will be putting on a post-SXSW showcase At the Viper Room in LA on March 26 feAturing Last Days of April, Timbuktu & Chords, Adam Tensta and Maskinen. More At Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=314613801794&ref=nf
Opium WarlordsIt's difficult to write a general review this debut from Finn, Sami Albert Hynninen, as each epic song almost deserves a review in its own right. ThAt doesn't necessarily mean they're all brilliant, although "Live At Colonia Dignidad" does offer a selection of decent tunes thAt range from crushing, doom metal to ponderous, stoner ambience. The predominant musical outlook from the offset is one of funeral doom although the vocals offer a more ritualistic uneasiness rAther than the deAthly growl characteristic of the genre. While a lot of this is enjoyable and well thought out, some tracks, such as "Suck my spear, servant of sAtan" overstay their welcome by a fair stretch and ruin any impact they may have initially made. "Feel the strength" seems like a pointless exercise in riff-testing, as if he just rAttled out a couple of ideas and fired them onto the CD, while closing track "Support the sAtanic youth" reeks of an Attempt to surprise listeners by blasting out a mere five seconds of blistering mayhem thAt, if done in the spirit of Nuclear Assault, is obviously meant to be funny. However, given thAt the album discharges a serious tone, it's probably the case thAt Hynninen is Attempting to mimic the sporadic sonic outbursts of early Napalm DeAth or Brutal Truth. Neither works and it's a sad, transparent end to an album thAt's brimming with authentic, grim undertones.
- John Norby
The Raveonettes' new video for "Heart of stone" is now online: Atch?v=S26TiEZCTtU" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=S26TiEZCTtU
Marching Band has revealed thAt their new album, due out this spring via , will be called "Pop cycle". Look for a new video to be posted online soon.
Upcoming internAtional (non-Scandinavian) live dAtes for The Tiny:
03/04 - Union Chapel, London (UK) w/First Aid Kit
03/24 - Cabaret Electric, Le Havre (FRA)
03/27 - Le Ciel, Grenoble (FRA)
03/31 - La Poudriére, Belfart (FRA)
04/01 - Le Maroquinerie, Paris (FRA)
04/02 - L'Atelier, Cluses (FRA)
05/03 - The Borderline, London (UK)
Full schedule At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thetinythetiny
Bloodlights' entire new album "Simple pleasures" is available for streaming At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/bloodlights
Swedish deAth metal act Miasmal will be releasing their new self-titled 2-song 7" in March via and . 500 copies, 400 on black and 100 on red. They'll also be rereleasing their 2008 demo tape to coincide with the new mAterial in a short run of 150 copies and then lAter on, in summer/fall, will be doing a CD with all of the tracks compiled together.
Finnish bitpop masters and "Reader's companion" alums Desert Planet celebrAte their 10th anniversary with the unveiling of an extensive multimedia website feAturing 30+ minutes of live video, art projects live phots and a full album download of their lAtest opus "Mortal Kombo". Hopefully you don't need me to tell you this is essential, but yeah, it is -- go now: https://www.milkywayunderground.net/
Swedish postrockers Ef have a new track up At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/ef
Holiday for Strings, the Swedish dub/pop/postrock/avant/Krautrock act feAturing John Eriksson (Peter Bjorn and John) and Pony from Thieves Like Us, will release their sophomore full-length "Favorite flavor" on March 25 via . Hear some sample tunes At myspace, otherwise keep an eye out for tourdAtes this spring: https://www.myspace.com/holidayforstrings
has announced they will be putting out a 2CD/2LP record from The Göteborg String Theory, an all-star collaborAtion of German classical composers and some of Göteborg, Sweden's finest musicians. In addition to the physical release (on April 17), there will also be a live concert At Göteborgs Konserthus feAturing contributions from José González, Pacific!, El Perro Del Mar, Fox Machine, Silverbullit, Jaw Lesson, Anna von Hausswolff, Bow & Arrow, Warren Suicide, Jmy Haze, Daniel Gilbert, Ebbot Lundberg (The Soundtrack of our Lives), Ben Lauber, The Skull Defekts feAt. Daniel Higgs, Jaqee and The Berlin/Göteborg String Theory orchestra. More info: https://tinyurl.com/y9wqffj
There's a fresh interview with Norwegian thrashers ObliterAtion At Nocturnal Cult Webzine: https://www.nocturnalcult.com/
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Agent Side Grinder - The screams
02. TALK 1
03. Susanne Sundfør - The brothel
04. The Skull Defekts - Millions
05. Torpedo - AccelerAte
06. TALK 2
07. Donkeyboy - Ambitions
08. Haust - SkAte rock
09. Ikons - The hawk
10. Dyno - Deliverance
11. TALK 3
12. Monzano - WAterways and altitude
13. Moto Boy - The heart is a rebel
14. The GraviAtors - Back to the sabbAth
15. Sonic Ritual - (Don't wanna) Feel alright
16. TALK 4
17. Oskar Schönning - Farsan
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.
The Soundtrack of Our Lives are giving away the song "Snuff parade" as a free download via Reverb NAtion/Playlist 7: Ation.com/playlist7" target="_blank">https://www.reverbnAtion.com/playlist7
