Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Håkan Hellström - Kann ingen sorg för mig Göteborg
02. TALK 1
03. Enforcer - Katana
04. Existensminimum - 1993
05. Ludwig Bell - Kärlek slutar alltid med bråk
06. TALK 2
07. Karla-Therese Kjellvander & The Rockridge Brothers - New season
08. Lapko - Summer nights
09. CEO - No mercy
10. Night Minutes - Lord I can never be your mirror
11. TALK 3
12. Dungen - Marken låg stille
13. My Brother the Wind - Electric universe
14. Rigas den Andre - W.A.S.P. (R2 remix)
15. TALK 4
16. Waklevören - Oslo spy
17. Okkultokrati - Tail of the snakewind
18. Haust - Vomiting
19. TALK 5
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka
02. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
03. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn
04. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen
05. Celine - Jentekveld
06. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og Deilig - Knutsen og Ludvigsen
07. Tre Små Kinesere - Kjærlighet på tunga
08. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries
09. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
10. Gitarkameratene - Kanon! Gitarkameratenes aller beste
11. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel
12. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren
13. Liv Marit Wedvik - Solid Ground
14. Venke Knutson - Smiles - The Very Best Of
15. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min
16. Divin' Ducks - Best Of
17. Steff Nevers - Ain't no bad life
18. StMorritz - Tusenvis av ting
19. Elg - Storm
20. Ost & Kjex - Cajun Lunch
Hur Högt, the Swedish all-star hip-hop/crossover project featuring Näääk, Nimo, Thomas Rusiak and Adiam Dymott have a new video for their eponymous single, the first official release off their upcoming album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB5Bf14NDJI
Things start to get a little ridiculous towards the end, but it's a good summer jam.
01. Kent - En plats i solen
02. Robyn - Body talk pt.1
03. Lasse Stefanz - Texas
04. Håkan Hellström - Samlade singlar 2000-2010
05. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
06. Lisa Nilsson - 20 - En jubileumssamling
07. Brolle - Best of
08. Kalle Mmoraeus - Underbart
09. Meduza Eddie - Rockabilly rebel
10. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
11. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
12. The Ark - In full regalia
13. Eric Saade - Masquerade
14. Timoteij - Längtan
15. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
16. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
17. Sabaton - Coat of arms
18. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
19. Kent - Röd
20. Johnossi - Mavericks
I'm not the only one to loseinterest in black metal -- genre pioneers Ulver abandoned the genre completely once completing their monumental 3-album trilogy. Which is not to say they abandoned the dark arts completely; in fact, I'd say that some of their post-BM work is ever more black and twisted than "Nattens madrigal". It goes to show that even if you stray, there will still be lines drawing you back, though the news that Ulver mainman Kristoffer "Garm" Rygg's label was releasing a "pure" BM album by the band Nidingr still came to me as a surprise. Naturally, I was immensely curious -- though not all of Jester's releases appeal to me, they are always interesting and I knew I had to hear what was so exciting as to inspire such a return. Amazingly, for a label that prides itself on releasing left-field/avant music, Nidingr's "Wolf-Father" is straight-up orthodox: lots of blasting drums (courtesy of Hellhammer), tremolo picking and cold, dissonant riffs. There are a few standout points of interest though, and that's what makes it an exceptional release. First, the recording. On one hand, it's really flat and digital sounding and, to be frank, the drums are lame and unnatural/heavily triggered, but it's also all very in-your-face, especially the vocals. Also, the cleanliness augments the fact that it's a (mostly) unembellished recording, untainted by excessive and unnecessary overdubs. You can even hear the bass! Furthermore, so much BM is marred by ye standard issue reverb-drenched shrieking, but not here: Nidingr is all about raging screams placed front and center in the mix. Which brings me to my second standout point: the lyrics. Not that I could ever understand Enslaved's old Norse lyrics on their (superb) early albums, but I knew what they were about and I knew it was awesome; Nidingr mines those same Viking legends, but they disseminate it in English and they do it with unbridled fury. Taken as a whole, it's almost enough to get me excited about black metal again. Almost, I say, because I doubt anything else will match it anytime soon.
artist Moddi is the third recipient of A-ha's million-kroner stipend fund: https://www.groove.no/html/news/85741988.html
I'll bet money that Casiokids will win out over Lars Vaular for the fourth and final coinpurse.
will be pressing Nekromantheon's debut demo EP "We're rotting" on 12" vinyl. The new edition will be limited to 500 copies and will include "a few" bonus tracks plus a new cover layout.
Champagne Riot are streaming a new track at myspace called "A friend of a friend" featuring guest vocals from Christina Roos (ex-Cat5): https://www.myspace.com/champagneriot
Gaffa reports that [ingenting] is launching a clothing and poster collection which will be debuted at Pet Sounds Bar in Stockholm on July 14: https://gaffa.se/nyhet/41190 (in Swedish)
Collaborating artists include Emma Löfström, Rina Donnersmarck, Karin Rönnmark and Giedre Domzaite.
As a drummer, the audio sync issues are especially frustrating to me, but I do like the simple video concept of a band playing in a circle in their practice space. Download the song plus an exclusive b-side here: https://yamonyamon.bandcamp.com/album/the-darker-place
Direct link for the video: https://vimeo.com/13157105