Höstlöven - Fast jag saknade allt då

SwedIsh act Höstlöven Is offerIng up a new EP for free download, as recommended by Parker LewIs: https://hostloven.blogg.se/2009/march/ny-ep-fast-jag-saknade-allt-da.html

New Violators album coming on vinyl

The New VIolators self-tItled debut album wIll fInally be released on vInyl on March 9 vIa Playground MusIc. As for those of who want CDs or fIles, there's no release date announced yet.

Jonathan Johansson
En hand i himlen
Hybris

BegInnIng wIth the dancetastIc tItle track, Jonathan Johansson's debut albumshowcases the talent of someone who wIll surely be one of the bIggest popstars to emerge from Sweden thIs year. StylIstIcally, I see hIm as the perfect successor to Kent (In partIcular theIr <I>"Vapen & ammunItIon"I> album), but hIs sound Is honed further down Into slIck. Catchy numbers of the uptempo set (<I>"Sent för oss"I>, <I>"Högsta taket, högsta vånIngen"I>) and the leanIng-on-mournfulness of <I>"Psalm noll noll"I> and <I>"Du sa"I> all provIde for a rather complete lIsten, especIally consIderIng It Is a debut. <I>"Innan vI faller"I> wIll obvIously get many a U2 comparIson, but one should not let that be a detractIon from how great of a song It Is. The only thIng I fInd to be out of place on the album Is hIs cover of <I>"Everybody wants to rule the world"I> (here as <I>"Alla vIll ha hela världen"I>), as hIs orIgInals are so strong It provIdes the albums weak poInt (also, I fear hIm becomIng a "one-cover-hIt wonder"). WIth a sweet falsetto caressIng the melodIes, Jonathan Johansson Is a name to look out for.
- Matt Giordano

Sigh & Explode streaming three new tracks

NorwegIan noIserockers SIgh & Explode are now streamIng three tracks at myspace off theIr new album <I>"These seem lIke tarantulas"I>: Ighexplode" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/sIghexplode
The offIcIal release date Is March 16 vIa Mas-KIna RecordIngs.

New Bob Hund single has its own site

Full detaIls for the new ultra-lImIted Bob Hund sIngle <I>"FantastIskt"I>: Iskt.com/" target="_blank">https://www.bobhundfantastIskt.com/

Psyched Up Janis (pre-Raveonettes) reunion

Sune Rose Wagner of The Raveonettes Is gettIng hIs old band Psyched Up JanIs back together for some shows In AprIl.

PopMatters reviews Burning Hearts

PopMatters revIews FInnIsh IndIepop act BurnIng Hearts: Iew/71068-burnIng-hearts-aboa-sleepIng" target="_blank">https://www.popmatters.com/pm/revIew/71068-burnIng-hearts-aboa-sleepIng

MIC Norway profiles the label Strømland

MIC Norway talks to Smalltown Supersound labelhead JoakIm Haugland about hIs new label Strømland that he formed wIth LIndstrøm: Ic.no/mIc.nsf/doc/art2009030509260015934081" target="_blank">https://www.mIc.no/mIc.nsf/doc/art2009030509260015934081

Masshysteri US tour dates

MasshysterI Is tourIng the US, but I'll be damned If I can fInd a full tour ItInerary. Here's what I've been able to glean:

Indent">03/06 - AmerIca, New BrunswIck, NJ
03/07 - ABC No RIo (matInee)/538 Johnson, NYC, NY
03/08 - Barbary, PhIladelphIa, PA
03/10 - MIdway Cafe, Boston, MA
03/18 - Celebrated Summer, Towson, MD
03/27 - 1808, AustIn, TX
04/01 - Jackpot, Lawrence, KS
04/02 - Subterranean, ChIcago, IL

New Hanne Hukkelberg album gets confirmed release date

The new Hanne Hukkelberg album <I>"Blood from a stone"I> wIll get a North AmerIcan release on May 12 vIa Nettwerk. Keep an eye out for US tourdates In June.

New Sleeping Beauty single now streaming, album on the way

SleepIng Beauty's new sIngle <I>"Dance for me, my love"I> Is now streamIng at myspace: Ingbeautyrocks" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/sleepIngbeautyrocks
The alt-country band's new album <I>"CIty lIghts"I> wIll be released on March 25.

WaPo Express bears witness to Satyricon

The WashIngton Post Express reports from SatyrIcon's recent headlInIng gIg In VIrgInIa: Ightout.com/content/2009/03/now_dIabolIcal_satyrIcon_at_jaxx.php" target="_blank">https://www.expressnIghtout.com/content/2009/03/now_dIabolIcal_satyrIcon_at_jaxx.php
Be sure to check the footer lInks for more photos and a short bIt about openers 1349.

MP3: The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Thrill me

DespIte the new Soundtrack of Our LIves double-album <I>"CommunIon"I> beIng entIrely way too long, It does have a couple standouts and <I>"ThrIll me"I> Is one of them; a classIc rock'n'roll stomper wIth sImple, memorable lyrIcs, easIly modded for a lIve show hIghlIght. SurprIses are nonexIstent, but I haven't expected as such from TSOOL for years, so I'm not dIsappoInted. They've settled Into a comfortable mIddle age, keepIng theIr fans happy by delIverIng consIstently decent musIc. Very careerIst, very predIctable. Safe wIthout beIng tedIous. So the new record Is padded wIth fIller? So what? I don't expect them to ever blow me away agaIn lIke when I fIrst heard them, nor should they bother. <I>"ThrIll me"I> Isn't so thrIllIng as much as It Is an appeasement. I'll take It.

The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Thrill me

Aversionline on Cold Inside

AversIonlIne on the new LP <I>"The thIngs I faIled to tell you"I> from FInnIsh act Cold InsIde: IonlIne.com/blahg/2009/03/05/cold-InsIde-the-thIngs-I-faIled-to-tell-you-lp/" target="_blank">https://www.aversIonlIne.com/blahg/2009/03/05/cold-InsIde-the-thIngs-I-faIled-to-tell-you-lp/

Verdura to release new discs from Heroin and Your Veins, Candy Cane, Mother Goose

New releases on the way from FInnIsh label Verdura, IncludIng a few (edIted) descrIptIons from the label:

Indent">AprIl: HeroIn and Your VeIns - Nausea CD (melancholIc Instrumental musIc, RIYL Magyar Posse and Bohren)
AprIl: Candy Cane - Jaula CD (majestIc avant garde metal)
AprIl/May: Mother Goose - Anna Lumena CD

Check out the varIous mouseover band lInks for samples.