Halifax Collect reviews Deathbed
Halifax Collect reviews the new album "Birds of a coming storm" from finnish metal/hardcore act Deathbed: https://halifaxcollect.blogspot.com/2010/09/deathbed-birds-of-coming-storm.html
Halifax Collect reviews the new album "Birds of a coming storm" from finnish metal/hardcore act Deathbed: https://halifaxcollect.blogspot.com/2010/09/deathbed-birds-of-coming-storm.html
Norwegian label will be releasing a new 7" from finnish doom act Shape of Despair at the end of October. Preview/ordering info at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/solarfallrecordsnorway
Pitchfork reviews Röyksopp's new instrumental album "Senior": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14624-senior/
Also covered today, finnish techno artist/Luomo alter-ego Sistol: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14633-on-the-bright-side/
has signed finnish act Le Futur Pompiste and will be releasing an album from them in November. Preview the track "Five hundred heartbeats" at the label's website: https://www.shelflife.com/
Norrland crust/metal/prog act Moloken, a 2009 favorite, are touring Scandinavia later this month and one of the bands they're playing a string of dates with is finnish act Radar. Generally speaking, I'm not too crazy about their style of post-metal, but the new EP they recently sent me has a pretty cool 3D cover and the included glasses allowed me to properly view Robyn's video for "Don't fucking tell me what to do", so that's gotta be worth something -- hence this post. It's kind of weird, in the space of a month of so I got a whole bunch of new music in a similar vein and, again -- while not being a huge fan of this stuff, was pleasantly surprised to find it all to be of above-average quality. I already covered Kausal who might just be the best of the lot, but Radar are pretty decent too despite one major piccadillo: I don't care if you want to sing cleanly or scream harshly, but please don't try to do both. 99% of the time it sucks and Radar are no exception. Individually, they do fine with each style... when performed together, it's way corny. That's why I'm posting a track with purely melodic vocals for fellow discerning listeners -- you get the heaviness and the glory and none of the distracting bullshit. RIYL Khoma!
Oh, and those Moloken tourdates:
09/15 - L'Orient, Linköping (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/16 - Sugar Bar, Stockholm (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/17 - Ungdomens Hus, Uppsala (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/18 - Ungdomens Hus, Oskarshamn (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/19 - tba, Karlskrona (SWE) w/This Gift is a Curse
09/23 - Nuclear Nightclub, Oulu (FIN) w/Radar
09/24 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FIN) w/Radar
09/25 - S-Osis, Turku (FIN) w/Radar
09/26 - Kuudes Linja, Helsinki (FIN) w/Radar
09/29 - tba (NOR) w/Manhattan Skyline
09/30 - tba (NOR) w/Manhattan Skyline
10/01 - Garage, Oslo (NOR) w/Manhattan Skyline
10/02 - Fru Lundgreen, Trondheim (NOR) w/Manhattan Skyline
Radar - Where others were honest (I'm a lie)
finnish duo Villa Nah will be supporting OMD on tour in the UK:
10/29 - Brighton Dome, Brighton
10/31 - Bristol Colston Hall, Bristol
11/01 - Nottingham Royal Centre, Nottingham
11/02 - Glasgow Concert Hall, Glasgow
11/04 - Liverpool Arena, Liverpool
11/05 - Ipswich Regent, Ipswich
11/07 - London Hammersmith Odeon, London
11/08 - Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Check out finnish act On Volcano performing a brand new song live for finnish radio: https://areena.yle.fi/video/1224300
Care for some humppa alt-rock? Look for finnish act FM2000 to release their new album "Opium grilli" on September 29 via . Hear a sample tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RZeRtulnpo
finnish indie act Delay Trees have confirmed that their self-titled debut album will finally be released on September 29 and have also posted a brand new track for free download called "About brothers": https://www.delaytrees.com/
has launched a new US-based offshoot label called with a focus on "alt-pop and experimental electronic music with a major-key bent." Their debut release will be an EP from finnish duo Shine 2009 called "Associates" with an album to follow in 2011. Samples and more info: https://www.cascine.us/
There's a new track from finnish punkrockers Wasted streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/wastedfinland
The band's new EP "Modern world is dead" will be released on September 15.
Pitchfork reviews the new record "Ullakkopalo" from finnish freak-folk act Kemialliset Ystävät: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14593-ullakkopalo/
finnish hardcore act Lighthouse Project report that they have signed with and they will be releasing the CD version of their new album "Atonement" in October; and will be doing the vinyl. Hear a couple samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/lighthouseproject
Lambgoat reports that finnish metal acts Finntroll, Ensiferum, Rotten Sound and Barren Earth will be touring North America together in early 2011: https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=14982
finnish artist Astrid Swan will be touring Germany next month:
09/11 - Übel & Gefährlich, Hamburg
09/12 - Studio 672, Köln
09/13 - Brotfabrik, Frankfurt
09/14 - Societätstheater, Dresden
09/15 - Musikzentrale, Nürnberg
09/16 - KFZ, Marburg
09/17 - Atomic Cafe, Munich
09/18 - Kleine Schanze, Berne
09/19 - Manufaktur, Schorndorf
09/20 - Chelsea, Vienna
09/21 - ppc, Graz
09/22 - Weekender Club, Innsbruck
09/24 - Klangerüst, Erfurt