Mary's Kids are leaving for tour tomorrow:
10/28 - Schaubude, Kiel (GER)
10/29 - Inihaus, Bad Oldesloe (GER)
10/30 - MAU Club, Rostock (GER)
10/31 - Casa Carmen, Backnang (GER)
11/01 - Cobra, Solingen (GER)
11/02 - Hirscheneck, Basel (CH)
11/03 - Silo, Töging (GER)
11/04 - Morph Club, Bamberg (GER)
11/05 - Waldwinkel, Günzburg (GER)
11/06 - JH Crocodile, Wutha-Farnroda (GER)
11/07 - Wild At Heart, Berlin (GER)
PopMatters are underwhelmed by the new Röyksopp album "Senior": https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/131273-roeyksopp-senior/
Looks like way more people on stage than necessary, but what do I know? I'm certainly no techno producer. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h_oYn6nDkQ
Spin talks to Peter Bjorn and John who report that their upcoming album, their 6th overall, will be "a pure pop rock album": https://www.spin.com/articles/peter-bjorn-johns-new-pure-pop-rock-album
The band is also working with an outside producer for the very first time: Per Sunding (ex-Eggstone).
Inspired by the British Mercury Music Prize, the folks behind Norway's By:Larm Festival have started the Nordic Music Prize which will feature 12 international nominees competing for a €20,000 prize, with the winner to be announced at the fest on February 19. For full details, including a who's who of the jury, see here: https://nordicmusicprize.com/
Under the Radar reviews the latest Robyn record "Body talk pt. 2": https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/body_talk_pt._2/
The Warmer Climes blog is releasing a new single from Romanian pop artist Loredana Groza in November which of course wouldn't be newsworthy for IAT except for the fact that a bazillion remixers have been attached to the project including many Swedes such as Henning Fürst (The Tough Alliance), Nicolas Makelberge, Kalle J and possibly many, many more. Full details: https://warmer-climes.blogspot.com/2010/10/loredana-rain-rain-remixed-by-vlad.html
Pitchfork reviews the new Säkert! album "Facit": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14783-facit/
Artist/musician Sami Sänpäkkilä (, Es, etc.) interviews Timo Kaukolampi (Op:1 Bastards, K-X-P, Larry and the Lefthanded, etc.) for his "A Day in the Mouth" series in which he visits a person/organization/place and has "a little chat with the people involved and see what they're up to." Direct link: https://vimeo.com/15907535
Tram7 has the new Acid House Kings single "Are we lovers or are we friends?": https://www.tram7.se/2010/10/25/acid-house-kings-are-we-lovers-or-are-we-friends/
is doing a 5x7" boxset featuring instrumental mixes of Dungen's new album "Skit i allt", some of which will be in glorious mono. 400 copies, officially released sometime around November 17.
Robert Svensson has done a 2nd live session for PSL: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/10/25/musik-med-robert-svensson-2/
has announced the signing of Copenhagen-based act Pinkunoizu, a band self-described as "an exotic mixture of lo-fi, high-life, modern composition music, ancient folkish songwriting, asian 60's pop and future post-apocalyptic underwater rock." Look for their debut full-length "Free time volume one" to get a digital release on November 8 with a physical edition to follow in March 2011 packaged with "Volume two" included.
Look for the new Säkert! single "Dansa, fastän" to be released on November 8.
