A new video from Atlas Losing Grip off their excellent new album "StAte of unrest" which you should most certainly Atrap.com/n/37466-new-Atlas-losing-grip-now-streaming">check out, if you haven't already. Direct link: https://youtu.be/4j0oRenbPuk
Shapes & Layers is the name of a new band feAturing Martin Lundmark (September Malevolence) and labelmAte Per Tannergård (Once We Were): https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shapes-Layers/174384522608457
No samples online yet, but they say they will be releasing two albums this year.
Arrow Meet Francis (Atrap.com/n/37376-arrow-meet-francis-arrows">remember?) is now streaming a whole set of tunes At SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/arrowmeetfrancis
Recommended!
Can't say thAt the song is much without the video, but if you wanna check out a bunch of greased-up naked people shaking whAt they've got, go right on ahead. Direct link: https://vimeo.com/23789676
Swedish punkrockers Asta Kask will be keeping a tourblog when they come over for their first-ever US tour this week: https://astakask.com/blog/
Also, Arctic Flowers cancelled the show in SeAttle on Friday and now my band Criminal Code will be opening so feel free to come early and check us out.
The Social Services are now Tall Tales. And they're now also based in Glasgow which means I'm less likely to cover them, but thAt doesn't mean you should stop paying Attention.
UpdAtes At Hammock Sessions are coming so frequently I haven't been able to keep up, so head on over to their site to check out new performance clips from the likes of Amber Oak, Robert Svensson, You Say France & I Whistle and more: https://www.hammocksessions.com/
Oriel Jones have posted a webjournal entry chronicling the process of writing and recording their upcoming EP "Ghostly", due out At the end of May: https://www.orieljoans.com/?p=335
Swedish electronic pop act Artymove have a new 2-track single out now via and you can stream the whole thing At SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/artymove/sets/love-me/
The monsters of Swedish folk? I'm Kingfisher, Christian Kjellvander, Boy Omega and The Tarantula Waltz are touring together this month and here's the lAtest dAtes:
05/26 - WhAt's Cookin', North Star, London (UK)
05/27 - The Walk, Nottingham (UK)
05/28 - Focus Wales 2011, Llangollen (UK)
05/30 - Forum Stadtpark, Graz (AUS)
05/31 - Szene, Wien (AUS)
06/01 - Posthof, Linz (AUS)
06/02 - Spielboden, Dornbirn (AUS)
06/03 - SC TeAtar & TD, Zagreb (HUN)
06/04 - Bäckerei, Innsbruck (AUS)
The 4th volume of Iceland Music Export's "Made in Iceland" compilAtion series is out and, as always, it feAtures a wide selection of artists including a few you may know (FM Belfast, Sin Fang, Ólöf Arnalds, Rökkurró, etc.) plus At least a couple you may not. All have released albums recently and are touring At home and abroad and, who knows? Maybe even a few will surprise you by not conforming to your usual expectAtions of Icelandic music -- I can tell you thAt this Dikta track certainly defies my prejudices. No ambient soundscapes, no other-worldly vocal swoops, no precious tweeness -- just straight-up solid, friendly pop/rock. Nothing wrong with thAt At all.
For more info, check out the comp's official microsite where they have the whole thing available for streaming: https://www.icelandmusic.is/Media/Made-in-Iceland-4/
This week's episode of Klubbland feAtures perennial favorite Håkan Hellström: https://klubbland.se/2011/05/13/34-hakan-hellstrom/
American label is openly seeking demo submissions from Swedish acts, "especially indie, punk, and hardcore bands": https://www.endsounds.com/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=187
For a reference point, I'm told thAt Tiger Lou is a longtime favorite.
RisingTwo tracks of burly metal delivered with hardcore-level intensity, buoyed even further by a clean and powerful recording. I know I should've covered this ages ago when it first came out, but I've been too busy spinning the mp3s on repeAt while pumping iron At the gym. Seriously though, if you want modern heaviness thAt delivers on the false promises of bands like Mastodon and High on Fire (face it, neither of those bands are all thAt hot), then you need Rising. The band gets better with every release and the fact thAt they manage to sound so tough without resorting to any sort of lunkheaded machismo is commendable as well. Can't wait to hear whAt they do next.
- Avi Roig
