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I don't talk a lot about jazz here and that's not right. It's a bit out of my standard comfort zone, but that's hardly an excuse. Good music transcends boundries of genre. I've actually been listening to quite a bit more jazz since my wife put a moratorium on heavy/screamy music in our home office. Go figure! The selections have been mostly the classics: Coltrane, Bird, mingus, etc., but I do like to branch out into more modern stuff like John Zorn's masada and the Swedish act Esbjörn Svensson Trio (EST). I'd listen to more, but honestly, I really have no idea where to start. Thank goodness bassist/bandleader Oskar Schönning got in touch. His new album "Happy jazz, please" (see the title track posted today) hits all the right notes, both figuratively and literally. The compositions and arrangements are firmly grounded in tradition, but Schönning's ensemble adds enough of their own pizazz that it's most definitely not a retread. I especially enjoy the liberal use of clarinet - it adds just the right amount of klezmer/Don Byron flair to the tracks. It also keeps things sounding fresh since I feel it's an underused/underappreciated instrument in the genre. Schönning's new album comes out today and he'll be playing a record release show tomorrow at the restaurant Landet, just outside of Stockholm. And don't forget to check out his contribution to the recently released m/store.php?item=193">"Fellow birds" 7" on Jezebel Recordings.
Oskar Schönning - Happy jazz, please
I don't talk a lot about jazz here and that's not right. It's a bit out of my standard comfort zone, but that's hardly an excuse. Good music transcends boundries of genre. I've actually been listening to quite a bit more jazz since my wife put a moratorium on heavy/screamy music in our home office. Go figure! The selections have been mostly the classics: Coltrane, Bird, mingus, etc., but I do like to branch out into more modern stuff like John Zorn's masada and the Swedish act Esbjörn Svensson Trio (EST). I'd listen to more, but honestly, I really have no idea where to start. Thank goodness bassist/bandleader Oskar Schönning got in touch. His new album "Happy jazz, please" (see the title track posted today) hits all the right notes, both figuratively and literally. The compositions and arrangements are firmly grounded in tradition, but Schönning's ensemble adds enough of their own pizazz that it's most definitely not a retread. I especially enjoy the liberal use of clarinet - it adds just the right amount of klezmer/Don Byron flair to the tracks. It also keeps things sounding fresh since I feel it's an underused/underappreciated instrument in the genre. Schönning's new album comes out today and he'll be playing a record release show tomorrow at the restaurant Landet, just outside of Stockholm. And don't forget to check out his contribution to the recently released m/store.php?item=193">"Fellow birds" 7" on Jezebel Recordings.
Check out a remix of The Alpine's latest single "Trigger", as done by NYC-based DJ duo A Touch of Class: music/soundFiles/05.mp3" target=_blank>https://www.thealpine.dk/ver2/music/soundFiles/05.mp3
I'm pretty sure it's old news that Norwegian hardcore act The Spectacle is breaking up, but member Fredrik has posted a new epitaph for the band: m/" target=_blank>https://www.the-spectacle.com/
I'm bummed that their plans to do a final US tour never came to fruition, but what can ya' do?
Satura Lanx will be heading out on their first European tour in June and the first batch of dates are now posted: m/home.php?page=shows" target=_blank>https://www.saturalanx.com/home.php?page=shows
In other news, bassist Aleksi has left the band to concentrate on his other screamy hardcore act City of Breach (more City of Caterpillar than Breach).
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. The Knife
03. Death Cab for Cutie
04. Belle and Sebastian
05. morrissey
06. Radiohead
07. The Flaming Lips
08. Håkan Hellström
09. Architecture in Helsinki
10. Gnarls Barkley
As for the top 10 tracks for the week, the Audioscrobbler website appears to be broken. Awesome. Anyhow, if you want to see your favorites listed here you should join us! Go here to learn more: m/help/" target=_blank>https://www.last.fm/help/
Housewife Lovers have a new website and some new songs for download: https://housewifelovers.tk/
Norwegian jazz vocal artist Solveig Slettahjell will make her US debut at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina on may 26-27. Ticket info and other details available here. In other news, Slettahjell is currently in the studio with her Slow motion Quintet recording her fourth album for the label Curling Legs, due out this coming fall.
Kasper Lindgren (Prime STH) and Kalle Engstrom (Diana DeGarmo, Lindsay Lohan) will be (over) producing Ana Johnsson's new album. In case that name doesn't ring any bells, Ana is known for her success on the first season of Sweden's pop-idol TV program Popstar. Look for the first single at the beginning of summer.
"Nixon" is Tiger Lou's latest single. It's also the song I have featured on "Reader's companion volume two". I've made it available as a free download today. I know it should be obvious, but I'll just come out and say it: I love Tiger Lou. I get all misty just thinking about them and the good times we've shared. So much so, that I'm putting my money where my mouth is and will be releasing a Tiger Lou 7" very soon. The a-side will be "Until I'm there" which TL mainman Rasmus Kellerman tells me is his favorite songs from his latest album "The loyal". Good stuff, I assure you. more details soon.
Dark Dose, one of my favorite mp3 blogs that doesn't update nearly as often as they should, was kind enough to post their thoughts on IAT.mP3 artist Sonores: m/?p=121" target=_blank>https://darkdose.com/?p=121
As I posted in their comments, Jonas from Sonores just told me over the weekend that the music for their album is done, he just needs to finish up all the details concerning the artwork. I'll keep you posted, but in the meantime you can still download the free netrelease on the right.
Updated German tourdates for Torpedo:
05/16 - Bla, Bonn (GER)
05/17 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER)
05/18 - FZW, Dortmund (GER)
05/19 - Factory, magdeburg (GER)
05/20 - Werk 2 (early show 18:00), Leipzig (GER)
05/20 - Privatclub (late show 23:30), Berlin (GER)