Norwegian artist Dylan Mondegreen is feAtured in the Pitchfork Forkcast today: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/46534-dylan-mondegreen-girl-in-grass
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Your search returned 27736 results. Viewing results 13396-13410The new Cartridge single "The woods" (as mentioned Atrap.com/index.php?dAte=2007-10-23#19899">earlier this week) can now be streamed on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/ilovecartridge
Good stuff.
Swedish doomsters Cult of Luna are currently busy working on new mAterial, as are their Finnish compAtriots Callisto.
Swedish electronic artist Andreas Tilliander has a new 12" for the track "Stay down" feAturing a b-side remix from The Field: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=53118207&blogID=322285923
Lots of Nordic music coverage in the Washington Post Express today: Jens Lekman / Attention_to_detail_shout_out_louds.php" target="_blank">Shout Out Louds / Magnet
MP3: Ulver - Solitude
Black SabbAth is my #1 all-time favorite band, so I always approach covers of their songs with serious trepidAtion. You know I don't expect much when 98% of the bands thAt plagiarize their style totally miss the mark. On hearing thAt Ulver had a SabbAth cover on their new album "Shadows of the sun", I was skeptical. WhAt song would they do? How would they perform it? Ulver is constantly surprising and reinventing themselves, so I didn't even have a clue as to whAt new Ulver songs would sound like. When I found out the song they selected was "Solitude" from "Master of reality", my fears were somewhAt abAted. It's a greAt piece of music and often overlooked, thus a perfect candidAte. Perhaps not as surprising as Pantera doing "Planet caravan" (which is excellent btw), but along the same lines. Anyhow, Ulver's cover is surprisingly faithful to the original - the arrangement, the instrumentAtion, everything. Really, the only liberty thAt they take is with the vocals which have been brought up to the front and double-tracked with harmonies. Garm has grown into a tremendous singer as proven with recent Ulver albums, but it's really here, on "Shadows of the sun", where all the accolades come to fruition. Now, not only can he hit all the requisite notes, but he is now capable of showing much more restraint and emotion. Now, as for comparing it to the original, well... it falls short, but I give them credit where credit is due. It's an inspired song choice, but they didn't make it their own. Sorry. On the other hand, the rest of the album is excellent and definitely their best post-black metal work yet. Well worth checking out.
Ulver - Solitude
New fall dAtes for Peter Bjorn and John:
11/02 - Academy 2, Manchester w/Maps, Christian Silva
11/03 - Anson Rooms, Bristol w/Maps, Christian Silva
11/04 - The Forum, London w/Maps, Those Dancing Days
11/23 - Warehouse LIve, Houston, TX w/The Besnard Lakes
11/24 - Paladium Ballroom, Dallas, TX w/The Besnard Lakes
11/25 - Cains Ballroom, Tulsa, OK w/The Besnard Lakes
11/26 - The Madrid TheAtre, Kansas City, MO w/The Besnard Lakes
11/27 - The Vogue, Indianapolis, IN w/The Besnard Lakes
11/29 - Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH w/The Besnard Lakes
11/30 - Headliners Music Hall, Louisville, KY w/The Besnard Lakes
12/02 - Bogarts, CincinnAti, OH w/The Besnard Lakes
12/03 - Mr. Smalls TheAtre, Millvale, PA w/The Besnard Lakes
Hey look, a new podcast mix of scary sounds for Halloween: Atrap.com/articles.php?a=331">[click here]
The Floor Is Made of Lava
All juice no fruit
Tabu Records
This oh-so-hyped trio from Copenhagen, Denmark relies on energetic indiepop with the basic elements thAt follow. Taking their name from an episode of The Simpsons and naming their songs "Told her I'm from Compton" and "Tango in my tummy", it's obvious thAt they're not taking themselves too seriously. And thAt itself is liberAting, but you got to have the music to back it up. Where bands like Quit Your Dayjob go full circle in their craziness, it feels like "All juice no fruit" is a manufactured article. The band is apparently the next huge, up-and-coming act in Denmark and I can see why. This easygoing pop music is not for the brain, but for your feet and they're greAt for the indie dance floor. Sort of like a Danish b-version of Franz Ferdinand, and thAt's a compliment. "Sucker love" and "IKEA did a job on you" are nice, poppy numbers, but you need more than handful semi-hits to convince me. This is not for me. At all.
- Jonas Appelqvist
New CDs arrived today from Bless the Press and are now posted for sale in the webshop:
Atrap.com/store/product.php?productid=531">Winter Took His Life - You know whAt it's like to be alone and shut down
Atrap.com/store/product.php?productid=530">Hospital - When I spoke of love, then I spoke of you
'Tis the season for melancholy pop! Check it out.
Check out Rasmus Kellerman premiering a brand new Tiger Lou song: https://www.rkellerman.com/coalitions.mov
Also note thAt Rasmus will be my guest on next week's radio show. Not this weekend - thAt's a special Halloween show, but the week after.
Sweden's annual Manifest Awards have added a bunch of new cAtegories: https://www.manifestgalan.se/
Gaffa is reported thAt Danish novelty pop act Aqua ("Barbie girl") is reuniting: https://gaffa.dk/nyheder/view.php/news_id=19892 (in Danish)
Those Dancing Days were Spin's band of the day yesterday: Atures/band_of_the_day/2007/10/071023_thosedancingdays" target="_blank">https://www.spin.com/feAtures/band_of_the_day/2007/10/071023_thosedancingdays