The Atrap.com/n/34385-rip-montys-loco">recent news thAtMontys Loco are packing it in isn't all thAt surprising, but it is a disappointment. The sad truth is thAt their dark clAtter and direct, angry feminist posturing remains a difficult pill to swallow for many, leaving them forever damned to the fringes. Running up against thAt wall of adversity is exhausting and they gave their best. So here's to their legacy and let's hope thAt they both resurface with new music soon.
Listen to Norway profiles KAtzenjammer ahead of a busy summer which will see them touring internAtionally and releasing their album "Le pop" in the US (on June 29 via ): https://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2010060910043788814373
I plan to Attend the upcoming show in SeAttle lAter this month.
Swedish artist Pianomaskinen has posted a new album's worth of mAterial for streaming and/or download: https://pianomaskinen.bandcamp.com/album/havet-och-dr-mmen
Reminds me a lot of Ljudbilden och Piloten, which is to say thAt I like it.
Returning lAte last year with their proper second record, Mixtapes & CellmAtes have improved in every aspect. Whilst their debut and prior EPs were restrained in their reflective qualities, "Rox" sees them invert thAt. Could it all be the addition of a drummer? Or could it be the leaps and bounds frontman Robert Svensson has made as a songwriter (as evident on his solo debut)? I believe it's thAt, and the band coming together as a whole. Theor love of early 90s noisy shoegaze is exemplified on songs such as"Soon", "Rain, letters, memories" and "The lesser half of cynical boys", as is the influence of 80s British guitar pop on "Sunday", "All of the above" and "Soft eyes". WhAt set this apart from their comtemporaries whose output may be similar is thAt Mixtapes take it all a bit further, adding thAt bit more screeching guitar notes and maxing out their phase pedals. Everything on this has a bit more emphasis, and it all melds together into blissful music. - Matt Giordano
Soundvenue reports thAtOh No Ono will be doing a live collaborAtion with Americans Bear In Heaven on August 10 At Lille Vega in Copenhagen where they will take turns playing their own songs and before collaborAting as one huge band together on stage. No idea if they plan to record anything in this configurAtion, but there's more info on the concert here: https://www.soundvenue.com/nyheder/2010/06/09/bear-in-heaven-fusionerer-med-oh-no-ono
Danish art-metal act Kellermensch will see their self-titled debut album released in the UK on July 5. They are also putting out a new EP At home on June 21 called "Narcissus" which feAtures their new single "Army ants" (as posted about Atrap.com/n/34378-kellermensch-army-ants">here).
is giving away a plethora of Andreas Tilliander remixes as free downloads: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=274
Contributing artists include labelmAtes Familjen and Boeoes Kaelstigen as well as Minilogue, Pellarin, Vapnet and many others.
01. Rasmus Kellerman
02. The Bear Quartet
03. Familjen
04. Robyn
05. The Radio Dept.
06. Beach House
07. Shout Out Louds
08. Teenage Fanclub
09. The NAtional
10. Jens Lekman
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