Dúné - Victim of the city (video)
Soundvenue has the premiere of the new Dúné video "Victim of the city": https://www.soundvenue.com/play/videoer/2009/06/24/premiere-dune
Factory45 - Love scent
Factory45 has uploaded their new single "Love scent" to myspace: https://www.myspace.com/factory45
Nitad tour antics land them in hot water
Apparently Nitad managed to get themselves arrested while on tour in the US. Good luck making that court date dudes!
Download the new Pistol Disco for free
Pistol Disco's excellent new album "Evergreen" is now available as a free download, just like they promised: https://www.pistoldisco.com/
In semi-related news, PD sideproject Volcanic Places has new music for free download as well that I've been neglected to tell you about: https://www.myspace.com/volcanicplaces
Jazkammer + Thorns = Tongues of Mount Meru
Important Records has just released the new LP "The ocean of milk" from Tongues of Mount Meru, the drone duo of Lasse Marhaug (Jazkammer) and Jon Wesseltoft (Thorns). Full details and a sample mp3: https://www.importantrecords.com/releases/imprec239_release_page.htm
New music from Grande Roses
Swedish hayseed punks Grande Roses have a couple new tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/granderoses
Look for the band's new EP "The farm" in early July.
Love Is All does Daytrotter
Check out a new Daytrotter live session with Love Is All: https://www.daytrotter.com/dt/love-is-all-simple-annoyances-should-still-make-for-a-dance-concert/20030515-3737795.html
Nomethod confirms new album, single from Mixtapes & Cellmates, Aerial
Nomethod reports that Mixtapes & Cellmates' new album will be called "Rox" and will be released in all formats: CD/LP/DVD/MP3. Expect a late September release with a single/video to precede it. In other news, the label has confirmed that "All refrain" will be the first single off Aerial's forthcoming album "Put it this way in headlines". Expect both the single and album in early September.
MP3: Pistol Disco - Organ and drum
Organ and drum. Drum(s) and organ(s). Bathed in distortion and and baptized in flame; beamed directly to yr skvll, burning a hole through yr brain. This is the new Pistol Disco, same as the old and always improving. The new album "Evergreen" is out today and it's a mind-melter. Crank it!
Pistol Disco - Organ and drum
Crunchy Frog turns 15, Epo-555 says goodbye
Crunchy Frog's upcoming 15th anniversary concert will apparently be Epo-555's farewell performance. Full details: https://blog.crunchy.dk/post/15-YEARS-COME-AND-POP-OUR-CHERRY.aspx
UPDATE: didn't notice it before, but apparently Jenny Wilson will also be rejoining her old bandmates First Floor Power for this gig as well.
The Silent Ballet reviews David Åhlén
The Silent Ballet reviews the new David Åhlén album "We sprout in thy soil": https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/2475/Default.aspx
Lapko to record new album in NY
Finnish act Lapko will be heading to Clubhouse Studios in Woodstock, New York to record their next album together with producer D. James Goodwin (Thursday, Norah Jones, The Bravery). Expect an early 2010 release.
Haust on a boat
Nö Music interviews the mighty Haust about their summer festival plans, among other things: https://www.nomusicmedia.com/2009/06/24/stranded-with-haust-at-hove/
MP3: Grace.Will.Fall - New song
I like Refused a lot, but let's be honest: "The shape of punk to come" has not aged well. It was an important document for its time, but it also effectively shut the door of an era of hardcore many folks would prefer to forget. Not everything that followed in its wake has been awful, but it is surely responsible for directly influencing a ton of crap. Grace.Will.Fall toe the line. They tone down the sass and nail the "deadly rhythm", but we've heard it all before. What sounded like the future in 1998 sounds like the past in 2009. I don't doubt that their motivations are pure-hearted, but it's time to move on. Newness is not the imperative, it's inspiration.
Grace.Will.Fall - New song
Sofia Talvik talks tech
New media blog The Purpose of All Media talks to Swedish artist Sofia Talvik about her Twitter single giveaway initiative: https://thepurposeofallmedia.blogspot.com/2009/06/sofia-talvik-on-diy-social-media.html