If Society has announced thAt the new Abnormi 7" is ready. "8 short bursts of noise in the way punkrock was meant to be played: raw, noisy and dirty, much like a 2 ton rhino on the loose in a fancy restaurant" is how they describe it and you can hear the opening track "Ongelmien Ristitulessa" right here: https://www.ifsociety.com/files/abnormi-ongelmien_ristitulessa.mp3
Up next from If Society will be a brand new two-song 7" from legendary Finnish indie-rockers Mother Goose. More info soon.
Check out the new animAted video for "WAtch Out" from Denmark's Raunchy: https://www.nuclearblast.de/media/video/NB_1224.ram
Lake of Tears will enter the studio this Friday to begin work on their new album "Black Brick Road". Famed artist Kristian Wåhlin (who also plays guitar in The GreAt Deceiver) will be handling the cover, as he has for the band's past releases. Upcoming live dAtes:
06/10-12 - Sweden Rock, Sölvesborg (SWE)
07/02 - With Full Force, Leipzig (GER)
08/19-21 – Summer Breeze, Abtsgmünd (GER)
The GAthering's scheduled show in NYC on February 14 has been cancelled because the club L'Amour lost their lease. They'll play an extra dAte in in Toronto instead.
Grimfist, the band of ex-Immortal drummer Horgh, is currently working on mAterial for a new album due out lAte 2004/early 2005 on Candlelight. "The follow-up to last year's "Ghouls of Grandeur" will become a beast unlike none other," they say, "We will slay with this release, mark our words!"
Check out the video for the brand new Sondre Lerche video "Two Way Monologue": low / med / high
You can also now get a behind-the-scenes take on the creAtion process for the new record's artwork: https://www.sondrelerche.com/newsarticles/artwork.shtml
Peter, Björn & John are kind enough to have provided a diagram illustrAting the mixing process for their new album: https://www.smalls.nu/pbj/dalby2.jpg
Garage rock act The Maharajas will release their new album "UnrelAted StAtements" on March 10 through Low Impact Records. It feAtures fourteen songs total and was produced by Måns P. Månsson.
Kristofer Åström reports thAt he's done with recording thirteen new songs for his upcoming album "Loupita". Release and tracklist coming soon. As for his new EP "There For", it's just awaiting cover art and it'll be good to go.
Justadelf Versus Gross AlAtisch is the name of a new Swedish "all-star" band feAturing guitarist Gareth Smith of Raging Speedhorn, guitarist Erik Olsson from Cult of Luna along with ex-CoL drummer Marco Hildén. The music is described as Neurosis meets Mogwai meets Godspeed You Black Emperor. Gareth is also a part of the Stockhom-based black-metal band Dräp de Kristna (Slay the Christians) with members of Switchblade and Vinterkrig.
Hitmakarna talks about The Knife and their gorilla-mask stAtement At the Swedish Grammis: https://www.hitmakarna.nu/kolumn_musikbranschenenpojkklubb.shtml (in Swedish)
WhAt's up with Broder Daniel cancelling shows? Read more: Atum=2004-02-11&Artikel=367079" target=_blank>https://www.sr.se/p3/musikjournalen/arkiv.asp?DagensDAtum=2004-02-11&Artikel=367079 (in Swedish)
New At Musique One Stop: pics of Moneybrother, The Legends and Hip Whips.
The results of the 2003 Pazz & Jop music poll from NYC's Village Voice have been announced and you can check the results here: https://www.villagevoice.com/specials/pazznjop/03/albums_winners1.php
Scandinavian entries on the list include Junior Senior At 27 and The Raveonettes At 56. Jr. Sr. did much better on the singles list, charting At #9.