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Cover records are always a bit hard to review. The Sweptaways are a 28-piece all-female choral group, and to hear them cover Kiss ("I want you"), Black Sabbath ("Changes") and the Pet Shop Boys ("Gowest") is quite refreshing. This album works well as a straigh-through listen (although at 28 minutes, it still can be a bit overwhelming) or when you pair up the covers with the originals. This record won't be accessible by all, but those to whom it will appeal with enjoy it thoroughly for the strength of performance and the interpretations.
- Matt Giordano
Also note that there's a big batch of new reviews posted today: m/index.php?article=252">[click here]
more about the Crunchy Frog/Rykodisc partnership announced earlier this week, 'cept this time in English: https://www.crunchy.dk/asp/default.asp?News_Id=189
The nominees for the Steppeulven, the Danish critic awards, have been announced: minering2006.htm" target=_blank>https://www.steppeulv.dk/nominering2006.htm
Kolokol's forthcoming album "Flammer & farger" has been "delayed indeterminantly" due to "events beyond (their) control." In the meantime, while they try to figure out a proper course of action, you can preview a song from said album here: media.htm" target=_blank>https://www.kolokol.no/media.htm
Distortion Disco on Fox'n Wolf, a Swedish electro duo who have been around for awhile, but have always remained kind of under the radar: m/2006/12/paws-sharp-as-knife.html" target=_blank>https://distortiondisco.blogspot.com/2006/12/paws-sharp-as-knife.html
David Sandström has put a new face on his website with a bunch of tracks for download: m.com/" target=_blank>https://www.david-sandstrom.com/
Look for a new album around fall '07.
The music that Frida Hyvönen composed for the dance production "Pudel" will be released as an album on January 24. The song "See how I came into town" will be the first single.
Novoton has posted the new Black Belt single "Road crew" for free download: mp3" target=_blank>https://www.novoton.se/sounds/BlackBelt_RoadCrew.mp3
Danish rockers The Royal Highness have announced that their new album "La mancha" will be released in Denmark on January 29 via Copenhagen Records. The first single "Call me a winner" comes out monday, but can already be previewed on myspace: myspace.com/theroyalhighness" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/theroyalhighness
We've got a different kind of flashback post this Friday. Instead of the usual oldie track from a favorite artist, Closer has afforded me the opportunity to post an exclusive mp3 of "Occam's razor", a brand new recording of an old song. The band, as you'll read m/index.php?article=251">in their top 10 posted today, is currently preparing to record a new EP, but in the meantime they figured they'd commit this song to tape kind of as a testament to where they've been. It's not too different from the material on the "Tokpela EP" - it's still as dark and heavy as always, layered with lush guitars and clean, melodic vocals. As I've said before, intelligent rock music is way too rare nowadays and there's scant few other bands out there making music like this and even fewer doing it as well. If you're a fan of bands like Dredg (whose new live album is pretty great btw), A Perfect Cirlce or maybe fellow Swedes Enter the Hunt, Closer is another band you need to check out. The aforementioned "Tokpela EP" is another one of my top picks for 2006 and I can only assume that whatever they do next will be even more amazing.
Closer - Occam's razor
Denmark's As We Fight is the kind of band I would have been really excited about ten years ago. Their blend of melodic Swedish death-metal and modern metalcore sounded fresh when Darkest Hour first did it, not so much today. The double-vocal attack is an okay variation, but it's not enough to distinguish them from the pack. The songs are decidedly average with only a few exceptional memorable riffs popping up here and there. Listen to the track I've posted today - the breakdown riff in the middle is killer, but they kill the momentum by relying on hanging chords to make the transition. The two parts might as well be separate songs. And let's face it - this sound is a dead horse anyway. Unless you're going to push the genre into new territory, why bother?
As We Fight - Dead end streets
The Sweptaways