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Quit Your Dayjob has officially wrapped up production on their new album "Tools for fools", due out for release in September via Bad Taste Records. The record featured collaborations with fellow Swedes The Sounds as well as NY-based rapper R.A. The Rugged man.

Fri, Jul 20th, 2007 00:00:00

Swedish pop-punk act Loving Chokes on tour in Germany:

10/19 - Alte Pauline, Detmold
10/20 - Amp, münster
10/24 - Gladhouse, Cottbus
10/25 - tba, Oschatz
10/26 - Riesa Efau, Dresden
10/27 - tba, Berlin

Listen to samples here: myspace.com/lovingchokes" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/lovingchokes

Fri, Jul 20th, 2007 00:00:00

Taken By Trees, the solo project of ex-Concrete Victoria Bergsman, will see her album "Open field" released in the US on September 11 via Beggars Group.

Fri, Jul 20th, 2007 00:00:00

Interview: Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna)

Fri, Jul 20th, 2007 00:00:00

MP3: Front and the Factory Lies Beneath - Under a black sun

Instead of the usual Friday post today, I'm continuing on with the week's theme of up-and-coming bands. In the late 90s I spent a lot of time seeking out bands that followed in the wake of Radiohead. That's how Kent was first introduced to me (via the US English-language release of "Isola"). Radiohead moved on, but plenty of others did not and there are still tons of acts mining "The bends" and/or "OK computer" for inspiration. Denmark has a good track record for producing quality acts in this vein, Kashmir being a prominent example, and now you can add Front and the Factory Lies Beneath to the list. No one can quite match Thom Yorke's inventive vocal phrasing, but FatFLB frontman Andreas Bjørn madsen can sure hit those aching highs. Sure, it's a touch derivative, but like I said: Radiohead won't make another album like "The bends" so it's wide open for someone else to fill their old niche. I love that sound and am always happy to hear someone new who can pull it off so well.
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Front and the Factory Lies Beneath - Under a black sun

Fri, Jul 20th, 2007 00:00:00

MP3: Hypertext - Orphan boots

Norway's Hypertext is far more typical of the sort of band I usually go for. The band name is instantly forgettable, but it is fitting as the "hyper" prefix is an apt descriptor. A great majority of the Norwegian bands I hear seem to pride technical skill and pristine recording quality over energy and feeling so I'm doubly impressed that these guys seem so willing to cut loose. After a minute and a half of tightly-wound noisepop, the band veers off into a completely different direction, switching up the meter, adding layers of distortion and echo and kicking out the mf'n jams. They demonstrate good restraint though - they let it build to a satisfying conclusion without getting overly self-indulgent. That makes for far better repeat listens.
Unlike many of the artists I'm focusing on this week, Hypertext does have an album out that they've released themselves. Listen to more here: myspace.cm/hypertextband" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.cm/hypertextband

Hypertext - Orphan boots

Thu, Jul 19th, 2007 00:00:00

Killing the Legacy on brutal Finnish hardcore act Cutdown: m/2007/07/always-intact.html" target=_blank>https://killingthelegacy.blogspot.com/2007/07/always-intact.html

Thu, Jul 19th, 2007 00:00:00

Eardrums profiles up-and-coming Norwegian artist Silje Nes: msmusic.com/2007/07/19/silje-nes/" target=_blank>https://eardrumsmusic.com/2007/07/19/silje-nes/

Thu, Jul 19th, 2007 00:00:00

Check out The Colour Black, an all-analog improv duo featuring Johan Gustavsson (Scraps of Tape, Tsukimono) and Henrik G Grevesmühl (Repoman, 8 Days of Nothing): myspace.com/thecolourblackblackblack" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/thecolourblackblackblack

Thu, Jul 19th, 2007 00:00:00

Paper Thin Walls on mysterious Danish act Kirsten Ketsjer the Rock Band: m/singlefile/item?id=913" target=_blank>https://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=913

Thu, Jul 19th, 2007 00:00:00

Jeppe "Senior" Laursen of Junior Senior does the iPod shuffle think for The Onion: m/content/feature/random_rules_jeppe_laursen_of" target=_blank>https://www.avclub.com/content/feature/random_rules_jeppe_laursen_of

Thu, Jul 19th, 2007 00:00:00

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lasse Stefanz - Vagabond
02. Per Gessle - En händig man
03. Eva Dahlgren - En blekt blondins ballader
04. The Ark - Prayer for the weekend
05. markoolio - Värsta Plattan
06. Cajsastina Åkerström - Visor från förr & nu
07. Ted Gärdestad - För kärlekens skull - Det bästa med
08. Oh Laura - A song inside my head, a demon in my bed
09. Sonja Aldén - Till dig
10. magnus Carlsson - Live forever - The album
11. Sarah Dawn Finer - A finer dawn
12. maia Hirasawa - Though, i'm just me
14. Sahara Hotnights - What if leaving is a loving thing
15. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
16. måns Zelmerlöw - Stand by for...
17. miss Li - God put a rainbow in the sky
18. Dana Dragomir - Älskade svenska visor
19. Cornelis Vreeswijk - CV - Det bästa med cornelis vreeswijk
20. Povel Ramel - De bästa av povels mångsidor