Aversionline on new releases from Victims and Skitsystem, both on Havoc Records: m/blahg/2006/05/two-third-lps.html" target=_blank>https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2006/05/two-third-lps.html
I haven't heard the new Victims yet (I'm planning on picking it up at the Seattle show tomorrow), but their last record "...in blood" is killer, so I have high hopes.

You can hear a medley of songs from Powersolo's new album "Egg" at myspace: myspace.com/powersolo" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/powersolo
I don't know what's up with the cockney accented announcer, but the music is as silly and great as always. There's an e-card here too: https://www.powersolo.dk/ecard/

Oslo-based math-metal act manhattan Skyline will tour the UK this fall:

09/28 - tba, Leeds (UK)
09/29 - tba, Nottingham (UK)
09/30 - Westport, Dundee (UK)
10/01 - Canons Gait, Edinburgh (UK)
10/02 - Bar Bloc Glasgow, Glasgow (UK)
10/03 - tba, Aberdeen (UK)
10/04 - tba, Oxford (UK)
10/05 - The Downtown Diner, Ashford (UK)
10/06 - The Lido, margate (UK)
10/07 - tba, Chester (UK)
10/08 - tba, Coventry (UK)

The band will also be contributing to the forthcoming "Emo apocalypse" compilation on React With Protest featuring 30-second songs from a whole shitload of bands such as Funeral Diner, The Birds Are Spies They Report to the Trees, Suis La Lune, Catena Collapse and many, many more. Otherwise, the band is in the studio working on their full-lenth debut and hopes to have it done in time for the aforementioned tour.

Updated tourdates for Wired for mono:

05/13 - Showdown/Henriksberg, Göteborg (SWE)
05/14 - O.R.K.Z., Groningen (NL)
05/15 - De Klinker, Aarschot (BEL)
05/16 - tba
05/17 - The Cave, Frankfurt (GER)
05/18 - Hauptquartier, Aachen (GER)
05/19 - Komplex, Schüttorf (GER)
05/20 - Buchte, Bremen (GER)

Swedish indiepop/folk duo Raymond & maria have been added to the lineup of The Great Escape festival in London. They play may 20 at Redroaster.

MP3: Alarma Man - Doctors, listeners and spectators says viva the knife

Today's mp3 comes to us from manic Swedish instrumental act Alarma man. Or at least they were instrumental until this release which I believe features guest vocals from singer/songwriter Ed Greene. And what release is this you might ask? Why it's from their split 12" with fellow nutjobs Knife and Ape. Too much insanity for a mere 7", that's the truth. The band describes themselves as "labyrinth-punk" that's as apt descriptor as I've ever heard. I especially like the part in the middle where it sounds like they pushed the guitarists down the stairs - they can barely keep it together, but that's what's so exciting about it. Great stuff.

Alarma Man - Doctors, listeners and spectators says viva the knife

MP3: Hell on Wheels - Come on

Ask any Swedish music biz type about Hell On Wheels and they'll probably all tell you the same thing: nicest band ever. It's true, they are probably one of the nicest bands I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. Too bad being nice in rock'n'roll gets you absolutely nowhere - it's a good thing that HoW are also a damn fine band. The trio has been honing their sound for quite some time now and their latest record "The odd church" is easily their best work yet. I had some delays getting my copy thanks to the US Dept. of Homeland Security opening my mail, but I've been listening daily since it arrived late last week. (Insert cheap pun about worshipping at the altar of the Odd Church, yadda yadda...) So enough about how nice HoW is, let's talk about their music! The most easy/obvious/lazy comparison would be The Pixies and I think that's a fine place to start. Bassist Åsa provides excellent counterpoint vocal melodies to frontman Rickard's lead when she isn't leading on her own. They don't usually reach The Pixies' heights of bombast, but they don't need to. HoW's songwriting and arrangements are much more intricate and involved. Not that I would accuse The Pixies of merely banging out chords, but How has more subtlety. They pack a lot of meat into everything they do. And don't forget how nice they are.

Hell on Wheels - Come on

Ask any Swedish music biz type about Hell On Wheels and they'll probably all tell you the same thing: nicest band ever. It's true, they are probably one of the nicest bands I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. Too bad being nice in rock'n'roll gets you absoltely nowhere - it's a good thing that HoW are also a damn fine band. The trio has been honing their sound for quite some time now and their latest record "The odd church" is easily their best work yet. I had some delays getting my copy thanks to the US Dept. of Homeland Security opening my mail, but I've been listening daily since it arrived late last week. (Insert cheap pun about worshipping at the altar of the Odd Church, yadda yadda...) So enough about how nice HoW is, let's talk about their music! The most easy/obvious/lazy comparison would be The Pixies and I think that's a fine place to start. Bassist Åsa provides excellent counterpoint vocal melodies to frontman Rickard's lead when she isn't leading on her own. They don't usually reach The Pixies' heights of bombast, but they don't need to. HoW's songwriting and arrangements are much more intricate and involved. Not that I would accuse The Pixies of merely banging out chords, but How has more subtlety. They pack a lot of meat into everything they do. And don't forget how nice they are.

Less than 25 tickets left for monday's Tack! Tack! Tack! show with Firefox AK and marit Bergman! If you want in, you better m/event/9761" target=_blank>get on it!

Cartidge has a new, absolutely horrible flash-heavy website: https://www.cartridge.dk/
Not that myspace is much better, but you can listen to some songs from their new album there: myspace.com/44949692" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/44949692

French label Textile Records will be releasing a split 12" featuring Norwegian/Load Records acts Noxagt and Ultralyd. It will be out in mid-may and will feature all-exclusive material.

Head to the Looptroop site for some thoughts on Promoe's new solo album "White man's burden": https://www.looptroop.nu/

Swedish avant/experimental label Kning Disc will be releasing a new disc from the duo of Joakim Pirinen and mikael Strömberg in June. Details: m/02_releases_kd013.asp?id=13" target=_blank>https://kningdisk.com/02_releases_kd013.asp?id=13

This week's m/group/itsatrap" target=_blank>It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group most-played artist chart:

01. The Radio Dept.
02. Tiger Lou
03. Radiohead
04. Vapnet
05. The Flaming Lips
06. Death Cab for Cutie
07. Built to Spill
08. Belle and Sebastian
09. Bright Eyes
10. Kent

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. Gnarls barkley - Crazy
02. Vapnet - Thoméegränd
03. The Radio Dept. - A window
04. Sambassadeur - Kate
05. Band of Horses - The Funeral
06. my Enemy - What is love
07. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
08. Built to Spill - Conventional Wisdom
09. Holy madre - Shallow Bay
10. The Radio Dept. - Tell

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Keep up with The Haunted as they record their new album: m" target=_blank>https://cyklode.se/haunted/doc/studio_06.htm