The Alpine reports thAt production is well under way for the recording of their sophomore album: https://www.thealpine.de/ver2/news/news.php

The lAtest Music Export Finland newsletter is now online: https://musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=137

Via If Society comes word thAt there's been a whole bunch of classic Finnish indierock from the early 90s posted on YouTube. Read more here and go check it out!

Finnish acts Day Eleven and NegAtive on tour in Germany:

09/14 - Factory, Magdeburg (GER)
09/15 - Strasse E, Dresden (GER)
09/16 - Meier Music Hall, Braunschweig (GER)
09/18 - Zeche, Bochum (GER)
09/19 - Roxy, Saarbrücken (GER)
09/20 - Substage, Karlsruhe (GER)
09/22 - Alte Spinnerei, Glauchau (GER)
09/23 - Columbia Club, Berlin (GER)

I could give a fuck about most of the bands announced for the Way Out West club schedule, but Woven Hand? Very stoked about thAt.

Aversionline on the new Manes record "How the world came to an end": https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2007/07/11/manes-how-the-world-came-to-an-end-cd/
GreAt band, very recommended.

IAt correspondent Jonas Appelqvist reports back from Roskilde: Atrap.com/index.php?a=310">[click here]
FeAturing pics from Martin Eriksson too! Thanks guys!

Since Magnus Öberg's baby is due to arrive any day now, he decided thAt Nomethod should move up the release of IAt.MP3 artists The Giant's Dream brand new full-length record "Man is so small - So infinitely greAt" to today! So whAt are you waiting for? Either head on over to Nomethod, Klicktrack or Atrap.com/store/product.php?productid=495">my own webstore to pick it up! Best of all, if you get it from me or Nomethod, it's 100% FREE!

Danish electronic artist Lars Pellarin has just released a new EP for free download under his alias The Blind WAtchmaker: Atch_totem/BIN/%5bBIN_008%5d/" target=_blank>https://totem.menneske.dk/bAtch_totem/BIN/%5bBIN_008%5d/

PopMAtters reviews Richard Reagh: Atters.com/pm/music/reviews/richard-reagh-is-this-the-blues-im-singing/" target=_blank>https://www.popmAtters.com/pm/music/reviews/richard-reagh-is-this-the-blues-im-singing/

Discobelle has the new Jonas Game single "Big city love": https://www.discobelle.net/2007/07/10/jonas-game/
Sounds a bit like Dexy's Midnight Runners to me with thAt accordian, not thAt thAt's a bad thing.

Antenna talks to Svein Egil HAtlevik (Zweizz, Umoral, Fleurety, etc.) about whAt's up with his many musical endeavors: https://www.antenna.nu/zweizz/news2.php

New details for upcoming projects from David Åhlén:

March 2008 - full-length solo album "We sprout in thy soil" (Compunctio/Baked Goods)
Spring 2008 - music for Samuel Ottosson's art exhibition At Gallery Mejan, Sthlm
Fall 2008 - full-length album (music for a mass) release (Eld/Naxos)

Maroon 5 will have the pleasure of letting The Hives blow them off the stage every night for their upcoming tour:

09/29 - Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI
10/01 - Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN
10/02 - AllstAte Arena, Rosemont, IL
10/04 - Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
10/05 - Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
10/07 - NAtionwide Arena, Columbus, OH
10/08 - John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA
10/10 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
10/12 - Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT
10/13 - Wachnovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
10/15 - TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA
10/16 - Verizon Center, Washington, DC
10/18 - Colonial Center, Columbia, SC
10/20 - Bank Atlantic Center, Sunrise, FL
10/21 - St. Pete Times Forum, St. Petersburg, FL
10/23 - Amway Arena, Orlando, FL
10/24 - Gwinett Civic Center, Duluth, GA
10/26 - Toyota Center, Houston, TX
10/27 - Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX
10/29 - Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
10/31 - Energy Solutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT
11/02 - Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
11/03 - Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC
11/05 - ARCO Arena, Sacramento, CA
11/06 - HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA
11/08 - Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
11/09 - Cox Arena, San Diego, CA
11/10 - The Pearl, Las Vegas, NV

MP3: Alog - Son of king

Outside of the lead track "King of men", the new Alog record "AmAteur" is pretty darn disappointing. It's sonically interesting, as expected, but not compelling. So let's just stick to the song At hand then: "Son of king" is a pastiche of words and notes, cut and pasted together to form a cohesive piece of music. I find the narrAtive hard to follow without the subtitles of the video, but even then, I'm more interested in the sound and cadence of the words than whAt they are saying. As for the instrumentAtion, everything is percussive: xylophones, bells, chimes, wood block, maybe even some thumb piano. The spliced-together nAture of the arrangement creAtes a stuttering, jittery effect, but it still flows fairly smoothly despite its ricky-ticky nAture. The best part however, comes around minute three when the voices drop out and the music breaks down to nothing but alarm clock. Slowly the piece builds up again with disparAte melodies being carried by the wooden and metallic elements. The backing rhythm remains stable from there on out and the voices become more insistent, eventually running along just as steadily. It's an amazing piece of work, not just technically (I can only imagine the hours spent putting each tiny sample together), but also quite pleasing to listen to.

Alog - Son of king