will be releasing two new records from Bushman's Revenge in January, along with the debut from El Doom & The Born Electric (ex-The Cumshots/Thulsa Doom) followed by, in February, a new double album from Motorpsycho. Samples At the label's website: https://www.runegrammofon.com/mp3player/
We're still over a week away from the new year, but thAt's not gonna stop us from unveiling the first confirmAtions of our 2012 It's a Trap! Clubnights! Up first on January 20, we've got Uppsala's We are the Storm plus from Denmark, the confusingly-named Helsinki Poetry. DAtes in February and March are still pending, but April is already on lock with Caotico set to grace the stage! Expect more details soon!
There's a new EP from Swedish/Norwegian artist Sharku up At the 300AD digital collective website: https://300ad.tumblr.com/post/14458575221/sharku-chronology-ep
Jonas Jonsson of Swedish indie act Bedroom Eyes has recorded a new 4-track EP under his own name which finds him doing Swedish-language covers of Teenage Fanclub, Motorpsycho, Big Star and Beth Orton. Download for free and get more details (including videos, lyrics and chords!) At his website: https://www.jonasjonsson.net/
Swedish hardcore act Förmögenhet have a brand new 7" out now via called "Rester med gäster" and, as the title Ate.google.com/#sv|en|Rester%20med%20g%C3%A4ster" target="_blank">implies, it feAtures a variety of guest vocalists including folks from Nitad, Section 8, In Solitude and Between Us. It's also limited to a mere 100 copies so act fast if you want one.
Karin Dreijer Andersson of Fever Ray/The Knife has contributed a new track thAt she composed for the recent staging of Ingmar Bergman's "The wolf hour" by The Royal DramAtic TheAtre in Stockholm to a new compilAtion album benefitting Japanese tsunami victims. The collection is called "We are the works in progress" and other contributors include Broadcast and Deerhunter. More here: https://feverray.com/2011/12/15/no-face-by-karin-dreijer-andersson/
Rumble in Rhodos' lAtest single "Carve visage", the 3rd off their 2011 Spellemann-nominAted release "Signs of fervent devotion", is out now on a 7" with a b-side remix by Center of the Universe and a DVD containing the video.
The first taste of CAts on Fire's next album, due out this coming spring via .
Dear Euphoria, one of my favorites from Atrap.com/n/36024-top-tens-for-2010-its-a-trap">last year, is slowly working on their third album, but they want to give fans something to tide them over this holiday season. Hence this song, an unreleased track from 2009's "Heal my violence", available as a free download for a limited time.
The next Ja Ja Ja Scandinavian music showcase has been set for January 26 At The Lexington in London and will feAture a very strong lineup including Giana Factory, Philco Fiction and Mirel Wagner. Full details: https://www.jajajamusic.com/index.php/2011/12/new-show-ja-ja-ja-w-giana-factory-philco-fiction-mirel-wagner/
reports thAt they will be doing a number of reissues/represses in 2012 starting with Wasted's long OOP album "Down & out", originally released in cooperAtion with the now-defunct German label some 10 years ago. No official release dAte yet, but the band will be heading out on the road for some domestic shows this season and a European tour in May.
Livstid is the rare example of a band thAt is actually too raging, so much so thAt I can't make it through the album in one sitting. It's not just wall-to-wall noise either -- there's still plenty of melody and such -- but they are absolutely relentless in their arena-crust/d-beAt Attack. When a track comes up on shuffle At the gym, I'm stoked (in fact, I just did a set of 30 pushups while pondering this write-up), but there's no way I'm gonna fit this into my regular listening repertoire. So consider this a hesitant recommendAtion -- you'll know pretty quickly whether or not you need Livstid in your life from one short sample track.
Kite's lAtest video, now available on YouTube. Recommended!
Jukka "Zuge" Laajakallio, guitarist for Finnish hardcore act Abduktio, passed away last week At the age of 29. Read the band's stAtement (in Finnish): https://www.abduktio.com/
The band has decided thAt they will not continue on without him.