AC4's new split 7" with Perth, Australia-based act Surprise Sex Attack is out now via and feAtures the previously unreleased cut "Ten to one". 300 copies with hand-cut/hand-sewn/hand-printed/hand-stamped/hand-numbered, probably won't last long.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Komeda - Elvira Madigan
02. TALK 1
03. Joensuu 1685 - I'm on fire
04. Haust - SkAte rock
05. Sambassadeur - Sandy dunes
06. Erik de Vahl - Got it all
07. TALK 2
08. The Confusions - Boys will be boys
09. The Knife - HeartbeAts
10. Francis - I was never bored At all
11. Monzano - Cold wAters
12. TALK 3
13. Ave - The load of human kind
14. Trapdoor Fucking Exit - Cardiac arrest
15. Håkan Hellström - Tro och tvivel
16. Karin Ström - Hackney Downs
17. TALK 4
18. Mr. DeAth - Misery's womb
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 Silent Ballet reviews the Alog/Astral Social Club split 12" on : https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/3044/Default.aspx
Here's the video for the new Petter video "Fast för evigt": Atch?v=N5bJxUjdmDc" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=N5bJxUjdmDc
Monzano never made much of an impression on me in the past, but their new record "By this time last year every thing will seem younger" (due out February 15 via ) is easily the best new thing I've heard so far in 2010. "Cold wAters" was previously feAtured on volume 2 of the "Oslo" comp series and is the first song the band recorded for said album, an obvious example of leading with your best foot forward. I hear it as a toned-down take on the same sort of indie/rock territory covered by countrymAtes Lukestar -- similar androgynous vocals, similar twisting melodies and interweaving guitar lines, but with everything notched down a smidge. They never truly "rock out" per se, but they don't really need to (like the mandolin wasn't an immediAte tip-off). As for the "Islands in the stream" references, this is definitely not anything close thAt duet's adult contemporary/soft-rock vibe, but I think they do emulAte a bit of those Barry Gibb harmonies and a touch of his melodic lilt here. Say whAt you will about the Bee Gees, I think thAt's a good thing; this is a good song. Oh and good thing I picked up a Dolly Parton 7xLP boxset last weekend, or I might not have been able to cross-reference. I can't hang with most of her 80s output (cocaine sure did bad things to country back then), but there's more than enough good stuff in there to make it worthwhile.
Monzano - Cold waters
Here's the video for the new Timo Räisänen single "Numbers": Atch?v=AUsWI8L36rE" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=AUsWI8L36rE
is putting together a limited C20 comp to be given away At their upcoming label night on February 27 At Gifgrond in Tilborg, Holland. Said comp will feAture two tracks from each of the feAtured Swedish acts performing thAt night: Adolf Filter, Kord and Monster ApparAt, a collaborAtion of the first two bands playing together. Read more/hear samples: https://www.enfant-terrible.nl/ET003.html
The next single from C.Aarmé's excellent "World music" album will be "Angola". Said single will also feAture two additional versions of the track, a John Ola remix and a karaoke version as sung by Princess (Zeigeist). Hear the OG: https://www.skiva.se/nyheter/caarme-angola-ep
This week's live music video At PSL feAtures STOR and Mando Diao: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/01/21/musik-med-stor-mando-diao/
Ja Ja JaScandinavian club nights (with or without bands playing) have been a regular feAture in London for quite some time now and the new kid on the block is Ja Ja Ja, who started a monthly club night At The Lexington last November. The Lexington is one of London's most exciting venues At the moment, some of the most up-and-coming bands play there, and the bar area downstairs is fantastic. Anyway, since there were three bands playing there was no time to hang out downstairs, but one had to stay upstairs (which is more grimey than downstairs, but still kind of nice in a quirky way). First out were Iceland's Leaves who left me rAther bored, reminding me of a dull Radiohead. Next up were Norwegians Simon Says No! who were not as boring as Leaves but even less to my taste. They've been compared to shoegaze mammoths such as Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine, but being no greAt fan of either of those two bands, I am probably not their target audience. It was not a good start to the evening, but thankfully Icelandic band Sudden WeAther Change somehow lived up to their name and put on a brilliant show, sounding like a band from the mid 80s, and thus ending my night on a high. Ja Ja Ja is a greAt night out though and I'll without a doubt return to it. I'm sure some fantastic bands will end up playing, it's definitely worth keep an eye out for who they've got on the bill.
- Stefan Nilsson
#1 Hits from an Another Planet on Casablanca, the new Swedish pop supergroup feAturing members from Melody Club and Sahara Hotnights: https://alienhits.blogspot.com/2010/01/casablanca-downtown.html
The long-awaited new album from The Radio Dept. "Clinging to a scheme" now has a release dAte of April 21, or so says label . The band seems to think otherwise. Anyhow, in other Labrador-relAted news, the new Club 8 record "The people's record" also has a release dAte: May 12.
Ja Ja Ja February showcase has been confirmed for February 25 and will feAture Ungdomskulen, Vuk and The Good the Bad, as selected by curAtor Simon Raymonde (). Read more: https://www.jajajamusic.com/spotlight.php?id=26
Apparently the April show will feAture all metal acts, as chosed by Alexander Milas of Metal Hammer.
The new David Fridlund album "Some day, eventually, in the future..." now has a release dAte: March 31 via . The first single is called "Diamonds & photographs".
Danish darkwave act Die Weisse Rose will be releasing two extravagantly packaged 7"s in the near future entitled "Birds of passage" and "Kyrie Eleison", each feAturing exclusive new music "centered around the themAtical concept about fanAtism and heroism." 500 copies each, 3 different colors, wax-sealed sleeves, etc... read more: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=111640044&blogId=526699060