Ulver will release their new album "Shadows of the sun" on October 1.

Tomas Öberg of Bob Hund will make an appearance on the new Hives record alongside names such as Pharrell Williams and Jacknife Lee. A releasedate has been set for October 8.

Aversionline covers two new releases from Finnish label Full House Records, The Heartburns and Flippin' Beans: m/blahg/2007/07/12/the-heartburns-and-flippin-beans/" target=_blank>https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2007/07/12/the-heartburns-and-flippin-beans/

There's a new Tar... Feathers track up on the Release the Bats myspace page: myspace.com/releasethebatsrecords" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/releasethebatsrecords
It comes from the forthcoming "Rumours travel fast" 7".

MP3: Mob - Wait for me

mob frontman morten Haaber strikes me as the kind of person that could do nothing except music or some other artistic endeavor. I can hear it in the anguish of his voice and the intensity of his performance. I've known plenty of people like that and they don't function well in an office environment. The rest of the band steps up as well, matching morten all the way with equal fury. In a live setting, I bet they obliterate the stage. It reminds me of seeing emo bands back in the early/mid-90s (before emo became such a bad word) get completely unhinged, falling over themselves and losing themselves in their art. It takes something special to pull it off without seeming contrived and I think mob manages to capture some of that in their recording. Please note that I use 'emo' only as a point of reference for the power of their performance, not as a musical analogy. This is epic noiserock, far more in line with the likes of Aerial, Sonic Youth or maybe mono. There are echoes of Portraits of Past or Heroin, but it's more in feeling than in sound.

Mob - Wait for me

MP3: Moving Oos - Never let you down

I don't know about where you are, but it's gonna be mighty hot here today in Olympia. Yesterday peaked at 94°F/35°C and today's supposed to be worse. These are the times when I miss working in an office, specifically one with AC. Today's soundtrack: feel-good rock'n'roll; whatever it takes to get my mind off the heat. Norway's moving Oos feature members from hype act New Violators, but instead of mining the 80s for inspiration, they go back to the late 60s/early 70s. I was immediately reminded of The Black Crowes when I first heard them, mostly due to similarities between vocalist Frankie Castello and Chris Robinson. Naturally, as fellow classic rock acts, they draw upon the same influences, though I'd say moving Oos are more boogie-woogie/r&b than straight up blues-rock. It certainly helps that they give backing ladies Norma Lee and Lynn Gordon (the namesake Oos) such prominence as I think that's the most important ingredient to elevate them over bar-rock status. It's not original, but that hardly matters. I listen to quality rock to make me feel good, not to stimulate deep thought. Not that I can think much with this heat, but that's kind of the point.

Moving Oos - Never let you down

Don't forget that the brand new full-length album "man is so small - So infinitely great" from IAT.mP3 artists The Giant's Dream is now available as a free download from either method.se/" target=_blank>Nomethod or m/store/product.php?productid=495">my very own webshop. And for those of you who want to give something back, it's also up at m/shop/release.jsp?r=37134&cp=76" target=_blank>Klicktrack for super cheap.

The Alpine reports that production is well under way for the recording of their sophomore album: https://www.thealpine.de/ver2/news/news.php

Danish act Green Pitch was the Guardian's 'New Band of the Day' on July 3: music.guardian.co.uk/newbands/story/0,,2117566,00.html" target=_blank>https://music.guardian.co.uk/newbands/story/0,,2117566,00.html

The latest music Export Finland newsletter is now online: musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=137" target=_blank>https://musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=137

Via If Society comes word that there's been a whole bunch of classic Finnish indierock from the early 90s posted on YouTube. Read more m/news.php#n117" target=_blank>here and m/profile?user=forssto" target=_blank>go check it out!

Finnish acts Day Eleven and Negative on tour in Germany:

09/14 - Factory, magdeburg (GER)
09/15 - Strasse E, Dresden (GER)
09/16 - meier music Hall, Braunschweig (GER)
09/18 - Zeche, Bochum (GER)
09/19 - Roxy, Saarbrücken (GER)
09/20 - Substage, Karlsruhe (GER)
09/22 - Alte Spinnerei, Glauchau (GER)
09/23 - Columbia Club, Berlin (GER)

Paper Thin Walls has tracks from Bjørn Torske and Junior Senior today: m/" target=_blank>https://www.paperthinwalls.com/

Fluxblog has another track from Norwegian act Sissy Wish: ml" target=_blank>https://www.fluxblog.org/2007/07/this-walking-sleep.html

I could give a fuck about most of the bands announced for the m/2007/07/11/klubbprogrammet-pa-way-out-west-tar-form/" target=_blank>Way Out West club schedule, but Woven Hand? Very stoked about that.