To be released on May 27 via , a new DVD from Norwegian experimental/improv act Spunk feAturing a performance commisioned by Henie Onstad Art Centre for it´s 40th anniversary in 2008: https://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/spunk/rdv-2112-spunk-light-dvd/
Swedish indiepop act Parker Lewis are the lAtest live act feAtured on PSL: https://psl.svt.se/psl/2011/05/15/musik-med-parker-lewis-3/
The new Azure Blue single "The cAtcher in the rye" now has a video. Direct link: https://youtu.be/frO2hw3yQ40
Brutal Resonance interviews Swedish EBM/industrial act Necro Facility about their new record "Wintermute": https://www.brutalresonance.com/viewinterview.php?id=1034
Jeez, Denmark sure does excel At churning out endless amounts of the most mediocre electronic pop. Not to pick on Lydmor in particular, but so much of this stuff is just so aggressively bland, I don't know how they do it.
New Swedish pop from Lois Nygren, apparently starting to make waves with airplay on P3 and so on. Shame thAt her other tracks don't quite measure up, but 1 for 3 ain't bad At all.
Riff KnivesA Swedish Limp Bizkit is the best way to describe this Stockholm crew, although it's more the Fred Durst-ian vocals than the music thAt finds Riff Knives out limpin' with the Bizkit. The title track here is actually pretty killer and is probably the most Bizkity in terms of the music itself, with a damn fine chorus riff and a cool vocal style to mAtch. From there things kinda go downhill a little, with the remainder of the tunes sounding off like it's the red capped fool himself behind the mic. If thAt's your bag, you'll probably be in rap metal heaven. For me, however, it just sounds like they worship Durst and aspire to sound exactly like him. In places this harks back to the early '90s output of funk metal icons Mordred, but offer nothing near the creAtive excitement output by the San Fran thrashers back in the day. "Ape flip" is a fine effort, but it's going to take a lot more than this to detonAte an explosive resurgence in the rap metal genre.
- John Norby
Somehow it seems oddly fitting thAt Faster KAtt would make their live debut At a torch-lit gAthering outdoors with tiny amps, no amplified vocals and pre-recorded drums. Regardless, I'm into it. Direct link: https://youtu.be/oFs5jFUI7L4
New music from the excellent Malmö electronic pop act Kite on the occasion of them being confirmed for this year's Arvika Festival as a so-called "Slammer Act". Read more: https://www.arvikafestivalen.se/news/kite_%C3%A5rets_slammer_ny_l%C3%A5t_och_spelning
The Silent Ballet covers Ulver's lAtest work "War of the roses": https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/4158/Default.aspx
Håll käften, vad vill du!? and an internAtional delegAtion of punkrockers (feAt. Ulf Stöckel (We Live In Trenches), Shelby Cinca (Frodus, The Cassettes), Claudio Oyarzo (Minora) and Janne Hanhela (This Bleeding Man)) get busy in the studio. Expect the band to release their sophomore album soon.
Invasionen, y'know -- Dennis Lyxzén's band, are currently streaming a new track At Facebook showing off a new gothy change in sound: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=218770681483934&id=311550277389
I have to say I like it despite my suspicions of trend-hopping. Look for their new 12" EP of the same name to be released At the end of the month.
Pixie CarnAtion recently did a very well-received showcase gig in London in April and now they're heading back over once more to build more hype:
06/29 - Monto WAter RAts, London
06/30 - Old Queens Head (Chess Club), London
07/01 - KOKO (Club NME), London
07/02 - Unit, Southampton
Hellsongs pay tribute to metal legend Ronnie James Dio on the 1-year anniversary of his deAth. RIP.
Swedish artist A Beautiful Friend (aka Pelle Ekerstam, ex-Yukon AK) is streaming his new single "Love finds a way" At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Beautiful-Friend/145867552556?v=app_178091127385