Årabrot and The Skull Defekts both rank on The Quietus' top 50 albums of 2011 list: m/articles/07520-quietus-albums-of-the-year-2011" target="_blank">https://thequietus.com/articles/07520-quietus-albums-of-the-year-2011
Swedish pop act Korallreven is #6 on Gorilla vs Bear's top albums of 2011 list: ms-of-2011/" target="_blank">https://www.gorillavsbear.net/2011/12/05/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2011/
Iberia = Alexander Palmestål from Pool/Pistol Disco + maja mathe milner of makthaverskan. Nice!
Advent Sunday mixtape #2 is now up and the artist behind this week's edition is Rigas: m/default.asp?newsid=332" target="_blank">https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=332
SvarttjernAs much as there seems to be a singing of praises for Oslo's true kvlt black metallers Svarttjern's second album, I'm not enamored by it in the slightest. The production is, without question, a hefty lesson in annihilation-by-metal, but it's completely wasted when the music it's enhancing is nondescript in the big black metal picture. There's nothing exciting here at all; not even the obligatory mid-paced-into-fast-paced-into-mid-paced mid-album track (in this case "I Am the path part II") that normally elicits a "Let's fucking slay!" reaction works here. The riffs are just way too... crap. I'm sorry to have to use the word, but boring just doesn't cut it at this moment in time. Neither Kerry King's long-and-pointy nailband nor Watain's applied-as-if-it-were-just-thrown-on-but-really-it's-contrived-as-fuck corpsepaint can make up for the fact that Svarttjern are a very average black metal band. I've just noticed that there are a lot of hyphens in this review. Fuck, that's how bored I am listening to this album -- I'm actually counting hyphens. I'm -- actually -- counting -- hyphens. We're up to 29 now. Time to fire up "Sworn to the dark" and wash this muck outta my earholes.
- John Norby
Casablanca, the new m/n/32983-melody-club-sahara-hotnights-casablanca">Swedish supergroup featuring members from Sahara Hotnights and melody Club, have confirmed that their debut full-length "Apocalyptic youth" will be out on march 16, 2012 with the new single "Love and desperation" preceding it on January 20.
Swedish highlights from Gaffa SE's top 30 albums of 2011:
3. mattias Alkberg - Anarkist (Teg Publishing/)
4. Anna Järvinen - Anna själv tredje (/)
5. Skriet - Det Beslutande Organet (/)
8. Invasionen - Saker som jag sagt till natten (/)
12. Graveyard - Hisingen Blues (/)
14. Deportees - Islands & Shores (/)
16. I Break Horses - Hearts (/)
18. The Field - Looping State of mind (/)
20. Syket - With Love (/)
21. Jonathan Johansson - Klagomuren (/)
28. movits! - Ut ur min skalle (/)
29. Det Vackra Livet - Det Vackra Livet (/)
30. Ison & Fille - För evigt (/)
See the full list: https://gaffa.se/artikel/55303 (in Swedish)
When your bassist is also billed as "drone commander", I'm pretty much sold from the get-go. continues to champion acts that occupy the peculiar space of "drone jazz" -- see also Huntsville or the likewise excellent V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble whose 2010 album "Lover man" was a serious sleeper hit -- and Splashgirl is yet another exemplary example of the genre. Unlike the stereotypical notion of jazz being focused on the individual virtuoso or even the lock-step ensemble arrangements of a big band, this is music that is primarily obsessed with mood and feeling. Dynamics, texture and space are key. more and more I'm finding this to be my go-to music when I can't decide what else to listen to as it's always perfect.
Check out motoboy covering an old Ultravox tune and a little mozart for the Swedish TV program "På Spåret": motoboy.se/my-version-of-vienna/" target="_blank">https://motoboy.se/my-version-of-vienna/
Rock'n'roll, dogs, boardgames... the only thing missing from this video clip is beer. Once again, use promo code ITSATRAP when purchasing what looks to be the season's best new boardgame.
Norwegian artist moddi is taking a break for awhile, but he's left us with one last new track for the time being.
Ja Ja Ja interviews Lars of Okkultokrati/Problems about his (excellent) record label , the Oslo scene, Black Flag and more: music.com/index.php/2011/12/best-nordic-record-labels-2-ormeyngel-no/" target="_blank">https://www.jajajamusic.com/index.php/2011/12/best-nordic-record-labels-2-ormeyngel-no/
A new tune from Loops of Your Heart, the new solo project of Axel Willner from The Field. The album "And never ending nights" comes out January 30 via .
Gaffa DK's top 10 Danish albums of 2011:
01. Hymns From Nineveh - Hymns From Nineveh ( / )
02. Larsen And Furious Jane - Dolly ()
03. malk De Koijn - Toback From The Fromtime ( / )
04. Iceage - New Brigade ( / )
05. The Raveonettes - Raven In The Grave ()
06. mikael Simpson - Noget Laant, Noget Blaat ()
07. Suspekt - Elektra ( / )
08. michael møller - A month Of Unrequited Love (self-released)
09. L.O.C. - Libertiner ()
10. Thulebasen - Gate 5 ( / / )
Read more: https://gaffa.dk/artikel/55220 (in Danish)