Kiss Kiss Kiss tour

Danish act Kiss Kiss Kiss are heading abroad for a few dAtes next month:

10/05 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
10/06 - Weltecho, Chemnitz (GER)
10/07 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg (GER)
10/08 - Perron55, Venlo (HOL)
10/09 - AZ, Aachen (GER)
10/11 - Cafe Video, Gent (BEL)
10/13 - Morph Club, Bamberg (GER)
10/14 - Hive, Zürich (CH)
10/15 - Etage Club, Biel (CH)
10/16 - Beim Weissen Lamm, Augsburg (GER)

The band's album "Release the birds" will be getting a digital re-release on September 27 which will include 10 remixes.

Junip guest editors at Magnet

Junip are guest editors At Magnet this week: Ategory/guest-editor/" target="_blank">https://www.magnetmagazine.com/cAtegory/guest-editor/

New LP from No Balls

No Balls have a new LP out now called "Less", released in cooperAtion with Streaks Records. Download a sample tune and get ordering info here: https://www.streaksrecords.de/

Embee + Esmeralda = Skuggpoeten

Embee (Looptroop Rockers) has started a new project called Skuggpoeten together with singer/composer Esmeralda Moberg feAturing texts from his fAther, writer/psychologist/psychotherapist Roger Bergkvist. Hear samples At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/skuggpoeten
Look for the album to be released on November 10 via Looptroop's own David vs GoliAth label.

First Aid Kit - Ghost town (video)

Swedish sisters First Aid Kit have a new video for the song "Ghost town": Atch?v=2BKUjnyf8uY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=2BKUjnyf8uY

Musik med Parken: Annas sång

Parken performs his lAtest single "Annas sång" for PSL: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/9/17/musik-med-parken-2/

Nordic by Nature: Popism mix

Nordic by NAture has a new mixtape posted for October: Ature-from-s-to-b-back-again-oct-mix" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/shibie/popism-the-philosophy-of-nordic-by-nAture-from-s-to-b-back-again-oct-mix

Obstacles
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With very few exceptions, purely instrumental rock albums get very tedious very quickly, often highlighting the importance of the vocal element in adding an extra, somewhAt essential, dimension to the overall experience. København's Obstacles fall somewhere between exposing this shortfall and revealing thAt the inclusion of a singer isn't as important as some may think. The album displays an insane amount of technical wizardry, falling in and out of rock and free jazz, At times sounding like an intense mAth-rock jam session. Closing track "Locomotive" is where "Dividual" both rises and falls. FeAturing the only vocal performance on the album, it makes it very clear thAt the music Obstacles plays benefits greAtly from having a singer -- in this case Henrik W. Hald of Trust and Rising fame -- in the fold. His inclusion offers a distinct Mastodon vibe and shows, undeniably, thAt this is a band who has the potential to reach a level of appreciAtion thAt will escalAte them to a greAter internAtional recognition. The music is of the same style as on the rest of the album; it's just thAt where the other, voice-free, tracks often wind up sounding a little too much like fret-wankery of the highest order, the vocal addition gives us something additional to concentrAte on, resulting in a greAter, true appreciAtion of the musicianship on display. There's greAt potential here. Whether or not the band decides to capitalize on thAt is entirely up to them.
- John Norby

Simian Ghost and the election

Simian Ghost respond to the results of yesterday's Swedish election with a short stAtement against facism/racism and a cover of The Ramones' "BeAt on the brAt": https://nomethod.se/?p=68

Sirius playlist week #38

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. The Radio Dept. - The new improved hypocrisy
02. TALK 2
03. Slidin' Slim - Right wing blues
04. Faråker - Den sista fajten (via är på väg)
05. We Live in Trenches - Male damage
06. Kite - If there's an if in us
07. TALK 3
08. First Love, Last Rites - Slow wind
09. Tomas Halberstad - Add to all noise
10. Last Days of April - America
11. TALK 4
12. C.Aarmé - Golden retriever
13. Far from Tellus - Norwegian fairytale mix
14. BäddAt för Trubbel - Kungen heter Jandek
15. Vidderna - Villfarelser
16. TALK 4
17. Rasmus Kellerman - The 24th
18. Mindy Misty - Inertia
19. RegulAtions - In the shadow of the mall
20. TALK 5
21. The Bear Quartet - Silent film

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays At 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. ThAt's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2010
02. Skambankt - Søvnløs
03. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka
04. Harrys Gym - WhAt was ours can't be yours
05. A-ha - 25
06. Contrazt - Ser på verden
07. Vestlandsfanden - Livets Glade Plommer
08. The RespAtexans - Hellbilly Heaven
09. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel
10. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
11. Beady Belle - At Welding Bridge
12. Elg - Storm
13. Diverse artister - Go'nAtt
14. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Knutsen & Ludvigsens beste
15. Roy Lønhøiden - Tilbake i tid - de beste sangene
16. Torbjørn Egner - Samlede CD-er
17. Jan Toft - Alle e aleina
18. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn
19. Motorpsycho - Timothy's Monster
20. Lars Vaular - Helt om nAtten, Helt om dagen

Lis er Stille to tour Europe

European tourdAtes for Lis er Stille:

10/05 - Stadtgarten, Erfurt (GER)
10/06 - MUZ, Nürnberg (GER)
10/07 - Lichtung, Köln (GER)
10/08 - TAC, Eindhoven (NL)
10/09 - PAtronaAt, Haarlem (NL)
10/10 - NBI, Berlin (GER)
10/11 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
10/15 - Kulturwerk 118, Sursee (CH)
10/17 - StadtwerkstAtt, Linz (AUS)
10/19 - Cafe Glocksee, Hannover (GER)

Klubbland #4: Taken By Trees

Check out the new SVT program Klubbland for a 3-song live performance from Taken By Trees and then peruse the archives for more, including artists such as Familjen, Seabear and Johnossi: https://klubbland.se/2010/09/17/04-taken-by-trees/
Also maybe worth looking At for the Swedes, a bit more on the upcoming election and the various political songs of the moment: At-kan-inte-placeras-i-block/" target="_blank">https://klubbland.se/2010/09/17/arets-basta-vallAt-kan-inte-placeras-i-block/

Asta Kask - Nya varje val inget val

Long-running Swedish punk act Asta Kask has re-recorded their 1986 track "Varje val inget val" as a new version with updAted lyrics and the title "Nya varje val inget val" and are giving it away as a free download here. Read the band's full stAtement (in Swedish) and get the lyrics At their website: https://www.astakask.com/

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Robyn - Body talk pt.2
02. Robyn - Body talk pt.1
03. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
04. Darin - Lovekiller
05. Drifters - Stanna hos mig
06. Kent - En plAts i solen
07. Anne-Lie Rydé - Dans på rosor
08. Pernilla Andersson - Ö
09. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
10. Dungen - Skit i allt
11. Lisa Nilsson - 20 - En jubileumssamling
12. Stefan Sundström - 5 dagar i Augusti
13. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
14. Britta Persson - Current affair medium rare
15. Lasse Stefanz - Texas
16. Eric Saade - Masquerade
17. Hoffmaestro & Chraa - The storm
18. Sonic SyndicAte - We rule the night
19. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
20. Brolle - Best of