06/17 - Northside Festival – Public Assembly, New York, NY
06/19 - The Barbary, Philadelphia, PA w/Puerto Rico Flowers, Leather
06/20 - Golden West, Baltimore, mD
06/21 - The Shop, Pittsburgh, PA
06/23 - Popeye's Garage, New Haven, CT
06/24 - Royale Nightclub, Boston, mA w/Fucked Up, Jeff the Brotherhood
06/25 - tba, New York, NY
07/15 - The mink, Houston, TX
07/16 - Emo's, Austin, TX
07/19 - The Yellow Canary Dancehall, Phoenix, AZ
07/20 - The Cave, Las Vegas, NV
07/22 - Casbah, San Diego, CA w/Cult of Youth
07/24 - Echo, Los Angeles, CA w/Cult of Youth
07/25 - Elbo Room, San Francisco, CA w/Cult of Youth
07/29 - The East End, Portland, OR w/Cult of Youth
07/30 - Waldorf Hotel, Vancouver, BC w/Cult of Youth
07/31 - Crocodile, Seattle, WA
08/02 - Rhinoceropolis, Denver, CO
08/03 - Jackpot music Hall, Lawrence, KS
08/04 - Triple Rock, minneapolis, mN
08/05 - The Project Lodge, madison, WI
08/06 - The Loft, Chicago, IL w/Raw Nerve, Population
08/09 - The Carabar, Columbus, OH w/The men
08/10 - magic Stick, Detroit, mI
08/11 - The Shop, Pittsburgh, PA
08/12 - Strange matter, Richmond, VA
08/14 - Kungfu Necktie, Philadelphia, PA
08/15 - midway Cafe, Boston, mA
08/16 - Casa Del Popolo, montreal, QC
08/17 - Parts and Labour, Toronto, ON
08/19 - Paragon, Boston, mA
08/20 - Cakeshop, New York, NY
08/21 - Secret Project Robo, New York, NY
Fourteen years is a long time to be out of the recording game, but these days reunion albums seem to be par for the death metal course. It's not really a surprise, then, that Sweden's Desultory arrived back on the scene with a new disc that, unlike a great many bands in the same position, is a hell of a lot better than their sign-off album back in 1996. How does it fair in today's overcrowded market, though? Well, despite the fact that it's far from groundbreaking, "Counting our scars" is a decent slab of semi-tech death metal that blends modern-day production values with a nostalgic glance at the band's past, including their melodic Paradise Lost leanings of the '90s. Though it is decent, that's not to say that I would go out and buy this. There's a hell of a lot of other stuff out there at the minute that deserves your hard-earned cash first. If you were a fan of the band back in the day, then it's a no-brainer; go out and buy the thing and you'll love it. If you haven't heard of them before, all I can do is warn you to tread with caution. It's one of those -- you might love it or you might wish you'd passed and handed over all those crinkly bits of paper for the latest morbid Angel opus m>[doubtful, few things are worse than the latest morbid Angel -- ed.]m>. - John Norby
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Here's the video for Ane Brun's new single "Do you remember" which is also merely a piece of a much longer film project directed by magnus Renfors called "One" to be released alongside her new record "It all starts with one".
No surprise that Veronica maggio's album"Satan i gatan" debuted at #1 on release in Sweden and stayed there for a few weeks -- it's a fantastic pop record and anyone who disagrees ought to get their ears checked. There will always be naysayers, but sometimes popular consensus really does point to quality.
Swedish experimental artist Skogar (aka Johannes Brander) will be collaborating with American artist Sharon Van Etten on an upcoming project, due out sometime later this year. In the meantime, check out a review of his most recent cassette release "magic/Khands" at Foxy Digitalis: m/foxyd/?p=11559" target="_blank">https://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/?p=11559
In other news, Skogar's next release will be his first ever on LP as opposed to CS or CDr and it is coming via the newly-founded label . more details on that when I get them.
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