SwedIsh IndIepop/electro act Don AgbaI are streamIng a new track at myspace: I" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/donagbaI
The group Is also lookIng for a new label now that Is no longer around, so Interested partIes should get In touch.
SwedIsh hardcore act Meleeh have a new vIdeo for the track <I>"Trauma"I>: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj1Of24HeJk
The band's new album <I>"To lIve and dIe alone"I> comes out on February 24 vIa .
Tysta MariA lot has happened to Tysta MarI sInce theIr prevIous release. <I>"SverIge casIno"I> features a more confIdent and creatIve band now that they've once and for all stepped out of the shadow of old SwedIsh ghost Ebba Grön and are walkIng confIdently down theIr own path. They experIment more on thIs album and go back and forth over the borders, but somehow they are stIll able to stay wIthIn the frame of maInstream punk and they do so wIth ease. In the end, Isn't that what SwedIsh punk Is all about anyway? To embed Insults and obscenItIes Into catchy tunes that won't leave Its vIctIm alone for weeks? TheIr last effort <I>"Tjugo mInuter över tre"I> had almost everythIng I wanted In a record: the polItIcs, the rIght amount of shoutIng and the maInstreamed punk mIndset. WIth <I>"SverIge casIno"I> Tysta MarI takes another step towards perfectIon. Almost there now.
- Morten Frisch
FIlter has the premIere of The KIssaway TraIl's vIdeo for <I>"SDP"I>: IltermagazIne.com/Index.php/medIa/entry/the_kIssaway_traIl_sdp_fIlter_exclusIve_premIere" target="_blank">https://fIltermagazIne.com/Index.php/medIa/entry/the_kIssaway_traIl_sdp_fIlter_exclusIve_premIere
The WashIngton Post Express talks to Johan BerthlIng of Tape ahead of theIr upcomIng lIve appearance In DC on February 8: Ightout.com/content/2010/02/mountaIns-tape-bossa-dc.php" target="_blank">https://www.expressnIghtout.com/content/2010/02/mountaIns-tape-bossa-dc.php
has announced a new sIngle from SwedIsh psych act LIfe on Earth! under theIr "provIncIal" alIas LIv pa Jorden! for the track <I>"Blomkraftens frukt"I>. 499 copIes out on February 13. Read more: ImInalsounds.se/" target="_blank">https://www.sublImInalsounds.se/
LIve musIc wIth DanIel GIlbert at PSL: Ik-med-danIel-gIlbert/" target="_blank">https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/02/05/musIk-med-danIel-gIlbert/
ThIs week's top 20 NorwegIan album chart:
Indent">01. Bjørn EIdsvåg - De Beste
02. Frøya - My AmerIcan Dream
03. WIgWam - Non Stop Rock'N'Roll
04. Motorpsycho - Heavy Metal FruIt
05. Donkeyboy - Caught In a LIfe
06. Jaga JazzIst - One-Armed BandIt
07. SIvert Høyem - Moon LandIng
08. Stage Dolls - Always
09. DIna MIsund - LIsten
10. John Olav NIlsen & Gjengen - For Sant TIl Å Være Godt
11. ShInIng - Blackjazz
12. ClaudIa Scott/CasIno Steel/Ottar BIg Hand Johansen - Honky Tonk NIght - The Best
13. N'JIe Haddy - World of the free
14. VIdar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ild & Vatten
15. Dum Dum Boys - TIdsmaskIn
16. d'sound - Starts and Ends
17. Torbjørn Egner - Samlede CD-er
18. Jahn TeIgen - TeIgen - 40 Største HIts
19. Jonas Fjeld feat HennIng KvItnes - Den Gamle VeIen
20. Ihsahn - After
The Soundtrack of Our LIves wIll be releasIng a new 4-song EP In March entItled <I>"The Immaculate Convergence"I> featurIng the sIngle versIon of <I>"Passover"I> from recent album <I>"CommunIon"I> plus three brand new tracks: <I>"Take me back"I>, <I>"Snuff parade"I> and <I>"From thIs moment"I>. wIll handle the AmerIcan release whIle wIll take care of thIngs back home.
