Look for The Breeze The Breath's new single "The false message" to be released to Swedish radio next week with an online stream to follow soon thereafter.

Swedish indie act Loving Chokes will return to Germany for a few dates next week:

03/23 - Kulturhof, Lübbenau
03/25 - magnet Club, Berlin
03/26 - Gladhouse, Cottbus
03/27 - Pilles Kulturrampe, Krefeld
03/28 - JUZ, Leer
03/29 - Pogo Club, Belzig

Rumraket, the label run by the people in Efterklang, have announced the signing of Our Broken Garden, the solo project of Efterklang live member Anna Bronsted. Her debut EP will be out in April with an international release via another band-run label, Bella Union (Cocteau Twins). A full-length will follow in fall. Samples at myspace: myspace.com/ourbrokengarden" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/ourbrokengarden

Check out the video for the new Kleerup + Titiyo single "Longing for lullabies": m/watch?v=luIBrGyFNq0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luIBrGyFNq0

If Society has a brand new mp3 from Echo Is Your Love posted for free download: m/files/Echo%20Is%20Your%20Love%20-%2001%20-%20Lion%20Tamer%20vs.%20Tigers.mp3" target="_blank">https://www.ifsociety.com/files/Echo%20Is%20Your%20Love%20-%2001%20-%20Lion%20Tamer%20vs.%20Tigers.mp3
Said song is the title track of the band's forthcoming EP "Lion tamer vs tigers", due out on April 23. As mentioned m/index.php?date=2008-02-13#21397">last month, the EP will contain three new tracks plus a rerecording of an old song and a remix by labelmates Boys of Scandinavia.

MP3: Frivolvol - Out come the knives

Frivolvol's last album "Frivolous vol 2: The false security program" was good, but it was bit too busy and convoluted for my tastes. I appreciate the technical prowess it takes to create that sort of stuff, but I've never been a fan of the whole riff-salad approach that so many mathy hardcore bands use. No thank you, Dillinger Escape Plan. However, Frivolvol's new album "Who needs maps when we got time" remedies that completely by making things far less rhythmically complex. They still play totally discordant, fucked-up hardcore, but it's way more powerful when you don't have to wrap your head around so many tempo changes. Also, as someone who considers Die Kreuzen's self-titled debut one of the finest (and fiercest) hardcore records ever, I love the screechy double-tracked vocals and general aura of all-out misanthropic weirdness. Seriously, I don't think I've seen lyrics this dark and pissed in a long time:

From the ruins of my heart / From the ache of my skull
From the fire of my love / From the hate of this art
From the pain what's there without a reason / From the shame of being left out
From the obstacles laid in front of me / Out come the knives

And that's not even the bottom; witness the self-loathing of "Take it from the beginning" (m/music/Frivolvol/Who+Needs+maps+When+We+Got+Time" target="_blank">download here) as well. A life of no salvation or hope? Is it really only one big mistake? In a world with so much mediocre music fighting for my attention, I really appreciate something so unhinged and fearsome. It's definitely not for everyone, but it is definitely art.

Frivolvol - Out come the knives

Pitchfork does the guest list thing with Danish act Slaraffenland: media.com/article/feature/44518-guest-list-slaraffenland" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/44518-guest-list-slaraffenland

Download a 3-track promo EP from Göteborg-based indie act The Brine: m/" target="_blank">https://www.harboursea.com/
The band's new full-length record "Story vs plot" will be out in April via Harbour/Sea.

Nightwish vocalist Anette Olzon will be performing a duet on the new The Rasmus album "Black roses".

The Animation are letting fans vote on which song will be their next single: mation.se/vote.htm" target="_blank">https://www.theanimation.se/vote.htm

Suicide Records (Dia Psalma, The Open Up And Bleeds) will release the new album "The black machine" from Swedish thrash act Somber on April 25. Hear samples at myspace: myspace.com/somber" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/somber

maia Hirasawa and Säkert! (aka Annika Norlin/Hello Saferide) will be heading back to Japan in April:

04/16 - HmV Shibuya, Tokyo
04/17 - Unagidani Sunsui, Osaka
04/18 - Blue Blues, Okayama
04/19 - Cafe Teco, Fukuoka

Check out Swedish pop artist maia Hirasawa covering "The worrying kind" by The Ark on Swedish TV as part of melodifestivalen: m/watch?v=f5RjkrOWpUs" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5RjkrOWpUs
A new edition of her excellent album "Though, I'm just me" will be issued by Razzia Records with a studio version of the song included as a bonus track.

Swedish electro act Lo-Fi-Fnk will play the Camden Crawl Festival in mid-April.

Check out an edit of fan footage from the current Kaizers Orchestra tour for the song "9mm": mg.no/kaizers/" target="_blank">https://www.sonybmg.no/kaizers/