Regulations - Baghdad beach party
Umeå-based punkrockers Regulations have a new, unmastered track from their forthcoming record streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/regulationshc
Pfork reviews The Field's new album 'Yesterday & today'
Pitchfork reviews The Field's new album "Yesterday & today": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13142-yesterday-today/
'Crossing the rubicon' now streaming
The Sounds' new album "Crossing the rubicon" is currently streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thesounds
O'Spada - Time
Despotz Records is offering up the new single "Time" from recent signees O'Spada as a free download: https://www.despotz.se/email/o%27spada_-_time.mp3
There will also be a remix contest in the near future -- stay tuned for details.
Mats Björk (Kompjotr Eplektrika) to release new project via Komplott
Swedish experimental label Komplott will be releasing new multimedia material from Mats Björk aka Kompjotr Eplektrika as part of their ongoing Maginot Series. The title of the piece is "Solens sång / Sound of the sun" and it will be released in an ultra-limited edition of 24 copies sometime in late summer.
Will Gambola Sing offer EP for free download
Will Gambola Sing, the Stockholm-based instrumental act featuring John Roger Olsson (The Grand Opening), Jimmy Ottosson (The Je Ne Sais Quoi), solo artist Mikko Singh, Joakim Labraaten (Yamon Yamon) and Anders Ljung (Ohm), are back after an extended 2-year nap and are offering their debut 4-song EP "Overheard dialogue reconstructed " as a free download: https://willgambolasing.com/overheard-dialogue-reconstructed-ep/
As I said when I first them, this is great stuff -- very dreamy and extremely well-crafted. Definitely recommended!
Motorpsycho working on concept album
Nö Music reports that Motorpsycho is working on a "space opera": https://www.nomusicmedia.com/2009/05/27/motopsycho-in-space/
Clarkkent - Everything we had
Finnish act Clarkkent is now streaming their new single "Everything we had" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/clarkkentband
Alexander Rybak offers album for streaming
Eurovision champ Alexander Rybak is streaming his new record "Fairytales" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/alexanderrybak
RIP Matti Inkinen (SIG)
pHinnWeb on the death of Matti Inkinen, vocalist of Finnish electropop act SIG: https://phinnweb.blogspot.com/2009/05/matti-inkinen-of-sig-1958-2009.html
A Camp to release 3-track EP of covers
A Camp will release the imaginatively titled "Covers EP" on June 9 via iTunes with a wider digital release to follow on June 16. Tracklist:
01. Us and them (Pink Floyd)
02. Boys keep swinging (David Bowie)
03. I've done it again (Grace Jones)
More about their picks here: https://www.acamp.net/?p=82
WaPo Express talks to Enslaved and Opeth
The Washington Post Express talks to Scandinavian metal tourmates Enslaved and Opeth. Both are recommended reading as both acts are great examples of smart, modern metal.
Fluxblog on Marit Bergman
Fluxblog on Marit Bergman's "Carry me home": https://www.fluxblog.org/2009/05/here-comes-an-ocean-falling-down
Dúné - Time to leave/Heat
Download a brand new track from Danish indie act Dúné: https://www.tonspion.de/musik/dune/musik/248116
You can also streaming the new song "Heat" here: https://www.energy.de/brandneu/index.html
MP3: Hebosagil - Temple
I should have probably talked this up a few months ago when it first came out, but it kind of doesn't matter because Hebosagil's debut EP "Cosmic" still sounds just as good today as when it was first released as a digital download back in 2007, likewise as it did when Rusto-Osiris reissued it on CD earlier this year. I try not to be one of those "the demo was the best!" sort of guys, but it's true so far -- the full-length follow-up "Colossal", though quite good, was not great. "Cosmic" remains one of the most punishing releases of the 00s so far and tracks like "Temple" prove it. It encompasses all things heavy: brutal, detuned riffs; blazing, face-melting leads; painful, harsh vocals; and so on and so forth. I just love the rawness of it all, too -- you can't talk about Hebosagil without bringing up just how distorted and crazy the recording is. It's completely disgusting, yet every instrument somehow remains distinct. I don't know how they did it, but they win. Other than maybe Haust, no other band brings the sound of the new world dystopia to life better than this.
Hebosagil - Temple