Updated Alarma Man tourdates:
11/06 - Astra Stube, Hamburg
11/08 - Recyclart, Bussels
11/09 - Brasserie 911, Belvaux
11/10 - La CASAmance, La Rochelle
11/11 - Le Mondo Bizarro, Rennes
11/13 - Les Deux Palmiers, Nancy
11/15 - Kalkbreite, Zurich
11/16 - Sunny Red, Munich
11/17 - Storchennest, Heidelberg
11/18 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg
11/19 - tba, Köln
11/22 - Nexus, Braunschweig
11/23 - Bastard (Le club uts,m!), Berlin
11/24 - Atomino, Chemnitz
11/25 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig
IAT.MP3 artist Sonores has now released their official debut album: https://elefanten.blogspot.com/2006/08/structures-sonores-1-is-here.html
Highly recommended, of course.
The video for "45 tears" from brutal Danish metalcore act The Psyke Project is now up on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/kaiserkyhl
Download a mixtape of Norwegian hip-hop: https://www.kingsize.no/kingsize/index.php?action=read&id=4079 (via)
Download The Field's remix of Marit Bergman's "No party": https://www.zshare.net/audio/marit_bergman-no_partythe_field_remix-mp3-67k.html
No doubt you've probably heard the Teddybears single "Cobrastyle" by now. It's exactly the kind of ubiquitous pop hit that ends up on infinite repeat and follows you everywhere you go. Kinda like the Caesars' "Jerk it out" was a few years back, and oh man did they ever play that one to death. It's fitting that both songs are from the same mind, Mr. Jocke Åhlund. Another parallel: both bands' US debuts are not actual albums, but collections of various tracks. Not quite what I'd call 'greatest hits', but along those same lines. It's no surprise then that both suffer the same problem that often plagues such collections - the tracklist has no flow. However, let's be fair: Teddybears' US debut "Soft machine" is probably not intended to be the sort of record you sit down to listen to from beginning to end. It's tailormade for DJ sets and mixtapes. All of the tracks are great individually, but they don't form a cohesive package when thrown together. It's party music. It won't change your life, but it'll get the dancefloor moving. Ain't nothing wrong that as long as you know what you're getting into. Instead of posting something from "Soft machine" I'm going back to 2004's "Fresh". I can see why "Hey boy" was left off the US release - it's just a bit too similar to "Cobrastyle" with its wordless refrains and bouncy beat. That doesn't make it bad, just redundant. Nevermind that both tracks appear on "Fresh". If the rest of the album followed the same formula, I'd be bummed, but when there's two tracks that are both this hot, you'd be hard-pressed to find fault.
Teddybears - Hey boy (ft. Swingfly)
It's Tuesday once again so that means it's time to give away another pack of old promos and this week's winner is Ulf Henriksson. Way to go Ulf! There's one more Tuesday left in August, so if you still haven't entered yet, do it now!
Keep up with Logh as they record their fourth album: https://www.logh.se/loghIV.html
Smalltown Supersound will do a Japanese tour in November featuring Kim Hiorthøy (live), Toy (live), Bjørn Torske (DJ), Mental Overdrive (laptop set) and Joakim Haugland (DJ). Exact details to come.
Robert Johnson & Punchdrunks have recorded a Link Wray tribute album entitled "Traynor in heaven for Link Wray" to be released in the near future via Nilroy Records. Listen to their version of "Streetfighter": https://www.robertjohnsonandpunchdrunks.com/mp3/streetfighter.mp3
Kamera are now on myspace with some new music: https://www.myspace.com/kamerastyle
The video for the single "Demon seed" from Norwegian rockers Jaqueline is now online: https://www.myspace.com/anderstimo
The video is merely decent, but the song is certifiably bad-ass so check it out.
Ex-Concretes vocalist Victoria Bergsman now has her own website: https://www.takenbytrees.com/
Some new US dates for Denmark's Figurines:
10/18 - Khyber, Philadelphia, PA
10/19 - Mercury Lounge, NYC, NY w/You Am I
10/20 - Middle East, Cambridge, MA w/You Am I
10/21 - Main Hall, Montreal, PQ
10/22 - Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ONT
10/23 - Schubas, Chicago, IL
10/24 - 400 Bar, Minneapolis, MN
10/27 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
10/28 - Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA
10/30 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
10/31 - Crocodile Café, Seattle, WA