Norwegian arena-hardcore act Kvelertak now has their own beer: m/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150385917190685&id=58323625684" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150385917190685&id=58323625684
Limited to 30 bottles, made of "honey and hate", 6.66% ABV and only available at the band's upcoming show in Vienna on December 3.
Tomorrow: so begins m/tag/top10s">our annual top 10 list bonanza. I could still squeeze in a few more contributors, so if you think you're deserving of a spot, please m/contact/">get in touch!
New from Kvalität, a clip from the very-excellent EL-SD. Also: note that the bassist is wearing a t-shirt from similarly quality act The Nature.
The new Agent Side Grinder video "Wolf hour" is now on YouTube and it is still awesome. Look for the band's new album "Hardware" to be released in February along with a full-length concert movie from the same session this was shot.
The Quietus visits I Break Horses at home in Stockholm: m/articles/07493-i-break-horses-interview-hearts" target="_blank">https://thequietus.com/articles/07493-i-break-horses-interview-hearts
The label is apparently back in effect and will be releasing the new album "Aikaintaite" from Finnish dark folk/metal act Syven on December 6. For more info and another preview track, go here: m/" target="_blank">https://www.vendlus.com/
Two new outtakes from The New Tigers, half of which are available for free download, the other half an instrumental.
It's hard to get excited since his last few releases have been pretty weak, but ex-Laakso frontman markus Krunegård will be releasing a new album on march 28. He will premiere his new single "Everybody hurts" at P3 Guld on January 21.
Vessel, the new solo project of Anders mathiasen from Danish act murder, will release his debut album "Enlettered species" on January 23.
is doing a number of vinyl pressings of back-catalogue releases, including the following:
Elephant9 - Live at the BBC (LP)
Scorch Trio w/mars Williams - made in Norway (2LP)
Fire! w/Jim O'Rourke - Released! (10" EP)
The Last Hurrah!! - The great gig in disguise (10" EP)
All are officially released on December 9.
The video for the new Agent Side Grinder single "Wolf hour", featuring guest vocals from like-minded Swedish synth artist Henric de la Cour, is now streaming at Gaffa: https://gaffa.se/tv/clip/996 You can also listen via Spotify: m/album/2aUInu31mA0aByDndvur55" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/album/2aUInu31mA0aByDndvur55
Ted malmros (Shout Out Louds) and Sarah Snavely (Dag för Dag), in addition to being married and having a baby together, have started a new band called A Nighthawk. They recently recorded five tracks with Peder mannerfelt aka Subliminal Kid called "Until I Faltered I Wasn’t Free" which will probably be out in early 2012.
has picked up Norwegian thrashers Nekromantheon in a kind of no-brainer deal. Look for their new album "Rise, Vulcan Spectre." to be released on January 13.
Dad Rocks!The talent present on Snævar Njáll Albertsson's debut full-length is undeniable. In the same creative neighborhood as the criminally underappreciated Alcoholic Faith mission, Albertsson, an Icelander now living in Denmark, crafts lush pop soundscapes awash with his cleverly worded, sharp observations of contemporary life. The album is a distinct pleasure, perhaps the best of its kind to come out this year, but as with every album that is deemed "clever," Albertsson's "mount modern" has the tendency to occasionally be too clever for its own good: the instrumentation occasionally feeling a little too cute, the rich arrangements leaving the shadowy side of the street in order to frolic in the sun, and the lyrics can, with repeated listening, lose some of their initial charm. That said, I'll take an album that is sporadically too smart, too layered, too happy, and too charming over the limp, anemic indie pop offerings that get hyped every other week. And when Dad Rocks! gets it right, he really gets it right -- like you want to make a mixtape for a friend with tracks off "mount modern" right. "Take care", one of the many highlights, balances itself perfectly between detached cynicism and intimate despair, both in its musical and lyrical approach:
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
An excellent new video from Finnish neofolk act Hexvessel.