Some new Hell On Wheels dates:
01/11 - Apparatet, Kobenhavn (DK)
01/12 - 1000FRYD, Aalborg (DK) w/The Kissaway Trail
01/13 - Fabrikken, Aarhus (DK) w/Shout Wellington Airforce
01/21 - Ziegel oh lac, Zurich (CH)
01/22 - Alte mälzerei, Regensburg (GER)
01/23 - B72, Vienna (AUS)
01/24 - SC Teatar & TD, Zagreb (CRO)
01/25 - Weekender Club, Innsbruck (AUS)
01/26 - Q Bar Berg/Drau (AUS)
01/27 - Berghammer, Sigharting (AUS)
New dates for Finnish doom metallers Callisto:
01/19 - Kuudes linja, Helsinki (FIN)
02/18 - Romeijn, Leeuwarden (HOL)
02/19 - Bitterzoet, Amsterdam (HOL)
02/20 - tba
02/21 - Ex-Haus, Trier (GER)
02/22 - Orange House, münchen (GER)
02/23 - tba, Bolzano (ITA)
02/24 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
02/25 - tba
02/26 - Knaack, Berlin (GER)
03/09 - El mocamb (Canadian music Week), Toronto (CAN)
03/11 - Sin-é, NYC
03/14 - SXSW, Austin, TX
Turbonegro is apparently in Portland mixing their new album: myspace.com/turbonegro" target=_blank>https://blog.myspace.com/turbonegro
Pitchfork reviews maja Ratkje's new live album "Adventura anatomica": media.com/article/record_review/40223/maja_Ratkje_Adventura_Anatomica" target=_blank>https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/40223/maja_Ratkje_Adventura_Anatomica
Updated tourdates for Peter Bjorn and John:
01/10 - Lido, Berlin (GER)
01/11 - Eurosonic Festival, Groningen (NL)
01/12 - Botanique, Brussels (BEL)
01/13 - La maroquiniere, Paris (FRA)
01/14 - mOD, Hasselt (BEL)
01/15 - Passagen, Cologne (GER)
01/29 - mercury Lounge, New York, NY
01/30 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
02/01 - The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA
02/22 - Perth International Arts Festival, Perth (AU)
02/24 - Laneway Festival, melbourne (AU)
02/25 - Laneway Festival, melbourne (AU)
02/27 - Corner, melbourne (AU)
03/01 - The Republic Bar, Hobart (AU)
03/02 - Newton, Sydney (AU)
03/03 - Laneway Festival, Brisbane (AU)
03/04 - Laneway Festival, Brisbane (AU)
03/07 - Liquid Room, Tokyo (JAP)
03/09 - Club Quattro, Osaka (JAP)
I'm not feeling inspired by my back-catalogue this week, so I've preempted my usual Friday oldie post with something that's a little bit old and a little bit new. Nisse Hellberg has been around a long while, both as the frontman for Wilmer X and also as a solo artist, among other various projects. I was looking for something to put on the stereo when my dad was visiting over the holidays and figured that his latest album "Snackbar blues". It's total dad-rock - a little rockabilly, a touch of blues, all well-played and inoffensive. Thing is, I find myself listening to the damn thing over and over, long after my dad's gone home. It took me awhile to figure it out, but it finally dawned on me: Nisse Hellberg reminds me a heckuva lot of Dave Alvin from The Blasters. It's classic, rootsy rock'n'roll from a guy whose old band first gained acceptance from the punk-rockers before making any inroads to the mainstream. That's kind of the way it happened, right?
The song I've posted today is cover of "Trettifyran", originally done by Olle Adolphson (that's the little old part). At first I thought it was a Swedish version of "Waitin' for the axe" by BR5-49, but I guess that only goes to show what I know. Not very much, huh? Dad-rock or not, this I like.
Nisse Hellberg - Trettifyran
Abbath's new band I picks up pretty close to where Immortal left off and I think that's great. See, unlike most black-metal purists, I've always felt that the each of the band's albums was better than the one that preceded it. Besides being recorded terribly, early material such as "Pure holocaust" and "Battles in the north" just aren't that good. mages.google.com/images?svnum=10&q=immortal+black+metal" target=_blank>The promo photos? Still undeniably classic. But the music? Eh, I rather listen to Darkthrone if I want to stay tr00 and kvlt. I however, is something different. The cold darkness of black-metal remains, but the music is far more rooted in thrash and other, more classic heavy metal styles. Just listen to that song I've posted today and tell me that opening riff doesn't remind you of "Bark at the moon". Sure, it starts to sound a lot more like Bathory once the drums and ominous keyboards come in, but that too is a good thing. Abbath's croaking vocal style might be too much for some to take, but I think it just adds to the atmosphere he's trying to create. It's supposed to sound evil, y'know? Thrash on.
I - Far beyond the quiet
Not only does Supersci have a brand new website, he also has a new track posted from his forthcoming mix tape: m/supersci/" target=_blank>https://www.flyphonic.com/supersci/
The second single from miss Li's debut album "Late night heartbroken blues" will be for the song "High on you". Listen at myspace: myspace.com/experiencemissli" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/experiencemissli
Check out the video for "Teenage tiger" from Finnish act The micra Girls: micragirls.com/jee/video/micravideo.html" target=_blank>https://www.themicragirls.com/jee/video/micravideo.html
Danish noiserockers marvins Revolt have been reborn as a three-piece and have two new demo tracks on myspace: myspace.com/marvinsrevolt" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/marvinsrevolt
Hybris is offering up The Kid's new single "The noble art of jealousy" as a free download: m.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-single-from-kid.html" target=_blank>https://hybrism.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-single-from-kid.html
Recommended!
Estonia-based audio blog microlips talks to my Darling You!: microlips.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-darling-you-sweden.html" target=_blank>https://microlips.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-darling-you-sweden.html
Powersolo's new video for the single "Plasma crystal dope" is now online: ma.html" target=_blank>https://www.powersolo.dk/playerplasma.html
Dark Dose on Sonores: m/?p=145" target=_blank>https://darkdose.com/?p=145
I passed the CD to Jesse when his band Daylight Dies passed through Seattle on tour with Katatonia and moonspell. I didn't stick around for the latter (besides the fact that I'm not really a fan, it was raining hard and I had a long drive home), but the others were great. Good to read that he's enjoying the disc, just as I thought he would - it easily made to be one of my top picks from last year.