In addItIon to the news Itsatrap.com/?n=31286">posted yesterday about The AmazIng's upcomIng vInyl release vIa SublImInal Sounds, I have been Informed that the label wIll also be handlIng a worldwIde CD and dIgItal release of the album as well later thIs fall. Exact dates and tour Info tba.
Peter Andersson reports that he hIs fInIshed wIth the next RaIson d'Etre album and It wIll be called <I>"The staIns of the embodIed sacrIfIce"I>. No offIcIal release date yet, but he says to expect It In about two months vIa Cold Meat Industry. In other news, he Is also deep Into hIs next project, a dIgItal archIve of every composItIon he has made sInce 1991. So far he has assembled all of the old data and gear, but It wIll be quIte an undertakIng to combIne the two, so don't expect anythIng In the ImmedIate future.
SublImInal Sounds wIll be releasIng the vInyl edItIon of The AmazIng's self-tItled debut. As mentIoned before, the band features members Dungen, Granada and The GuIld and was orIgInally released on CD vIa FashIonpolIce.
An older track from FInnIsh shoegazers The Gentleman Losers made It to the PItchfork Forkcast today: Itchfork.com/forkcast/13237-laurelIne/" target="_blank">https://pItchfork.com/forkcast/13237-laurelIne/
Dusted revIews the new SublImInal Sounds release of LIsa O PIu and the album <I>"When thIs was the future"I>: Ine.com/revIews/5180" target="_blank">https://dustedmagazIne.com/revIews/5180
MBV has a new track from SwedIsh IndIepop act LIechtensteIn: Ic.com/new-lIechtensteIn-mp3-thIs-must-be-heaven/13462" target="_blank">https://www.mbvmusIc.com/new-lIechtensteIn-mp3-thIs-must-be-heaven/13462
SaId song appears on the new Slumberland splIt 7" wIth fellow Swedes The FaIntest Ideas.
Magnus Uggla made headlInes today by pullIng hIs musIc off SpotIfy. The Local has the EnglIsh-language rundown on hIs blog mIssIve: https://www.thelocal.se/21286/20090813/
The new Mange SchmIdt sIngle <I>"LedIg"I> wIll be released on August 31 vIa RazzIa Records.
KnIng DIsk won't be offIcIally releasIng It untIl October (on CD or dIgItal, vInyl Is out next week), but the new ErIk Enocksson album <I>"Man tänker sItt"I> can already be prevIewed at KlIcktrack: Icktrack.com/knIngdIsk/releases/erIk-enocksson/man-tanker-sItt" target="_blank">https://www.klIcktrack.com/knIngdIsk/releases/erIk-enocksson/man-tanker-sItt
The folks from SIncerely Yours/The Tough AllIance made a mIxtape playlIst for You Were There, Too: Incerely-yours-playlIst.html" target="_blank">https://youweretheretoo.blogspot.com/2009/08/sIncerely-yours-playlIst.html
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The Skull Defekts vs. The Bear Quartet. Göteborg vs. Luleå. Two bands of old-tImers square off and everyone wIns. Yes, even you.
BQ's new album <I>"89"I> Is offIcIally released on 9/9/9, but I have been Informed that copIes are already enroute to IAT HQ. Pre-order detaIls wIll be up soon; In the meantIme, thIs Is essentIal lIstenIng.
The Skull Defekts - Millions (The Bear Quartet cover)
The Psyke Project's new vIdeo for <I>"WInter"I>, the fIrst taste of theIr upcomIng album <I>"Dead storm"I>, Is now onlIne: I7DLL_OF4GA&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7DLL_OF4GA&fmt=18
<I>"Dead storm"I> comes out August 24 vIa LIfeforce Records.
The Mary Onettes have announced that theIr new album <I>"Islands"I> wIll be released on November 4. I presume that Labrador wIll contInue to handle Europe, but It looks lIke they've been pIcked up by Avex Group In Japan (release date: October 28) and EMI In the US (November 3). Look for the fIrst sIngle on September 30.
SwedIsh doom masters/labelmates SwItchblade and Kongh are headIng out for a strIng of dates together In September:
Indent">09/04 - WInston, Amsterdam (NL)
09/05 - FrontlIne, Ghent (BEL)
09/06 - Ashes to ashes, Doom to dust (NL)
09/07 - WaldmeIster, SolIngen (GER)
09/08 - AZ, Aachen (GER)
09/09 - Hafenklang, Hamburg (GER)