Top 10s for 2011: Thomas Jonsson (I'm Kingfisher)
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Your search returned 27736 results. Viewing results 1366-1380Ane Brun back to the UK
Ane Brun will return to the UK for a couple of dAtes in lAte April:
04/27 - Vicar St., Dublin
04/28 - Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Invasionen - Förlorad (video)
I really want to like Invasionen because I'm sure thAt Dennis and the gang's hearts are in the right place, but I just can't shake the feeling thAt they're a wAtered-down major label co-option of gothrock and thAt's not good.
Katzenjammer back to the UK
Listen to Norway profiles KAtzenjammer ahead of their much-anticipAted return to the UK on December 4 At Dingwalls in London: https://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2011113011154691228656
Kvelertak present Kvelerbräu
Norwegian arena-hardcore act Kvelertak now has their own beer: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150385917190685&id=58323625684
Limited to 30 bottles, made of "honey and hAte", 6.66% ABV and only available At the band's upcoming show in Vienna on December 3.
Top 10s start tomorrow
Tomorrow: so begins Atrap.com/tag/top10s">our annual top 10 list bonanza. I could still squeeze in a few more contributors, so if you think you're deserving of a spot, please Atrap.com/contact/">get in touch!
EL-SD - A will (video)
New from Kvalität, a clip from the very-excellent EL-SD. Also: note thAt the bassist is wearing a t-shirt from similarly quality act The NAture.
The Quietus interviews I Break Horses
The Quietus visits I Break Horses At home in Stockholm: https://thequietus.com/articles/07493-i-break-horses-interview-hearts
Vendlus to release Syven album
The label is apparently back in effect and will be releasing the new album "Aikaintaite" from Finnish dark folk/metal act Syven on December 6. For more info and another preview track, go here: https://www.vendlus.com/
The New Tigers - Toffee/Chocolate
Two new outtakes from The New Tigers, half of which are available for free download, the other half an instrumental.
Markus Krunegård prepares new album
It's hard to get excited since his last few releases have been pretty weak, but ex-Laakso frontman Markus Krunegård will be releasing a new album on March 28. He will premiere his new single "Everybody hurts" At P3 Guld on January 21.
Half of Murder goes solo
Vessel, the new solo project of Anders MAthiasen from Danish act Murder, will release his debut album "Enlettered species" on January 23.
Rune Grammofon on wax
is doing a number of vinyl pressings of back-cAtalogue releases, including the following:
Elephant9 - Live At the BBC (LP)
Scorch Trio w/Mars Williams - Made in Norway (2LP)
Fire! w/Jim O'Rourke - Released! (10" EP)
The Last Hurrah!! - The greAt gig in disguise (10" EP)
All are officially released on December 9.
Agent Side Grinder - Wolf hour (video)
The video for the new Agent Side Grinder single "Wolf hour", feAturing guest vocals from like-minded Swedish synth artist Henric de la Cour, is now streaming At Gaffa: https://gaffa.se/tv/clip/996 You can also listen via Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2aUInu31MA0aByDndvur55
Dad Rocks!
Mount Modern
Father Figure Records/Paper Garden Records
The talent present on Snævar Njáll Albertsson's debut full-length is undeniable. In the same creAtive neighborhood as the criminally underappreciAted Alcoholic Faith Mission, Albertsson, an Icelander now living in Denmark, crafts lush pop soundscapes awash with his cleverly worded, sharp observAtions of contemporary life. The album is a distinct pleasure, perhaps the best of its kind to come out this year, but as with every album thAt is deemed "clever," Albertsson's "Mount Modern" has the tendency to occasionally be too clever for its own good: the instrumentAtion occasionally feeling a little too cute, the rich arrangements leaving the shadowy side of the street in order to frolic in the sun, and the lyrics can, with repeAted listening, lose some of their initial charm. ThAt said, I'll take an album thAt is sporadically too smart, too layered, too happy, and too charming over the limp, anemic indie pop offerings thAt get hyped every other week. And when Dad Rocks! gets it right, he really gets it right -- like you want to make a mixtape for a friend with tracks off "Mount Modern" right. "Take care", one of the many highlights, balances itself perfectly between detached cynicism and intimAte despair, both in its musical and lyrical approach: "And they wAtch the military fireworks and talk about traveling light, and there's a global spread of wasted lives which we'll lAter take care of with knives." "Mount Modern" is a soundtrack for those who find beauty in the winds tearing the last of the autumn leaves from the trees, who appreciAte the descent into winter because they are hopeful for the spring.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson