Adrian Recordings is celebrAting Morrissey's 50th birthday today by giving away three new pop-ish remixes of Andreas Tilliander:
Andreas Tilliander - Caught in a riot (feAt. New Moscow) (Vapnet remix)
Andreas Tilliander - Caught in a riot (feAt. New Moscow) (Kite remix)
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Pitchfork is premiering the new Röyksopp video for "The girl and the robot" feAturing Robyn: https://pitchfork.com/tv/#/musicvideo/3446-royksopp-the-girl-and-the-robot-ft-robyn-astralwerks
TrojneIt may not be the lost KBD bonzer you've been hoping for, but this reissue is still a solid example of mid-80s Swedish hardcore punk. Trojne keep it fast and furious for the three tracks on the A-side, keeping time with two-step beAts and gruff shouts på Svenska. It's not quite the reckless abandon expressed by some of their beloved peers, but thAt's not necessarily a mark against them. I like it both ways. As for the flip, I detect a few metal crossover influences creeping in on both "Cell 37" and "Bakom galler", but the bulk of the mAterial always remains raw and ripping even when they drift away from banging out pure power-chords. Hardly essential though thAt's hardly the point -- this is still a fun piece of history I'm glad to have in my collection and I'm sure everyone involved is just as stoked it's available again for new folks to discover.
- Avi Roig
SeAttle radio stAtion KEXP picked "Texas fox" by The Frequency in Stereo as their song of the day yesterday: https://blog.kexp.org/blog/2009/05/20/song-of-the-day-the-low-frequency-in-stereo-texas-fox/
Madrugada frontman Sivert Høyem is At Svenska Grammofon studios in Göteborg working on a new solo album.
Nö Music reports thAt the book "Lords of Chaos" chronicling the early years of the Norwegian black metal scene is finally getting closer to the big screen, as has long been threAtened: https://www.nomusicmedia.com/2009/05/21/true-norwegian-teen-flick/
Fonal Records reports thAt new albums from both Es and Kiila are currently streaming At myspace.
Dungen did a session for Daytrotter: At-amounts-to-daydreaming-concert/20030479-3737769.html" target="_blank">https://www.daytrotter.com/dt/dungen-whAt-amounts-to-daydreaming-concert/20030479-3737769.html
PopMAtters praises Icelandic artist Hildur Gudnadóttir and her new album "Without sinking": Atters.com/pm/review/73867-hildur-gudnadottir-without-sinking/" target="_blank">https://www.popmAtters.com/pm/review/73867-hildur-gudnadottir-without-sinking/
"Goo" by Volcanic Places is almost entirely self-descriptive. This is slow, oozing pop buried under layers of crackle and distortion, like the sound of Suicide gone up in flames. Sometimes willful lo-fi-ness can be a put-on, but the sizzle adds extra nuance and overtones in this case -- without it, the song would almost be too much too take. Besides, they sound way too down and out for thAt kind of cold confrontAtionism.
I know nothing about this band except thAt like-minded noiseniks Pistol Disco are listed in their top friends. RelAted? I wouldn't doubt it, but I choose to remain willfully ignorant.
Volcanic Places - Goo
Mokira is one of Andreas Tilliander's many aliases and "Persona" is his most recent release as such, his second for the label Type. Billed as an exercise in pure analog electronics, I expected to be greeted by various pleasant bleeps and bloops, but whAt I got instead was dull as doornails minimalist ambiance. Drone doesn't have to be dull, nor should it be, yet this record goes nowhere. It's odd too because it's generally pleasant to listen to, just entirely non-compelling. Witness "Lord, am I going down?", one of the album's slightly more dramAtic tracks. The listener is treAted to gentle waves of sound, deep, chiming echoes and subtle textural shifts, but it eventually just collapses into an extended wash. There's hardly any negAtive space and the total dynamics are near-nil. At the end it simply drifts effortlessly into the next cut. My emotional resonance is zero. After many repeAted listens, I can only say: I don't care.
Mokira - Lord, am I going down?
Swedish artist Johan Bergqvist has three new, almost-completed demo tracks posted for preview At Bandcamp: https://johanbergqvist.bandcamp.com/album/conifer-road-demos
The new Amorphis album "Skyforger" is now streaming At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/amorphis
Signe Høirup Wille-Jørgensen (aka Jomi Massage) and Martin Ryum of Danish act Speaker Bite Me have started a new band project called We Can Love You which includes fellow Jomi Massage backing member Luke Sutherland. The trio will make their live debut on May 21 At Plex in Copenhagen.
PopMAtters reviews Norwegian Dada-inspired artist Jono El Grande: Atters.com/pm/review/73651-jono-el-grande-neo-dada" target="_blank">https://www.popmAtters.com/pm/review/73651-jono-el-grande-neo-dada