The Silent Ballet reviews Erik Enocksson
The Silent Ballet reviews the lAtest Erik Enocksson record "Man tänker sitt": https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/2922/Default.aspx
The Silent Ballet reviews the lAtest Erik Enocksson record "Man tänker sitt": https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/2922/Default.aspx
Kashmir has revealed thAt their next album, due out February 1, will be called "Trespassers".
Elias & the Wizzkids have confirmed thAt their new Andreas Söderlund-produced album "Just do it" will be released on February 2. The first single "Oh these nights" will be officially released on December 2, but you can already check out for free right here: https://www.eliasandthewizzkids.se/OhTheseNights/
Irish-born Danish resident and ex-IAt.MP3 artist Adam McCormack (Imagine I Had Hands) has been picked up by Play/Rec who decided to track down as many of his old demo tracks from the last 3 years as they could (24 total) and will be streaming them in bAtches of six each week until the end of the month. After thAt, they get a digital release for super cheap. The first set goes up tomorrow, December 1: https://www.myspace.com/playrec
Obviously recommended -- I've been a fan of Adam's work both solo and with his band from the first time I heard him.
Swedish deAth metal maniacs Bastard Priest are streaming two new tracks At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/bastardpriestsweden
Their forthcoming LP is definitely one of my most anticipAted releases of 2010.
The new Hymns from Nineveh Christmas EP "UncomplicAted Christmassongs" is now up for streaming At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/hymnsfromnineveh
Norwegian electronic act Mental Overdrive has confirmed thAt their new album "Anti-LBM" will be released on December 7 and will be released as part of their "Exclusive Music" series of one-of-a-kind eBay auctions. Otherwise, for those not willing to try their luck At the auction, the music from said album will be heard "in darkened clubs around the globe" At various live performances.
Umeå Open, Sweden's first major festival of 2010, has announced their initial lineup: https://www.umeaopen.se/
Worth noting since sometimes this is a good indicAtion of who to pay Attention to next year.
[ingenting]It's been inspiring to wAtch [ingenting] develop from record to record as they peel off all those print-out faces from pop music's hall-of-fame piece by piece. These days, their influences stand behind, never in front of the music, as they move from making music inspired by others to finding their very own place among the many indiepop bands thAt sing på Svenska. The competition is pretty stiff it seems, but [ingenting] need not hide their creAtivity behind thAt of their countrymen and women. Their strength lies in their directness: their witty melocism is never overly playful, their trademark melancholy never overdone. When they become bombastic, like in the album's definite stand-out "Dina händer är fulla av blommor", it's to make a point. And when I, as a non-nAtive speaker, make the effort to track their lyricism in my head, I'm struck by how equally direct it is. [ingenting] seem to have no need for cynicism to make their point, yet they manage to sidestep those kitsch-traps thAt overly direct lyrics often cannot avoid. Even if "Tomhet, idel tomhet" can't make true on all the promises thAt "Dina händer..." and powerful opener "Hallelujah" carry along, I still expect the album to make many year-end-lists.
- Arnulf Köhncke
Ulver reports: "We have recorded some hippie songs, from the sixties, bands like The 13th Floor ElevAtors, Byrds, Jefferson Airplane and stranger Aquarian folks. We aim to make this into a full album, a kind of Ulver kicking against the pricks." Expect a sample tune to appear online soon. In other news, the band recorded a collaborAtion with US doom act Sunn O))) following their appearance At the last Øya Festival, but it is still not yet finished due to the difficulty of getting everyone together in the same place At the same time. Still, they hope to have it ready for release in spring. And lastly, read an extremely extensive interview with the band At Avantgarde-Metal: https://www.avantgarde-metal.com/content/stories2.php?id=127
But is it Art? will be releasing a Friday Bridge remix album in lAte January called "Do you know how to spend it?" and are looking for a couple more tracks so they're holding a contest to see who can come up with the best version of "Horror of horrors". Go here for the full details and to grab the files: https://butisitart.org/Friday_Bridge_rmx_competition/
The Deer Tracks are currently holed up At Tonteknik Studios in Umeå working on a new EP to be released in February.
DuplicAte Records will be putting out a vinyl edition of Virus' acclaimed "Carheart" album sometime around January/February. Also on the way from the label is the full-length debut from Lydia Laska which will be called "Krankenhaus" and should be out sometime around April.
The new Backyard Babies collection "Them XX", celebrAting the band's 20th anniversary, will be released on December 9 in Sweden, December 11 in Germany and December 7 most everywhere else. In addition to a greAtest-hits disc and 2 CDs/48 tracks of b-sides and oddities, the collection also includes a DVD with the documentary "Jetlag the Movie". Hit the band's website for more info: https://www.backyardbabies.com/
Pitchfork's best videos of 2009 list includes clips from El Perro Del Mar, Fever Ray and Röyksopp: Atures/staff-lists/7737-the-top-music-videos-of-2009/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/feAtures/staff-lists/7737-the-top-music-videos-of-2009/