Bonk's US debut album "Western soul" has been confirmed for an October 18 release via AceFu. Look for US tourdates to be announced soon.
MP3: Kristofer Åström - Poor young man's heart
This week's Friday pick comes from Kristofer Åström of his debut solo album "Go, went, gone" from 1998. I spent some time earlier this week going through my collection of Startracks CDs to get them ripped and added to the mp3 store, so I've also had them on rotation in my stereo for a few days now. It rained all day yesterday up here, so Kristofer's somber music provided the perfect soundtrack for a dark day. I'm so happy that I've moved north to a place where autumn truly exists - the leaves are changing to bright shades of red and yellow and there's smoke in the air from all the people using their fireplaces and woodstoves. Apples are plentiful and Halloween decorations are going up - the best time of year and the perfect melancholy music to match.
Kristofer Åström - Poor young man's heart
The first single from the upcoming Fine Arts Showcase album "Radiola" will be "Chemical girl". It will be available as a paid download in November.
Soak the Sin are currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on their debut album which they have confirmed for a January 2006 release.
Moonbabies have posted some pics from the recent video shoot they did for their next single "Forever changes everything now": https://www.moonbabiesmusic.com/news/news.htm
Download "The joy of smoking" from Larsen & Furious Jane: https://www.larsenandfuriousjane.com/mp3/the_joy_of_smoking.mp3
The track comes from the act's new album "Tourist with a typewriter" which comes out October 17 via Morningside Records.
This week's YLE X3M video chart:
01. Smak - Vesi tulvii sisään (FIN)
02. Kent - Den döda vinkeln (SWE)
03. Poets of the Fall - Lift (FIN)
04. The Rasmus - No fear (FIN)
05. Redrama - Street music (FIN)
06. Bloodpit - Platitude (FIN)
07. Korpiklaani - Kädet siipinä (FIN)
08. Frida Hyvönen - The modern (SWE)
09. Sigur Rós - Glósóli (ICE)
10. HIM - Wings of a butterfly (FIN)
Challengers:
11. Gakko3 - In love (FIN)
12. Critical - Mina sista ord (SWE)
13. Gaia Epicus - Hand of fate (NOR)
Boy Omega on tour:
10/07 - Perrong 23, Hässleholm (SWE)
10/08 - 1000 Fryd, Aalborg (DK)
10/09 - tba, Berlin (GER)
10/10 - Club Schokoladen, Berlin (GER) w/Herman Düne
10/11 - Mikrokosmos, Magdeburg (GER)
10/12 - Nexus, Braunschweig (GER)
10/13 - Rotown, Rotterdam (NL) w/Great Lake Swimmers
10/15 - De Klos, Emmeloord (NL)
10/16 - Academy of Arts, Enschede (NL)
10/22 - Pustervik (Woody West), Göteborg (SWE)
11/09 - Kom, Göteborg (SWE)
New fall tourdates for Tiger Lou:
10/26 - Pet Sounds [18:30], Stockholm (SWE)
10/28 - Rookie Festivalen, Hultsfred (SWE)
10/29 - Bengans [13:30], Göteborg (SWE)
11/01 - 1000 Fryd, Aalborg (DK)
11/02 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER)
11/03 - Underground, Köln (GER)
11/04 - Forum [Visions Party], Bielefeld (GER)
11/05 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER)
11/06 - tba, Baden (SWI)
11/08 - tba, Basel (SWI)
11/09 - Circus Maximus, Koblenz (GER)
11/10 - Winston, Amsterdam (NL)
11/11 - Juz, Saarlouis (GER)
11/12 - Römer, Bremen (GER)
11/13 - Nexus, Braunschweig (GER)
11/16 - Katalin, Uppsala (SWE)
11/17 - Pustervik, Göteborg (SWE)
11/18 - Klubb Mogwai @ Hugos, Norrköping (SWE)
11/19 - Raw Power, Eskilstuna (SWE)
11/23 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE)
11/24 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
11/25 - Garage, Oslo (NOR)
12/07 - Cafe Cairo, Würzburg (GER)
12/08 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
12/09 - Centrum Club, Erfurt (GER)
12/10 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg (GER)
12/11 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
12/12 - FZW, Dortmund (GER)
12/13 - Kult 41, Bonn (GER)
12/14 - Muk, Giessen (GER)
12/15 - E-Werk, Erlangen (GER)
12/16 - Stadtmitte, Karlsruhe (GER)
12/17 - Orangehouse, München (GER)
12/18 - tba (AUS)
12/19 - tba (AUS)
Swedish EBM act Backlash has posted a couple mp3 snippets from their upcoming album, due out spring 2006: https://www.backlashmedia.se/
Splendid gives praise to Norwegian act The Jessica Fletchers: https://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=112652125975727
Photo: Henrik has updated with new pics of Monkeystrikes, Silverbullit, Mattias Alkberg BD and Håkan Hellström: https://www.photohenrik.com/
Nude as the News adds to the Acid House Kings acclaims: https://www.nudeasthenews.com/blog/?p=12
I am shocked that the US loves Dungen so much. Firstly, the album "Stadsvandringar", originally released on Dolores in 2002, will be given a US reissue on October 4 via Astralwerks. I guess the two labels must like each other after working together on Caesars/Caesars Palace. Oh, and Pitchfork has a new live review posted as well: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/features/live/d/dungen-05/
Check out the cover art for the new A-ha album "Analogue": https://www.a-ha.com/index.php?id=6152&cat=417
A-ha is also involved in a bit of a brouhaha over the video for the new single "Celice" due to "explicit sexual content". The clip was directed by Jörn Heitmann who is best known for his work with Germany's Rammstein. Read more and see (non-explicit) pics: https://www.a-ha.com/index.php?id=6153&cat=417