Here are the dates for that Victims East Coast tour with Black Breath and Trap Them:
05/22 - Sonar (Maryland Death Fest), Baltimore, MD
05/25 - Lit Lounge, New York, NY
05/26 - Webster Underground, Hartford, CT
05/27 - Great Scott, Boston, MA
05/28 - Westcott Center, Syracuse, NY
05/29 - Forward Hall, Erie, PA
05/30 - Howards Club H, Bowling Green, OH
05/31 - Borg Ward, Milwaukee, WI
06/01 - Triple Rock, Minneapolis, MN
06/02 - Subterrenean, Chicago, IL
06/03 - Warsaw Arena, Cincinnati, OH
06/04 - TBA, Birmingham, AL
06/05 - Hi Tone, Memphis, TN
06/06 - Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA
06/07 - Park, Charleston, SC
06/08 - Brewery, Raleigh, NC
06/09 - Hideaway, Johnson City, TN
06/10 - Talking Head, Baltimore, MD
06/11 - Charleston, Brooklyn, NY
06/12 - The Barbary, Philadelphia, PA
I don't normally hype US acts here, but Black Breath are kiiiiller. Don't snooze on this one!
Cokemachineglow reviews the new Andreas Tilliander ambient album "Persona" released under his Mokira moniker: https://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/4429/mokira-persona-2009
Gaffa reports that Jannick Wiinblad, vocalist of the band Mother Sparrow, has passed away at the age of 25: https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/31968 (in Danish)
Jannick had a history of mental health issues.
Ane Brun will return to the UK in May:
05/15 - St Georges Church, Brighton
05/20 - Union Chapel, London
05/21 - The Suger Bar, Dublin
The Tarantula Waltz has signed with Brus & Knaster, the new label run by Johan Månsson and Göran Petersson which is home to House of Tomidas, Nina Ramsby and Folke. Look for the new John Roger Olsson-produced album "Did not leave to find but to forget, to leave behind" to be released this fall.
Danish indie act Twins Twins are starting work on their debut full-length and have posted a couple demo tunes to give a taste of what's to come: https://www.myspace.com/twinstwinsmusic
Remember Bad Hands? Per Nordmark's new solo project? Y'know, the drummer from Fireside whose played with all sorts of Swedish elite such as Christian Kjellvander, Britta Persson and so on? Well, I've just been handed their eponymous single and I'm happy to be able to share it with you. Apparently a 10-track album with 10 different guest vocalists is on the way via NONS later this year and this particular track (which you might have already heard via myspace) features Nina Kinert on lead. Sound-wise, it's kind of what I'd expect from a Stockholm-based drummer-led project. Very krauty with a bit of artsy electro, not too dissimilar from Existensminimum (drummer/engineer Magnus Henriksson's solo project). Not very flashy either -- drummers understand it's the supporting players who make the difference, so they often remain in service of the song even when they take the helm. Of course, the beat still takes precedence, even if it's subtle. As a drummer myself, I'm really looking forward to hearing what else he'll come up with.
Bad Hands - Bad hands (feat. Nina Kinert)
New Stockholm-based punkrock act Perculators are streaming a bunch of new tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/theperculators
The female-fronted act features members from Kamikatze and The Novelties.
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This band is way too talented to be this boring, yet here they are and here am I, barely able to make it through their 5-song debut. I think they probably want to sound something like Firewater with their "clever" folksy rock, world-music influences and "profound" lyrics, but they really need to stop taking themselves so seriously and stop trying so damn hard. The ability is there, it's just not clicking.
- Avi Roig
Labrador are giving away a spring sampler comp via Pirate Bay: https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4832773/Labrador_Spring_Sampler_2009
I presume it will eventually be mirrored elsewhere for the torrent-impaired.
"Waving" by The Skull Defekts gets a Pitchfork track review: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11168-waving/
I just got a copy of the new 2LP "The temple" on Monday -- have only had a chance to listen once so far, but my first impression is positive.
Henrik Rylander (The Skull Defekts, ex-Union Carbide Productions) will be releasing his music for Lotta Lotass' play "Speleologerna" as an album in conjunction with the book's release on his newly-founded label Found Sound Foundation. The name of the collection will be "Play". "Speleologerna" debuts on stage at Regionteater Väst in Uddevalla, Sweden on April 8 under the direction of Olof Lindqvist.
Svedberg & The Hillside Stranglers