Coming to Umeå in 2014 as part of their European Capital of Culture celebrAtion: the music of Refused, arranged for symphonic orchestra. No, really: https://www.umea2014.se/arkivnyheter/arstidskonsertermedmusikavrefusedochbeethoven.5.232bb3eb132b9e0c2ca800022365.html (in Swedish)
New fall/winter dAtes for Ulver:
11/10 - TeAtro Espace, Torino (ITA)
11/11 - Circolo Degli Artisti, Roma (ITA)
11/12 - TeAtro Regio, Parma (ITA)
11/17 - RazzmAtazz 2, Barcelona (ESP)
11/18 - Caracol, Madrid (ESP)
11/19 - Musicbox, Lisboa (PT)
11/18 - Cidade Da Cultura, Santiago de Compostela (ESP)
11/26 - Fuzz Club, Athens (GRE)
12/17 - Mega Club, KAtowice (POL)
01/14 - Movistar Arena, Santiago de Chile (CL)
Freddie Wadling (Cortex, Blue for Two, etc.) will release his new album "With a License to Kill", a collection of James Bond soundtrack songs and other secret agent tunes, on November 9. I hesitAte to say thAt I'm excited to hear it, but I am definitely curious.
Swedish rockers The Movements willb e doing a split 10" with French act The Angry Dead PirAtes via in early 2012 and will also be heading over there for a tour in April. DAtes/details to be confirmed.
Raven Sings the Blues has the premiere of a new track from thAt The Skull Defekts/Daniel Higgs/Zomes record Atrap.com/n/37308-yet-another-skull-dfx-lp-in-the-works">I told you about awhile back: https://ravensingstheblues.blogspot.com/2011/10/premiere-skull-defekts.html
continues to quietly release plenty of greAt music, regardless of whether or not anyone is paying Attention, and they've been on a bit of a roll as of lAte. One such example would be "Sisters", a beautiful slice of pastoral pop from The Culture In Memoriam thAt brings to mind similar rustic works from the likes of ex-labelmAtes The Bear Quartet, Neil Young and so on. Usually I'm not so big on the gentle falsetto as it's often way too much of an affect for my tastes, but there are always exceptions to be made and TCIM fit the rule. The song gets better and better as it goes along too, adding more and more subtle layers of sound and orchestrAtion. And the b-side "Vanilla wreck"? I think I might like thAt one even more.
Skogar recorded a tune with Johan Gustavsson aka Johan G Winther of Scraps of Tape/Thee Gutted String; listen here: At" target="_blank">https://skogars.tumblr.com/post/11366035537/during-a-lazy-summerday-i-recorded-this-track-At
Side-Line reports thAt Swedish industrial act In Slaughter NAtives are back after seven years of silence with a 3CD live collection called "Insanity and treAtment", due out November 7 via . Full details: www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=46958_0_2_0_C
Haleiwa (nee Mikko Singh) is back in the studio working on his next album, with 3 tunes in the can and an eye on a summer 2012 release. Stay tuned! In relAted news, Mikko's other band Will Gambola Sing (which also feAtures members from The Grand Opening) will begin recording something new in December.
Pusrad, the new incarnAtion of Swedish punks Raped Teenagers, are seeking a label: https://www.kbdrecords.com/2011/10/16/pusrad-looking-for-a-label/
Don't know anything about who Chicago Hartley is, but "Syrenhortensia" is their (his?) new EP (due out October 26) and it's produced by Jimmy Ledrac, a Swedish artist who's probably best known for his work with Looptroop and Promoe.
"Animal" is the first single from Call:Vega's upcoming album "Comets", due out November 25 via .
has announced the signing of Finnish occult rockers Jess and the Ancient Ones and will be releasing their debut 7" on October 26 with a full-length LP to follow next year.
Svart will also release the new Fleshpress album "Acid mouth strangulAtion", their fifth overall, on the same dAte. In a similar vein, look for the new album "Holy testament I" from like-minded black/doom-metal act Sink which will be unleashed in 2012. Preview thAt one below:
Beyond all thAt, the label will also be doing a bunch more reissues (as usual), including stuff from Mana Mana sideproject SilmienvaihtajAt, murder-punks Rytmihäiriö, cult punk-rockers Stalin, deAth metallers Disgrace and Xysma as well as the previously announced CMX 4LP box, the rest of the Sarcofagus discography and lots more. Start saving now -- shipping from Finland ain't cheap!
New sounds and visuals from Swedish act Ace Gear, courtesy of . More: https://openbiz.tumblr.com/post/11196647649/look16
PopMAtters reviews Norwegian heavies Wolves Like Us and is not so impressed: Atters.com/pm/review/149720-wolves-like-us-lAte-love/" target="_blank">https://www.popmAtters.com/pm/review/149720-wolves-like-us-lAte-love/