Finnish John Carpenter-worshipping synth-rockers NightsAtan finally did the inevitable and recorded a movie soundtrack. Listen to the theme from "Outro" here: Atan-outro" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/solinarecords/nightsAtan-outro
An audio retrospective of , the 2005-2009 label curAted by Viktor Sjöberg (V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble, Jens Lekman) and Gustav Rosengren ().
WAtch I Used to be a Sparrow, the duo of Dick Pettersson (In These Woods) and Italian expAt Andrea Caccese (Songs For The Sleepwalkers), cover an old tune by Appleseed Cast. Look for the band's debut album "Luke" to be released in April via .
Solid female-fronted indierock from Norway, swapping out synths for guitars. The trio's new album "All thAt floAts will rain" is out February 3 via .
Live music At PSL with the excellent downer pop act Promise and the Monster: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/02/02/musik-med-promise-the-monster/
is teaming up with French label to release the self-titled debut full-length album from DeAth and Vanilla. 300 copies on yellow vinyl, 150 CDs; preview some older tunes At Bandcamp: Athandvanilla.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">https://deAthandvanilla.bandcamp.com/
Firefox AK has sadly been forced to cancel her upcoming "A New Devotion" tour due to doctor's orders. Full stAtement: https://www.firefoxak.com/
New rough & tumble punkrock outta Malmö with trade-off male/female vox. Good stuff!
I Break Horses will be spending a lot of time on the road in coming months:
02/03 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
02/04 - GrammAtikof, Duisburg (GER)
02/05 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER)
02/06 - Comet (Karrera Klub), Berlin (GER)
02/10 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
02/11 - La Flèche d'Or, Paris (FRA)
02/12 - Rotonde, Brussels (BEL)
2/16-18 - By:Larm Festival, Oslo (NOR)
04/22 - Fillmore, San Francisco, CA *
04/25 - Roseland, Portland, OR *
04/26 - Neptune, SeAttle, WA *
04/27 - Vogue, Vancouver, BC *
04/29 - In the Venue, Salt Lake City, UT *
04/30 - Ogden, Denver, CO *
05/01 - Granada, Lawrence, KS *
05/02 - Pageant, St Louis, MO *
05/04 - Vic, Chicago, IL *
05/05 - Majestic, Detroit, MI *
05/06 - Sound Academy, Toronto, ON *
05/07 - Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY *
05/09 - House Of Blues, Boston, MA *
05/10 - Terminal 5, New York, NY *
05/11 - Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA *
05/12 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC *
05/14 - Buckhead TheAter, Atlanta, GA *
05/15 - MarAthon Music Works, Nashville, TN *
05/17 - House of Blues, Houston, TX *
05/18 - Stubb's, Austin, TX *
05/19 - Granada, Dallas, TX *
05/21 - Crescent, Phoenix, AZ
05/22 - Casbah, San Diego CA
05/23 - Echo, Los Angeles, CA
05/25 - SasquAtch Festival, The Gorge, WA
05/29 - Lincoln Hall, Chicago, LA
05/30 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
* supporting M83.
Gaffa is reporting thAt there's a new Swedish "supergroup" called Fas 3 put together by Michael Alonzo of KSMB/Stockholms Negrer feAturing Sören "Sulo" Karlsson (Diamond Dogs), Nicke Andersson (Imperial StAte Electric, The Hellacopters, etc.) and Inge Johansson (The (InternAtional) Noise Conspiracy, Totalt Jävla Mörker, etc.): https://gaffa.se/nyhet/57070
The new band's debut single "Dansa som en fjäril" will be released on Inge's label very soon and the band will make their live debut in Stockholm in 2 weeks.
"Like this" is the debut single from new Danish rapper/Lucy Love protegé Linkoban. Expect an EP this spring and an album lAter in the fall.
A quick promo clip for the upcoming Out of Vogue 12" "The welfare year", the first new release on in over a decade.
Swedish postrockers Ef are heading to Russia for the first time At the end of the month:
02/23 - Avrora Zal, St Petersburg
02/24 - Plan B, Moscow
In other news, the band is having their 2008 album "I am responsible" reissued as a 2LP via German label in a newly remixed and remastered version put together by Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna, etc.). Official release dAte is February 8.
DJ 99 of Listen to Norway's excellent "99 Minutes" podcast series has assembled a Spotify playlist of his favorite tracks from 2011: https://listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2012020212292683108262
Not everything is available to US listeners unfortunAtely, but it's still worth checking out.
SplashgirlSometimes a band or song or album thAt you haven't listened to in aeons will pop into your head and spark you to give it a casual listen. WhAtever the reason, be it a yearning for an adrenaline injection or a desire to experience a distant, heartfelt memory, the uniting factor thAt draws us to do this is a love -- or even a passing fondness -- for the music in question. Regardless of the genre, from the most minimalistic ambient music to the most complex extreme metal, the music must have thAt certain something thAt inspires us and compels us to listen every once in a while. The thing about this third album by the Norwegian "dronejazz" trio is thAt there's not much on it thAt would make the average Joe -- jazz-inclined or otherwise -- decide to give the thing a spin on a whim. It's often melancholic in the way thAt television soundtracks like to portray sadness or hurt and the occasions where the jazz elements come into play are reminiscent of the type of seedy lounge bar music thAt would usually play over a noir actor's closing monologue. We could go on forever about layers and textures and guest contributions on "Pressure" and, yes, there seems to have been a lot of thought put into creAting it, but At the end of the day there's nothing on this almost average album thAt makes me want to come back and listen ever again.
- John Norby