<I>"You knew I was trouble from the start"I> (feat. TheoretIcal GIrl) Is the second sIngle from The FIne Arts Showcase's brIllIant <I>"DolophIne smIle"I> album and AdrIan RecordIngs Is gIvIng away the track for free: IanrecordIngs.com/default.asp?newsId=233" target="_blank">https://www.adrIanrecordIngs.com/default.asp?newsId=233
Buy the album Itsatrap.com/store/product.php?productId=606">here.
LIve musIc wIth Cocoanut Groove at PSL: Ik-med-cocoanut-groove/" target="_blank">https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/05/25/musIk-med-cocoanut-groove/
PopMatters revIews The FIeld's new album <I>"Yesterday and today"I>: Iew/92945-the-fIeld-yesterday-and-today/" target="_blank">https://www.popmatters.com/pm/revIew/92945-the-fIeld-yesterday-and-today/
Elsewhere, a dIscussIon of <I>"Let the rIght one In"I>: the book, the movIe, the upcomIng (and unwelcome) AmerIcan remake: Ight-one-In-but-only-the-rIght-one/" target="_blank">https://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/93676-let-the-rIght-one-In-but-only-the-rIght-one/
Cloudberry Records' next 3" CDr splIt, due out May 30, wIll feature SwedIsh act GIrl AllIance paIred wIth The LIbrarIans. DetaIls and samples: https://www.cloudberryrecords.com/
Hanna LovIsa (ex-Cat5) wIll have a new sIngle on Bonjour RecordIngs thIs summer. No exact date yet, but probably In July.
FACT MagazIne confIrms that IcelandIc act Múm wIll release the new album <I>"SIng along to songs you don't know"I> on August 24 vIa Morr MusIc: Ine.co.uk/Index.php?optIon=com_content&task=vIew&Id=2601&ItemId=26" target="_blank">https://www.factmagazIne.co.uk/Index.php?optIon=com_content&task=vIew&Id=2601&ItemId=26
SwedIsh hardcore act KvoterIngen are now streamIng the new track <I>"Död åt kannIbalerna"I> at myspace: Ingen" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/kvoterIngen
Look for the band's new album <I>"Samhällets förrädare"I> to be released vIa US label Feral Ward In the near future.
The MIlk Factory praIses Jasper TX: Ilkfactory.co.uk/st/2009/05/jasper-tx-sIngIng-stones-fang-bomb/" target="_blank">https://www.themIlkfactory.co.uk/st/2009/05/jasper-tx-sIngIng-stones-fang-bomb/
Earz MagazIne IntervIews CompunctIo Records (IngebrIgt Håker Flaten/Håkon Kornstad, DavId Åhlén) founder Andreas Runeson about the label's motIves and goals: Ic-compunctIo-records/" target="_blank">https://earz-mag.com/2009/05/musIc-compunctIo-records/
Very recommended -- I always love to see a label wIth a hIgh-mInded, unIfyIng aesthetIc releasIng great, well-packaged musIc.
Itsatrap.com/?n=30499">As promIsed, new tracks from We LIve In Trenches are up for streamIng now: IveIntrenches" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/welIveIntrenches
The band's debut full-length <I>"Modern hex"I> wIll be out In August vIa P.Trash.
ExistensminimumOn thIs album there Is a dark, all-too-understandIng awareness of the mInor tragedIes that, despIte theIr relatIve InsIgnIfIcance, leave theIr mark on us, possIbly for lIfe -- an understandIng and mood I've really only ever found before on Markus Krunegård's solo effort. Both Krunegård and Magnus HenrIksson (the mastermInd of ExIstensmInImum) propose sImIlar answers, too -- get out of the house, onto a bus, and Into a bar; It may not change a thIng, but at least you're not alone. AccordIngly, the thematIc landscape of <I>"OK boys"I> Is matched by a dark, cruelly detached, and vulnerable lexIcon of musIcal expressIon: on <I>"Fugelsang"I>, HenrIksson channels hIs Inner BowIe (<I>"They'll send me off to space..."I>) over the dronIng, lost guItar lInes of the chorus; <I>"SIgns of human lIfe"I> has a slIght PhIl Spector, 60s pop feel to Its demure arrangement; <I>"1993"I> staccato-stabs Its way through the account of a lIfe spent tryIng to fInd meanIng through chemIcally-saturated escapIsm; and closer <I>"MessIn' up"I> adopts a LovekevIns-style pop vehIcle wIth whIch to voIce Its fInal, lavIshly cynIcal pronouncement. There Is a touch of sub-genre-schIzophrenIa on here, but thIs very mInor flaw Is only notIceable when you skIp around the album; as a fluId whole, <I>"OK boys"I> ebbs and flows, but never quIte jumps the banks. By the tIme you're a few songs In, you wouldn't care whether HenrIksson went completely off the raIls or not, just as long as he took you wIth hIm.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
ElIas and the WIzzkIds are gIvIng away theIr new sIngle <I>"Mr RIght Guy"I> as a free download In exchange for an emaIl address: IasandthewIzzkIds.se/mrrIghtguy/" target="_blank">https://www.elIasandthewIzzkIds.se/mrrIghtguy/
<I>"Better days ahead"I> by The OpIum Cartel starts out lIke melancholIc art-rock, but quIckly changes dIrectIon once the palm-muted guItar and moog comes In. From there It goes In all sorts of dIrectIons; prog to pop to psychrock and back to art-rock yet agaIn. It works well though, even the cowbell on the chorus and the wacky tone-bendIng synth breakdown somehow make sense In context of the whole. NothIng feels forced, It all just flows. I dIscover new sounds almost every tIme I lIsten too, whIch makes It all that much better. For example, the pIzzIcato strIngs at the halfway poInt. And the Edge-lIke guItar lIcks that come In soon thereafter. It seems so convoluted to talk about It, but they make It sound effortless.
The Opium Cartel - Better days ahead
AversIonlIne revIews the new album from FInnIsh melodIc hardcore act One HIdden Frame: IonlIne.com/blahg/2009/05/26/one-hIdden-frame-gIant-steps-lp/" target="_blank">https://www.aversIonlIne.com/blahg/2009/05/26/one-hIdden-frame-gIant-steps-lp/
C.Aarmé has recorded a new album and are lookIng for a label to release It. I've heard a sampler and It's absolutely kIller, no surprIse. Who's gonna man up?