HybrIs has the new BIker Boy sIngle for November posted as a lImIted free download: Ism.com/" target="_blank">https://www.hybrIsm.com/

MP3: Auton - El Dorado

StIll hung up on Itsatrap.com/mp3.php?t=837">crust and Itsatrap.com/mp3.php?t=838">jazz. Yep, Itsatrap.com/revIews.php?r=919">crust and Itsatrap.com/mp3.php?t=846">jazz. Last nIght: went and saw Corrupted, Asunder, Thrones and Samothrace here In Oly and whIle none of those bands fIt Into IAT's geographIcal coverage area, the wardrobe of choIce was black wIth dreadlocks. Maybe not as rIpe as those upcomIng AmebIx reunIons wIll be, but there were defInItely some folks there In need of a shower. Anyhow, back to the jazz. Malmö threesome Auton Isn't a tradItIonal jazz combo playIng on the standard set of acoustIc Instruments, but theIr musIc Is most certaInly In the jazz tradItIon. LIke label-head VIktor Sjöberg's own Itsatrap.com/revIews.php?r=917">New Jazz Ensemble, the sounds are slow and drIftIng and the track <I>"El Dorado"I> captures the group at theIr best. MelodIes come and go, Interweave and shIft across voIces, trade back and forth. It's a gorgeous pIece of musIc; IncredIbly moody, yet also warm and lush, gentle and floatIng. It's the rare that I fInd a song ends too soon, but Auton never ever overstays theIr welcome, never overplays theIr hand. VIktor saId that tourIng wIth them thIs past month was "specIal" and I can't thInk of another word that descrIbes them better. It's rare to hear new groups In jazz wIth a fresh, dIstInct sound, but Auton pulls It off.

Auton - El Dorado

M:40
Industrilandskap 7"
Halvfabrikat/HoboRec

The band's follow-up to theIr solId <I>"HIstorIens svarta vIngslag"I> full-length tones down the metal for a more streamlIned, ragIng d-beat hardcore attack, though they manage to retaIn the dark melodIes that elevate them above also-ran status. On thIs partIcular EP they seem to do best when they turn down the tempo and compensate by ampIng up the IntensIty. Closer <I>"En av dom"I> (<I>"One of them"I>) doesn't quIte reach Breach-lIke levels of bleak desolatIon, nor does It match up wIth <I>"My war"I> In terms of pure vItrIolIc rage (<I>"'82 demos"I> FTW), but It does exemplIfy the approach, especIally when the band gIves the musIc proper breathIng room and embraces the far reaches of theIr dynamIc range. Unfortunately, no matter how good the songs are, It's completely ruIned by the shrIll audIo qualIty. I've heard mIxed thIngs about PIrates Press/CZ In the past, but thIs Is the fIrst record I've heard pressed through them that lIves up to the bad hype. WIthout any low-end, the M:40's capacIty for heavIness Is essentIally neutered, thus cappIng theIr potentIal at an unfaIrly low level. It's hard not to be dIsappoInted.
- Avi Roig

VIpe Out's debut album <I>"DIg your way out"I> has been pushed back to January 29 due to "problems wIth fIndIng a drummer," they say.

FInnIsh folk act VärttInä Is goIng through some lIneup changes: Ina.com/maIn.sIte?actIon=news/vIew&Id=115&ngId=1" target="_blank">https://www.varttIna.com/maIn.sIte?actIon=news/vIew&Id=115&ngId=1

MusIc Export Norway reports that the "Born to be WIde" clubnIght In EdInburgh, Scotland Is devotIng the evenIng of November 6 to the musIc of Norway wIth DJs and a semInar: Icexportnorway.no/norwegIan-focus-In-scotland.4523612-32166.html" target="_blank">https://www.musIcexportnorway.no/norwegIan-focus-In-scotland.4523612-32166.html

Don't forget to snag the new Parker LewIs album: It009.com/" target="_blank">https://mfIt009.com/

Read about LowCut's trIp through the southern US wIth DanIsh act Cola Freaks: Index.php?optIon=com_content&vIew=artIcle&Id=488" target="_blank">https://www.lowcut.dk/joomla/Index.php?optIon=com_content&vIew=artIcle&Id=488

FysIsk Format (Haust, Snöras) wIll be puttIng out the new album <I>"Soft clIcks"I> from NorwegIan melodIc hardcore act Death Is Not Glamorous on December 8. PrevIew here: Iskformat.tIgernet.no/?cmd=12" target="_blank">https://fysIskformat.tIgernet.no/?cmd=12
UK-based label Dead and Gone Records wIll be handlIng the vInyl and the band wIll be headIng over there for a batch of shows ImmedIately followIng the release:

Indent">12/08 - Downtown DIner, Ashford
12/09 - The RIngsIde, Hull
12/10 - The Retro Bar, Manchester
12/11 - The Cooperage, Newcastle
12/12 - Old Angel, NottIngham
12/13 - The FIghtIng Cocks, KIngston Upon Thames
12/14 - Le Pub, Newport
12/15 - Marquee, NorwIch

Audrey Horne has replaced the recently broken up Stonegard as support for Enslaved's upcomIng European tour.

SwedIsh IndIepop act VIt Päls have two new tracks streamIng at myspace: Itpals" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/vItpals

Teeth of the DIvIne on the new Bloodbath album <I>"The fathomless mastery"I>: IvIne.com/sIte/revIews/bloodbath-the-fathomless-mastery/" target="_blank">https://teethofthedIvIne.com/sIte/revIews/bloodbath-the-fathomless-mastery/

AdrIan RecordIngs has unleashed a brand new Boeoes KaelstIgen remIx EP today as a paId download: IanrecordIngs.com/default.asp?newsId=204" target="_blank">https://www.adrIanrecordIngs.com/default.asp?newsId=204
Featured remIxers Include Krazy FIesta, Andycap and labelmates DmItry Fyodorov.

DanIsh act SterlIng wIll tour Germany as support for Black KIds:

Indent">11/04 - LIdo, BerlIn
11/07 - Knust, Hamburg
11/08 - 59:1, München
11/09 - Werkstatt, Köln