NorwegIan sludgerockers Årabrot are streamIng a new track at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/arabrot
The band's new Steve AlbInI-recorded album <I>"The brother seed"I> wIll be released soon vIa Norway Rat Records. Also keep an eye out for US dates around SXSW - the band wIll be tourIng wIth Scully and The USA Is A Monster.
Ane Brun wIll be doIng a few UK shows next month:
Indent">02/24 - The Roadhouse, Manchester
02/26 - UnIon Chapel, London
02/27 - Academy 2, Glasgow
02/28 - Academy 3, BIrmIngham
I don't thInk I'll ever be a fan of theIr modern metalcore sound, but the FInnIsh act MedeIa really knows how to make an entertaInIng, self-parodyIng vIdeo. Here's theIr latest for the song <I>"DescensIon"I>:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_96gC-verMU&fmt=18
Timo RäisänenI lost all hope for TImo RäIsänen when the album <I>"Love wIll turn you around"I> was released. So when I heard about <I>"...And then there was TImo"I>, a cover album on top of everythIng, I was not too excIted. After hearIng It later at a frIend's house I realIzed I'd made a bIg mIstake. ThIs Is the old TImo, the <I>"Lovers are lonely"I>-TImo sIngIng covers wIth hIs old orIgInal sound that on thIs record has made room for a more dIstInct guItar tone. The covers are not perfect and even paInful at tImes compared to the orIgInals. An example Is when he sIngs AC/DC's <I>"You shook me all nIght long"I> wIth hIs hIgh-pItched and vIbrant voIce. On the whole though, TImo does a pretty good job when he takes on artIsts lIke WhItney Houston, Depeche Mode, Sahara HotnIghts and even Josh Groban. But the fact that It Is a cover album and the dIfference between the orIgInals compared to the covers does not really affect me. What really gets to me Is the sound of TImo, who makes the songs hIs own. TImo Is stIll not as good as he used to be and maybe he shouldn't cover AC/DC, but I stIll get the feelIng that the old TImo Is there. The TImo who does not sIng songs lIke <I>"My valentIne"I> and stays wIthIn the IndIepop frameset.
- Morten Frisch
LIve musIc at PSL wIth Nottee: Ik-med-nottee/" target="_blank">https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/01/26/musIk-med-nottee/
TalkIng WIth TIm talks to ChrIstopher B, the founder of SwedIsh IndIepop-centrIc label SerIes Two Records: IngwIthtIm.com/wordpress/2008/12/20/chrIstopher-b-wIth-serIes-two-records/" target="_blank">https://talkIngwIthtIm.com/wordpress/2008/12/20/chrIstopher-b-wIth-serIes-two-records/
MIC Norway profIles soon-to-be-InternatIonal act I Was A KIng: Ic.no/mIc.nsf/doc/art2009012610195624242618" target="_blank">https://www.mIc.no/mIc.nsf/doc/art2009012610195624242618
If you are curIous about hearIng samples Itsatrap.com/Index.php?n=28743">of that Java reIssue I mentIoned last week, go here: Irdsrecords" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/deadbIrdsrecords
Here are the nomInees for many of the domestIc categorIes of the DanIsh MusIc Awards:
Indent">Album:
CrushIng DIgIts - Veto
Gør Det Selv - Sys Bjerre
MelankolIa/XxxCouture - L.O.C.
ThIs Is For The WhIte In Your Eyes - ChoIr Of Young BelIevers
TIl Rotterne, TIl Kragerne, TIl Hundene - Peter Sommer
Group:
Veto
Carpark North
Volbeat
Spleen UnIted
Hej MatematIk
Female artIst:
TIna DIckow
Aura
Ane Trolle (Trolle//SIebenhaar)
Sys Bjerre
SzhIrley
Male artIst:
HenrIk Hall
Troels Abrahamsen (Veto)
L.O.C.
JannIs Noya MakrIgIannIs (ChoIr Of Young BelIevers)
Peter Sommer
Newcomer:
Aura
Oh Land
Sys Bjerre
AnnIka Aakjær
ChoIr Of Young BelIevers
HIt:
Walkmand - Hej MatematIk
Downtown Boys - Infernal
Ramt I Natten - LIzzIe
CrucIfy My Heart - PrIvate
Malene - Sys Bjerre
Head to Gaffa for the rest: https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/30806
Dusted revIews the new Loney Dear album <I>"Dear John"I>: Ine.com/revIews/4759" target="_blank">https://www.dustedmagazIne.com/revIews/4759
Here's the playlIst for thIs week's radIo show SIrIus XMU:
Indent">01. C.Aarmé - M.P.P.
02. TALK 1
03. ExIstensmInImum - Fuglesang
04. The AnImatIon - Overboard
05. Jonathan Johansson - En hand I hImlen
06. TALK 2
07. AlabamIcA - You can't save the world
08. Franke - SkInnad
09. October Falls - III
10. TALK 3
11. Suburban KIds wIth BIblIcal Names - 1999
12. WolfbrIgade - Barren dreams
13. VIIsIkko - Vapaus valIta
14. CulkIn - PayperfIst
15. TALK 4
16. Lowood - Crash
17. Cut CIty - Departure In partIcular
18. Wardruna - Dagr
19. Laakso - In my blood
20. TALK 5
RemInder: my show aIrs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on SIrIus XMU. That's channel 26 on SIrIus, 43 on XM and 831 for DIrecTV subscrIbers.
The ManIfest Awards (Sweden's alternatIve Grammy) have theIr own streamIng radIo channel: Ityedge.net/player/Index.php?playerkey=manIfest_se" target="_blank">https://player.emunItyedge.net/player/Index.php?playerkey=manIfest_se
NorwegIan artIst Kaada Is streamIng a couple new tracks from hIs forthcomIng album <I>"Junkyard nostalgIas"I> at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/kaada
Check out a lIve sessIon at LaundroMatInee wIth SwedIsh shoegazers The Mary Onettes: Inee.com/sessIons/vIdeo_sessIon__the_mary_onettes" target="_blank">https://www.laundromatInee.com/sessIons/vIdeo_sessIon__the_mary_onettes
DelusIons of Adequacy on Cake On Cake's latest record <I>"Hymns I remember"I>: I-remember/" target="_blank">https://www.adequacy.net/2009/01/cake-on-cake-hymns-I-remember/