAC format: https://www.livebonnaroo.com/
The new video for The Embassy's single "Lurking (with a distance)" is online: https://www.srvice.com/lurking.htm
Raised Fist will finally return to Canada in December, making up for the cancelled tour from September:
12/07 - Le Trash, St-Hyacinthe
12/08 - Anti Hall, Quebec City
12/09 - Cegep Hall, Sept-Iles
12/10 - Vieux Theatre, LaBaie
12/11 - Theatre Granada, Sherbrooke
12/12 - Le Spectrum, Montreal
12/13 - Le Maquisart, Trois-Rivieres
12/14 - The Babylon, Ottawa
12/15 - The Dungeon, Oshawa
12/16 - Call The Office, London
12/17 - The Reverb, Toronto
12/18 - L3 Nightclub, St-Catherines
12/19 - Chubby Pickle, Windsor
12/20 - The Foundation, Barrie
Swedish glam-rockers Crashdiet are back and promise to persevere onward despite the suicide of frontman Dave Leppard: https://www.crashdiet.org/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1161087538
Hits in the Car mentioned them the other day and let me reiterate, Munich is an up-and-coming Danish band not to be missed. Check out the three new tracks on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/munichdk
It's worth noting that Jonas Petersen from IAT-approved act Attrap sent me a tip about these guys as well. He also plays a bit of cello and sings some backing vocals on the album. If that's not enough, let it be known that Johannes Dybkjaer of Lampshade, yet another IAT-recommended act, produced the record. If you enjoyed the dreamy pop of either of those two bands, you'll dig Munich for sure.
Danish DIY label BSBTA (Bloated Sasquatch Beer Theatre Audio) is expanding into many various sub-labels including A Beard of Snails, Orange Doorhinge, Workaholics On Holiday and BSBTA Vinyl. Read more: https://www.bsbta.com/
Stylus weighs in on 120 Days: https://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/120-days/120-days.htm
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Agnes - Stronger
02. Nisse Hellberg - Snackbar blues
03. Lisa Nilsson - Hotel Vermont 609
04. Anna Ternheim - Separation road
05. Peter Jöback - Flera sidor av samma man
06. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Hund
07. Vikingarna - Bästa
08. Lisa Miskovsky - Changes
09. Mats Bergmans - Den stora dagen
10. Marit Bergman - I think it's a rainbow
11. Koop - Koop islands
12. Anne Sofie von Otter - I let the music speak
14. Mando Diao - Ode to ochrasy
15. Di Leva - Hoppets röst
16. Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Tuesday wonderland
17. Christian Falk - People say
18. Rydell & Quick - Rockoholic
19. Lars Winnerbäck - Efter nattens bränder - 1996-2006
20. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao på turné
The latest edition of Matthew from Fluxblog's Hit Refresh column is 2/3rds Scandinavian: https://asap.ap.org/stories/953785.s
Pitchfork talks to Mew frontman Jonas Bjerre: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/39195/Interview_Mew
The 'movie' version of the video for the new Bloodlights single "One eye open" is now online: https://www.frittvilt.com/
Swedish music show Musikbyrån celebrates 10 years with a marathon of programming on October 20, including many classic performances from bands such as Refused, Bob Hund and The Hives. Read more: https://svt.se/musikbyran
MP3: Juvelen - Watch your step
Guest post today courtesy of Simon Tagestam:
It's perhaps not that hip anymore to sound like Prince, since we've already got major mainstream artists like Justin Timberlake and André from Outkast who often sound like they've moved to Minneapolis and joined the Jehovah's Witnesses. Still, Juvelen is a one man band (real name: Jonas Pettersson) whose songs are crazily influenced by Prince, but thanks to the quality, it's hard to voice any complaints. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't sound that great, but on his hit "Watch your step", it's stars and rainbows all the way. So far Juvelen hasn't released anything 'properly,' but it'll be very interesting to see if whatever he does release will be as good as these three and a half minutes of soulful greatness.
Juvelen - Watch your step