I'm kind of obsessed with this song right now. It's not new, but it's new to me and I stumbled across it while m/n/38084-need-a-spotify-invite-i-have-some-to-share">falling down an extended EBm wormhole in my possibly misguided attempt to investigate m/n/38083-autodafeh-to-release-new-album-in-september">new Swedish music of that genre. I say "misguided" because as much as I enjoy this stuff when it's done well, so so so SO much of it is absolute garbage and I've been let down too many times. Then there's the fact that if you get too self-conscious about how truly goofy this stuff can be -- for instance, I can think of at least three tunes that rip off Front 242's bounty hunter motif in their classic "Headhunter" -- it's very easy to write it off, but let's not go there. It's aggressive dance music, you should expect a certain amount of lunkheadedness. Autodafeh go the extra mile by demanding you to mOVE. The rhythmic heavy breathing is the icing on the cake. Turn it up and pretend you're mx6K3XbI?t=6m45s" target="_blank">this guy.
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Nice to see some high-quality live footage of Ghost instead of the usual mediocre crowd-sourced stuff. Really looking to seeing them on tour with Enslaved in October.
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Here's the video for the new Parker Lewis single "Dream baby".
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Roll the Dice: new album"In dust" due out on September 12 with the duo's UK live debut following on the 20th at Cafe Oto.
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has announced that they will be releasing mats Eilertsen's new album"SkyDive" on September 2, his sixth album overall. Preview the track "Parachute psalm" as posted above.
Besides his own quintet, mats is also known for his work with artists such as Tord Gustavsen and Food, among others.
Swedish bitpop/powerviolence duo Soldier One are back after a long absence with a new album entitled "Witnessing the orchestration of time" which they will be releasing first as a trilogy of free download EPs before the physical version is ready on November 11. Grab part one "Quantum fluctuation" here and bookmark it to grab the next one a month from now: m/" target="_blank">https://www.soldier001.com/
There's a new Susanne Sundfør EP featuring remixes of her song "Turkish delight" as done by fellow Norwegians Tommy Tee, LidoLido and Souldrop. Not sure if there will be a physical edition, but the digital files can be acquired via iTunes. In other news, she'll be doing a few Northern Europe dates in late September:
For some reason I can't explain, I keep reading Skraeckoedlan's name as Snackadolodon which makes me think of a Doritos-obsessed dinosaur or something, and while I suppose that is probably actually a-okay for a Swedish stonerrock band, I'm not sure that's the image they're going for. Anyhow, regardless of however you want to say their name and what images it may conjure, I can say for sure that these dudes bring the heavy with confidence and competence, just like you'd expect from anything -related. Nothing musically groundbreaking mind you, but I must say that I very much appreciate hearing a band like this singing in Swedish as opposed to repeating the same old tired desert/driving/party clichés so many others of their ilk wallow in. And if they are repeating the same stuff på Svenska, I remain blissfully ignorant.