Jonna Lee - Lake Chermain (video)
Check out Jonna Lee's new video for the single "Lake Chermain", a song she wrote based on the movie "Tell no one": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jlb647McLg&fmt=18
'Tomorrow, in a year - A Darwin opera' hits the road
The Knife's Darwin-inspired opera "Tomorrow, in a year", put together with Danish theater group Hotel Pro Forma, is going international and will be playing at the following dates/locations:
09/02 - Old Stage, The Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen (DK) (world premiere)
09/04-05 - Old Stage, The Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen (DK)
09/11-12 - Château Rouge, La Bâtie, Festival de Genève (CH)
10/08-09 - Hellerau, European Centre for the Arts Dresden (GER)
11/27-28 - The Concert Hall, Aarhus (DK)
Negotiations with the cities of London, Paris, Stockholm and others are underway, but nothing is confirmed yet.
MP3: We are the Storm - Where we used to be heroes
We are the Storm resent being labelled emo and I can't say I blame them, but I gotta call 'em like I see 'em. Obviously they don't want to be lumped in with modern neon/hairband travesties like Brokencyde or even Panic & Action's artist roster, but that stuff isn't emo to me. I'm using the term in a more old-fashioned sense, meant to conjure memories of bands like Embrace or Fugazi, or as in We are the Storm's particular case, the 90s Midwest scene with acts such as Promise Ring, Texas is the Reason and so on, bands that they actually own up to liking. I'm not much of a Sunny Day Real Estate fan myself, but admitting their influence is hardly an embarrassment. This is emphatic rock music with ambitions of grandeur. "Where we used to be heroes" is more than a Broder Daniel homage, it also incorporates the sounds of bands such as Last Days of April or Sounds Like Violence. It's a strong debut, so all I can say is: keep singing your heart out. It's working.
As mentioned before, the band's entire EP is available for free download here.
We are the Storm - Where we used to be heroes
Björn & Benny + Hotel Rival = 2nd best to none
Check out the new Björn & Benny (Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, y'know... from ABBA?) penned single "2nd best to none" as sung by the staff at Stockholm's Hotel Rival: https://www.rival.se/
Turboweekend
Ghost of a chance
Mermaid Records/Sony/BMG
Perhaps this is the sound Weeping Willows were going for when they switched gears to make "Into the light": dark, modern disco with a touch of the sublime. The difference is however, Turboweekend is a trio so their sound is far more pared down, sleek and sexy. It also has the clinical deliberateness of Talk Talk or Peter Gabriel; clean, concise and expertly arranged. Like a complicated recipe where you can still taste every spice, every instrument retains its own separate space, but is perfectly balanced against each other to raise the whole. Even better, the lyrical content is informed by much more than standard-grade Scandinavian romantic melancholy. Yes, there's plenty of love and loss, but songs like "Holiday" for instance give working for a weekend an apocalyptic dimension and others such as "Sweet Jezebel" and "Up with the smoke - Down with the ash" touch on the supernatural. The mood is consistently somber and fully engaged; not something I normally expect from an act that could be mistakenly construed to be "merely" dancefloor fodder. Whether heard on headphones or in the club, the experience is just as good.
- Avi Roig
New Opsvik & Jennings album available for free download
The new album "A dream I used to remember" from Norwegian-American experimental jazz duo Opsvik & Jennings is available as a free download for a limited time: https://opsvikandjennings.com/
It will officially be released on May 19 via the group's own Loyal Label.
V:28 final show footage now available
Norwegian industrial/metal act V:28 is now officially over, but they haven't gone quietly -- head to their site for audio + video content from their final show and more: https://www.v28.com/
The End Will Be Kicks have new website, new song
The End Will Be Kicks have a new website and are streaming a new song called "Sweets and filth": https://theendwillbekicks.com/
New Superfamily single has a title
Superfamily's new single, due out later this month, will be called "Let's go dancing".
Stefan and the Problematix 7" to see the light of day?
Could it really be true? Will the long-awaited Stefan and the Problematix 7" really, truly, finally be released soon? That's what labels Ny Vag and P. Trash are saying. Wait and see...
Andreas Grega - Dom hade mycket att säga
Promoe gives props to Andreas Grega who sings the chorus on his new track "Mammas gata" and also gives away his new single "Dom hade mycket att säga": https://www.looptrooprockers.com/dom-hade-mycket-att-saga/
I Was a King make KEXP's song of the day
Norwegian indie act I Was a King was selected for KEXP's song of the day yesterday: https://blog.kexp.org/blog/2009/05/04/song-of-the-day-i-was-a-king-norman-bleik/
Mew to play support for NIN
Danish act Mew will support Nine Inch Nails on tour in Europe this summer. Dates here: https://tour.nin.com/
We are the Storm giving away EP
Swedish emo/pop act We are the Storm are giving away their eponymous debut EP as a free download (in a multitude of formats, too!): https://wearethestorm.bandcamp.com/
New Regulations album by late summer
Umeå punkrockers Regulations report that their new album is done and ready for mixing. Expect a late summer release via Ny Vag in Europe and Deranged Records in North America.