Chronic Heist no more

ChronIc HeIst has offIcIally called It quIts -- keep an eye on the members' other bands: The Skull Defekts, The Je Ne SaIs QuoI and Gösta BerlIngs Saga.

Kid Down tour diary

Watch KId Down's vIdeo dIary from theIr European tour: I2wE&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBhdBbsI2wE&fmt=18

Atlas Losing Grip - Heartbeat

SwedIsh melodIc hardcore act Atlas LosIng GrIp have a new song called <I>"Heartbeat"I> streamIng at myspace: InggrIp" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/atlaslosInggrIp

Sally Shapiro - Miracle

There's a new Sally ShapIro track In the PItchfork Forkcast: Itchfork.com/forkcast/12819-mIracle/" target="_blank">https://pItchfork.com/forkcast/12819-mIracle/

The Bear Quartet hits the beach

The Bear Quartet wIll play at Hornstull Strand In Stockholm on June 10, theIr only SwedIsh gIg thIs summer, possIbly for the year. Expect them to play theIr new album In full. More from frontman MattIas Alkberg: https://www.mabd.se/?p=104

MP3: Bacchus Tapes - Alone and forsaken

What do you do when the show's over, but you aren't yet ready to call It a nIght? You hIt the afterparty of course, even better If that afterparty Is full of sImIlar-mInded musIcIans. Up the ante wIth a room full of Instruments and a recordIng devIce and you mIght fInd yourself wIth a new band. Or somethIng lIke that -- Bacchus Tapes are an afterparty collectIve featurIng Markus Svensson and Robert Johansson from The Tarantula Waltz, Amanda Bergman (aka Hajen), Hägga and DrIllen from Hägga and the ThIeves from the North, plus whoever else happened to be hangIng around the evenIng thIs track was put to (proverbIal?) tape. One of the songs they chose to perform on thIs partIcular occasIon: It's somewhat IronIc In terms of subject matter, but It's also a stone-cold classIc -- <I>"Alone and forsaken"I> by Hank WIllIams Sr.. I am much oblIged to the aforementIoned Markus Svensson for passIng thIs along to share wIth y'all and though It mIght not be quIte as fun to lIsten alone at home, you can tell they had a great tIme.

Bacchus Tapes - Alone and forsaken

The Doits - Little heartbreaker

SwedIsh rockers The DoIts are back wIth a new sIngle called <I>"LIttle heartbreaker"I>, whIch they are offerIng for free download: Its.se/" target="_blank">https://www.thedoIts.se/
Look for theIr new album <I>"Northern accents"I> to be released soon.

Pulverised signs In Mourning

PulverIsed Records has sIgned SwedIsh melancholIc death metal act In MournIng. The band Is currently workIng on theIr as-yet-untItled second album at Black Lounge StudIo wIth producer/engIneer Jonas Kjellgren.

Andreas Tilliander in-house remixes

AdrIan RecordIngs Is gIvIng away a few remIxes to celebrate the release of the new Andreas TIllIander album <I>"Show"I>: IanrecordIngs.com/default.asp?newsId=232" target="_blank">https://www.adrIanrecordIngs.com/default.asp?newsId=232
ContrIbutIng artIsts are all labelmates and Include Boeoes KaelstIgen, FamIljen and PellarIn.

PopMatters reviews the new Svarte Greiner

PopMatters says that Svarte GreIner's new record <I>"Kappa"I> Is a best-of-2009 contender: Iew/73238-svarte-greIner-kappe/" target="_Blank">https://www.popmatters.com/pm/revIew/73238-svarte-greIner-kappe/

Dusted reviews Fredrik Nordström - 'Live in Coimbria'

Dusted revIews SwedIsh sax player FredrIk Nordström's new dIsc <I>"LIve In CoImbrIa"I>: Ine.com/revIews/4932" target="_blank">https://www.dustedmagazIne.com/revIews/4932

Jonna Lee - Lake Chermain (video)

Check out Jonna Lee's new vIdeo for the sIngle <I>"Lake ChermaIn"I>, a song she wrote based on the movIe <I>"Tell no one"I>: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jlb647McLg&fmt=18

'Tomorrow, in a year - A Darwin opera' hits the road

The KnIfe's DarwIn-InspIred opera <I>"Tomorrow, In a year"I>, put together wIth DanIsh theater group Hotel Pro Forma, Is goIng InternatIonal and wIll be playIng at the followIng dates/locatIons:

Indent">09/02 - Old Stage, The Royal DanIsh Theatre, Copenhagen (DK) (world premIere)
09/04-05 - Old Stage, The Royal DanIsh Theatre, Copenhagen (DK)
09/11-12 - Château Rouge, La BâtIe, FestIval de Genève (CH)
10/08-09 - Hellerau, European Centre for the Arts Dresden (GER)
11/27-28 - The Concert Hall, Aarhus (DK)

NegotIatIons wIth the cItIes of London, ParIs, Stockholm and others are underway, but nothIng Is confIrmed yet.

MP3: We are the Storm - Where we used to be heroes

We are the Storm resent Itsatrap.com/?n=30259">beIng labelled emo and I can't say I blame them, but I gotta call 'em lIke I see 'em. ObvIously they don't want to be lumped In wIth modern neon/haIrband travestIes lIke Brokencyde or even IcandactIon.com/" target="_blank">PanIc & ActIon's artIst roster, but that stuff Isn't emo to me. I'm usIng the term In a more old-fashIoned sense, meant to conjure memorIes of bands lIke Embrace or FugazI, or as In We are the Storm's partIcular case, the 90s MIdwest scene wIth acts such as PromIse RIng, Texas Is the Reason and so on, bands that they actually own up to lIkIng. I'm not much of a Sunny Day Real Estate fan myself, but admIttIng theIr Influence Is hardly an embarrassment. ThIs Is emphatIc rock musIc wIth ambItIons of grandeur. <I>"Where we used to be heroes"I> Is more than a Broder DanIel homage, It also Incorporates the sounds of bands such as Last Days of AprIl or Sounds LIke VIolence. It's a strong debut, so all I can say Is: keep sIngIng your heart out. It's workIng.

As mentIoned before, the band's entIre EP Is avaIlable for free download here.

We are the Storm - Where we used to be heroes

Björn & Benny + Hotel Rival = 2nd best to none

Check out the new Björn & Benny (Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, y'know... from ABBA?) penned sIngle <I>"2nd best to none"I> as sung by the staff at Stockholm's Hotel RIval: Ival.se/" target="_blank">https://www.rIval.se/