Caotico + Tove Styrke
Caotico's next single "Brains out", due out in a few days, will feature guest vocals from Swedish pop artist Tove Styrke.
Hombre Malo on tour
Norwegian sludgerockers Hombre Malo will be touring Europe for a few weeks:
09/06 - Gaussplatz, Hamburg (GER)
09/07 - Rote Flora, Hamburg (GER)
09/08 - Crass Pub, Chemnitz (GER)
09/09 - Jägerklause, Berlin (GER)
09/10 - Immerhin, Würzburg (GER)
09/11 - tba, Weimar (GER)
09/12 - Hella, Cerhovice (CZ)
09/13 - tba, Ostrava (CZ)
09/14 - Déjà Vu, Cadca (SK)
09/15 - tba, Brno (CZ)
09/16 - Muna, Bad Klausterlaußnitz (GER)
09/17 - G16, Leipzig (GER)
09/18 - tba, Nymburk (CZ)
09/19 - Café Na Pal Cesty, Praha (CZ)
09/20 - tba, Budapest (HUN)
09/21 - EKH, Vienna (AUS)
09/22 - tba, Frankfurt (GER)
09/23 - Lobusch, Hamburg (GER)
09/24 - tba, Copenhagen (DK)
2011 Rockbjörnen winners
If you care about the Rockbjörnen (you shouldn't), MI has the winners posted here: https://www.musikindustrin.se/artikel/2817/ROCKBJORNEN_LIVE_2011_Veronica_Maggio_tvafaldig_vinnare.html
MP3: Huntsville - For flowers, cars and merry wars
Love, love love Huntsville and can listen to them pretty much endlessly. Their music lends itself to such applications very easily in fact. In the same way that Vladislav Delay with Moritz von Oswald Trio explores the sounds of minimalist drone/techno as a live band, so does Huntsville; albeit with a slightly more accentuated acoustic/jazz bent and less of the cold dubbiness. While active listening can be quite rewarding, I prefer to turn it up and let it effortlessly drift by. Before you realize it, this song (the title track of the band's latest album) will have passed you by and you'll be left wondering where the last 19 minutes went.
PopMatters reviews Baron Bane
PopMatters has a capsule review of Swedes Baron Bane: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/145879-baron-bane-lpto/
Morbus Chron album preview, more
Invisible Oranges is hosting a full-album stream of the new Morbus Chron album "Sleepers in the rift": https://www.invisibleoranges.com/2011/09/full-album-stream-morbus-chron-sleepers-in-the-rift/
Also, don't forget to check out our own review, just posted here. Personally, while I love the cover art and am generally a fan of even the most mediocre Swedish death revival, I cannot get into this record at all. Once it was pointed out to me that the drummer is all about the cheat-beat, that's all I hear and it sucks.
Morbus Chron
Sleepers in the rift
Pulverised Records
It's old-school Swedish death metal time again and Stockholm quartet Morbus Chron are dishing out other people's riffs like they're going out of style. This hits me on four levels. All at once they're great, good, mediocre, and awful. You may wonder how that's possible, so allow me to disclose: Firstly, there's a killer, super-heavy and flawless production courtesy of Nicke Andersson. That's the great part. Secondly, they offer (via artist Raul Gonzalez) an oddly colorful piece of cover art that's quite like a fantasy retake on John Carpenter's "The thing". That's the good part. Thirdly, there's the music itself which, as enjoyable as it can be, is nothing more than a rehash of old Swedish riffs from days of yore. There are constant references to stuff that the band have either subconsciously 'borrowed' or blatantly ripped off and I have no idea which is true. Maybe it's neither; maybe it's a bit of both. If you want just one example, however, grab your copy of Dismember's vastly-superior "Massive killing capacity" album, crank up "Hallucigenia" and then have a blast of the main riffs in both Chron's "The hallucinating dead" and "The lidless coffin". That's the mediocre part; the complete lack of originality. And the awful part? Well, I'm never really one to have a pop at image but, guys, seriously. Unless you've had to squeeze the photo shoot in on a quick break from a day's hard graft down a coalmine, there's no excuse. To sweeten what might seem like a harsh review, I must add that Robba's vocals are pretty damn cool. Keep the sound and write something that hasn't been done by every other Swedish death metal band over the last 20 years and Morbus Chron could be onto a winner.
- John Norby
Under the Radar interviews Jonas Bjerre from Mew
Under the Radar talks to Mew frontman Jonas Bjerre about his new solo soundtrack release "Skyskraber" and the next Mew record: https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/mews_jonas_bjerre/
Alpine Those Myriads give away live tunes
Alpine Those Myriads are giving away a trio of live tracks in exchange for signing up to their email list: https://alpinethosemyriads.com/blog/three-songs-from-john-dee
Grande Roses live at TV4 Nyhetsmorgon
DO: watch Grande Roses, one of Sweden's best current bands, perform live on the Swedish television program Nyhetsmorgon. DO NOT: make the same mistake I did and click-through to watch Death Destruction.
White Willow at MSN Headbang blog
The MSN Headbang blog has the premiere of a brand new track from Norwegian prog act White Willow along with a short interview: https://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/headbang-blogpost.aspx?post=d29b4a09-cd01-4593-ac74-281b77c88560
Katzenjammer on the road
Katzenjammer are doing a few international dates in September:
09/11 - Bestival, Isle Of Wight (UK)
09/13 - Monto Water Rats, London (UK)
09/17 - Essen original, Essen (GER)
09/18 - 3sat festival, Mainz (GER)
Tiger Baby - Landscapes
"Landscapes" is the latest single from reactivated Danish indie/electro act Tiger Baby.
Severe Illusion - Clear head
Swedish EBM/industrial act Severe Illusion has a new double a-side single "Clear head" b/w "The end of flowers" out now via and you can preview the former above, the latter here. Look for their new album "No more alive then you deserve" to be released in late September.
Television Personalities to guest on new Acid House KIngs single
Dan Treacy and Texas Bob of perennial indie faves the Television Personalities are guest-stars on the upcoming Acid House Kings single "Heaven knows I miss him now" b/w "Lost and found", out October 18 via , both on 7" and digital.