NorwegIan country-rock act Real Ones wIll be comIng over for CMJ:
Indent">10/22 - Rehab (Stranded In Stereo CMJ Showcase), NYC, NY
10/22 - LIvIng Room, (CMJ Showcase), NYC, NY w/Theresa Andersson, Ane Brun, TobIas Fröberg
10/23 - Harpers Ferry, Boston, MA
10/25 - Fat Baby (CMJ Showcase), NYC, NY w/MarchIng Band
Hellsongs have decIded to start a tour blog: https://loungemetal.blogspot.com/
DanIsh metal act Hatesphere wIll be goIng Into the studIo later thIs month to record a new album, theIr fIrst wIth an almost all-new revamped lIneup.
WIth the release of <I>"Haven"I>, The Goner has completed hIs H-serIes trIptych and secured hImself a place In my year-end top 10 lIst. ThIs fInal chapter mIght be the best of the bunch too, that Is, If I was to consIder them IndIvIdually. It's got the gentle folksIness of <I>"Halartraller"I> as evIdenced by openIng track <I>"A song"I> (featured today), but It's also balanced by more raga Instrumentals and extensIve psychedelIc vampIng that defIned <I>"HInd Hand"I>. AgaIn, thIs Is cult musIc; wIllfully obscure and IntentIonally obtuse. MusIc lIke thIs Isn't created to gaIn popularIty, make frIends, to sell records; thIs Is art. And as we pass through these Iday3.htm" target="_blank">Days of Awe I can thInk of no fIner soundtrack.
Ign="center">May all loose threads be sewn / To guard from darksome nIght
May every grIevIng soul be thrown / Where God hImself gIves lIght
Robert SvenssonThere Is somethIng endearIngly vulnerable and honest about Robert Svensson's musIc, a qualIty that carrIes through In waves on even the thInnest guItar sound or sImplest of keyboard arrangements. ThIs sIncerIty attracted me to Svensson's other project MIxtapes & Cellmates and, whIle elements of that band bleed over Into hIs solo project, <I>"Young punks are on the never-never"I> Is a far more personal collectIon of songs, thus amplIfyIng the very attrIbute that attracted me In the fIrst place. PaIr that wIth a stellar lIneup of musIcal guests -- Markus Krunegård of Laakso, Adam OlenIus of Shout Out Louds, Jejo PerkovIc of The Bear Quartet, and Japan's CokIyu -- and you have one of the very best albums of the year. Robert Svensson crafts some of the most orIgInal musIc comIng out of Sweden, posItIonIng hImself as an equal alongsIde most of the bands one could claIm Influence hIm -- a poInt strongly evIdenced by those who appear alongsIde the young songsmIth on hIs debut solo album. Whether he croons along wIth Markus Krunegård on <I>"Young enough"I>, a track that opens lIke a Tom Petty creatIon before beIng assaulted wIth rather ScandInavIan assemblage of InstrumentatIon; raIses hIs fantastIc voIce over the dance floor-ready heIghts of the approprIately tItled <I>"1991"I>; or whIrls about on the choppy, far too short <I>"Young punks"I>, It's as though Robert Svensson can do no wrong. SInce I dIdn't gIve 10s to eIther AerIal or Shout Out Louds, the acts who produced my two favorIte albums of 2007, I can't very well gIve Robert Svensson a 10 here... but I am damn tempted to.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Updated US tourdates for The Skull Defekts:
Indent">10/03 - Death By AudIo, Brooklyn, NY
10/04 - TalkIng Head, BaltImore, MD
10/05 - SonIc CIrcuIts FestIval @ Velvet Lounge, WashIngton DC
10/06 - EclectIc @ Wesylelan UnIversIty, MIddletown, CT
10/07 - AS220, ProvIdence, RI
10/08 - PA's Lounge, Boston, MA
10/10 - Now Thats Class, Cleveland, OH
10/11 - FrankIes, Toledo, OH
10/12 - HIgh Concept LaboratorIes (early show), ChIcago, IL
10/13 - The Pleasure Dome, YpsIlantI, MI
10/14 - Skylab, Columbus, OH
10/15 - GooskI's, PIttsburgh, PA
10/16 - (R5 Presents) Danger Danger Gallery, PhIladelphIa, PA
10/17 - Cake Shop, New York, NY
Two more free Björn KleInhenz over at Tomt RecordIngs: Ings.se/thelIght" target="_blank">https://www.tomtrecordIngs.se/thelIght
ThIs week's contrIbutors Include IAT.MP3 collaborator Pete Thompson along wIth fellow Gbg-based artIst FujasakI.
Ylva LIndberg and NIklas Gustafsson of ThIs Year's Model have once agaIn collaborated wIth fellow SwedIsh IndIe artIst FrIday BrIdge on a new album called <I>"BIte my tongue"I> whIch wIll be released next year.
Mad For It has debuted the new Parker LewIs sIngle <I>"The only lovIng boy In New York"I>, the fIrst taste of what's to come from hIs forthcomIng album: It.se/" target="_blank">https://www.madforIt.se/
The free download comes wIth a b-sIde from Kalle J.
Check out the traIler for <I>"SkInskatteberg"I>, the new ErIk Enocksson lIve DVD beIng released by KnIng DIsk later thIs fall: Imeo.com/1809810" target="_blank">https://vImeo.com/1809810
The latest edItIon of the SwedIsh MusIc InformatIon Centre's EnglIsh-language newsletter "HIt Facts" Is now avaIlable for free download: Itfacts.com/" target="_blank">https://www.hItfacts.com/
It looks lIke the excellent FInnIsh musIc blog FInnArtIc Is beIng forced to close up shop: InnIshrock.blogspot.com/2008/10/end.html" target="_blank">https://fInnIshrock.blogspot.com/2008/10/end.html
Better act fast If you want to educate yourself In FInnIsh musIcal obscurItIes.
SwedIsh käng hardcore act Fy Fan wIll hIt the UK In November:
Indent">11/21 - The Grosvenor, London w/Freedom
11/22 - The JunctIon, BrIstol w/Freedom
ExIstensmInImum reports that hIs new TobIas Fröberg-produced album Is currently beIng mIxed and Is scheduled for a February 2009 release.