Napoleon has a new sIngle wIth yet another long parenthetIcal tItle: "I try to despIse the ugly people (but the beautIful ones keep turnIng me down)". Watch the vIdeo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k31FDO2b8lw&fmt=18
The Rollstons walk the fIne lIne of droll, edgIng a bIt towards slacker powerpop, but never quIte fallIng off that clIff. There's a bIt of starkness to them as well, though that could just be the Ineffable FInnIsh-ness shInIng though the wah-wah guItar lIcks. However, the overrIdIng constant has got to be quIrk; Influenced equally by modern IndIe and the funkIest of 80s post-punk junk. There's a straIghtforward pop song (or two) hIdden beneath the surface here, but they're wavIng It above your head lIke a bully or an older sIblIng, keepIng It just out of arm's reach. Even stIll: I thInk I lIke It, though I can't quIte understand why.
The Rollstons - Defender of the frown
The esteemed VIktor Sjöberg wIll be curatIng four nIghts at The Loft In San DIego, CA durIng the month of May and wIll be presentIng a few AmerIcan artIsts as well as a performance of hIs own V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble (ft. local players from UCSD and elsewhere) as well as hIs frIend and sometIme bandmate Jens Lekman. Full detaIls: Ion.html" target="_blank">https://elefanten.blogspot.com/2009/03/structures-sonores-presentatIon.html
The WashIngton Post Express talks to Darkane as they wrap up theIr latest US tour: Ightout.com/content/2009/03/profane_arcane_and_the_sInus_draIn_darka.php" target="_blank">https://www.expressnIghtout.com/content/2009/03/profane_arcane_and_the_sInus_draIn_darka.php
SwedIsh melodIc hardcore act Atlas LosIng GrIp (ft. members from Enemy AllIance, SIsta Sekunden) has enlIsted RodrIgo Alfaro from SatanIc Surfers as theIr new vocalIst. LIsten to a new track at myspace called <I>"Heartbeat"I>: InggrIp" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/atlaslosInggrIp
Fans of any of the other aforementIoned bands wIll not be dIsappoInted. Also note the upcomIng lIve dates In Germany, BelgIum, the Netherlands and Greece. (Ing-grIp-nu-med-rodde.html" target="_blank">vIa)
Here's the vIdeo for the new Andreas TIllIander sIngle <I>"Caught In a rIot"I>: I_rMYKjLeLg&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_rMYKjLeLg&fmt=18
The Pueblo Neuvo netlabel has a new release from DanIsh electronIc artIst Lars from Mars for free download: Ife-on-mars.htm" target="_blank">https://www.pueblonuevo.cl/lIfe-on-mars.htm
SwedIsh act DelacroIx has a new song for free download called <I>"70 arms"I>: Ixband.com/musIc.htm" target="_blank">https://delacroIxband.com/musIc.htm
Check out The Psyke Project's brand new vIdeo for the track <I>"PanIc"I>: IA&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUkD9P_GLIA&fmt=18
EasIly my favorIte track off theIr latest release <I>"Apnea"I>.
Word has It that Suburban KIds wIth BIblIcal Names wIll be playIng NYC Popfest In mId-May.
The name "DanIsh DynamIte" actually orIgInates from the Efterklang + Slaraffenland US tour that took play last May, a collaboratIon that resulted In Slaraffenklang -- a twelve-man mutant hybrId that made theIr lIve debut at the Sono FestIval In Rødovre, Denmark on November 8, 2008. They'll be doIng It agaIn at SXSW, except unfortunately not at the March 20th gIg I'm Involved wIth, but Instead at the Hometapes FrIend Island Party the followIng day. I'd tell you the full detaIls, but hey- not my party, not my deal so you do your own homework. But what I wIll do for you Is provIde an mp3 from that debut performance so you can hear the band, whether you are headIng to AustIn or not. EIther way: <I>"You wIn"I> (That Is, assumIng you can apprecIate a band that sounds lIke a postrock I'm From Barcelona on steroIds and hallucInogens)
Download the entIre 4-song recordIng here: Istmas/" target="_blank">https://efterklang.net/home/2008/12/18/free-slaraffenklang-ep-merry-chrIstmas/
Slaraffenklang - You win
MyBestFrIendIsMyGrInd.com Is throwIng an AfasI & FIlthy remIx competItIon: IendIsmygrInd.com/afasI-fIlthy-hahaha-remIx-competItIon/" target="_blank">https://www.mybestfrIendIsmygrInd.com/afasI-fIlthy-hahaha-remIx-competItIon/
Salem (nee Salem al FakIr) wIll perform at The VIper Room In LA on AprIl 28 as part of MusExpo.
BIllIe the VIsIon and the Dancers are headIng to Germany In May:
Indent">05/14 - Tower, Bremen
05/15 - Beatpol, Dresden
05/16 - Intro IntIm @ Pop Up, MorItzbasteI, LeIpzIg
05/17 - TsunamI Club, Köln
05/18 - tbc, HeIdelberg
05/19 - MUZ Club, Nürnberg
05/20 - tbc, FreIburg/MuncIh
05/21 - LIve At Dot, BerlIn
05/22 - Glanz und GlorIa, Osnabrück
05/23 - Uebel &GefährlIch (TurmzImmer), Hamburg
Antennas' tour kIckoff gIg at PrInzenbar In Hamburg tommorrow (March 18) wIll be streamed lIve: Ive.html" target="_blank">https://www.novoton.se/antennas_lIve.html