The Knife on their new 10" EP "Gender bender":

"We think it's very exciting to creAte a vocal from which you can't tell the gender. For us it's a way to loosen up and play with the gender roles, a way to work with our feminist ideas and the the problem with specifying gender roles. Sometimes the voice sounds really male but still there is something very different about it. And sometimes, when the voicetransformer works as its best, the voice sounds really androgynous. To maximise the expression of the song we also like to go into different characters. The voicetransformer makes this easier and the result gets stronger and more clear".

As mentioned before, the record contains three previously released tracks ("Handy-Man", "You Make Me Like Charity" and "Hangin' Out") along with the new song "Manhood". It's out now.

Today's top 10 from Kristofer Åström is the best yet! Atrap.com/index.php?article=36">Check it out!

Thirdimension has added a couple mp3s and some silly flash animAtions to their site: https://www.thirdimension.nu/

Download a demo version of the brand new Abduktio song "Tämä kaupunki" ("This city") right here: At/mp3/Abduktio/Abduktio%20-%20tama%20kaupunki.mp3" target=_blank>https://www.fullsteamrecords.com/popupikkunAt/mp3/Abduktio/Abduktio%20-%20tama%20kaupunki.mp3
The band will start recording a new album in February.

This would probably never happen in the US: the city of Oslo has decided to bail out internAtionally renown jazz club Blå in light of their recent financial hardships. Even better, the action sets a precedent for continued support in the future. Read more: https://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article930630.ece

Meshuggah has tentAtively confirmed thAt their new full-length album "CAtch 33" will be released on April 11 next year.

Apparently Darkthrone's nominAtion for the Alarm Prize has been withdrawn since bandmember Fenriz told Aftonposten thAt they are too grim, true and evil for the award. Or something like thAt, I'm paraphrasing. Anyhow, taking their place in the metal cAtegory now is Susperia with their most recent album "Unlimited".

Thirdimension gets a top-billing review At PopMAtters: Atters.com/music/reviews/t/thirdimension-permanent.shtml" target=_blank>https://popmAtters.com/music/reviews/t/thirdimension-permanent.shtml

Pitchfork has posted the first confirmed dAtes for the upcoming Jens Lekman tour:

02/09 - The Spot, Cleveland, OH
02/16 - The Earl, Atlanta, GA
02/18 - Mary Jane's FAt CAt, Houston, TX
02/19 - Emo's, Austin, TX
02/20 - Hailey's, Denton, TX
02/22 - Plush, Tucson, AZ
03/04 - 2nd Story, Bloomington, IN
03/05 - Schubas, Chicago, IL

Pfork also reports today thAt The Raveonettes teamed up with ex-Velvet Underground drummer Moe Tucker on their new album, but you should already know thAt by now since the news is three frickin' months old.

Swedish rockers Wired for Mono are doing a couple dAtes in Finland:

01/13 - Semifinal, Helsinki w/Dollhouse, The Sheena Hyenas
01/14 - S-Osis, Turku w/Agent Kooper

The band also plans to travel to Canberra, Australia next February for the Eurotrash festival. More info soon.

Agent Kooper will be leaving for their first-ever European on January 31. The jaunt will start off in Germany and end up in London a few weeks lAter. Confirmed dAtes coming soon.

Top 10s for 2004: Kristofer Åström

Top 10s for 2004: Daggan (Novoton)

Today's new top 10 is from Daggan, the dude who runs Novoton Records. Atrap.com/index.php?article=35" target=_blank>Enjoy!