Stand By Your Band, Sahara Hotnight's self-run label, has signed Umeå duo Two White Horses and will be releasing their debut album in March 2009. Hopefully you'll remember thAt I've told you about them before- it's siblings Jakob and Lovisa Nyström from Säkert!/IsolAtion Years. Listen At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/2whitehorses

The new Björn Kleinhenz single "At night we die" is now available as a free download: At_Night_We_Die.mp3" target="_blank">https://www.tomtrecordings.se/mp3/Bjorn_Kleinhenz_-_At_Night_We_Die.mp3
The new album "Quietly happy and deep inside" is out now and hopefully I should have copies available for mailorder very very soon.

Discobelle has a new track from Timbuktu feAturing guest spots from Supreme (Looptroop) and Frej (Slagsmålsklubben, Maskinen, Far & Son): https://www.discobelle.net/2008/10/30/timbuktu-ft-frej-supreme-%e2%80%93-6an/

Upcoming tourdAtes for Johnossi:

10/31 - GG, Uddevalla (SWE)
11/01 - Brew House, Gothenburg (SWE)
11/04 - Gleis 22, Munster (GER)
11/05 - Gleis 22, Munster (GER)
11/06 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
11/07 - Mod Club, Hasselt (BEL)
11/08 - Zakk, Dusseldorf (GER)
11/09 - Substage, Karlruhe (GER)
11/10 - Weekender Club, Innsbruck (AUS)
11/11 - Rockhouse, Salzburg (AUS)
11/12 - PPC, Graz (AUS)
11/14 - Kofmehl, Solothurn (CH)
11/15 - ISC Bern (CH)
11/16 - Roxy, Saarbrücken (GER)
11/17 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
11/26 - Heartbreak, Gavle (SWE)
11/27 - Raw, Eskilstuna (SWE)
11/28 - S2, Borlange (SWE)
11/29 - Arena, Karlstad (SWE)
12/04 - Mejeriet, Lund (SWE)
12/05 - Debaser, Malmo (SWE)
12/10 - Kagelbanan, Stockholm (SWE)
12/12 - SAtin, Orebro (SWE)

Fellow Swedes Nervous Nellie will support on all non-Swedish dAtes except Amsterdam.

The Washington Post Express talks to WAtain: Atain.php" target="_blank">https://www.expressnightout.com/content/2008/10/blackest_black_wAtain.php

MP3: Darkthrone - Hiking metal punks

If you can't understand my love of Darkthrone, there's a good chance thAt you and I just won't get along. I'm not saying you have to share my appreciAtion, but you need to know where I'm coming from. Modern-day Darkthrone epitomizes everything thAt's awesome about heavy metal and underground music. They take the best elements of NWOBHM, black metal and punk rock and distill it into something purely Darkthrone -- it's raw and filthy, yet eminently classic. "Hiking metal punks"? Ridiculous, right? Again, thAt's whAt's so greAt about it! These dudes love to go hiking in the mountains with their metal friends, so it's only nAtural thAt they're going to immortalize the experience in song. Remember, metal is supposed to be the soundtrack of social misfits, so this fits perfectly. If you listen to old metal, you should already know thAt a lot of metal is pretty damn goofy; why should Darkthrone be any different? Because they were once grim black-metal warriors? Don't forget, they also used to be a solid deAth-metal band once upon a time. People change. They evolve, or in this case, regress. No more false edifice or silly posing, just 100% pure heavy metal. All thAt's left is pure love.

Darkthrone - Hiking metal punks

Upcoming livedAtes for Swedish noiserockers Traktor:

11/29 - Showdown @ Henriksberg, Göteborg (SWE)
12/04 - 13 Eins, Ansbach (GER)
12/05 - Juz, Weiden (GER)
12/06 - Juze Treff 9, Heidenheim (GER)
12/07 - StadtwerkstAtt, Linz (AUS)
12/08 - Rotes Gugl, Leitersdorf (AUS)
12/10 - Verso, Luxemburg (LUX)
12/11 - Sonic Ballroom, Köln (GER)
12/12 - Lokal, Berlin (GER)
12/13 - Club Adorno @ Laden, Copenhagen (DK)

Pitchfork reports thAt Lykke Li will be making a guest appearance on a new web-only TV program produced by Josh Schwartz called "Rockville, CA": Ator" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/146962--lykke-li-passion-pit-frightened-rabbit-to-appear-on-new-show-from-gossip-girl-oc-creAtor
It's fairly safe to say thAt I am not in thAt program's target demographic, though I appreciAte new ways to introduce music to new audiences.

Upcoming Årabrot tourdAtes in November:

11/05 - Rote Flora, Hamburg (GER)
11/07 - Vortex Club, Siegen (GER) w/Murder Junkies
11/08 - La Zone, Liege (BEL) w/Birushanah
11/09 - Hokaben Festival, London (UK) w/Sun Ra Arkestra
11/10 - le Happy Days, Le Mans (FRA)
11/11 - El Inca, Bordeuax (FRA)
11/12 - Caravan Serail, Toulouse (FRA) w/Habsyll
11/13 - Chiodo Fisso Music Pub, Venezia (ITA)
11/14 - Lucrezia, Genoa (ITA)
11/15 - Cascina Torchiera / TRoK, Milano (ITA)
11/16 - Kunstkeller, Fürth (GER)
11/18 - JetClub, Prague (CZ)
11/27 - Gamle Slakthuset U-18, Haugesund (NOR)
11/28 - Landmark, Bergen (NOR)
11/29 - Gunfest @ Skur 40, Oslo (NOR) w/Nachtmystium

The dAte on the 28th is the release party for the new Årabrot/[concept.virus] "AbsolutenegAtivism" EP. Read more about the project here: Ativism-project/" target="_blank">https://tabaskoartists.com/index.php?/promotions/absolutenegAtivism-project/

Lisa Miskovsky's single "Still alive" thAt she recorded for the video game "Mirrors edge" will be officially released as a single in mid-November along with a video.

Morten Qvenild from Norwegian jazz trio In the Country will be going to Atlantis Studios in Stockholm in January to record his DnBNOR/Kongsberg Jazz Festival award-winning composition. Expect a release sometime lAter on in the year via Rune Grammofon.

PSL reports thAt many stores in Finland are refusing to sell the new Kent boxset due to concerns over the cover artwork and the recent school shooting: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/10/29/extra-extra-kent-bojkott-i-finland/

CombAt Rock has confirmed thAt the debut album from Finnish punks Another Sinking Ship will finally be out on November 19. Samples and tourdAtes At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/anothersinkingship

Mando Diao will have a new album out in February. Apparently Salla from Swedish hip-hop legends The LAtin Kings lent a hand in producing.

pHinnWeb on the reissue of Esa Kotilainen's 1977 ambient album "AjAtuslapsi": Atuslapsi-1977-now-re.html" target="_blank">https://phinnweb.blogspot.com/2008/10/esa-kotilainen-ajAtuslapsi-1977-now-re.html