Swedish newspaper Södermanlands Nyheter discusses the changing music business with markus Östmark of Eastground Records: ml" target=_blank>https://www.eastgroundrecords.se/articleenglish.html (translated to English from the original Swedish)

Dúné will start recording their debut album next week with producer Troels Abrahamsen, lead singer of fellow Danish act Veto.

mando Diao's new album "Ode to ochrasy" will be released on September 6. The first single is "Long before rock 'n' roll".

Tracklist and cover art for the brand new David & the Citizens album "Stop the tape! Stop the tape!", due out August 16: m/index.php?id=15" target=_blank>https://www.davidandthecitizens.com/index.php?id=15

Dark Dose on Finnish act Poets of the Fall and the song "Carnival of rust": m/?p=131" target=_blank>https://darkdose.com/?p=131

According to their latest newsletter, The Knife will be curating mTV's "120 minutes" on July 28.

Peter Bjorn and John's latest single "Young folks" gets the Pitchfork track review treatment: media.com/page/track_reviews/37293/Peter_Bjorn_and_John_Young_Folks_ft_Victoria_Bergsman#37293" target=_blank>https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/track_reviews/37293/Peter_Bjorn_and_John_Young_Folks_ft_Victoria_Bergsman#37293
Buy the latest album or single right here: m/store.php?search=peter">[click here]
And don't forget my own write-up on the song from back in may: m/index.php?story_id=981">[click here]

MP3: Out of Clouds - Like a lily

I like the dichotomy of switching between heavy gloom and doom and happy, sunny pop. So it's only natural that I follow yesterday's post on the mighty Switchblade with something just a bit more appropriate for the season. A track from Out Of Clouds' "Into your lovely summer" EP is an obvious choice. The band actually does have their melancholy moments (as is the case with most Swedish pop), but the opening track "Like a lily" is nothing but sweetness. Good tunes for good times.

Out of Clouds - Like a lily

MP3: Switchblade - 7:05

Switchblade's latest (and greatest) self-titled album is out now in the US via Cyclop media. Two songs, one clocking in around 30 minutes and one topping off around minute 17. I considered posting a track, but man - that's a lot of bandwidth. And besides, the whole thing is available for streaming m/" target=_blank>here. Posting samples would be redundant. What I have for you instead is the original version of track 2, the song featuring mattias Friberg of Logh on vocals and additional guitar. Originally released on the tour-only 7"/CDR back in 2004, the song marks an important point in the band's development. It's less focused on plodding mid-tempo Isis-esque riffage, more on space and texture. The guitars are still plenty heavy, but they're brighter, cleaner and much more sparse. You can hear every note of each ringing chord - nothing is lost in overly sludgy tone. Think of how Shellac's guitar sound is still threatening without necessarily being totally overdriven and distorted. The song builds slowly and remains focused on mattias' half-spoken vocals before breaking out into an awesome lurching riff at around 4:40. Obviously, it takes awhile to get there, but the journey is worth it as the moodiness of the song's first half is just as important as the bombastic conclusion. If you like Khanate, but sometimes wish they were a bit less esoteric, this is for you.

Switchblade - 7:05

I promised you a new contest, so here's the deal: every week for the next few weeks I will be giving away random packages of promo CDs. I get a lot of stuff sent to me for review and while most of it is pretty damn good, I don't have space to keep all of it. my loss, your gain. Want a chance to win? m/special/contest.html" onclick="window.open(this.href,'contest','width=410,height=230');return false;">Click here to enter!

Norwegian punkrockers Johndoe report that their new album is done and on-track for a mid-September release. Look for samples to be posted online soon.

Swedish emo/hardcore act molia Falls has posted a couple new tracks on myspace: myspace.com/moliafalls" target=_blank>https://myspace.com/moliafalls

magyar Posse's new website is finally up: magyarposse.com/" target=_blank>https://www.magyarposse.com/

Swedish indiepop artist Loney, Dear has a new website: m/" target=_blank>https://www.loneydear.com/

Icelandic label Bad Taste has posted samples and details for new releases from Eberg, Reykjavík!, Kitchen motors Collective, Tunglskinsmjólk, Fræ and Dark Harvest: mekkleysa.net/" target=_blank>https://www.smekkleysa.net/