Swedish punks Kamikatze have confirmed that their new album "Knit and trash" will be officially released on July 3 and they'll celebrate a full month earlier with a show on June 8 at "Nya Aktivitetshuset" in malmö with Beyond Pink and Vicious Irene.

Finnish doom-metallers Callisto have posted yet another new song on myspace: myspace.com/callistochaos" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/callistochaos

22-Pistepirkko has posted a new video of "This time" for streaming: ml" target=_blank>https://www.22-pistepirkko.net/hankstvset.html

Swedish electronic/experimental artist Viktor Sjöberg (who also plays with IAT.mP3 artists Sonores - look to the right) has posted some of the artwork for his new CD "On a winter's day", to be released shortly via Kalligrammofon. Check it: m/2006/04/relations-and-dynamics.html" target=_blank>https://elefanten.blogspot.com/2006/04/relations-and-dynamics.html

Two new live shows for The Knife:

06/06 - La Loco, Paris (FRA)
08/11 - Sonnemondsterne festival, Saalsburg (GER)

Check out an ecard for the new Satyricon album "Now, diabolical": https://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/satyricon/

Aversionline expresses their love for Katatonia: m/blahg/2006/04/great-cold-best-fucking-band-on-planet.html" target=_blank>https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2006/04/great-cold-best-fucking-band-on-planet.html

Swedish modern folk act Garmarna has posted four brand new demo tracks on myspace: myspace.com/garmarna" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/garmarna

MP3: Refused - New noise

many people consider them to be Sweden's most overrated band, but Refused's influence is undeniable. I personally go back and forth on my feelings with regards to their legacy, but I cannot deny that "The shape of punk to come" blew me away when it first came out. I have yet to see the "Refused are fucking dead" DVD, but I'm still quite curious even though almost all of what I've heard about it has been less than positive. As an aside, the title is a reference to a song by Born Against, possibly the greatest hardcore act of the 90s. Or at least one of the most important. I'm not sure about all the backstory, but it involves beef with the dudes from Sick of it All and I'd imagine there's a good summation of events somewhere out there. Anyhow, for today's Friday mp3 post I've dug up an old version of Refused's "New noise from the "Straight edge as fuck III" compilation released back in 1997 by xDesperate Fightx, the label that defined the zeitgeist of the legendary hardcore scene in Umeå in the 90s. Enjoy!

Refused - New noise (comp version)

MP3: Munck//Johnson - The streets

I loved munck//Johnson the very first moment I heard them. Their haunting, stripped-down sound proves the maxim that less is more. Just like Carpet People, one of my other most favorite downer-acts, I find that musical simplicity works best to convey raw emotion. And also like with Carpet People, munck//Johnson was an easy choice for inclusion in the "Reader's companion" series. I don't have copies of their latest work "Count your blessings" in stock quite yet, but they are on the way and should be here any day now. In the meantime you can download their latest single "The streets" from the mp3 playlist today, buy m/store.php?item=195">"Reader's companion volume two" for the track "Slavesong" (and all the other good stuff contained therein), buy m/store.php?item=196">buy their split 7" with fellow Danes Pluto or m/store.php?item=101">purchase mp3s of their first album "Unlike you" (CDs coming soon as well). All of which are highly recommended, of course.

Munck//Johnson - The streets

I loved munck//Johnson the very first moment I heard them. Their haunting, stripped-down sound proves the maxim that less is more. Just like Carpet People, one of my other most favorite downer-acts, I find that musical simplicity works best to convey raw emotion. And also like with Carpet People, munck//Johnson was an easy choice for inclusion in the "Reader's companion" series. I don't have copies of their latest work "Count your blessings" in stock quite yet, but they are on the way and should be here any day now. In the meantime you can download their latest single "The streets" from the mp3 playlist today, buy m/store.php?item=195">"Reader's companion volume two" for the track "Slavesong" (and all the other good stuff contained therein), buy m/store.php?item=196">buy their split 7" with fellow Danes Pluto or m/store.php?item=101">purchase mp3s of their first album "Unlike you" (CDs coming soon as well). All of which are highly recommended, of course.

I meant to mention it earlier, but I now have the latest Namur CD in stock: m/store.php?item=194">[click here]
If you like dreamy shoegazer rock, you need this.

The first taste of the upcoming Ariel Kill Him album "Named after you" is now online: myspace.com/arielkillhim" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/arielkillhim

The video for Tiger Lou's latest single "Nixon" is now online: m/downloads.htm" target=_blank>https://www.tigerlou.com/downloads.htm
I probably sound like a broken record, but this is yet another one of the great tracks that appears on m/store.php?item=195">"Reader's companion volume two".

Updated tourdates for The Concretes:

04/29 - Triptych Festival, The Venue, Edinburgh (SCO) w/Tape
04/30 - Triptych Festival, The Tramway, Glasgow (SCO) w/Belle & Sebastian
05/04 - Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON (CAN)
05/05 - Petit Campus, montreal, QC (CAN)
05/07 - Club 9:30, Washington, DC
05/08 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
05/10 - Paradise Rock Club, Boston, mA
05/11 - TLA, Philadelphia, PA
05/13 - martyrs', Chicago, IL
05/14 - The Varsity Theater, minneapolis, mN
05/17 - Richard's On Richards, Vancouver BC (CAN)
05/18 - Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, WA
05/19 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
05/20 - Great American music Hall, San Francisco, CA
05/23 - The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
05/24 - The Casbah, San Diego, CA
06/16 - Hultsfred Festival, Hultsfred (SWE)
07/14 - Summercase Festival, madrid (ESP)
07/15 - Summercase Festival, Barcelona (ESP)

Support on all North American gigs will come from New Buffalo.