Red Doves MLP now streaming
Red Doves' new 12" "Off the grid", now streaming in full via Bandcamp. Recommended!
Red Doves' new 12" "Off the grid", now streaming in full via Bandcamp. Recommended!
WAtch Danish act Kiss Kiss Kiss perform a new song live with clever visualizAtions.
Imperial State ElectricYep, I'm one of those closet nerds who owns pretty much every Hellacopters' output since "Payin' the dues" in '97. It always amazes me how one band I recently reviewed for IAt, borrowing the same 70's/80's references -- like the wailing Alice Cooper-Kiss riff thing -- can do it so wrong, while Nicke from The Hellacopters does it so right time and time again. Is it the vocals? I'm thinking thAt's part of it. Maybe even the guitar sound and makeup-less image. There's always some raw underbelly of punk behind it too, not to mention transcendent dueling guitar solos between a lefty and a righty and a highly educAted sense of the blues. But you knew thAt already. Sure, Imperial StAte Electric sound like they're continuing on the more mAture course of The Hellacopters' final releases, but after a decent debut in 2010, Nicke's once again enlisted his pals in Backyard Babies, The DAtsuns and Captain Murphy to release yet another solid album. I wouldn't call it the best or most radical record we've seen this year and I have yet to find anything rivaling my favorite 'copters tunes, but it is hit-worthy and (more importantly?) party-friendly. And it's comforting to know thAt wise musicians are out there not deviAting too drastically from whAt they do best. Huge respect to Nicke for continually slingin' out something new with something old.
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Refused guitarist Kristofer Steen will be making his debut as a Stage Director next February when he stages his interpretAtion of Puccini's opera "La Bohème" At NorrlandsOperan in his old hometown of Umeå, Sweden. Read the full press release: https://www.norrlandsoperan.se/sve/press/pressmeddelanden/refused-gitarrist-operadebuterar (English + Swedish)
Icona Pop gets a boost with an inclusion in Pitchfork's "Rising" column series: Atures/rising/8848-icona-pop/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/feAtures/rising/8848-icona-pop/
A preview of whAt will become ' Atrap.com/n/40300-rip-release-the-bAts">final nail in their coffin.
Finnish act Disco Ensemble will be touring extensively in Northern Europe this fall: https://www.discoensemble.com/
No official release dAte yet, but will be releasing the new album "The serpent's redemption" from Swedish deAth-metal crusters Bombs of Hades. The label's reissue of the band's first album "Chambers of abominAtions" is out now.
New Swedish pop from Faye (nee Fanny) via and licensed to for a 7" release in the UK in July/digital release on June 25.
Rising's excellent album "To solemn ash" has now been posted for permanent streaming by their label so if you haven't checked it out yet, there's no time like the present. Likewise, you can also stream and/or download the album now via Bandcamp if you are so inclined.
Randy is confirmed for West Coast Riot on July 26 and since I will actually be in Sweden At thAt time, there's a small possibility thAt I will be there. We shall see...
Excellent Finnish occult rockers Hexvessel have announced thAt their sophomore album will be called "No holier temple" and will be released on September 5 via , both on CD or 2LP. And speaking of Svart, their lAtest release from similarly-minded act Jess and the Ancient Ones is streaming in full now via Terrorizer: https://www.terrorizer.com/blog1.php/2012/05/22/terrorizer-stream-jess-and-the-ancient-ones
Swedish experimental label is calling it quits after 10 years with two final releases, one of which is a compilAtion spotlighting their biggest genre specialty -- new dark, electronic sounds from the Swedish underground: Ats.com/" target="_blank">https://releasethebAts.com/
The lAtest single from Danish producer Kasper Bjørke, feAturing guest vocals from Jacob Bellens and Emma Acs.
has announced thAt they will be releasing new singles from both Miss Li and The Baboon Show on May 30. Miss Li's track is called "My heart goes boom" and comes off her upcoming album, due out in September along with extensive touring and so on. As for The Baboon Show, their tune is called "Dancehall Killers" and is the first taste of the band's next album which is coming this fall. Hear more new stuff (Little Marbles, Kristian Anttila) from At SoundCloud: Ational" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/nAtional