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Nottee - Don't waste your light on me (video)
New music from Nottee off the forthcoming 7", due out March 8 via and produced by Henning Fürst of The Tough Alliance. More here: https://www.eeemotion.se/music/nottee/
Vanessa Falk - Private party (video)
Presenting the debut solo single from Vanessa Falk, daughter of long-established Swedish artist Christian Falk. Vanessa has previously guested on tracks from artists such as Promoe and Mange Schmidt, now she is stepping out on her own and is aiming to release a full-length album later this year. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uovfKDzAW1s
Electronic Music Cavalcade coming to GBG in May
Electronic Music Cavalcade is the name of a new techno-focused festival put on by the folks behind clubnight Electronic Music Club which is happening in Göteborg in May, spread across three Fridays. Read more at Gaffa (in Swedish) and then bookmark the official website: https://www.emcgbg.com/cavalcade.html
Alibi Tom - Now like then (video)
Alibi Tom's video for their new single "Now like then", off the forthcoming record "This sleeping" which is due out March 14. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v-4WZHVPo8&hd=1
TLOBF sessions: Lykke Li
Check out Lykke Li doing a live studio session for The Line of Best Fit: https://vimeo.com/20245672
Trio Mediaeval confirm new album
The superb Norwegian Early Music vocal ensemble Trio Mediaeval have announced that their new album "A Worcester Ladymass", their fifth for 's New Series imprint, will be released on March 15. The music on the album is "a reconstruction of a 13th century votive Mass to the Virgin Mary, based on surviving manuscripts from a Benedectine Abbey in the English Midlands" and can be previewed at this e-card: https://player.ecmrecords.com/trio-mediaeval
Very highly recommended!
Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries
reports that "Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries", a compilation of every issue of famed Norwegian metal zine Slayer Mag plus author Jon Kristiansen's memories of such, is on track for release on June 6 and is now available for preorder: https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2011/02/25/metalion-the-slayer-mag-diaries-is-really-real/
If you're a fan of underground metal, this is an essential buy.
MP3: Hymns from Nineveh - So mournful the elegy, so comforting the hymn
I've been on kind of a negative trip recently, either damning with faint praise when I'm not being outright scornful and I know it's a bummer. It's a bummer for me too because it turns into a downwards spiral and, honestly, I really don't hate everything even though it often feels that way. One thing I wholeheartedly do love: the new Hymns from Nineveh album. I've been a fan of the Hymnboy Jonas Petersen since hearing his previous act Attrap and the few samples he's dropped while working on his album have been quite nice, but the end result of the finished work is absolutely lovely. Spiritual music can be a gamble as there are so many potential pitfalls, but when it works, there's nothing else so soothing. Like the hug of a favorite blanket or the feeling delivered by your favorite comfort food, it's a kind of satisfaction that radiates from the inside out. It puts the world at ease and, for a little while, all is well.
Hymns from Nineveh - So mournful the elegy, so comforting the hymn
Øresund Space Collective
Slip into the vortex
Transubstans Records
If you're not already familiar with Denmark's improv jazz merchants, the band name itself should hint as to the style evident on "Slip into the vortex". That's right, it's a progtastic space rock extravaganza that will have fans of the genre slipping into ØSC's own musical vortex for close on 80 minutes. It's a strange affair, this album. Of course, that can be said for a lot of bands who populate this weird sub-genre. But with "Slip into the vortex" there's something altogether different going on; it might sound silly, but the first part of this album sounds a lot like an electronic version of the Lethal Weapon 2 soundtrack with its odd, almost sleazy, saxophone sections playing a predominant role, especially in opening track, "I teleported to Acapulco". It takes a while before the cosmic elements kick off in earnest but, when they do, it's like the soundtrack to a space rock fan's wet dream (I assume). If this is as improvised as the band claims, then it's astounding that they've pulled it off so fluidly. There's definitely a particular frame of mind required to pull maximum enjoyment from this and if you're there it's sublime. If not, it can get a bit tiresome. Might not be the greatest thing ØSC have ever done, but it's close.
- John Norby
Sophie Rimheden + Eboi - Whiz kid
Electronic artist Sophie Rimheden and rapper Eboi have collaborated on a new track and are giving it away as a free download: https://soundcloud.com/s-r-p/sophie-rimheden-eboi-whiz-kid
Pitchfork interviews Lykke Li
Pitchfork interviews Lykke Li about her new album "Wounded rhymes" and other related topics: https://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/7913-lykke-li/
Hexvessel - Invocation summoning (video)
Stereogum has the premiere of the new Hexvessel video "Invocation summoning", as well as links to a number of other tunes: https://stereogum.com/645091/hexvessel-invocation-summoning-video-the-death-knell-tolls/franchises/haunting-the-chapel/
If you dig dark neofolk or stuff like Wovenhand and The Goner, you should definitely check out Hexvessel. It's a great record.
Vanhelgd - Mänsklighetens finala ruin
Swedish death metallers Vanhelgd have a new track posted for free download: https://www.myspace.com/vanhelgd/blog/542207805
Look for the band's new album "Church of death" to be released in April.
Pitchfork reviews The Skull Defekts
Pitchfork gives high marks to the new The Skull Defekts album "Peer amid" and rightfully so: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15139-peer-amid/
It's a great record, picked up the 2LP myself over the weekend.