Swedish alt-country act Hyacinth House is the unsigned band of the week At PopJunkie TV: Atch?v=yZYuwgld1VM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=yZYuwgld1VM

MP3: On Volcano - Ride the wolf

I've been getting my Finnish shoegaze confused! Murmansk, who I covered Atrap.com/mp3.php?t=718">on Tuesday, have never been a postrock band. ThAt would be On Volcano, today's feAtured artists. Gah, so many bios to read I can't keep 'em straight. Anyhow, both are greAt bands with an awful lot of similarities besides their country of origin as they both employ female vocalists, though I'd say thAt On Volcano is by far the poppier of the two. Whereas Murmansk piles on heavy layers of sound and tends to bury the vocals into the mix, On Volcano places them front and center. "Ride the wolf", the opening track of their debut EP "My sleep was filled with dreams", even has a bit of early U2 to it, with those martial drum beAts and prominent bassline. You also get a bit of new-wave pop, not too far off from whAt the Swedish band Paris is known for. However, it's on the half-time breakdown on the 2nd half of the song thAt they really let loose, offering up a barrage of lush guitar textures. So yeah, similar but different but equally awesome.

On Volcano - Ride the wolf

WAtch video footage of Moto Boy charming crowds in London this past weekend: Atch?v=dYSdikYoei4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=dYSdikYoei4

Pink Twins and Kemialliset_Ystävät will perform At MOMA offshoot P.S.1 in NYC on June 1 to open the new Finnish art exhibition "Arctic Hysteria" which will run through September 15. Full details: https://www.ps1.org/ps1_site/content/view/324/102/

Now in-stock and ready for order: Atrap.com/store/product.php?productid=580">Various Artists - Gothenburg 08
If you've been following my weekly Göteborg spotlight feAture, you'll know thAt this new compilAtion is an absolutely crucial document of the current scene. Acts feAtured include Jonas Lindgren + Viktor Sjöberg, Porn Sword Tobacco, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, The Skull Defekts, Tsukimono and more!

Thanks to the good people At Adrian Recordings, I can now link you to this month's new Dmitry Fyodorov single "Warcollapse!": https://www.adrianrecordings.com/warcollaps-320.mp3
Sounds like something a crustpunk band would do, doncha think? Anyhow, so says the label: "This track will take you to the dark techno side of town on an old school t-34 tank driven by CleopAtra Jones. This is the first track in a series of four on a special theme celebrAting some greAt landmarks of time and the spirit of keeping it on the wrong side of train tracks."
As mentioned before, Adrian Recordings will be releasing a new single from Dmitry Fyodorov every month on the 29th.

I could still use your votes for the Svenska Podradiopriset in the "best mp3-blog" cAtegory: https://www.daytona.se/podradiopriset

Check out MetalKult's video documentary on their trip to Norway: https://blogs.guitarworld.com/metalkult/videos/norway/
It includes visits to various black-metal landmarks plus interview footage with SAtyricon and Ihsahn.

Wildbird & Peacedrums tells a short ghost story to Paper Thin Walls: Aturedarticle/index?id=205" target="_blank">https://www.paperthinwalls.com/feAturedarticle/index?id=205

Musique Machine talks to Norwegian expAts/splAtterfolk purveyors Thinguma*jigsaw: Ate.php?id=132" target="_blanl">https://www.musiquemachine.com/articles/articles_templAte.php?id=132

El Perro Del Mar's most recent album "From the valley to the stars" will be released in Australia and New Zealand on June 7 via Inertia/Rogue Records. Expect her to tour down there lAter this year as well.

Monzano's new video for "Poster boy" is now online: Atch?v=M5QTOoIqw6Q" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=M5QTOoIqw6Q

The new Embassy single "StAte '08" is now available At Service Coop: https://www.srvc.se/
The label's next release will be a remix of Jen Lekman's "Sipping on the sweet nectar" as done by Rollerboys.

MP3: 18000018018018401 and Hab - Who we are

Atrap.com/mp3.php?t=718">When I said I was going to post mostly Finnish music this week, I said thAt fully knowing I would be posting a track to accompany Atrap.com/articles.php?a=384">today's interview with Håkan Lidbo on the new "Musik för främmande civilisAtioner"/"Music for alien civilizAtions" compilAtion. "Who we are" by 18000018018018401 and Hab is easily the most Earth-friendly of the tracks in thAt it's got a steady danceable beAt and discernible samples of human voices spelling out some of the more negAtive aspects of humanity. It is, as the title clearly stAtes, who we are, is it not? As for the rest of the record, Håkan isn't kidding when he says thAt many of the artists composed for an audience who might have an entirely different idea of whAt music is, if they even have music At all. While thAt might not make for an "enjoyable" listen in ways we are usually accustomed, it is, At the very least, interesting. So yeah, please check out the piece below and be sure to Atrap.com/articles.php?a=384">read the interview

18000018018018401 and Hab - Who we are

Interview: Håkan Lidbo (Musik för främmande civilisationer/Music for alien civilizations)