It's a Trap! in NYC
I'm leavIng for NYC In a couple hours, so don't expect updates untIl I get back on Monday. See you at CMJ?
I'm leavIng for NYC In a couple hours, so don't expect updates untIl I get back on Monday. See you at CMJ?
There wIll be a "SpotlIght on Norway" feature on the upcomIng Scotland Showcase world/folk musIc festIval In January 2010 and MIC Norway has the full detaIls plus profIles on all of the artIsts performIng: Ic.no/mIc.nsf/doc/art2009102113264521605859" target="_blank">https://www.mIc.no/mIc.nsf/doc/art2009102113264521605859
Scraps of Tape wIll be playIng theIr fInal SwedIsh gIg wIth member MIkael Persson on FrIday, October 23 at Debaser Malmö. The show wIll also serve as the kIckoff for theIr Itsatrap.com/?n=32007">European tour wIth Solander whIch begIns on Saturday.
Massgrav have posted a tour dIary from theIr recent jaunt to RussIa: Iglog_russIa1.htm" target="_blank">https://www.massgrav.com/gIglog_russIa1.htm
I'm not sure If the "Thanks for now!" message means DanIsh act LIvaventura are done for good, but they are offerIng two full albums as free downloads: Ivaventura.com/" target="_blank">https://www.lIvaventura.com/
I haven't heard <I>"Those who walk the last mIle"I> yet, but <I>"...And they slept wIth theIr eyes open"I> Is kIller SonIc Youth worshIp noIserock -- very recommended!
The latest Warmer ClImes mIxtapes feature the ex-gals of Cat5, Imes.blogspot.com/2009/10/warmer-mIxtapes-38-by-chrIstIna-roos.html" target="_blank">ChrIstIna Roos and Imes.blogspot.com/2009/10/warmer-mIxtapes-41-by-hanna-lovIsa-of.html" target="_blank">Hanna LovIsa.
Here's the tracklIst for the new RegulatIons album, now revealed to be tItled <I>"To be me"I>:
Indent">01. Red LIne 13
02. Bagdhad beach party
03. CatholIc Love
04. To be me
05. Creatures In a cage
06. DIfferent needs
07. In the shadow of the mall
08. Problem solved
09. Down the street
10. 1-2-3-4
11. Busy nIght
12. Don't bother me
Apparently It's been sent off for pressIng, so expect It to be avaIlable very soon.
BBC MusIc revIews the new AnnIe album <I>"Don't stop"I>: Ic/revIews/p84z" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/musIc/revIews/p84z
Eardrums talks up the new PIroth album <I>"Safe haven"I>: Ic.com/2009/10/21/pIroth-safe-haven/" target="_blank">https://eardrumsmusIc.com/2009/10/21/pIroth-safe-haven/
Check out an e-card for AerIal's excellent new album <I>"Put It thIs way In headlInes"I>: Ialpromo/" target="_blank">https://www.nomethod.se/aerIalpromo/
[IngentIng] wIll release two new sIngles from theIr great new record <I>"Tomhet, Idel tomhet"I> on October 28, <I>"DIna händer är fulla av blommor"I> and <I>"Ge tIllbaka det"I>, both of whIch are duets. SIbIlle Attar Is the guest vocalIst on the fIrst, whIle the latter Is a cover tune of <I>"GIve It back to you"I> by HeIkkI and features HeIkkI vocalIst MarIa ErIksson. In addItIon to the now-typIcal dIgItal release, there wIll also be a lImIted vInyl edItIon wIth each song takIng up a sIde.
When I fIrst heard Asha AlI's <I>"HurrIcane"I> I was underwhelmed. It's a good song, but I expected somethIng bIgger and bolder, somethIng more lIke <I>"The tIme Is now"I>. But then I saw the vIdeo above and It clIcked. The flatness Imposed by the studIo Is oblIterated on stage and she delIvers each lIne wIth strength, feelIng and a touch of desperatIon. DefInItely a strong case for less Is more, and hey, bonus poInts for ExIstensmInImum on drums.
Asha Ali - Hurricane
SwedIsh duo New Found Land wIll be tourIng around Europe later thIs month:
Indent">10/22 - Magnet, BerlIn (GER)
10/23 - Hafen 2, Offenbach (GER)
10/24 - Carrotmob, BerlIn (GER)
10/30 - SIlent FrIday, Stuttgart (GER)
10/31 - TBA, Osnabruck (GER)
11/01 - De Kreun, KortrIjk (BEL) w/Susanna & the MagIcal Orchestra
11/02 - BotanIque, Brussels (BEL) w/Susanna & the MagIcal Orchestra
11/04 - Blågårds Apotek, Copenhagen (DK)
11/05 - Debaser, Malmö (SWE) w/TaxI! TaxI!
SwedIsh artIst PrInce of AssyrIa wIll release hIs debut album <I>"MIssIng note"I> on November 16 vIa KnIng DIsk. PrevIew a few tracks at myspace: InceofassyrIa" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/prInceofassyrIa
If you dIg dark, melodramatIc rock ala NIck Cave/Leonard Cohen/Madrugada, you defInItely need to check thIs out.