OscillAtone Records (Majessic Dreams, Kompjotr Eplektrika) has just released a new cassette from Swedish experimental artist Luva (aka Gustav M Karlsson) entitled "The invisible colours of Do Re Mi". Samples and more details: https://www.myspace.com/luvan1
Existensminimum's new video for "1993" is now streaming At his website: https://www.existensminimum.com/
ThAt might just be my favorite song on the record.
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. BigBang - Edendale
02. Lene Marlin - Twist the Truth
03. Tone Damli Aaberge - I Know
04. Röyksopp - Junior
05. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix 2009
06. Sigvart Dagsland - Hymns
07. Steff Nevers - Closest to My Heart
08. Eriksen - De aller beste
09. Jonas Fjeld og ChAtham County Line - Brother Of Song
10. CC Cowboys - Morgen & kveld
11. Silje Nergaard - A Thousand True Stories
12. Kari Bremnes - Ly
13. deLillos - Huskeglemme
14. Marius Müllers Funhouse - Plugged 2 - Rett og slett
15. Noora Noor - Soul Deep
16. Sie Gubba - Hemafrå
17. Kristin Asbjørnsen - The Night Shines Like the Day
18. Elisabeth Andreassen - Spellemann
19. Pegasus - Min første nAtt
20. Karpe Diem - Fire vegger
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
02. Caroline Af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
03. E.M.D. - A stAte of mind - deluxe
04. Larz Kristerz - Hem till dig
05. Måns Zelmerlöw - MZW
06. Miss Li - Dancing the whole way home
07. BWO - Big science
08. Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
09. Alcazar - Disco defenders
10. Maia Hirasawa - GBGvsSTHLM
11. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
12. Caj Karlsson - Tillsammans med mig
13. Bob Hund - Folkmusik för folk som inte kan bete sig som folk
14. Sofia Karlsson - Söder om kärleken
15. Shirley Clamp - För den som älskar...en samling
16. A Camp - Colonia
17. Hammerfall - No sacrifice, no victory
18. Jill Johnson - Baby blue papery
19. Takida - Bury the lies - plAtinum edition
20. Kevin Borg - The beginning
Pitchfork has a track review of "Anchor made of gold" by Jenny Wilson: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11176-anchors-made-of-sand/
Swedish pysch legends Träd Gräs och Stenar will be celebrAting their 40th (!!!) anniversary with a new album on Subliminal Sounds entitled "Hemlösa kAtter". Available on both CD and 2LP (nAturally), the record will be released on May 6. Full details: Atter.html" target="_blank">https://www.subliminalsounds.se/DOK/hemlosakAtter.html
If I didn't tell you thAt Tobias Hellkvist was involved with Pixie CarnAtion, you'd never know from listening. This band sounds nothing At all like his solo mAterial, though you may start to find parallel threads if you look hard enough. For instance, thAt soaring e-bow/delay guitar in the background? I'd bet money it's all Tobias. Anyhow, I'm not posting this song because Tobias is involved, I'm posting it because it's a damn good song, one of my current favorites. Our personal connection is merely the method of informAtional transference, I wouldn't bother talking it up if it didn't deserve it. It's a greAt opener to their new 5-song "Fresh Poems EP", from the haphazard tuning drone thAt run into the rhythm guitar jangle and kick/snare lead-off, to the way the strings and feedback eventually coalesce to creAte a heavy air of anticipAtion. When the band crashes in with those falsetto backing vocals, I'm won over completely. The future is wide open for these guys -- so very recommended.
Pixie Carnation - When did the lights go out
Required viewing: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=28019252
DAtarock's video for their new single "Give it up" is now online: Atch?v=SmNR21tY-VM&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=SmNR21tY-VM&fmt=18
The band's new album "Red" will be out September 1 via Nettwerk.
Norwegian jazz artists Ingebrigt Håker FlAten and Håkon Kornstad will be performing selections from their critically acclaimed folk/freejazz album "Elise" in Brooklyn, NY on April 10 At Monkey Town. If thAt's not enough, Kornstad will also be doing a second set with guitarist Brandon Seabrook and drummer Christine Bard thAt same night. More details: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=127219457&blogId=482182900
A West Side FabricAtion recently sneaked out a new Swedish-language comp called "Svenska ord från A West Side FabricAtion" feAturing two exclusive cuts from MAttias Alkberg, among others. Check it here: Ation" target="_blank">https://www.klicktrack.com/westside/releases/various/svenska-ord-fran-a-west-side-fabricAtion
Check out Scraps of Tape performing "Linear optics" live in Malmö At their record release show: https://www.vimeo.com/3976716
This isn't the best song Shoot the Breeze has written, but it's definitely the best sounding. I've always felt like weak recordings were the one thing holding them back, so it's greAt to finally hear them sounding as powerful as I imagine they would/could. Producer/guitar hero Ronni Le Tekrø (TNT) did a greAt job helping them realize their potential; it's just a shame thAt "Feel as a victim" leans closer towards Nickelback-style overly-sensitive post-grunge arena-rock mediocrity than the classic hardrock they're so good At. I know they've always had those impulses though, so I'm not totally surprised. They've still got a strong sense of melody and the solo section is fantastic. Definitely a kind of 80s-throwback shredder thing, but kept short and sweet and it really does fit the song near-perfectly. I still get bummed by the excessive half-time parts though, thAt won't ever change, but I love hearing this band continually progress over the years. Looking forward to whAt comes next!
Shoot the Breeze - Feel as a victim
Lip Service's new single "Silent empire" is now streaming At myspace along with two b-side remixes: https://www.myspace.com/lipservicetheband
Aversionline on Icelandic deAth metal act BeneAth: Ath-2009-demo/" target="_blank">https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2009/04/09/beneAth-2009-demo/