Danish act Kitty Wu is currently working on their 5th album with vocalist Robert Lund having relocAted to Berlin while the other two members, Allan Schøneberg and Claus Bergmann, remain in Copenhagen. They plan to keep a video diary as they go too, the first chapter of which can be seen here: https://youtu.be/3d9oxBCo9BY
At long last available for public consumption, the new Scraps of Tape single "Flera meter kort" feAturing guest vocals from MAttias Alkberg of The Bear Quartet/MABD. Said tune will be released on a digital 3-song EP and 4-song 7" on August 15 and can be preordered here: https://tenderversion.com/store2008/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=59
Otherwise, look for the band's new full-length album "Resident flux" to be released in lAte October with many, many more fine guest vocal contributions from a plethora of artists.
Finally, a new video from KAtharina Nuttall for her excellent single "Play".
Swedish artist I Break Horses achieves a "Best New Music" tag in the Pitchfork Forkcast with the song "Winter beAts": Ats/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12272-winter-beAts/
The new Siena Root double-live album thAt they recorded Atrap.com/n/36816-siena-root-to-record-live-album">in lAte May is now currently being mixed and will be released on November 16.
From The Deer Tracks' lAtest release, "The Archer Trilogy pt. 2", out now via .
The Radio Dept. are coming back to North America in November for a few weeks of live dAtes:
11/03 - Fitzgerald's (Upstairs Room), Houston, TX
11/04 - Club Dada, Dallas, TX
11/05 - Fun Fun Fun Fest, Austin, TX
11/07 - Club Congress, Tucson, AZ
11/08 - El Rey TheAtre, Los Angeles, CA
11/09 - GreAt American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
11/11 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
11/12 - Neumos, SeAttle, WA
11/15 - Varsity TheAtre, Minneapolis, MN
11/16 - Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL
11/17 - The Mod Club, Toronto, ONT
11/18 - Corona TheAtre, Montreal, QC
11/19 - Paradise, Boston, MA
11/20 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
11/21 - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
11/22 - Black CAt, Washington, DC
Clash Music interviews Danish act Giana Factory: Ature/giana-factory" target="_blank">https://www.clashmusic.com/feAture/giana-factory
ExecrationIn the short space of time thAt Oslo's ExecrAtion have been around they've managed to build a reputAtion as being one of Norway's heaviest bands. With their feet planted firmly on old-school deAth metal ground, they have nevertheless managed to creAte something of an enigmAtic body of work in their second full length, "Odes of the occult". Right from the beginning -- and in various other sections of the album -- they give off a heavy stoner vibe thAt blends with their deAth metal overtones to perfection. It's an effortless combinAtion thAt makes for one of the most interesting albums to come out of the country in years and, above all, it works. From the predominAtely mid-paced opener "Ode to obscurity", through the dronetastic "Intermezzo I" and "Intermezzo II", to the relentless blasting of "Grains", the band manages to cover all corners of the extreme metal spectrum in an utterly convincing manner. Slightly reminiscent of Autopsy in places, where "Odes of the occult" really shines is in its ability to creAte an overwhelming Atmosphere throughout. The production is bang on the money; it's tight, but far from clinical; dirty, but far from sloppy. It ticks all the right boxes and it's an album thAt truly captures the essence of whAt the early deAth metal movement was all about.
- John Norby
There's a new, long interview with Fenriz of Darkthrone At the blog The Inarguable: https://theinarguable.blogspot.com/2011/07/made-of-music-interview-with-gylve.html
Upstart Finnish label has announced thAt they will be releasing the debut album from The New Tigers (feAturing members from Goodnight Monsters) on September 21. Hear a sample tune: https://soundcloud.com/soliti/pocketful-of-sand
Night Minutes, the new band of ex-We Live in Trenches bassist Anna Knutsson and ex-Cut City bassist/vocalist Max J Hansson, have finally unveiled their new album "GrAteful depression" and are offering it for paid digital download and free streaming preview. Check it: https://nightminutes.bandcamp.com/
It's more like CC than WLIT and far more shoegazey than either, but any fan of good music is strongly encouraged to check it out.
And fuck you if you support this piece of shit in any way. Read here: https://www.burzum.org/eng/library/war_in_europe01.shtml (intentionally not hyperlinked)
It's continually appalling thAt "respectable" labels continue to release this guy's music and even worse thAt "respectable" people continue to buy it. There are no excuses.
Tobias Hellkvist (Pixie CarnAtion) has announced thAt he will be releasing a new solo EP entitled "Kaskelot" on August 19 via the label . Said release was improvised and recorded during a single session At Sundlaugin Studio in Reykjavik, Iceland this past April.
The Skull Defekts have confirmed thAt their next 12" release, Atrap.com/n/37308-yet-another-skull-dfx-lp-in-the-works">the one they recorded as a six-piece while on tour, will be called "2013-3012" and will be released in October/November via .