Finnish/Swedish indie act Oriel Joans (feAt. singer/songwriter Pekka Pörtfors) have a new single called "Knuckles whiten" and are streaming both it and the b-side "I only wish to lay" At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/orieljoans
RIYL IsolAtion Years, Anna Leong, melancholy pop.
Under the Radar reviews Danish act Choir of Young Believers live in LA: At_the_spaceland_los_angeles_ca_october_21st_2009/" target="_blank">https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/choir_of_young_believers_At_the_spaceland_los_angeles_ca_october_21st_2009/
Wamer Climes interviews Johan Angergård of The Legends/Club 8/Labrador Records: https://warmer-climes.blogspot.com/2009/10/facts-figures-with-johan-angergard-of.html
Senza Tensta, the solo alias of Jonas Rosén (ex-Asterisk*/Female Anchor of Sade), has two new releases out now on Kalligrammofon. First is the 7" "Skull of Sade II", a dubbed-out retake of the Female Anchor of Sade track from 2001, and the second is "Big bear small bear", a C30 cassette feAturing two long tracks. Full details here: https://www.kalligrammofon.com/
Lydia Laska have a video for their new single "Could I have a go on your girl, please?": Atch?v=ja-ZzCNJiIs" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=ja-ZzCNJiIs
Norwegian indierock act Hypertext report thAt their new album "Astronaut-Kraut" is totally finished and will be released in early 2010. Preview three tracks At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/hypertextband
Fellow Norwegian Susanne Sundfør (who is excellent, btw) provides guest vocals.
Swedish rockers SAtan Takes A Holiday will release their self-titled debut album on November 18 via I Made This/End of Comedy. Preview a few tracks At myspace: Atantakesaholiday" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/sAtantakesaholiday
El Perro Del Mar has a new video for the song "Change of heart": https://vimeo.com/7086797
She heads out on the road with Peter Bjorn and John in the US Atrap.com/?n=31485">next month.
Swedish alt-country act The Lancaster Orchestra is apparently on hold for a bit, along with the release of their new album "The deAth of an orchestra". They say they'll be back on track in 2010, but we shall see.
IAt favorite Tobias Hellkvist will be making his live solo debut on November 17 At the church Trinitakis Kirke in Copenhagen, together with P Jørgensen and others. Def sounds like something worth checking out.
Danish artist As in RebekkaMaria has dropped the "As in" from her name and will henceforth be known as only RebekkaMaria. She will be releasing a new album in early 2010 and the first single "Oh solitude" can already be heard At myspace along with the b-side "Robin parts": https://www.myspace.com/asinrebekkamaria
Filthy Swedish deAth metal upstarts Bastard Priest report thAt mixing is still underway on their debut full-length album, now revealed to be named "Under the hammer of destruction". It will include re-recordings of all tracks from their first 2007 demo, most of the "Merciless insane deAth" CS demo tracks and three new ones, something like 10-11 songs total. Blood Harvest will be releasing it on both LP + CD and you can peep the cover art here.
Swedish rock'n'roll label Bootleg Booze will be releasing a new LP comp on December 11 called "Up North/Downunder" feAturing 12 exclusive/previously unreleased tracks from their favorite Swedish and Australian rock acts. Here's the tracklist:
A1. The Specimens - Good times gone (AUS)
A2. Tramp - No light (SWE)
A3. Leadfinger - Swept back (AUS)
A4. The DeadbeAts - Get's me by (SWE)
A5. SAtor - I'm plastic (SWE)
A6. Lightning Strikes - Leave here alone (SWE)
B1. The Sewergrooves - Easy to pretend (SWE)
B2. The Sure-Fire Midnights - Over the edge (AUS)
B3. Rio Grande - Eye for eye (SWE)
B4. Screwtop DetonAtors - We want you (AUS)
B5. "Demons" - The leeches (I'm getting out!) (SWE)
B6. The Devilrock Four - My favourite enemy (AUS)
500 copies, vinyl only, first 100 mailorder copies come with a canvas record bag.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU, a special pre-Halloween edition:
01. TALK 1
02. Switchblade - 1815
03. TALK 2
04. Abandon - In reality suffer
05. Raison d'Etre - Metamorphyses phase III
06. TALK 3
07. Notre Dame - Le theAtre du vampire
08. Mercyful FAte - DesecrAtion of souls
09. Cortex - Warrior night
10. TALK 4
11. Immortal - All shall fail
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.
I'm leaving for NYC in a couple hours, so don't expect updAtes until I get back on Monday. See you At CMJ?