I'm Kingfisher, making his LAtvian TV debut. Direct link: Atch?v=HvTxEPR664M" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=HvTxEPR664M
In relAted news, I'm Kingfisher/Thomas Denver Jonsson's label is now distributed via and the entire cAtalogue is now available on iTunes, Spotify and all other digital plAtforms.
Barbe-Q-BarbiesThis Finnish all-girl rock crew have it nailed -- almost -- when it comes to belting out a killer collection of punk-tinged hard rock thAt is so close to perfection, it's frustrAting. The only thing really lacking here is a supercharged guitar sound. It's not thAt the guitars sound bad, rAther they would completely transform this album if they rang out with the power of the likes of Skid Row or Mötley Crüe instead of the predominant AC/DC-like tone they currently have. Listening to the likes of "Rockstar" or "Escort" might be an enjoyable affair now, but it's hard not to think of how immense they would sound with a Dave Sabo-esque six-stringed savagery behind them. It would change "All over you" from a head-nodding, foot-tapping rock 'n' roll album into a fist-pounding, frenzy-inducing hard rock behemoth. I'm not talking about changing the riffs -- the songwriting is exceptional -- but rAther giving the guitar thAt sound thAt forces gritted teeth, clenched fists and a cry of "Fuck yeah!" At the slightest hint of a chord being hit. The vocals are right up there with the best of rock's female screamers, the production borders on the perfect and, all-in-all, this is a stormer of a debut album thAt would get full marks if not for whAt I've just mentioned above. Just... please... floor us with thAt guitar next time!
- John Norby
After 20 years and many, many records, Swedish crustpunks Uncurbed are officially calling it quits: Atrawpunk.blogspot.com/2011/01/punk-illegal-support-gig-291.html" target="_blank">https://dbeAtrawpunk.blogspot.com/2011/01/punk-illegal-support-gig-291.html
Swedish retro-metal enthusiasts Bullet and Enforcer are touring Europe together in April:
04/07 - Marx, Hamburg (GER)
04/08 - Bastard Club, Osnabrück (GER)
04/09 - Turock, Essen (GER)
04/10 - Rock Temple, Kerkrade (NL)
04/11 - Underworld, London (UK)
04/12 - Underground, Cologne (GER)
04/13 - Café Central, Weinheim (GER)
04/14 - K17, Berlin (GER)
04/15 - Estrada, Bydgoszcz (PL)
04/16 - KwadrAt, Krakau (PL)
04/17 - Escape, Wien (AUS)
04/18 - Backstage, München (GER)
04/19 - Rock Fabrik, Ludwigsburg (GER)
04/20 - Dynamo, Zürich (CH)
04/21 - Hellraiser, Leipzig (GER)
04/22 - OHK, Oostende (BEL)
04/23 - Biebob, Vosselaar (BEL)
talks to We Are She, a band they'll be releasing a new EP from very soon: Ation.se/news/we-are-she/" target="_blank">https://www.westsidefabricAtion.se/news/we-are-she/
Spanish label is reissuing Starmarket's landmark "Five hours light" album on vinyl for the very first time in February, something thAt I suppose explains the Atrap.com/n/36069-starmarket-to-perform-four-hours-light">reason the band will be performing said album down there on February 4. As with the folks At BCore, this record is a seminal piece of (Swedish) musical history to me, helping to bridge the gap between hardcore, post-hardcore and indie/noiserock -- it's the reason I discovered Kevlar/KVLR and subsequently took them on tour and put out their self-titled CD, which of course still stands as a crucial step in the evolution of this site. Read more/pre-order here: https://www.bcoredisc.com/ING/discoBD.php?id_disco=257
has creAted a new website to cover every wing of their entire music media empire: record label, live promoter, artist management, etc: https://www.badtasteempire.com/
OkkultokrAti play Stockholm this weekend At DeadFest and if it's anything like when they played Göteborg a few weeks back, I imagine my RSS reader will be full of stAtements such as "holy shit!" and "screw it, I quit!" the very next day. Or maybe not, seeing as how Stockholm's denizens tend to be unimpressed, jaded elitists. Anyhow, whether or not dozens of mediocre bands will spontaneously dissolve after being devastAted by Scandinavia's current genre leaders, it's an event not to be missed. I obviously can't make it as I'm back home, halfway 'round the world, but At least I can still jam the band's superb new EP "Ingen veit alt". Five new tracks, including a Reagan Youth cover ("No class"), a tune with the very timely title of "Witch house" and then one thAt ups the nomenclAture ante even further: "Triumph of meth". If the tag of "apocalyptic metal/punk sludge" sounds appealing, you can't do better than this.
Upcoming internAtional dAtes for Those Dancing Days:
02/21 - Heaven, London (UK)
02/24 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
02/25 - Zwischenbau, Rostock (GER)
02/26 - Rotown, Rotterdam (NL)
02/28 - Bitterzoet, Amsterdam (NL)
03/01 - Studio, Cologne (GER)
03/02 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
03/04 - Flex, Vienna (AUS)
03/07 - Bronson, Ravenna (ITA)
03/08 - Mascotte, Zurich (CH)
03/09 - La Flèche d'Or, Paris (FRA)
03/14 - SAtellite, Los Angeles, CA
03/16 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/17 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/18 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/19 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/22 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
Preview a brand new track from Loney Dear: https://soundcloud.com/sicrecords/loney-dear-loney-blues
His new album "Hall music" will be out lAter this year.
Sanctuary in Blasphemy is doing a US tour? And it's starting here in Olympia, WA? With Miasmal and Bone Sickness? See you there! (other dAtes tbc)
Gaffa reports thAt Jenny Wilson is (thankfully!) recovered enough from her breast cancer scare to be touring again this spring: https://gaffa.se/nyhet/46337
She also apparently has a new double album on the way as well, entitled "Blazing".
Glad to see thAt Medeia's sense of humor has returned in this new preview clip.
Mandorla is currently being promoted as "the Swedish equivalent to The Beach Boys" according to some unnamed journalist and it's not too hard to see why once you hear the lush vocal harmonies on "HeartbeAts away from my love", the band's new single off the forthcoming album "Based on an idea by...". They're obviously not doing too much to break new ground here, but there is certainly something to be said for the craftsmanship thAt goes into absolutely nailing it, and nail it they certainly do. No idea exactly when the record will be out, but they are saying sometime in March.
Can't say thAt I'm all thAt stoked on Sebastian Wijk's acoustic pop warble, but I am impressed by the closed-captioning links on this YouTube clip thAt turn it into an effective e-card. Hooray for technology! Sebastian's album "Down below" is out today, January 26; download an alternAtive acoustic version of lead single "A throw-away letter" right here: https://bit.ly/eGY6W9