New Sivert Høyem album soon?
Madrugada frontman Sivert Høyem is at Svenska Grammofon studios in Göteborg working on a new solo album.
Totalt Jävla Mörker - De naglar
Regain Records is streaming a brand new track from Swedish crust/grind act Totalt Jävla Mörker: https://www.myspace.com/regainrecords
'Tomorrow, in a year' mp3 teaser?
It looks like Rabid Records/The Knife are trying to give away samples of the upcoming musical "Tomorrow, in a year", but the links are all empty: https://www.rabidrecords.com/
Hopefully they'll correct it soon.
Lords of Chaos, the movie
Nö Music reports that the book "Lords of Chaos" chronicling the early years of the Norwegian black metal scene is finally getting closer to the big screen, as has long been threatened: https://www.nomusicmedia.com/2009/05/21/true-norwegian-teen-flick/
New albums from Es and Kiila now streaming
Fonal Records reports that new albums from both Es and Kiila are currently streaming at myspace.
Dungen live at Daytrotter
Dungen did a session for Daytrotter: https://www.daytrotter.com/dt/dungen-what-amounts-to-daydreaming-concert/20030479-3737769.html
PopMatters praises Hildur Gudnadóttir
PopMatters praises Icelandic artist Hildur Gudnadóttir and her new album "Without sinking": https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/73867-hildur-gudnadottir-without-sinking/
A-ha confirms new album tracklist
The tracklist for the new A-ha album "Foot of the mountain" has been confirmed: https://www.a-ha.com/NEWS/AHA_fullNews.aspx?PostID=3133
MP3: Volcanic Places - Goo
"Goo" by Volcanic Places is almost entirely self-descriptive. This is slow, oozing pop buried under layers of crackle and distortion, like the sound of Suicide gone up in flames. Sometimes willful lo-fi-ness can be a put-on, but the sizzle adds extra nuance and overtones in this case -- without it, the song would almost be too much too take. Besides, they sound way too down and out for that kind of cold confrontationism.
I know nothing about this band except that like-minded noiseniks Pistol Disco are listed in their top friends. Related? I wouldn't doubt it, but I choose to remain willfully ignorant.
Volcanic Places - Goo
MP3: Mokira - Lord, am I going down?
Mokira is one of Andreas Tilliander's many aliases and "Persona" is his most recent release as such, his second for the label Type. Billed as an exercise in pure analog electronics, I expected to be greeted by various pleasant bleeps and bloops, but what I got instead was dull as doornails minimalist ambiance. Drone doesn't have to be dull, nor should it be, yet this record goes nowhere. It's odd too because it's generally pleasant to listen to, just entirely non-compelling. Witness "Lord, am I going down?", one of the album's slightly more dramatic tracks. The listener is treated to gentle waves of sound, deep, chiming echoes and subtle textural shifts, but it eventually just collapses into an extended wash. There's hardly any negative space and the total dynamics are near-nil. At the end it simply drifts effortlessly into the next cut. My emotional resonance is zero. After many repeated listens, I can only say: I don't care.
Mokira - Lord, am I going down?
The Idle Hands have a new website
Swedish indie act The Idle Hands have revamped their website: https://www.theidlehands.com/
New Johan Bergqvist demos available for preview
Swedish artist Johan Bergqvist has three new, almost-completed demo tracks posted for preview at Bandcamp: https://johanbergqvist.bandcamp.com/album/conifer-road-demos
New Amorphis now streaming
The new Amorphis album "Skyforger" is now streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/amorphis
Speaker Bite Me members declare We Can Love You
Signe Høirup Wille-Jørgensen (aka Jomi Massage) and Martin Ryum of Danish act Speaker Bite Me have started a new band project called We Can Love You which includes fellow Jomi Massage backing member Luke Sutherland. The trio will make their live debut on May 21 at Plex in Copenhagen.
PopMatters reviews Jono El Grande
PopMatters reviews Norwegian Dada-inspired artist Jono El Grande: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/73651-jono-el-grande-neo-dada