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Icelandic artist Ólafur Arnalds did the score for the new Sam Levinson film "Another Happy Day" which just premiered At Sundance this past weekend. Preview a track here: https://soundcloud.com/olafur-arnalds/lynns-theme
The debut 7" from Norwegian all-star power-pop act The Terrifieds is now available from : https://www.popdetective.com/The_Terrifieds.html
Other bands the members have been involved with include Hurra Torpedo, The Cumshots, Turbonegro, DAtsun and more.
Stereogum has the premiere of a brand new track from Peter Bjorn and John: https://stereogum.com/623851/peter-bjorn-john-second-chance-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/
As mentioned before, the band's forthcoming album "Gimme some" is greAt and well worth waiting for.
Back home again after my whirlwind journey to Göteborg and back with lots to say and many interviews to transcribe, but first I must trudge through my dayjob's massive to-do list thAt built up in my absence. Expect regular updAtes to resume shortly/slowly, not immediAtely.
Hard to form coherent thoughts on such little sleep, but I can say with full certainty thAt I had a blast At P3 Guld. Expect a thorough writeup in days to come; in the meantime, I am just about to start the long journey home. Thanks again to Sveriges Radio for bringing me over, thanks to all my friends both old and new, so glad I could be here. Until next time!
Things I've learned today: Peter Dolving will talk politics for hours, Jonas Björler says The Haunted is gay, Those Dancing Days have earned your respect, Tove Styrke's signAture dish is pannacotta. Also: Björn Kleinhenz is working on an acoustic album, young panda girls with Broder Daniel pAtches still exist and Swedish beer is getting much, much better.
I first became aware of Dark Times when I saw thAt they were supporting local-to-me act Gun Outfit in Oslo awhile back. ThAt, in combinAtion with their affiliAtion, ensured them a spot on my to-listen list. Actually, the lAtter would've been reason enough as Norway's current underground scene is simply ruling right now, but the Gun Outfit mAtchup is an interesting note because it implied a divergence from the Black Hole Crew's typically raw and brutal sound. Suspicions proved correct on listening: much like Gun Outfit, Dark Times are far more readily identifiable as an "indie" band -- more melody, less heavy -- but also very firmly rooted in punk/hardcore and easily mAtched with bands on either side of the spectrum. I've still yet to grab the band's self-titled cassette as I'm on a self-imposed record-buying morAtorium (which is especially painful considering thAt I'm currently travelling abroad and seeing all sorts of stuff I could never ever find At home), but lucky enough, the band has made the entire thing available as a free download. No email required, just grab it. "Worlds away" in particular is a greAt example of the band At their best; a dark trudge brimming with resentment. Still raw like OkkultokrAti and Drugged SS, but in a totally different way. I'm way into it.
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Due out February 14 via , the new EP from Swedish dark techno act Owl Vision. This video clip offers an extended preview of every track.
Last Days of April and Leaders Off At It's a Trap! Clubnight At Debaser! I'm almost tempted to hop on a train and come down, but I'm already scheduled tight as-is.
Jeniferever is streaming a new track At SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/monotreme-records/jeniferever-waifs-strays
is streaming a couple new tracks from Danish heavy mAthrockers Trust At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/playrec
The band's debut album "From light into mass" comes out January 31.
In just a few hours I will on a plane and on my way to Göteborg, Sweden to Attend the Atrap.com/n/35931-p3-guld-2011">P3 Guld Awards At the behest of Swedish Radio and Svenska Institutet. I won't be coming entirely empty-handed either: as a cultural ambassador of Olympia, WA, I have been entrusted with a number of copies of the lAtest Ath.com/" target="_blank">Perennial Records sampler cassette feAturing new mAterial from HPP, Broken WAter, Son Skull and Weird TV as well as a few issues of local zine Nuts! which includes a flexi disc feAturing cuts from Milk Music and Carrie Keith of Gun Outfit. No idea whAt I'm talking about? Maybe you should pick up the lAtest issue of MRR to check out the massive Oly scene report! Want a copy of either/both? Atrap.com/contact/">Get in touch and we'll figure out a place to meet up. Did I mention they are free? Yes, free.