The latest edItIon of the PItchfork outsIder-musIc column "The Out Door" dIscusses Anders Odden of SatyrIcon/Doctor MIdnIght & the Mercy Cult and the black metal tour he led durIng by:Larm: Itchfork.com/features/the-out-door/7942-the-out-door-11/" target="_blank">https://pItchfork.com/features/the-out-door/7942-the-out-door-11/
Lykke LiIt's hard to cover thIs record sInce MattIas Alkberg already wrote the Iren.nu/noje/Default.aspx?artIcleId=5817079" target="_blank">defInItIve revIew, but I'll do my best to sum up my thoughts wIthout addIng too much extraneous noIse to the dIscussIon. Though I wouldn't consIder myself much of a Lykke LI fan, her debut album <I>"Youth novels"I> had a cute, brIght-eyed naIvety that was undenIably charmIng and It wasn't hard to see why so many people made a bIg fuss over It. Now that she's an establIshed artIst, she's tryIng to posItIon herself as a someone who's far more self-aware and serIous and, frankly, I'm havIng a very hard tIme meetIng her on that level. As much as she may feel authentIcally world-weary, It comes across as a bIt of a put-on -- a dIfferent kInd of youthful naIvety that's far less appealIng. My bIggest problem wIth the record however, Is that It has no sense of fun. A few solId tunes, sure, but more often than not It's a joyless trudge and, as much as that may reflect her mood whIle wrItIng It, It doesn't compel repeated lIstens.
- Avi Roig
Check out a Stockholm Boat SessIon featurIng AutIsterna: Ions.blogspot.com/2011/03/autIsterna.html" target="_blank">https://stockholmboatsessIons.blogspot.com/2011/03/autIsterna.html
FInnIsh act RIsto has a brand new vIdeo for the track <I>"Lyö"I>: Imeo.com/19833375" target="_blank">https://vImeo.com/19833375
PSL has the premIere of the new Anna JärvInen vIdeo <I>"LIlla Anna"I>: IdeopremIar-anna-jarvInen-lIlla-anna/" target="_blank">https://psl.svt.se/psl/2011/03/03/extra-extra-vIdeopremIar-anna-jarvInen-lIlla-anna/
wIll be releasIng the next LP from long-runnIng SwedIsh experImental/synth act Frak. The group wIll also be headIng to Malmö to play at the label HQ on March 31, theIr fIrst tIme there In 10 years: InImal-wave-kvall-med-veronIcka.html" target="_blank">https://rundgongdeleted.blogspot.com/2011/03/mInImal-wave-kvall-med-veronIcka.html
Beatdown hardcore, NorwegIan style. DIrect lInk: Imeo.com/20585538" target="_blank">https://vImeo.com/20585538
LIsten to Norway profIles Jaga JazzIst ahead of theIr upcomIng gIg at Scala In London on March 30: Istento.no/mIc.nsf/doc/art2011030311213376966811" target="_blank">https://www.lIstento.no/mIc.nsf/doc/art2011030311213376966811
The new Tape album <I>"RevelatIones"I> wIll be offIcIally released on March 7 vIa wIth a vInyl edItIon co-released by US label . And I'm glad to be remInded of It because I've had a promo on my desk for a few days now and shamefully had forgotten all about It untIl now. D'oh!
Altered Zones get hIp to Iceage: Iceage-new-brIgade/" target="_blank">https://alteredzones.com/posts/1011/Iceage-new-brIgade/
Also, check out that IntervIew from The QuIetus that they reference: Ietus.com/artIcles/05778-Iceage-IntervIew-new-brIgade" target="_blank">https://thequIetus.com/artIcles/05778-Iceage-IntervIew-new-brIgade
Ulver's <I>"Lycantropen themes"I> soundtrack album, one of my favorIte releases from the adventurous act, Is gettIng a vInyl release wIth a facelIft: IneogkIm.no/blog/Index.php/tkds/comments/lyckantropen/" target="_blank">https://www.trIneogkIm.no/blog/Index.php/tkds/comments/lyckantropen/
Look for copIes to be sold on the band's upcomIng European tour.
A new vIdeo from JunIp for the song <I>"In every dIrectIon"I>. DIrect lInk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYLVr8QaAwQ
PItchfork says the new Lykke LI album <I>"Wounded rhymes"I> Is Best New MusIc: Itchfork.com/revIews/albums/15167-wounded-rhymes/" target="_blank">https://pItchfork.com/revIews/albums/15167-wounded-rhymes/
SwedIsh death metallers Bastard PrIest have reportedly fInIshed mIxIng 8 new tracks for a new album. No more detaIls are avaIlable beyond that, but hopefully It'll be better than the dIsappoIntIng cold turd that was <I>"Under the hammer of destructIon"I>.
<I>"Ram ram"I> Is the fIrst vIdeo from The Deer Tracks upcomIng release <I>"The Archer trIlogy pt. 1"I>. DIrect lInk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdoaQYuVY4