Danish postpunk noiserockers Melting Walkmen are streaming a few tracks from their upcoming album "Why did you kill all those flowers?" At Bandcamp: https://meltingwalkmen.bandcamp.com/album/why-did-you-kill-all-those-flowers
Not a full track unfortunAtely, but I'll take it. Direct link: Atch?v=XpnnhTfpBaE" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=XpnnhTfpBaE
Danish electro/rock act Veto will be heading to the UK for a couple dAtes in lAte May/early June:
05/31 - Barfly, London
06/03 - KOKO (Club NME), London
Danish rockers On Trial will be calling it quits after 25+ years with a final show At Loppen in CPH on June 3. They'll also be doing one final release, a 2x7" on feAturing four tunes, two from an aborted album session and two thAt will end up being the band's final stAtement. Said release will be packaged in a gAtefold hand-screened sleeve and will be limited to a one-time-only pressing of 500 copies.
Gimme Indie recorded Säkert!'s performance At Umeå Open this past weekend and has the show posted for on-demand listening: https://www.gimmeindie.se/live/konsert/sakert
Swedish emo/pop-punks Chemical VocAtion have a new single and video: Atch?v=QevxUs9NQ08" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=QevxUs9NQ08
Finnish pigfuck, courtesy of ThroAt from the band's upcoming 12" EP "Licked inch fur" to be released soon as a four-way collaborAtion between , , and .
Jennie Abrahamson now has a video for her single "Hard to come by". Direct link: Atch?v=NfwkHL1qkT8" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=NfwkHL1qkT8
The new Timbuktu track "Kapitulera" feAturing a guest appearance from Susanne Sundfør will premiere on April 8 via the Norwegian TV2 program Senkveld.
Swedish doom/sludge act Walk Through Fire will be releasing their debut album "Furthest from heaven" on May 30 in cooperAtion with UK label . Preview a track At Bandcamp: https://walkthroughfire.bandcamp.com/
has announced the signing of Cigarette Crossfire, a band they describe as "guitar driven, politically charged rough but cAtchy punk rock in the vein of [labelmAtes] Manifesto Jukebox." Look for the band's album to be released on October, otherwise check out some sample tunes At the band's website: https://www.cigarettecrossfire.com/
will be releasing a new 12" single from This Is Head on May 10 feAturing the new track "De trop" backed by two b-side remixes of "0007", one by Korallreven and another by Hans Appelqvist.
Here's Lukestar's brand new video for "Posers of doubt". Direct link: Atch?v=j1frs3A1Klc" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=j1frs3A1Klc
The new Raveonettes album "Raven in the grave" is currently streaming in its entirety At Spinner: https://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/spinner#/6
Not to diss on Atrap.com/n/37125-torpedos-last-20-days">Torpedo, but when I imagine the soundtrack to the end-times, I tend to think of Apocalyptic Folk or the "metaphysical black'n'roll" of OkkultokrAti. Hexvessel fit into the former cAtegory and provided a perfect soundtrack for my apocalyptic/disaster-prep book club meeting last night where we discussed the first half of the anthology "Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories". Amongst other similar artists, nAturally, many more of which I will be listening to as I await the coming drift of the radiAtion cloud headed now for the Pacific coast.