Jaga Jazzist trumpet player mathias Eick has a new album out on revered German jazz label ECm called "The door", his very first as a band leader. Read more: m/news.php" target="_blank">https://www.jagajazzist.com/news.php

pHinnWeb has some details on the new Pan Sonic DVD "Kuvaputki": m/2008/05/pan-sonic-kuvaputki-dvd.html" target="_blank">https://phinnweb.blogspot.com/2008/05/pan-sonic-kuvaputki-dvd.html

Swedish duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums at Paper Thin Walls: m/singlefile/item?id=1482" target="_blank">https://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=1482

The new album "Humanizer" from Swedish bitpop/techno act Thermostatic will be released on may 30 via Wonderland Records. Pre-order info and other details here: mostatic.se/templates/shop.asp?id=11" target="_blank">https://www.thermostatic.se/templates/shop.asp?id=11

Norwegian label Checkpoint Charlie Audio Productions has posted some tentative details for their 2008 release schedule: myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=61441543&blogID=390231543" target="_blank">https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=61441543&blogID=390231543

Indie Rock Reviews interviews Danish act Shout Wellington Air Force: m/documents/Shout%20Wellington%20Air%20Force%20indierockreviews1.htm" target="_blank">https://www.indierockreviews.com/documents/Shout%20Wellington%20Air%20Force%20indierockreviews1.htm

Gothtronic reviews the new Zeigeist album "The Jade motel": m/?page=23&reviews=4884" target="_blank">https://www.gothtronic.com/?page=23&reviews=4884

Discobelle has new music from Sophie Rimheden's new sideproject Alela & DJ Fi: https://www.discobelle.net/2008/05/04/alela-dj-fi/
Also at Discobelle, the Licky remix of Biker Boy's may single: may-song-licky-remix/" target="_blank">https://www.discobelle.net/2008/05/03/biker-boy-may-song-licky-remix/

Danish techno act Printer has posted their new video for "You need to" on YouTube: m/watch?v=Slz_WwuW3m4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slz_WwuW3m4
Buy Printer CDs m/store/search.php?mode=search&by_title=Y&by_shortdescr=Y&by_fulldescr=Y&substring=printer">right here.

The Bombettes have announced that Jenka Nilsson has been added to the band as new guitarist, so expect them to start playing shows again soon starting with a local gig at Verket in Umeå on may 24. In other news, their excellent "What's cooking good looking?" 7" will be repressed on red vinyl with a new 4-track 7" to follow soon as well.

Swedish electropop act Alice In Videoland have signed with German label Prussia Records who will be releasing their most recent album "She's a machine" throughout Europe on June 20. Expect European tourdates to be announced soon as well.

marit Bergman's nice new single "Straight into my lovers arms" is now streaming at myspace: myspace.com/maritbergman" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/maritbergman
Subscribers can download the track from the lounge section of maritbergman.net/" target="_blank">her website or you can also purchase it from iTunes, et al. Also, let it be known that new marit Bergman subscribers joining up this month are eligible to win a drawing for a new m/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/w890i" target="_blank">Sony Ericsson Walkman Phone, pre-filled with marit's music.

Aversionline reviews the Lighthouse Project/Satura Lanx split "Come to accept": m/blahg/2008/05/05/lighthouse-projectsatura-lanx-come-to-accept-split-7/" target="_blank">https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/05/05/lighthouse-projectsatura-lanx-come-to-accept-split-7/

Here is the m/group/itsatrap" target="_blank">It's a Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 tracks of the week:

01. Coldplay - Violet Hill
02. The Radio Dept. - Freddie and the trojan horse
03. Håkan Hellström - för en lång lång tid
04. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
05. Lykke Li - Little Bit
06. m83 - Kim & Jessie
07. Håkan Hellström - Sång I Buss På Villovägar 2007
08. Håkan Hellström - För sent för Edelweiss
09. Håkan Hellström - Tro Och Tvivel
10. markus Krunegård - Jag Är En Vampyr

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MP3: Namur - Draw us near

The best religious music is ostensibly about struggle. Not just the struggle between good and evil/heaven and hell, but the struggle of faith. Remember, the name Israel (as given to Jacob) literally means "to wrestle with angels" or, to extrapolate further, to wrestle with God or even to wrestle with the idea of God itself. The music of Namur possesses a yearning quality that exemplifies this, the struggle to put faith into song, to cleave to God in a meaningful way. There's no hokey sentimentalism, rather there is honest feeling and emotion. You'd never know it from the sound of most contemporary music">"worship music", but faith is not necessarily an easy thing. Heartfelt platitudes, however well-intentioned, don't do it justice. When faith is challenged and those challenges overcome, only then can be considered strong. Namur is sacred music, but not in the way you might expect, but in a way that I find eminently satisfying. It's glorious, but it is not so easily accessible. The title itself, "Draw us near", suggests an absence or a distance to be traversed. By burying his vocals deep in the mix, David Åhlén further muddles the contention of the subject matter. We struggle to do good, to be closer to God, but it is not easy. Or, to flip the biblical decree that "God made us in His image" on its head, perhaps we struggle to be more like God ourselves (if this is the case, may your God be benevolent and kind as opposed to angry and full of wrath). Essentially, an insurmountable task; a job that will never be truly finished. I hear this music as a way of reaching out and it moves me, even though we don't share the same faith. It's Namur's passion that is most important and, on this track, that passion is unmistakable.

Namur - Draw us near