We were hoping to get them for Tack! Tack! Tack! in November, but it looks like David & the Citizens will support Tapes n Tapes in Germany instead. Have no fear however, it's only been postponed - they'll be in London in December instead:
11/14 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER) w/Tapes n Tapes
11/15 - Magnet, Berlin (GER) w/Tapes n Tapes
11/19 - Underground, Köln (GER) w/Tapes n Tapes
11/21 - Atomic Café, München (GER) w/Tapes n Tapes
11/23 - Chelsea, Wien (AUS)
11/26 - ISC, Bern (CH)
12/11 - Tack! Tack! Tack! @ The Social, London (UK)
KVLR has started to track guitars on their new album: https://blog.myspace.com/kvlr
Consequences have posted a bunch of new music on myspace, including the new single "Parasite" which features guest vocals from both Marit Bergman and Frida Hyvönen: https://www.myspace.com/bewareoftheconsequences
Finally, some dates for Cake On Cake's upcoming US tour:
11/11 - Earlham College, Richmond, IN
11/15 - Off Broadway, St.Louis, MO
11/16 - Hi-Tone, Memphis, TN
11/18 - The Earl, Atlanta, GA
11/20 - Tasty World, Athens, GA
11/21 - The Wetlands, Chapel Hill, NC
11/24 - Pete's Candy Store New York, NY
11/25 - Middle East, Cambridge, MA (afternoon show)
11/25 - The Blue Mermaid Portsmouth, NH (evening show)
11/27 - AS220, Providence, RI
11/28 - Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
11/29 - Wesleyan College, Middletown, CT
12/01 - Kenyon College - Horn Gallery, Gambier, OH
12/02 - The Firehouse, N. Manchester, IN
This week's hot tip: Voices Break the Silence. If you're at all into Convoj, The End Will Be Kicks, Seven Feet Four or any other "angular" rock acts, these guys will be right up your alley. In fact, it was Ola from Seven Feet Four who first told me about them - a day before Magnus from Chalksounds/Nomethod (the former being the label of both Convoj and TEWBK) sent me an excited IM with the same recommendation. The band remains unsigned for now, but I doubt it will take long for someone to pick them up. I know this sort of rock doesn't usually get people fired up like whatever flavor-of-the-week twee act is going 'round, but I live for this kind of stuff. It's got just the right balance of heaviness and melodicism: huge churning bass and slicing guitars. Also: I tried to interview them for this week's profile piece, but they never replied to my email. What gives? Get back to me!
Voices Break the Silence - The way
Before The Haunted, before there was Witchery, Patrik Jensen was in a band called Seance. Unlike a lot of the other Swedish death-metal acts around in the early 90s that are still remembered today, Seance performed in a much more brutal, syncopated style as opposed to the "traditional" melodic stuff people usually are talking about when discussing Swedish metal. If you're at all familiar with Jensen's work that shouldn't be too surprising as he's been cranking out album after album of Slayer-esque riffage like a machine for many years now. I imagine most folks will have a hard time getting past the monotone burp-metal vocals so my advice is to just do what I do: concentrate on the drums. Jensen does fine emulating the guitar attack of King/Hanneman, but it's drummer Micke's Lombardo-style pummel that makes Seance so awesome. Well, that and the loud steamroller bass tone. Much more Jesus Lizard in timbre than typical death-metal. This particular track I've posted today comes from the band's second and final album, 1993's "Saltrubbed eyes". If you can get past the vocals, it's well worth seeking out. I think The Haunted are okay, but I like this stuff a lot more (and similarly would recommend the Björler twins' earlier band At the Gates as well, but that's a no-brainer). As for the band's first album "Forever laid to rest" (1992), I am horribly remiss and have never heard it. Anyone know if it's worthwhile?
Seance - Skinless
Paper Thin Walls covers all Scandinavian music today: https://www.paperthinwalls.com/
Swedish rockers Wired for Mono have posted their new single "Radio interrupt" on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/wiredformono
The Third Try Social Club's new 2-track single "Business" is now available as a free download: https://www.thethirdtry.com/releases.html
Hybris has the new Andreas Mattsson single "So old it's new" available for free download: https://hybrism.blogspot.com/2006/10/andreas-mattsson-new-single-and-video.html
Bassist Magnus Hedquist has left Death Breath for undisclosed reasons. Erik Wallin (Harms Way, Merciless) will be filling in at the band's upcoming shows and Scott Carlson (Repulsion) will be doing vo-kills.
Stereo Test Kit has posted a free 3-track single for download from Musika 77: https://www.stereotestkit.com/sounds.htm
Two of the tracks are from Musika 77's forthcoming album "Brave you free may", due out October 16. The other exclusive track is a cover of "2 dollar shows" by Rosie Thomas. Recommended!