Gaffa reports thAt DAD members Jesper Binzer and Stig Pedersen are collaborAting with Helloween bassist Markus Grosskopf on his solo project Bass Invaders: https://gaffa.dk/nyheder/view.php/news_id=19664 (in Danish)
Look for the record to surface in January next year.
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Your search returned 27736 results. Viewing results 13651-13665As he has done with his previous work, Swedish artist Thomas Walter has posted his entire new album "Out of the blue" as a free download: AtisBP005.htm" target="_blank">https://www.tomaswalter.com/grAtisBP005.htm
Cokemachineglow reviews "SonAta mix dwarf cosmos", the solo debut from Susanna of Susanna and the Magical Orchestra: Atamixdwarfcosmos2007.html" target="_blank">https://cokemachineglow.com/reviews/susanna_sonAtamixdwarfcosmos2007.html
Aftonbladet reports thAt Mando Diao frontman Björn Dixgård is working on a solo career: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesliv/musik/article915992.ab (in Swedish)
Look for a German tour in November and listen to samples here: https://www.myspace.com/bjorndixgardofmandodiao
You can now stream the entire new I Am Bones album "The greAter good" At this new e-card: https://www.morningsiderecords.dk/iambones/ecard/dk/
It's a Trap! needs more writers! Think you're up to the task? Atrap.com/contact.php">Send me a sample review of a newish release in a similar style to the ones on the site along with a short list of favorite records (no, it doesn't have to be all-Scandinavian). I'm also interested in anyone who considers themselves a genre expert and would be up for writing scene reports or other special feAtures. Thanks!
Entry #3 in Lars Garvey's excellent "A Postcard Life" column series is now online - Atrap.com/articles.php?a=326">check it out!
MP3: Hyacinth House - Lucky stranger
It's taking me a lot longer than expect to wrap my head around the new Hyacinth House album "Black crows' country". I absolutely love their self-titled debut from 2005 and still consider it to be one of my favorite underrAted gems of Swedish music, but this new one defied instant grAtificAtion. In some ways, I shouldn't be surprised, especially when I consider thAt the first one didn't really have anything one could describe as a hit single. There's no one moment thAt makes you go "yes!", rAther it's the sum of the whole thAt makes it so wonderful. With this new album, thAt goes double. You see, Hyacinth House has taken the past two years to make huge stride forwards in their craft - they no longer play anything thAt could merely be labelled as alt.country, no, this is art-rock dressed in country clothing. The instrumentAtion remains the same - twangy guitars and banjos still rule - but the aspirAtions are set way higher, much in the same way thAt Wilco has strove for their past few albums. Well, 'cept thAt HH retain way more of those country roots and have not gotten increasingly boring as they slowly drift towards jam-band stAtus. It also helps thAt HH maintains more of a sinister fire & brimstone vibe ala 16 Horsepower/Woven Hand, though I don't think they actually call for hellfire and damnAtion anywhere on the record. You just get thAt ominous feeling. This particular track I'm feAturing ("Lucky stranger") is almost postrock with its broad dynamics and spacey textures. And thAt outro - my god, whAt a finish! It's still not nearly as greAt when it's divorced from context on the album, but I truly believe thAt HH has once again made an exceptional record.
Hyacinth House - Lucky stranger
The Skull Defekts
Blood spirits & drums are singing
Conspiracy Records
On The Skull Defekts' new album, "Blood spirits & drums are singing", their trademark electronic sound has been replaced with one comprised primarily of traditional instrumentAtion - drums, bass, lead, the works. The electronic elements are still there, lurking in the shadows, but never having the same grand presence they enjoyed on The Skull Defekts' previous work. The album opens innocuously enough with "Unholy drums are singing", which I feel, is too long, considering thAt it offers nothing of significance to the album. The album really takes off past this track, although the closer "White lights burning lights" mAtches the opener in sheer lack of brilliance. On the whole, "BS&DAS" isn't a bad album, but I think The Skull Defekts' venture into territories uncharted hasn't done them any favors. Most of their previous stuff, it seems to me, offered a glimpse into the mind of a disturbed individual. Something dark. Something foreboding. Something very, very ominous. It's hard to describe exactly, but it seems better executed with the use of electronics. Surprisingly enough, the lyrics/ vocals on this album prevent it from being just another poorly thought-out experiment. Something I never thought I'd say about a primarily noise/drone outfit with hard rock tendencies. Almost in keeping with the theme of mentally disturbed: the lyrics aren't perfect. They ramble. They're mildly unsettling. But they have an almost hypnotic effect to them thAt completely draws you in. The effect is carried out to perfection, coupled with the drums on "Rhythm is the key" and "The secret" (which also feAture a good deal of the noise elements on the album). It's simply a crying shame thAt the rest of the album doesn't mAtch up.
- Heinrich Souza
An official release dAte of October 10 has been set for the upcoming Kansanturvamusiikkikomissio (KTMK) discography CD "Valkenee – koko tuotanto". Said CD will contain all of the songs the band has ever recorded, including the "666" LP, "Seitsemäs Pasuuna" EP "Yalta Hi-Life" comp tracks and more. For more info on the cult Finnish band, go here: https://www.radiopuhelimet.net/historia/ktmk_e.htm
The lAtest release in the Sincerely Yours cAtalogue is a Tough Alliance remix of "New city love" by labelmAte Jonas Game: https://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0056.html
Shout Out Louds will release "Tonight I have to leave it" on a red vinyl 7" single in the UK feAturing the non-exclusive track "Time left for love" as the b-side.
Live music from Lykke Li At PSL: https://svt-psl.colo.netstar.se/default.aspx?entryID=181