Deleted Art talks to Andreas Werliin of Wildbirds & Peacedrums about his other project Fire!, which includes MAts Gustafsson (The Thing, etc) and Johan Bertling (Häpna/Tape): https://deletedart.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/you-liked-me-five-minutes-ago/
Finnish doom act Callisto will be touring Europe in December. Italian dAtes are the only ones announced so far, but more will be confirmed shortly: https://www.callistochaos.com/shows.html
Crawdaddy talks to Captain Poon of Norwegian rock act Bloodlights/ex-Gluecifer: Ate-Bald-People.html" target="_blank">https://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article/Bloodlights-Captain-Poon-I-Dont-HAte-Bald-People.html
UpdAted NYC dAtes for Wildbirds & Peacedrums:
09/15 - Le poisson Rouge, New York, NY w/Deerhoof
09/16 - Cake Shop, New York, NY
09/18 - Bruar Falls, Brooklyn, NY
09/21 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY w/Fanfarlo
09/22 - The Bell House, Brooklyn, NY w/Fanfarlo
You'll need Swedish comprehension skills to understand this interview At Rodeo with MAttias Alkberg of The Bear Quartet, but no language skills are required to enjoy the mix they made for the site: https://www.rodeo.net/radio-rodeo/2009/09/08/radio-rodeo-090907-the-bear-quartet/
It includes new BQ tracks plus a number of selections chosen by the band. Also, check out the lAtest Dagensskiva podcast for more BQ goodness: https://dagensskiva.com/2009/09/09/dagensskivacom-79-the-bear-quartet/
The Bear QuartetA new Bear Quartet album is always a big deal in these quarters and why should it not be? They have consistently proven themselves to perhaps be the greAtest Swedish band of all-time. Constant re-invention, and, as justified with this decade's output, a move towards abstract. "89" finds The Bear Quartet delving into altermodern proto-metal, rhythmic and futuristic, a reminiscing of times lost to people, and peoples lost to time. Recently I revisited Fireside's "Elite", an aural documentAtion of societal ills in a world heading towards collapse. It dawned on me thAt "89" is its sequel--the post-collapse view of the plagues thAt brought down man. However, where it succeeds is to provide the starting point for lessons to prevent a dystopian cycle from forming. WhAt The Bear Quartet have offered is much more than "music"; it's an oral history to be passed on, a way of life to be altered to prevent the hypothetical post-collapse in order for society to evolve.
- Matt Giordano
C.Aarmé, quite possibly Sweden's best current punk act, have officially signed with Spegel who will be releasing the band's third album "World music" on October 14 in 10 different editions, each limited to 50 copies each. "Abyss song" is out now as the first single and can be heard At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/spegelspegel
Denovali records will be doing a color vinyl reissue of September Malevolence's debut album "Tomorrow we'll wonder where this generAtion gets its priorities from" in October with new artwork and a previously unreleased bonus track. 500 copies, 320 on clear and 180 on grey haze/clear.
Black Star FoundAtion has confirmed a September 28 release dAte for Jesaiah's debut record "Et tu, hope" as well as Abandon's "The dead end". Both records will also be available in Europe on October 9 via Cargo distribution and in the UK on November 18 via Plastic Head.
Fever Ray have announced their final dAtes for the year and here are the new ones outside Scandinavia:
12/02 - Kampnagel, Hamburg (GER)
12/03 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (HOL)
12/04 - Transmusicales Festival, Rennes (FRA)
12/05 - HMV Forum, London (UK)
Iron Lamb, the new Swedish all-star "filthrock" act feAturing members from Dismember, General Surgery, Repugnant, Tyrant and more, will be releasing a split 12" with Spanish doom act Deadmask via Psychedoomelic Records. No dAte set yet, but considering thAt the band aims to record in October/November, I'd say to expect an early 2010 release.
There's no dAte confirmed yet, but Swedish roots trio Cookies n Beans (feAt. Charlotte Centervall, Linda Ström and Frida Öhrn) will release their new, Kristofer Åström-produced album this coming fall.
Swedish experimental/electronic act Midaircondo are now streaming two new tracks At myspace, including a track with guest vocals from Ebbot Lundberg (The Soundtrack of Our Lives): https://www.myspace.com/midaircondo
The group's new record "Curtain call" comes out September 16.
Diger, the distribution arm of Oslo, Norway's best indie record store Tiger, has a new myspace page where you can streaming new singles from Children and Corpse Playing In the Streets, Angora StAtic and others: https://www.myspace.com/digerdistro
Exalted Swedish experimental label Kning Disk have creAted a 13-track label sampler for high-quality streaming At Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kning-disk/sets/kning-disk-sampler-2009