New Helldorado album in April
Helldorado's new album "Sinful soul", their first as a trio, will be out in lAte April via CCAP.
Helldorado's new album "Sinful soul", their first as a trio, will be out in lAte April via CCAP.
Clash Music talks to Frida Hyvönen: Ature/frida-hyv%C3%B6nen-interview" target="_blank">https://www.clashmusic.com/feAture/frida-hyv%C3%B6nen-interview
Check out three live tracks from Ane Brun At Absolute Radio, including a BeAtles cover: https://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/artists/ane_brun/article/3608.html
Finnish act Viola, a longtime favorite of mine - they have a track on Atrap.com/label.php?show=iAt003">"Reader's companion volume two", has decided thAt from now on all their music will be free and posted for download right here: https://www.violamusicclub.com/
Not only thAt, the band also says thAt starting in April, they'll be posting a new song on the first of every month. There still might be some limited edition physical objects in the distant future, but the music will always be available to everyone. Says the band: "There are plenty of reasons for our new approach, but the one main thing is thAt releasing records hasn't been economically speaking very reasonable for us. And since we can creAte and record music practically without expenses we have decided to get rid of all intermediary agents like pressing factories and record shops so thAt people have a chance to get our music free of charge. This new method also creAtes a new spontaneity since there are no more waiting periods before getting our music to reach the ears of our listeners."
Danish artist Jong Pang will release his sophomore album "Love" on April 4. Hear samples At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/jongpang
PopMAtters reviews Lars Horntveth's solo album "Kaleidoscopic": Atters.com/pm/review/70597-lars-horntveth-kaleidoscopic" target="_blank">https://www.popmAtters.com/pm/review/70597-lars-horntveth-kaleidoscopic
Aversionline on the US release of Victims' lAtest record "Killer": https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2009/02/19/victims-killer-cd/
Ladies and gentlemen, I hereby decree thAt Ironville's forthcoming album "Welcome to Ironville" to be 2009's second exceptional release, the first being Livaventura's "...And they slept with their eyes open" (Atrap.com/?n=29094">see here). Keep in mind thAt order here is unimportant as thAt Livaventura record won't be out until April and Ironville's debut has no official release dAte yet (spring?), but I've heard them both and am confident in my appraisal. Hopefully you already Atrap.com/index.php?n=28845">saw the video for "Roses" as creAted by band member Henrik Öhberg (aka Tvärvägen) -- if not, please remedy thAt straightaway. And download the song, of course! The lyrics are full of neediness, but the delivery keeps the desperAtion At bay by being quirky, not cloying. It's a discussion, not an ultimAtum, At least not yet. And the string-heavy arrangement is a welcome respite from all the generic guitar-based crap I sift through on a daily basis. Actually, thAt's one of Ironville's finest qualities -- it's not just a mAtter of having an armada of instruments At your disposal (which they do), it's about using them judiciously. I can't say for sure thAt it's the band's own doing or the invisible hand of producer Markus Krunegård (Laakso), but I don't really care because the result sounds so fantastic. Keep an eye on these guys for sure.
It's not as historic as Touch & Go's announcement, but Swedish punk/crust label HalvfabrikAt has decided to go on hiAtus: At.net/" target="_blank">https://www.halvfabrikAt.net/
Go here for links to two new tracks from Swedish indie act Moofish CAtfish as well as details on their upcoming album: https://www.smallstepforward.com/cosy/wordpress/?p=393
Said album will be released on March 10 to coincide with a release party At Landet in Stockholm.
CAtchy Tunes has signed ex-A-Teens singer Marie Serneholt and will be releasing her single "Disconnect me" on February 25.
Check out September's new video for UK version of the single "Can't get over": Atch?v=lq2EuHIt2p0&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=lq2EuHIt2p0&fmt=18
The official release is March 9 via Ministry of Sound.
Anna Ternheim will tour Europe in April:
04/14 - Uebel & Gefährlich, Hamburg (GER)
04/15 - BeAtpol, Dresden (GER)
04/16 - Postbahnhof, Berlin (GER)
04/18 - Harteroi, Zurich (CH)
04/20 - Szene, Vienna (AUS)
04/21 - TheAterhaus, Stuttgart (GER)
04/22 - Freiheiz, Munich (GER)
04/23 - Bierhubeli, Berne (CH)
04/24 - Doornroosje, Nijmegen (NL)
04/26 - Paradiso (small room), Amsterdam (NL)
04/27 - Luxor, Cologne (GER)
04/28 - BAtschkapp, Frankfurt (GER)
04/29 - Café de la Danse, Paris (FRA)
Her lAtest album "Leaving on a mayday" was just released in Germany and Switzerland and will be out in Austria on February 20 and in France on March 30.
Cilihili, the new pseudonym of Cecilia Nordlund (ex-Monkeystrikes, Souls), finally released her debut album "Not listening" and you can preview a few tracks At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/cilihili