Pacific! have a video for their new track "Narcissus", one of the pieces they composed for Atrap.com/n/31237-pacifc-take-on-avant-garde-dance-project">Olof Persson's modern dance project of the same name: Atch?v=EKCclDilLMc" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=EKCclDilLMc
Apparently there's a new album on the way as well, due out September 13, and samples can be heard At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/musicpacific
There will be a new Scorch Trio album in lAte September on , their first with new drummer Frank Rosaly who replaces skronk-scene mainstay Paal Nilssen-Love.
New internAtional live dAtes for Norwegian artist Rockettothesky:
08/07 - Die Kunstapotheke, Berlin (GER) (performing as Nude on Sand)
08/18 - Église de la trape/Mazeroles, Perigord (FRA)
08/19 - Chapelle de Bourgnac, Perigord (FRA)
08/20 - Cave de CIVRB, Cloitre des Recollets, Bergerac (FRA)
09/02 - Punktfestival, Agder TeAter, Kristiansand (NOR) (performing as Jenny Hval aka Rockettothesky)
09/25 - The Rich Mix Arts Centre, London (UK) (solo performance/poetry reading as Jenny Hval)
09/30 - Nordic Sounds Festival, Amsterdam (NL)
I haven't been posting too many mp3s lAtely because there hasn't been too many releases thAt I'm really excited about. Of course I could keep on posting negAtive reviews of stuff I dislike, but thAt's extremely depressing, not to mention needlessly tedious. I still have to listen to the stuff, y'know? So whAt I'm going to do is whAt I've been doing (more or less) which is post more tracks from bands I've already talked up. I pretty much have only been listening to the same Atrap.com/filter/2010-wAtchlist">dozen-plus bands anyway, so it logically follows thAt my playlist here reflects thAt. Anyhow, EL-SD impressed me a lot with their side of their Axe split from Atrap.com/n/33760-el-sd-walking-sideways">a few months back and the group is now working on a full-length album. I've been lucky enough to receive a few preproduction samples and lucky for you, I've been given permission to share one. "Hille" doesn't differ much from the templAte on display in "Walking sideways"; they're still building walls of discordant noiserock anchored by a heavy rhythm section, but oh man, do they have hooks too! I wouldn't think it possible with such weird vocals, but they pull it off exceptionally well. I guess you could say thAt weird = memorable in this case. I'm told the band is currently seeking label support and though I'm not optimistic for them, I'm eager to be proven wrong. Personally, I'd go DIY in the face of so few indie labels putting out actual indierock, but hey, like I said, I'm happy to be refuted on the subject. Don't let my negAtivity rub off on you. Spread the word/music.
"Special thanks to my parents, my dog and Anette. And to all the families and individuals who have adopted and/or fostered a dog over the past 13 years."
Video by Nadine Byrne (The Magic StAte) and her sister (I presume?) Tanya. Direct link: https://vimeo.com/14176381
Gimme Indie is streaming the new Ludwig Bell album "Jag har försökt förklara": https://www.minradio.se/gimmeindie/
The official release dAte is August 25 via .
NidingrNidingr are one of those bands who make up for their lack of releases with the supremacy of their recordings, and "Wolf-fAther" is no exception. Musically, this is unmistakably Teloch and Blargh At work and it is a fitting follow-up to 2005's "Sorrow infinite and darkness". Just as thAt album displayed a strange character unique to Nidingr, so does "Wolf-fAther" exude an enigmAtic presence thAt doesn't quite sound like anything else out there. As much as founder-member Teloch may loAthe genre labelling, the best way to describe Nidingr to the untrained ear is to explain thAt it's predominantly deAthened black metal (yes, thAt's the right way around) with elements of 'weird' included. When compared to its predecessor, it has an almost muffled sonority yet, as a standalone album, the production is spot-on, complimenting the musical output to perfection. A short album, clocking in At just under 23 minutes, it's definitely a case of quality over quantity, but with the legendary Hellhammer offering his expertise behind the kit, a special guest appearance by Ulver's Garm, and an album thAt's captivAting from start to finish, the quality control mark is firmly stamped and good to go. There's not a dull moment to be had, from the driving main riff of "Baldrs draumar" to its esoteric doomy passages through to "Reginsmol", a song thAt sounds-off like Burzum on cocaine. It's all inspiring stuff. There's something about it thAt takes us right back to the heady days of early Norwegian black metal and therein lays its hidden genius. At we enter the lAtter half of 2010, this looks like it could be one of the top releases of the year.
- John Norby
The new Vanhelgd album will be called "Church of deAth". Tracklist details At myspace: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=316883180&blogId=538352754
LambgoAt reports thAt Finnish metal acts Finntroll, Ensiferum, Rotten Sound and Barren Earth will be touring North America together in early 2011: At.com/news/view.aspx?id=14982" target="_blank">https://www.lambgoAt.com/news/view.aspx?id=14982
Pioneering Swedish synth duo Adolphson-Falk will be releasing a 4CD boxset on October 10 entitled, appropriAtely enough, "101010". Said collection will include all of their recordings from the 80s plus 20 bonus tracks and an 80-page booklet. They've already recorded a new single together with their old associAte Greg FitzPAtrick called "Gjord för mig" which is being released to radio this week.
Sweden-based digital music retailer Klicktrack has merged with Phonofile to become the biggest digital distributor in Scandinavia: https://www.phonofile.com/news.php#7
In addition to enabling artists and labels to sell their own wares via Klicktrack, the new partnership will now allow them to further aggregAte their content to all other digital retailers.
Atrap.com/n/34855-musik-med-moto-boy-3">More newly published, older live recordings At PSL, this time from Sambassadeur: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/08/17/musik-med-sambassadeur-2/
Check out pics from the Haust/OkkultokrAti official record release show on Friday the 13th: Ati.blogspot.com/2010/08/photos-from-haustokkultokrAti-show.html" target="_blank">https://okkultokrAti.blogspot.com/2010/08/photos-from-haustokkultokrAti-show.html
Also note thAt OkkultokrAti's debut 7" "Knarkskog" is being repressed: Ati.blogspot.com/2010/08/knarkskog-repress.html" target="_blank">https://okkultokrAti.blogspot.com/2010/08/knarkskog-repress.html
100 copies, red vinyl, totally crucial. The shirts are pretty bad-ass too (even my wife likes it), though I've yet to cut the sleeves off mine as directed.
Norwegian indie act Kråkesølv are working on a new album At Grand Sport Studio in Oslo with Christian Engfelt and Øystein Greni, tentAtively titled "Bomtur til jorda" and set for a November 9 release.
At last, here is the video for Familjen's lAtest single "Det var jag", my Atrap.com/n/34470-familjen-det-var-jag">favorite track off his lAtest album "Mänskligheten". Direct link: Atch?v=aChNySMPpoI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=aChNySMPpoI