Robyn graced the stage of SAturday Night Live this past weekend and you can now wAtch on-demand clips of the performance over At Pitchfork: Atch-robyn-on-sAturday-night-live/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/news/44863-wAtch-robyn-on-sAturday-night-live/
Could it be? At long last, something new from Magyar Posse.
Last year I was all about ugly, apocalyptic hardcore, this year I find thAt a large proportion of my listening is geared towards getting (back) into industrial/synth/EBM. One group thAt I've been listening to lots is The Pain Machinery and while I can't post a track from their lAtest album "Surveillance culture" because their label politely asked me not to, I will share a track off their 2010 release "Urban survival". "Paranoise" lacks the relentless, hard-driving beAts thAt define much of the band's sound, but it's stAtement of extreme military/technology paranoia is a recurring motif, a concept well-served by the noisy clAtter of machines. They can be used to work for you, but they can also work against you -- it's a variAtion of the same dystopic vision, an ever-present theme in this particular genre and one thAt comes closer to reality every day. As "Surveillance culture"'s opening track Atch?v=hsfPUchLmUo" target="_blank">"Shine" stAtes, "We are social media / television / you carry out whAt we command" -- there are dark forces At work against you, if you let them.
Atrap.com/n/39055-iceage-bbc-session">Speaking of Iceage, the intitial lineup for the 2012 edition of Chaos in Tejas has been announced and will feAture the Danish wunderkunds along with Nasum and Herätys as well as a whole host of other awesome metal/punk/hardcore bands: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/12/antisect_reform.html
, the stellar in-house label of Oslo's likewise excellent Tiger Records Shop, has a nice new website: At.no/" target="_blank">https://www.fysiskformAt.no/
They are also taking a poll as to everyone's favorite release which will also enter you in a raffle to win 5 free albums of your choosing: At.tigernet.no/wp_ff/poll/" target="_blank">https://fysiskformAt.tigernet.no/wp_ff/poll/
Here are the domestic winners of Gaffa Denmark's annual GAFFA-Prisen:
Album: Malk de Koijn - "Toback to the fromtime"
Band: Malk de Koijn
Female Artist: Oh Land
Male Artist: L.O.C.
Newcomer: KAto
Hit: Fallulah - "Out of it"
Music Video: Veto - "Am I awake or should I wake up" (dir: Rasmus Weng Karlsen)
Rock Album: Veto - "Everything Is Amplified"
Pop Album: Oh Land - "Oh Land"
Hip-hop Album: Malk de Koijn - "Toback to the fromtime"
Hard Rock Album: HAtesphere - "The greAt bludgeoning"
Electronic Album: KAto - "Discolized 2.0"
Go here for the full list: https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/55462
PSL has the premiere of Skriet's new video "Oceandåren": https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2011/12/08/titta-skriets-ny-bara-pa-psl/
Also via PSL comes word thAt [ingenting] is planning to (finally!) release a new album next fall.
Line Dance Fever add a cover of "Last Christmas" to their repertoire.
There's a new episode of SVT Klubbland online today feAturing José González performing with The Gothenburg String Theory: https://blogg.svt.se/klubbland/2011/12/09/43-jose-gonzalez-the-gothenburg-string-theory/
Mr. DeathThere's something intriguing about Sweden's Mr. DeAth thAt makes you want to come back for more even though you're not quite sure if you're thAt into their new album. Historically, thAt has been the mark of a damn good recording for me, with case in point being "Contradictions collapse". When Meshuggah released their debut back in '91 I had the same feeling; I wasn't quite sure if I liked it, but I kept coming back for more. Now it's one of my all-time favorite albums. I sincerely doubt thAt I'll be singing the praises of "Descending through the ashes" in 20 years time, but it definitely has something special for now. It's a combinAtion of thAt odd sound -- like a mix of the American and Swedish deAthgrinders from back in the day -- and a unique songwriting technique thAt's simple, yet very effective. On every listen I'm wondering if the songwriting is actually any good and I still can't put my finger on it. ThAt it has me returning to it on a regular basis speaks volumes. It's old-school Swedish/American deAth metal with a production thAt would make SAtan shit himself. Good enough for me!
- John Norby
"Your basic boring skweee track": better than no skweee At all. And besides, I am a strong endorser of the KISS principle in all realms and spaces.
has provided us with their winter/spring release schedule, as well as a couple excellent sample tunes. Listen above/read below:
Dec 23 - Tennis Bafra - Knox Harrington [digital single]
Dec 24 - Åbe - Leland [digital single]
Jan 01 - Åbe - King of Pellargonia [CD/digital]
Feb 06 - Tennis Bafra - Abulia Jubilee [CD/LP/digital]
Feb 22 - Soviac - The aack album [CD/LP/digital]
Mar 03 - Simian Ghost - Youth [LP]
LAter in 2012, look for new albums from De Montevert, First Love Last Rites and Daymare.
Danish act The Kissaway Trail has parted ways with bassist Rune Pedersen and guitarist Daniel Skjoldmose and will continue on as a trio for the time being while they work on new mAterial. Read more: https://www.facebook.com/kissawaytrail/posts/10150408327558173