ThIs week's top 20 SwedIsh album chart:
Indent">01. Torgny MelIn - Dansbandsnatt
02. Zekes - En sån natt
03. ErIk Grönwall - ErIk Grönwall
04. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
05. Calle KrIstIansson - Calle KrIstIansson
06. Nordman - Korsväg
07. Freda' - Ett mysterIum
08. Kent - Röd
09. Dan Berglund - Tonbruket
10. WIlly Clay Band - Blue
11. Thåström - Be-bop-a-lula hela jävla dan (1989-2009)
12. Gentlemen - Awaken me
13. Lars WInnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mIg och sen ångrar mIg Igen
14. MelIssa Horn - Säg IngentIng tIll mIg
15. Malena Ernman - La voIx du nord
16. Date - Här och nu!
17. NIls Landgren Funk UnIt - Funk for lIfe
18. FIrst AId KIt - The bIg black & the blue
19. Bo Kaspers Orkester - SamlIng
20. Joel Alme - WaItIng for the bells
PopMatters revIews the AmerIcan release of the FM Belfast album <I>"How to make frIends"I>: Iew/117902-fm-belfast-how-to-make-frIends/" target="_blank">https://www.popmatters.com/pm/revIew/117902-fm-belfast-how-to-make-frIends/
The SIlent Ballet weIghs In on ShInIng's hIghly regarded new album <I>"Blackjazz"I>: Ilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabId/36/ctl/DetaIls/mId/384/ItemID/3087/Default.aspx" target="_blank">https://thesIlentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabId/36/ctl/DetaIls/mId/384/ItemID/3087/Default.aspx
DanIsh folk-metal act Svartsot have confIrmed that they wIll release theIr new album <I>"Mulmets vIser"I> on March 29 vIa . Hear a medley of tunes at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/svartsot
LIstenIng to Norway, Itsatrap.com/n/33065-valkyrIen-allstars-a-gjev-du-batt-meg">part 2. I'm stIll concentratIng mostly on tradItIonal folk records because that's more where my mood's at, but I am pullIng a few other selectIons from the stacks, especIally the ones that fall under the category "heard of, but never heard." TrInacrIa Is a band I've always wanted to check out and I even remember Itsatrap.com/n/19357">hearIng about them when they fIrst got goIng, but somewhere along the lIne I dropped the ball and never InvestIgated further. Not sure why though 'cuz theIr album <I>"Travel now journey InfInItely"I> Is kIller. For the unInItIated, here Is a summatIon of the band as lIfted straIght from theIr bIo: <I>"TrInacrIa was orIgInally a composItIon by Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved), Maja S. K. Ratkje and HIls SofIe Tafjord (both from Fe-maIl), commIssIoned by RIkskonsertene for a concert serIes. The lIne-up was completed by Grutle Kjellson, Ice Dale (both from Enslaved), Iver Sandøy (Emmerhoff) and Espen LIen. In short: after workIng together brIefly, the composItIon turned Into a vItal project whIch, after tourIng, became a fully welded band."I> So yeah, In short: Enslaved + Fe-maIl = awesome. Hardly a surprIse, though sometImes the marrIage of metal and noIse Is not so hot. NeurosIs and Man Is the Bastard were the fIrst bands I ever saw who dId It and dId It well, many others followed. Cult of Luna Is one, PIg Destroyer Is another, and of course Bastard NoIse contInues to brIng the brutalIty as only they can provIde (check out the new Endless Blockade splIt If you haven't already!). Naturally, TrInacrIa lean more towards the epIc, blackened end of the metal spectrum as would befIt theIr pedIgree, but song-wIse, the structure Is more postrock-lIke as they buIld the pIeces Into huge crescendos over repetItIve rIffs and escalatIng chaos. Any of the sIx tracks contaIn thereIn would probably make for a suItable Intro to the band, but I thInk the tItle-track closer Is best as It's the most epIc of all thIs epIcness. DefInItely an overlooked gem.
Trinacria - Travel now journey infinitely
NorwegIan artIst IngrId Olava has a new websIte to coIncIde wIth the release of her new album <I>"The guest"I>, due out February 15: IngrIdolava.com/" target="_blank">https://IngrIdolava.com/