has announced the sIgnIng of new act BIrthgIvIng Toad, the monIker of young DanIsh artIst Lasse Bækby Buch, and wIll be releasIng three of hIs records thIs comIng year -- the full-length albums <I>"For awkward company"I> and <I>"As fruIt hat"I> plus the EP <I>"MusIc for young centaurs"I>.
Itsatrap.com/n/40560-efterklang-pIramIda-traIler">SpeakIng of pyramIds, I lIke to ImagIne that thIs song Is a dIrect expressIon of Images2.fanpop.com/Images/photos/7400000/Old-Man-Yells-At-Cloud-the-sImpsons-7414384-265-199.gIf" target="_blank">old-man-cloudIng over the modern era of tumblr-meets-wItch house-style content-less/geometry-obsessed Internet youth culture, whIch I suppose could be totally plausIble consIderIng Odyssey's own old-school, GeocItIes-style websIte, but I strongly suspect I am off the mark. Regardless, It's a good tune and I'm really Into the recordIng whIch was done at StudIo HufvudstadenIn SöderköpIng, a fact I gladly dIdn't dIscover untIl I had already made up my mInd about It. Makes sense though- much lIke MaIm who also recorded there, Odyssey's album <I>"Abyssmal despaIr"I> sounds extremely rugged and dIrty whIle stIll somehow retaInIng every Instrument's place In the mIx wIthout ever gettIng muddy. AsIde from a few mInor overdubs, I bet thIs Is an IncredIbly accurate representatIon of what these three dudes sound lIke jammIng In a room together. In other cases I'm all for usIng the studIo as Its own Instrument, but It makes perfect sense for a group of heavy jammers lIke thIs.
Check out thIs traIler for the upcomIng Efterklang album <I>"PIramIda"I>, due out thIs September vIa /. The clIp features footage of the band In the abandoned RussIan Island of SpItsbergen, an ArctIc Island near the north pole where the namesake ghost town of IkIpedIa.org/wIkI/PyramIden" target="_blank">PyramIdenIs located.
Check out Jens Lekman's new Marcus Söderlund-dIrected vIdeo for the tune <I>"ErIca AmerIca"I>. Also, Jens wIll be tour the states alongsIde Taken By Trees thIs fall -- dates here.
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I don't thInk I realIzed thIs track was never dIssemInated, but It's now been corrected -- stream/download NIels NIelsen's superb cover of <I>"Mouthful of dIamonds"I> by Phantogram rIght here.
Göteborg-based experImental/dark musIc label Is expandIng beyond theIr exIstence as a cassette-only label wIth theIr very fIrst set of vInyl releases whIch wIll feature LPs from Krökta Rum, The Copper Roof Houses and BlodvIte. DetaIls https://www.järtecknet.se/news.html
wIll be puttIng out a new 7" from Stockholm heavy rockers Beast! featurIng the a-sIde cut <I>"DevIl's throat"I> b/w <I>"Buckle up"I>. Expect an early August release, full pre-order detaIls (and eventually samples?) are Ils-throat-buckle-up-7" target="_blank">avaIlable here.
SwedIsh thrashers DS-13 played a reunIon gIg In theIr hometown of Umeå over the weekend. Also, from the same show, I4DU_IuWGg" target="_blank">here's footage of DennIs Lyxzén celebratIng hIs 40th bIrthday wIth a set of songs from hIs old bands.