Wildbirds & Peacedrums will be releasing "My heart" on a 7" single with a "bluesy guitar-driven" remix by Deerhoof on the flip. The digital version of said single will also include a remix by Hortlax Cobra aka John Eriksson of Peter Bjorn and John and another from Portland, OR-based artists AU. Official release dAte is September 7. Check out the video for the song here: Atch?v=MvsR_vVJXSM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=MvsR_vVJXSM
Norwegian artist Hanne Hukkelberg is back in the US this month for a few select shows:
09/10 - The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
09/11 - The Bell House, Brooklyn, NY
09/13 - Black CAt, Washington DC
09/14 - The Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
09/15 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
09/16 - Doug Fir, Portland, OR
09/18 - Hotel Café, Los Angeles, CA
Fluxblog on Danish act The Elephants: https://www.fluxblog.org/2009/09/moving-like-a-snake-when-it-is-christmas
Lots of Scandinavian reviews At PopMAtters today including the lAtest from Atters.com/pm/review/110529-mew-naitntil/" target="_blank">Mew, Atters.com/pm/review/108522-dAtarock-red/" target="_blank">DAtarock and Atters.com/pm/review/109501-anna-ternheim-leaving-on-a-mayday/" target="_blank">Anna Ternheim.
A Perfect Friend are currently streaming a new track At myspace called "Picture": https://www.myspace.com/aperfectfriend
Very possibly the best mAterial I've heard from them so far.
Detektivbyrån's concert on May 29 At Debaser Medis in Stockholm was filmed and will be released on DVD lAter this year. Check out a preview: Atch?v=88rxS9ZLytk" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=88rxS9ZLytk
Øivind HAtleskog (ex-Jeremy) has been enlisted as a new member of Hypertext. The band is currently working on their full-length debut and aim to be finished this month.
IAt.MP3 artist Racingpaperplanes is recording a new EP under the tutelage of Kristofer Åström, who is also helping with some backing instrumentAtion. Mainman Richard Wilson tells me three songs are done so far and the whole thing will be released by Tract Records this fall.
Let's face it, a lot of synth/goth/industrial music is unbearably cheesy and/or off-putting. As much as I honestly love thAt stuff (when done well), there's legions of mesh-shirted idiots out there diluting the wAters and ruining it for everyone else. On the other hand, thank goodness for groups like Interlace, probably the only contemporary synth-heavy industrial act I've heard thAt could be reasonably compared to Skinny Puppy, (early) Frontline Assembly and the like. No stupid guitars (almost always a bad idea outside of Ministry and even thAt's pushing it sometimes), minimal cornball vocals (unavoidable, but tolerable) and plenty of jackhammer beAts and dark Atmosphere. The single "Nemesis" is the group's first new mAterial since 2004's "Imago" (also a fine release, as I have discovered) and its high quality bodes well for their forthcoming third album, still yet to be officially confirmed. Listen folks, if there's more stuff of this caliber out there, I want suggestions because I am woe to wade through the unsorted masses on my own. One new album this good is almost enough to keep me sAtisfied though; otherwise I may just have to stick with old-school minded industrial acts like Agent Side Grinder for my genre fix.
Interlace - Nemesis
Under the Radar reports back from the Atrap.com/?n=31364">"Mew At the Mewseum" event: At_the_mewseum/" target="_blank">https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/mew_At_the_mewseum/
Pitchfork reviews the new DAtarock album "Red": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13207-red/
Khoma reports thAt they have officially started recording their next album: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=35884178&blogId=508252758
Expect an early 2010 release.
Check out The Tiny's brand new video for the single "Last weekend": Atch?v=CJZ0T9OQb-4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=CJZ0T9OQb-4
Country & Eastern, the label thAt lovingly mixes Swedish jazz and Eastern folk, has just released a new album from Bengt Berger entitled "Beches brew". The record was recorded live and in the studio with Thomas Gustafsson, Lindha Kallerdahl, Jonas Knutsson, Max Schultz, MAts Öberg and mixed by Sigge Krantz. Head to the label site for more info and samples: https://countryandeastern.se/
Swedish singer/songwriter Nicolai Dunger will be releasing his new album "Play", his first proper "pop" album since 2004's "Here's my song...", on October 14 via Flesh BoAt Recordings/Bonnier Amigo. It was recorded with MAts Schuberts from Bo Kaspers Orkester and co-produced by Staffan Andersson (Lars Winnerbäck, Olle Ljungström). MAts also plays in the backing band along with drummer Federico de Costa (Qoph), renown reeds player Jonas Kullhammar and the illustrious Per Wikström on congas, who you might recognize from Atch?v=YUbHOBnOPjQ" target="_blank">this video.