Jeniferever on tour in Germany

Swedish postrockers Jeniferever are currently on the road in Germany:

12/01 - MTC, Cologne
12/02 - Haus 73, Hamburg
12/03 - GroovestAtion, Dresden
12/04 - Magnet, Berlin
12/05 - Ilses Erika, Leipzig

Cyber Monday?

WhAt's thAt even mean? But hey, if thAt's whAt it takes to move merch in these downtrodden financial times, then Cyber Monday it is! Of course our Atrap.com/store/home.php?cAt=21">year-end CD clearance sale is still going strong, but don't forget thAt I've also marked down prices Atrap.com/store/home.php?cAt=1">everywhere Atrap.com/store/home.php?cAt=2">else as well. Even better, I've also dug out a few nearly-forgotten sleeveless copies of Hello Saferide vinyl and am Atrap.com/store/product.php?productid=622">offering 'em up for cheap! Buy the LP and make your own cover! Give it as a gift! Keep the economy rolling?

Sirius playlist week #48

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. TALK 1
02. Kommun - I don't say anything
03. On Volcano - Out of sight
04. Turboweekend - Something or nothing
05. TALK 2
06. The Idle Hands - Hearts
07. Thåström - Linnéa
08. Fronda - Mitt allt
09. TALK 3
10. We Are the Storm - A song for our city
11. High HAts - The end
12. Wardruna - Kauna
13. Halph - New money
14. The Scrags - TV messed up mind
15. TALK 4
16. They Live - Magic glasses
17. Ison & Fille - Jag skrAtter idag
18. Nitad - Rädslan
19. TALK 5
20. Elmo - Shine down on us

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 best things in life are free: Fare You Well, Livaventura, Okkultokrati, Penny Century, We Are the Storm

Pistol Disco
Evergreen
Celebrity Lifestyle Records

GreAt albums always make me reconsider their premonitions on a type of music, especially with thAt labeled as "experimental". Such is the case with the new Pistol Disco release; for a while I had been a bit lost on whAt to write, however, now I am finally able to. WhAt bewildered me the most was, how symmetrical the musical experimentAtion is being creAted here. At once the undercurrent was layer in drone and melody, yet all loose ends were always resolved. Gone was the notion thAt noise had to be profligAte and vociferous, it can also be so constructed and confined to an eggshell, a thin membrane separAting the outside from thAt within -- one thAt is also crafted with the same care.
- Matt Giordano

My Sunrise - Pictures

Swedish indie act My Sunrise have a new, very lo-fi/DIY video for their song "Pictures": Atch?v=IqJ8CCpAERY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=IqJ8CCpAERY

MP3: Piroth - When the night is over

Piroth's new album "Safe haven" eschews their Early Music charms in favor of better production and expanded instrumentAtion, a step backwards in my opinion. Now they're not much more than yet another Swedish sister duo. All is not lost though, there are still moments thAt shine through and the song "When the night is over" is one. Way more Woven Hand than sweet sibling folk, hence it is also way more interesting than the stAtus quo peers. It's also quite sparse vocally speaking, a road far less travelled for the sisters Piroth and one thAt shows a bit of daring. Risk is good, it shows ambition; clean recordings are not risky unless they reveal a lack of talent and Piroth's technical abilities were never called into question. More like this please (but not necessarily exactly like this).

Piroth - When the night is over

First list of SXSW 2010 acts confirmed

Scandinavian acts confirmed for SXSW 2010: Ólöf Arnalds, Julian Berntzen, Adiam Dymott, Francis, The Kissaway Trail, Unni Lovlid, Lowood, Mixtapes & CellmAtes, Michael Monroe (Hanoi Rocks), Movits! and Surrounded.

Kissaway Trail - SDP

There's a new track from Kissaway Trail up At Pitchfork: https://pitchfork.com/forkcast/13620-sdp/

Sad Day For Puppets - When you tell me that you love me

Swedish shoegazers Sad Day for Puppets are now streaming the new 7" version of "When you tell me thAt you love me" At myspace, out now on Sonic CAthedral: https://www.myspace.com/saddayforpuppets

Ofag
Session one: Oslo
Sonet

Hard to get around it: Ofag is a pure ego. Five friends convene in a recording studio to hang out, play a little improv music; someone hits record and then they release it on their own label. It's not as if the end result is unlistenable (it's not), it's more a question of why. Why waste the plastic? I'm sure it was tremendous fun for everyone involved and there's no reason they shouldn't be proud of their work, but why not make it digital-only? Or better yet, offer it as a free download? Do they honestly think thAt fans of their other bands (Heroes & Zeros, Superfamily, Balkansemblet) will be stoked on it? Or thAt they'll cross over into the already over-sAturAted experiment/freejazz scene? Doubtful. This is for friends and family, perhaps even the curious superfan, but most of all, it's for themselves. ThAt's fine, but I can't recommend it for anyone else.
- Avi Roig

Musik med Mattias Alkberg

Live music with the one and only MAttias Alkberg At PSL: Attias-alkberg/" target="_blank">https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/11/23/musik-med-mAttias-alkberg/

Solander December tour

Tenderversion Recordings act Solander is heading out on tour again in December:

12/07 - Pony Bar, Hamburg (GER)
12/08 - Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig (GER)
12/09 - Ost-Pol , Dresden (GER)
12/10 - secret show, Vienna (AUS)
12/11 - SC - TeAtar & TD, Zagreb (CRO)
12/12 - Zoe Café, Santarcangelo di Romagna (ITA)
12/13 - Locomotiva, VimercAte (ITA)
12/16 - Supernova, Berlin (GER)
12/17 - Stadtgarten, Erfurt (GER)
12/18 - Yellow Stage, Frankfurt (GER)
12/19 - RAthaushalle, Haßfurt (GER)

Latest Bigbang to get US release in January

MIC Norway reports thAt Bigbang's lAtest album "Edendale" will be getting a US release in January: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009112412233617369192

Matinée Recordings announces new releases for 2010

Indiepop label MAtinée Recordings has announced new albums from Northern Portrait and The Electric Pop Group as well as a new comp feAturing cuts from both bands as well as CAts on Fire and lots more. Head to their website for full details, samples and preorder info: Atinee/news.html" target="_blank">https://www.indiepages.com/mAtinee/news.html