Lupatarkastaja is reporting that doom act From Now On has signed with US label Empyreal Records and will have their "Outlined shapes" demo remastered by Magnus Lindberg (Cult Of Luna) at Tonteknik and rereleased as a vinyl EP. Pretty cool. Empyreal is apparently also working with Swedish act Lolita Stasi on their next release. Read a translated, unedited version of an interview that Lupatarkastaja did with FNO, originally published at Noise.fi: https://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2006/03/15/from-now-on-deal-interview/#more-1631
Check out an e-card for the new Gadget album: https://www.relapse.com/ecards/gadget/
Ex-Emperor/Peccatum frontman Ihsahn has posted a couple samples from his debut solo album on his website: https://www.ihsahn.com/
The track "Called by fire" features guest vocals from Garm of Ulver. Sounds a bit like Ulver, too (on that particular track).
Check out the video for the new Sweatmaster single "Good looks, big deal": https://www.laspalmas.nu/sweatmaster/
Pitchfork reviews the US release of the Hellacopters most recent album "Rock & roll is dead": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/h/hellacopters/rock-and-roll-is-dead.shtml
It's funny that they compare them to The Ark in the front-page teaser. I guess that means the hype machine is rolling strong for them (and rightly so).
Swedish indiepop act The Idle Hands have a new website: https://www.theidlehands.com/
Listen to the new Le Sport single "It's not the end of the world": https://www.songsiwish.com/lesport/Itsnottheend.mp3
The 300-copy limited edition CDR also includes the b-sides "Loveboat" and "Euroheart" and is available now via Songs I Wish I Had Written. The debut full-length "Euro deluxe dance party" comes out April 5.
Thanks to everyone who came out last night to make March's Tack! Tack! Tack! a success. For pictures and a full report, go here: [click here]
My interview with Figurines frontman Christian Hjelm is now online: [click here]
New mp3 today from Motorpsycho, one of Norway's greatest rock bands, if not the greatest. Word on the street is that the band's new double album "Black hole black canvas" is the band's best work in many, many years and you know what? It's true. For many people, the term "prog-rock" conjures up images of bands like Rush or some other sort of noodly wanker with stupid hair, but when I apply it to Motorpsycho, I'm using it as it was originally intended. Motorpsycho is progressive - they stretch the boundries of genre to create something amazing. In the same way that many 70s classic rock acts used to evade pigeonholing, "Black hole black canvas" is all over the map musically, but always grounded and held together by the band's amazing sense of melody. It's distinctive and immediately recognizable. This particular song that I've posted today is the album's first single "Hyena". It's a powerful pop song with a grandiose, soaring quality that I just love. Recommend listening? Hell yes.
The recent live performance collaboration of Kaburu and Militant Fields at the Skinnskatteberg Folk High School is available for download: https://www.freewebs.com/hajsimma_nya_toner/
Don Juan Dracula planning a comeback? https://www.donjuandracula.com/
Download an mp3 of the new Home Groan single "Queen of the underpass": https://www.homegroan.net/music/02%20Queen.mp3
The latest edition of Famous for 15mb is now online: https://www.famousfor15mb.com/
Scandinavian artists featured this month include Det Svenska Folket (NOR), Tsukimono (SWE), Martin Skauen (NOR) and Viktor Sjöberg (SWE).