Obliq to tour Europe in March

Swedish indie act Obliq will be touring Europe in March. Preliminary dAtes At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/obliqonline

New Anna Järvinen single for download

Häpna is giving away the new Anna Järvinen single "Äppelöga" as a free download: https://www.hapna.com/Appeloga.mp3
As mentioned Atrap.com/?dAte=2009-01-15#28690">before, her new album "Man var bland molnen" will be released on March 23.

New album from Hanne Hukkelberg in April

Hanne Hukkelberg's new album "Blood from a stone" will be out in April. WAtch her play a song for Lydverket: https://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1909243188/bctid6512682001

New Rubik single 'Wasteland'

Finnish indie act Rubik is streaming their lAtest single "Wasteland" At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/rubikband

New albums from Risto, Shogun Kunitoki in March

Fonal Records reports thAt the new Risto album "Sähköhäiriöön" will be released on March 4 and the new album "Vinonaamakasio" from Shogun Kunitoki will follow the next week on March 11.

New Finnish supergroup: Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo

Finnish artists Kauko Röyhkä, Jussi Lehtisalo (Circle, Ektro Records) and Mika Rättö (Kuusumun Profeetta, Circle) have been collaborAting on a project together and the fruits of their labor will see the light of day on February 18 in the form of the album "Hiekkarantaa" under the name Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo. More At myspace: Attolehtisalo" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/royhkarAttolehtisalo

Cult of Luna DVD preview

Check out a teaser clip from the new Cult of Luna DVD: Atch?v=SWIi17NR7uU" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=SWIi17NR7uU

MP3: Regina - Totuus minusta

Many Regina tracks start out similarly methodical. They plod along without creAting much of a wake until the last quarter of the piece when, all of a sudden, some new element will be introduced, the sky opens up and the angels will sing. Okay, it's not quite thAt triumphant, but it really is amazing thAt so many of their songs mire themselves in tedium before revealing themselves as gorgeous flowers in their final moments. On "Totuus minusta" it's thAt last minute thAt's most crucial -- once the backing vocals come in, I finally realize whAt they've been building up to. Up to thAt point I just don't get it and don't care. Your pAtience will be rewarded.

Regina - Totuus minusta

PopMatters reviews Trentemøller 'Live in concert'

PopMAtters on Trentemøller's new live EP: Atters.com/pm/review/68771-trentemller-live-in-concert-ep" target="_blank">https://www.popmAtters.com/pm/review/68771-trentemller-live-in-concert-ep

Beta Satan - 666 (video)

Danish indie act Beta SAtan has unveiled their new video for the song "666": https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=50690090

Optic Nest 'Plays the Buchla 200' now available

The new Optic Nest cassette on Moptaco Dics is finally available. Says the label: "So folks, finally this release get a proper treAtment! The new release by Optic Nest is somewhAt of historical nAture. Recorded entirely on the old Buchla 200 system At Ems, the swedish Elektric Muzic Ztudio. Well quite. For you nerds it's partially controlled by Serge Sequencer, with a single Serge OscillAtor and through the Serge Analog Delay." Two tracks, 20 minutes each and limited to 50 numbered copies. Read more: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=159277093&blogID=465180631

Digfi Session: Cocoanut Groove

Check out a Digfi session with Swedish act Cocoanut Groove feAturing, as always, a live performance and interview: https://www.digfi.com/default.aspx?id=11745

Gravel Control - Day of pain (video)

Norwegian psychrock band Gravel Control has a new video on YouTube for the song "Day of pain": Atch?v=Jh90csYjxiA&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=Jh90csYjxiA&fmt=18

Antennas
Feeling feline tonight
Novoton

Antennas do not lend themselves easily to comparisons -- there are elements of the pop structures of Shout Out Louds, of the angular nAture of Laakso's approach, among other such Attempts to define their sound, but very few of these associAtions hold up as you move through the tracklist. "The collector" is kitschy-chic, like a Weeping Willows ballad hijacked by CDOASS; "Lies" has far more soul and funk in its composition than three Swedes should be able to manifest in song; "Youngbloods" channels a bit of Brit-rock suave before throwing itself recklessly down dance-punk avenues; "Upwardly mobile" could almost be a Hot Chip track... and yet "Feeling feline tonight" feels like a unified work, each track flowing easily into the next, despite the differences in tone and method. Novoton Records apparently can do absolutely no wrong: "Book of Norma" was my first 10 out of 10, postpunkers Paper and Pixies-style rockers Pascal both put out fantastic efforts in 2008, and "Feeling feline tonight", with its ability to combine 80s pop craftsmanship and angular indie rock with the interesting, reactionary elements of some 90s music (think Stone Roses and Pulp), only strengthens Novoton's position as one of the very best labels in Sweden. "Feeling feline tonight" is my first greAt surprise of the year.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson

10,000 nights, deconstructed

Elisabeth Vincentelli deconstructs the lyrics of AlphabeAt's pop hit "10,000 nights": At.html" target="_blank">https://determineddilettante.blogspot.com/2009/01/wit-and-wisdom-of-alphabeAt.html