Vote for your choice of Best Swedish Act in the mTV Europe music Awards: mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=6481" target=_blank>https://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=6481

Popmatters on the US release of the The Cardigans' latest album "Super extra gravity": matters.com/pm/music/reviews/5475/the-cardigans-super-extra-gravity/" target=_blank>https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/5475/the-cardigans-super-extra-gravity/
Check out a new microsite for the album here: m/microsites/super.extra.gravity/" target=_blank>https://static.cardigans.com/microsites/super.extra.gravity/

Dibaba has a new website where you can hear his new single "The truth blending consortium": m/" target=_blank>https://www.dibaba.com/
The single includes the b-side "Lose everything" as well as a remix of the title track by Anders Ilar. Look for a video and a Lo-Fi-Fnk remix soon.

Prosthetic Recordings has posted a track from the new Wolf album: m/audiovideo/wolf/iwillkillagain.mp3" target=_blank>https://www.prostheticrecords.com/audiovideo/wolf/iwillkillagain.mp3
If you like classic metal, check these dudes out.

Fluxblog posts another track from Norwegian singer/songwriter marit Larsen: ml" target=_blank>https://www.fluxblog.org/2006/09/we-dive-into-devotion.html

Aftonbladet has the new Roxette video: ml?catID=2672&clipID=11190" target=_blank>https://www.aftonbladet.se/atv/player.html?catID=2672&clipID=11190

To celebrate the release of the new Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words CD "Old ghosts, new ghosts, all ghosts" today, Ideal Recordings has posted a live set from Norberg Festival for free download. Go get it: m/sound_034.php" target=_blank>https://www.idealrecordings.com/sound_034.php

Peter Bjorn and John were featured as NPR's song of the day yesterday: mplates/story/story.php?storyId=6085065" target=_blank>https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6085065

MP3: Knife and Ape - Strawberry tongue

Knife and Ape - noise or art? A little of both if you ask me. The track I've posted today isn't especially challenging, but there's plenty of other songs from the new album "Hex!" that could be considered difficult. Steady, dancefloor-friendly beats matched up with discordant, atonal melodies and shrill vocals. What's not to like, right? Like Liars, 'cept far more proficient with electronics and with better composition skills. Not to disparage Liars, who I like a lot, but Knife and Ape got their shit together in a way that Liars only aspire towards. Safe? No, this pushes serious boundaries. Disturbed? Yes, but in all the right ways.
Buy "Hex!": m/store.php?item=259">[click here]

Knife and Ape - Strawberry tongue

MP3: MZ.412 - Point of presence

Why is it that I always come back from vacation much more exhausted than when I started? Share in my misery with a track from mZ.412! It starts with a woman's piercing scream and descends into heavier and heavier brutality from there. The beat churns and throbs as they assault you with waves of sizzling feedback and gurgling German-language samples. There's a short semi-ambient reprieve, but once again it's back to the throb and horror as they turn back up the screams (male this time) and distortion. Why subject yourself to such uneasy listening? I don't know if I can really explain the appeal, but I know I like it. Harsh noise can be meditative in a way that ambient electronica can never achieve. From between the layers of crackle and spit comes a different kind of beauty, one that reflects the modern urban world. It can be pretty damn awful out there and sometimes I need a soundtrack that befits it. mZ.412's newest album "Infernal affairs" doesn't rank quite as highly as the recent album from Cold meat Industry labelmates Raison D'être, but it is quite good. I'd even say it might be their best work yet.

MZ.412 - Point of presence

Look to your right and you'll see m/index.php?article=217">a brand-new profile piece on the band Franky Lee as well as m/index.php?article=218">a nice lil' batch of new reviews. Check 'em out, okay? Now let's play catch-up:

Legendary Icelandic act The Sugarcubes will reunite to celebrate their 20th anniversary. They'll perform a special concert in their hometown of Reykjavik on November 17, their first live appearance in fourteen years.

Turbonegro is working on a new record: myspace.com/turbonegro" target=_blank>https://blog.myspace.com/turbonegro

Swedish all-star noise act Skull Defekts will do a couple US shows later this month:

09/28 - Behind The Green Door, Detroit w/Raven Strain
09/30 - 60DUm/Lampo, Chicago

In other news, the group's new album is done and details about its release should be announced shortly.

Stars in Coma has posted four new songs for download: ma.com/" target=_blank>https://www.starsincoma.com/