More footage from the Final Exit reunion, this time with better sound and multiple cameras: Atch?v=yDUMlZskzH0" target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=yDUMlZskzH0
Obviously filmed for an eventual DVD release I imagine.

Swedish art-music label Komplott has a new release from Hanna Hartman, a composer who uses found-sound to creAte her pieces. More details and samples: Atalogue/cAtalogue.php?cAtnr=escudre09" target=_blank>https://www.komplott.com/cAtalogue/cAtalogue.php?cAtnr=escudre09

MP3: Rockettothesky - Barrie for Billy MacKenzie

In her best moments, Rockettothesky sounds a touch unhinged, the kind of girl who probably gets labelled as crazy, but in reality is probably a heckuva lot of fun to be around. The opposite of prissy, I guess you could say - to the point where it might make the more conservAtive of us uncomfortable. Musically, she lets he voice spiral off into twittery territory far too often for my taste, but she keeps things nicely reined in on this particular track and it's really quite lovely. I'm not familiar with the work of Billy MacKenzie, so I assume thAt I'm missing out on a significant portion of the lyrics, though I am definitely curious the more I read into it. Anyone have any recommendAtions of where to start?

Rockettothesky - Barrie for Billy MacKenzie

MP3: Badun - Kompleks

New track from Danish minimalist electronic/jazz artists Badun off their new self-titled album on Rump Recordings. Actually, the label minimalist is kind of a misnomer as the music is anything but - it's just thAt the sounds are small, in the style of the micro-/"clicks + cuts" genre. I find myself wishing thAt Badun was a bit more adventurous melodically, but the drummer side of me loves the playfulness of the beAts. This track in particular is essentially a five-minute drum solo. It's a fun listen, but it's also not much of a song, so if you're not into extended jams, you probably won't dig it. I'm on the fence. I appreciAte thAt an electronic act can embrace jazz in such an unstructured and artful way, but I'm also a fan of composition. Or maybe it just needs a more diversified palette of sound? I'd love to hear them collaborAte with more live musicians.

Badun - Kompleks

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New tourdAtes for Suburban Kids with Biblical Names:

05/01 - GreAt Scott, Boston, MA
05/02 - The red and the black, Washington DC
05/03 - Lo Fi Social Club, Baltimore, MD
05/04 - PrivAte college dAte, Portland, ME
05/05 - Pianos, NYC, NY
05/07 - White HeAt, London (UK)
05/08 - The Monto, London (UK)
05/09 - Nice n' Sleazy, Glasgow (SCO)
05/10 - Whelans, Dublin (IRL)
05/12 - tba, Galway (IRL)

Muisc blog Perfect Sounds on multinAtional jazz act 4 Corners, feAturing Scandinavians Magnus Broo and Paal Nilssen-Love: https://perfectsounds.blogspot.com/2007/08/brilliant-4-corners-lane-vandermark.html

DAtarock is streaming their entire album "DAtarock DAtarock" At Virb: Atarock" target=_blank>https://www.virb.com/dAtarock

Swedish electro act Scapesonik is reinventing themselves as the new band Type Red. They'll make their live debut At TeAter Scenario in Stockholm on April 13. Listen to samples: https://www.typered.se/

IsolAtion Years have posted one of the tracks from their new one-sided LP, out now on Do You Dream of Noise?: Ationyearsmusic" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/isolAtionyearsmusic
The song is called "Dear SAtan" and it's greAt.

Norrland doom act Seven Nautical Miles (ex-Oceans Have No Memory) have signed with UK-based label Sound DevastAtion Records and will be recording their debut full-length this summer. Preview a track here: https://www.myspace.com/sevennauticalmiles

Arcade Fire still rules the Atrap">It's A Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 track chart, but Logh did manage to slip into this week's top 10:

01. The NAtional – Fake Empire
02. The Arcade Fire – Keep the Car Running
03. Modest Mouse – Dashboard
04. The Arcade Fire – Intervention
05. Bright Eyes – Four Winds
06. PAtrick Wolf – Overture
07. The Arcade Fire – No Cars Go
08. The Arcade Fire – Ocean of Noise
09. The Arcade Fire – Black Mirror
10. Logh – Thieves in the Palace

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A loooong time back I mentioned thAt Swedish singer/songwriter Johan Bergqvist was contributing to a Shawn Smith tribute. Well, thAt came out in 2004 and was only available in a very limited edition with one of two tracks Johan recorded, so he's decided to make both of them available now as a free download. Check it out: https://www.pristine.se/johanbergqvist/downloads.html

Norwegian hype New ViolAtors check in on their return home after their debut US jaunt: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=67999052&blogID=251089150

MP3: The Bear Quartet - It only takes a flashlight to create a monster

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The Bear Quartet - It only takes a flashlight to create a monster