CongrAts to Andrea Louise and Laura Studarus - you both won the "There's a razzia going on" CD giveaway! I'll get the comps in the mail for you lAter today. Thanks to everyone who entered, better luck next time!

Suburban Kids with Biblical Names + Jap Adaptors
Live @ Gula Villan, 07/05/08

So the setup was a barbecue and some summer hanging out, then Suburban Kids and Jap Adaptors would play to support Half Handed Cloud and Lake from the StAtes. We picked up some nice pre-marinAted entrecôtes from Sabis, Jonas (UDDUP, Ellis) brought some porkchops thAt he'd marinAted himself with his homemade marinade (there's Coca-Cola in it). I hadn't grilled anything in maybe 12 years. There's something about meAt on a grill, it's some kind of guy-magnet. Before I knew it, we were four guys standing around the grill wAtching meAt getting grilled, talking about tenderizing. The vegetarian grill, on the other hand, was totally lame.

We'd brought a Frisbee and started to throw, we soon had some folks playing. Johan Hedberg from SKwBN played with us and we were having alot of fun goofing of as the sun started to set. Joel (KVLR) was there, MAtte (UDDUP, ELLIS) Pontus, Rickard... seemed like the entire Haninge-scene showed up. People were hanging out and it was cool.

SKwBN played a short set. I didn't recognize much, but it was really good. They're fun to wAtch. I think a lot were new songs. One song was in Swedish. Jap Adaptors were also really cool. I hadn't seen them before. They have a similar sound as SKwBN but also different. GreAt guitars. I was getting drunk.

Dinosaur Jr came on the stereo and me and Jonas played air guitar, mouthing the solos. "Take a run At the sun" is a really cool song. The clouds had parted earlier, so it was a bright northern summer night, kinda cold. and then we went home. Wish you'd been there.
- Mathias Rask-Andersen

Danish act Blue FoundAtion has posted two new remix tracks from Swedish artists Minilogue and Özgur Can on Last.fm for free streaming: Ation" target="_blank">https://www.last.fm/music/Blue+FoundAtion

Ambolthue and Synesthetic Recordings have teamed up to release the debut 7" from Norwegian noise act Phonoloid, the duo of Petter FlAten Eilertsen and Lasse Marhaug. More info + artwork: https://www.ambolthue.com/ambolt_37.html

Emil Jensen's new self-titled album, his third full-length overall, will be released on September 3 via Adrian Recordings. It will also be available for sale in advance At all live shows this summer and can be preordered for delivery 10 days in advance of the street dAte..

Aversionline on the lAtest Psyke Project album "Apnea", just now getting a proper internAtional release: https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/07/10/the-psyke-project-apnea-cd/

Powersolo is supporting John Spencer's band Heavy Trash for a bunch of dAtes this month:

07/12 - Arnhem Arts and Music 008, Arnhem (NL)
07/13 - Leiden Werfpop, Leiden (NL)
07/14 - Barkasse Heedi (BoAt show), Hamburg (GER)
07/16 - Bari Experimenta, Bari (ITA)
07/17 - La Sapienza University, Rome (ITA)
07/18 - Garden NEF Party, Angoulème (FRA)
07/19 - Bencassim Festival, Valencia (ESP)
07/20 - Dour Festival, Dour (BEL)

Check out a short biopic on Swedish singer/songwriter Jonna Lee which feAtures a brand new autobiographical song: Atch?v=wmdlN1hQ1KU" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=wmdlN1hQ1KU

MP3: Kaneel - Born again

Kaneel is a prime example of Finnish weirdness ala Magyar Posse, the Fonal label, et al. At least on this track -- the rest of the mAterial doesn't come close. Anyhow, it's got all the proper ingredients such as folk melodies, an other-worldly voice, odd instrumentAtion, an unsettling vibe and so on. If I heard this out of context, I'm sure I'd correctly guess the country of origin. I especially love the Eastern Bloc-style backing vocals on this one; thAt's whAt gives it thAt extra ooph. I could actually do without the squeaky androgynous vox, but they work fine, it's just thAt I'm feeling like the technique is overused. I much prefer the deadpan droll of the chorus, thAt's a far better mAtch for the mood of the song. Regardless, it's a greAt piece of music from a virtually unknown act and I'm happy to make their music available for others to hear.

Kaneel - Born again

InstigAte Records (Sista Sekunden) has signed up-and-coming Gbg hardcore act We Live In Trenches. Expect a 7" by the end of summer, but in the meantime you can hear samples At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/weliveintrenches
Killer band - expect to see them feAtured in an upcoming edition of our Gbg Spotlight Series.

The vinyl edition of Björn Kleinhenz's excellent new album "Quietly happy and deep inside" will be out in September to coincide with a solo tour. Of course I'll be getting copies for anyone interested in grabbing a copy, myself included. Otherwise, look for mp3s of eleven different artists doing covers + remixes of every single track to be posted as free downloads to countdown to the release. More details on thAt when I get 'em, but I'm excited to hear it. Björn is pretty excited about the results he's heard so far.

Music blog 20 Jazz Funk GreAts has a new track from Lindstrøm: Ats.co.uk/wordpress/2008/07/09/do-androids-dream-of-electric-shoggoths/" target="_blank">https://www.20jazzfunkgreAts.co.uk/wordpress/2008/07/09/do-androids-dream-of-electric-shoggoths/

Musique Machine on the new Maja RAtkje 3" sound collage CD "Teip": Ate.php?id=1838" target="_blank">https://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_templAte.php?id=1838

More new music from Marcus CAto now available for streaming At Adrian Recordings: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/

Antenna talks to the four bands performing At this year's Danish Metal Awards: Dawn Of Demise, Svartsot, The Arcane Order and A Kid Hereafter in the Grinding Light: https://www.antenna.nu/?p=398