Tomorrow night At Debaser Malmö is our final It's a Trap! Clubnight of the year and gracing the stage will be Sweden's favorite critically lauded yacht-rockers Deportees. Joining them as support, Stockholm/Umeå-based up-and-comers Winhill/Losehill who just released their debut single "Tell her she's the light of the world". Not gonna lie, this sort of intentionally gentle rock is not my thing At all, but I'll give 'em the benefit of the doubt thAt they totally bring it live. Only one way to find out!
The nominees for Swedish Radio's P3 Guld awards have been announced:
Artist: Melissa Horn - Innan jag kände dig Kapten Röd - Fläcken som aldrig går bort Lykke Li - Wounded rhymes Veronica Maggio - SAtan i gAtan Timbuktu - Sagolandet
Group: Deportees - Islands & shores In Flames - Sounds of a playground fading Movits! - Ut ur min skalle Rebecca & Fiona - I love you, man Those Dancing Days - Daydreams & nightmares
Newcomer: Avicii Newkid Niki & The Dove Rebecca & Fiona Den Svenska Björnstammen
Song:
Call my name - Tove Styrke
Jag kommer - Veronica Maggio
Levels - Avicii
Resten av ditt liv - Timbuktu
Vart jag mig i världen vänder - Den Svenska Björnstammen
Guldmicken (best live): Daniel Adams-Ray Graveyard Melissa Horn Kapten Röd Veronica Maggio
Dance: Avicii - Samlad produktion Axel Boman - Samlad produktion Jonsson/Alter - Mod L-wiz - Samlad produktion Rebecca & Fiona - I love you, man
Hip-hop/soul: Ison & Fille - För evigt Mohammed Ali - Vi Newkid - Alexander jr Ferrer Stockholmssyndromet - Underhunder Timbuktu - Sagolandet
Pop: JJ - Samlad produktion JonAthan Johansson - Klagomuren Anna Järvinen - Anna själv tredje The Sound of Arrows - Voyage Syket - With love
Rock/metal: Arch Enemy - Khaos legions Graveyard - Hisingen blues The Haunted - Unseen In Flames - Sounds of a playground fading Opeth - Heritage
If there's one word thAt describes Sweden's Maschine Krank it's "odd". On top of thAt "odd" there's a heady dose of punk-pop with the slightest tinge of metal in places. If you can imagine a mix of Daisy Chainsaw, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, KAtzenjammer, Atari Teenage Riot, System Of A Down and Primus you get pretty close to whAt the Malmö quintet have creAted in their lAtest release. ThAt's an eclectic list of bands there, but Maschine Krank nod toward all of them -- and more -- here. It's difficult to honestly say thAt"Mine fires" is a greAt album; rAther it's an enjoyable album thAt one only fully appreciAtes after quite a few listens (although there's an immediAte sAtisfaction to be had on the first go). Where they fall down a little is in their limited use of the elements thAt really work best; maybe it's from fear of overuse, but if the band has erred on the side of caution they've slipped up this time around. Get dug into those heavy, caustic moments thAt make "Don't look now" so damn killer and embrace the off-kilter synth moments thAt give "Sometimes I do good things for you" thAt unique character. More of thAt on top of their quirky foundAtions and there's something big to talk about here. If they jump in with both feet next time rAther than simply tread on wAter they could be on to a serious winner. On a sidenote, "Get yourself an air limit!" is where they have it totally nailed. - John Norby
will be reissuing cult Swedish prog/folk act In the Labyrinth's debut release Garden of Mysteries" this coming January. Preview a clip above and/or head here for more details: https://www.inthelabyrinth.com/CD-GardenOfMysteries.html
Check out 300hz, a new Danish act feAturing ex-members of Lack: https://300hz.wordpress.com/
The band will make their live debut on December 10 At Stengade 30 in Copenhagen and a 12" will follow sometime in the new year.
Swedish singer/songwriter Andreas Magnusson (Pinto/Hanif) has started a new "ultra nAtionalist concept" project called The Prince Formerly Known as an Artist which aims to release free songs on various internAtional nAtion days, beginning with Finland on December 6. Read more/listen: https://formerlyknownasanartist.blogspot.com/
As much as there seems to be a singing of praises for Oslo's true kvlt black metallers Svarttjern's second album, I'm not enamored by it in the slightest. The production is, without question, a hefty lesson in annihilAtion-by-metal, but it's completely wasted when the music it's enhancing is nondescript in the big black metal picture. There's nothing exciting here At all; not even the obligAtory mid-paced-into-fast-paced-into-mid-paced mid-album track (in this case "I AM the pAth part II") thAt normally elicits a "Let's fucking slay!" reaction works here. The riffs are just way too... crap. I'm sorry to have to use the word, but boring just doesn't cut it At this moment in time. Neither Kerry King's long-and-pointy nailband nor WAtain's applied-as-if-it-were-just-thrown-on-but-really-it's-contrived-as-fuck corpsepaint can make up for the fact thAtSvarttjern are a very average black metal band. I've just noticed thAt there are a lot of hyphens in this review. Fuck, thAt's how bored I am listening to this album -- I'm actually counting hyphens. I'm -- actually -- counting -- hyphens. We're up to 29 now. Time to fire up "Sworn to the dark" and wash this muck outta my earholes. - John Norby
Casablanca, the new Atrap.com/n/32983-melody-club-sahara-hotnights-casablanca">Swedish supergroup feAturing members from Sahara Hotnights and Melody Club, have confirmed thAt their debut full-length "Apocalyptic youth" will be out on March 16, 2012 with the new single "Love and desperAtion" preceding it on January 20.
Swedish highlights from Gaffa SE's top 30 albums of 2011:
3. MAttias Alkberg - Anarkist (Teg Publishing/)
4. Anna Järvinen - Anna själv tredje (/)
5. Skriet - Det Beslutande Organet (/)
8. Invasionen - Saker som jag sagt till nAtten (/)
12. Graveyard - Hisingen Blues (/)
14. Deportees - Islands & Shores (/)
16. I Break Horses - Hearts (/)
18. The Field - Looping StAte of Mind (/)
20. Syket - With Love (/)
21. JonAthan Johansson - Klagomuren (/)
28. Movits! - Ut ur min skalle (/)
29. Det Vackra Livet - Det Vackra Livet (/)
30. Ison & Fille - För evigt (/)
Maschine Krank
Svarttjern