Popmatters reviews the album "Pitch black star spangled" from Norwegian avant/experimental guitarist Stian Westerhus: matters.com/pm/review/140835-stian-westerhus-pitch-black-star-spangled/" target="_blank">https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/140835-stian-westerhus-pitch-black-star-spangled/
Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit are currently at ARC Studios in Omaha, NE working on a new album with producer mike mogis (Bright Eyes). Read more: mosmusicgroup.com/index.php?newsdetail=32" target="_blank">https://cosmosmusicgroup.com/index.php?newsdetail=32
Necro Facility lead vocalist Henrik Bäckström remixes his own band, erasing a few of m/n/37449-necro-facility-wintermute-progress-productions">my issues with the music in the process. Direct link: m/progressproductions/necro-facility-do-you-feel-the" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/progressproductions/necro-facility-do-you-feel-the
The new Atlas Losing Grip album "State of unrest" is now available for full streaming + preorder: mp.com/album/state-of-unrest" target="_blank">https://blackstarfoundation.bandcamp.com/album/state-of-unrest
The official release date is may 28 via and if the samples I've heard are any indication, this is gonna be a stellar album. Really excited to hear it myself!
Dates for Iceage's upcoming US tour are starting to be confirmed:
06/17 - Public Assembly (Northside Festival), NYC w/Prurient, Lost Tribe, Pop. 1280, more
06/18 - Other music (tbc), NYC
06/19 - The Barbary, Philadelphia, PA w/Puerto Rico Flowers, Leather
06/20 - Golden West, Baltimore, mD
06/21 - The Shop (4314 main St.), Pittsburgh, PA
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06/23 - Popeye's Garage, New Haven, CT
06/24 - Royale Nightclub, Boston, mA w/Fucked Up, Jeff the Brotherhood
There will be west coast dates too, expect details soon.
Now confirmed for Friday, June 10 at Debaser Slussen in Stockholm capital city: Katharina Nuttall! Even better: it's free! So come on out and see a great artist in a great club! Full details: https://www.debaser.se/kalender/6503/
This Is Head's new 12" single "De trop" is out today via and the label is giving away the title track as a free download: m/A1.De_Trop.mp3" target="_blank">https://www.adrianfiles.com/A1.De_Trop.mp3
The b-side of the physical edition features two remixes of the tune "0007", one by one by Korallreven and another by Hans Appelqvist.
MaimThis isn't really doing it for me like it should. I love my old-school Swedish death metal and I'm as much into the resurgence of the style as anyone but, let's face it, the genre is a hell of a lot more populated now than it ever was back in the day. With that in mind, bands really need to up their game in order to genuinely recreate the vibe once reserved for the genre gods of the late '80s and early '90s. There's something about the production on "Deceased to exist" that fails to hit the mark and, to these ears, it's the fact that there's no real punch behind the sound. Bands that sounded like this back in the day generally did so through lack of resources when recording a demo and, given the genre in which maim reside, it's quite possible that they're deliberately recreating this dirty, relatively weak sonority in an attempt to sound grim and nekro. musically, it's nothing to get excited about and, as much as I love the style, I can't see maim getting too much airplay in Chez Norby.
- John Norby
Lindstrøm and my bubba & mi (who?) are the first Scandinavian acts confirmed for the 2011 edition of Filter magazine's Culture Collide fest happening in LA this October: m/" target="_blank">https://culturecollide.com/
Swedish expat singer/songwriter Theresa Andersson is using Kickstarter to fund her new album: m/projects/269826550/theresa-andersson-live-lets-record-my-new-album-to" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/269826550/theresa-andersson-live-lets-record-my-new-album-to
will be doing a limited 12" run of Oldfashioned Ideas record "We're in this shit together", one of the nominees for the 2010 manifest Award for best punk album: m/2011/04/oldfashioned-ideas-were-in-this-shit.html" target="_blank">https://switchlightrecords.blogspot.com/2011/04/oldfashioned-ideas-were-in-this-shit.html
New Swedish pop via from an artist known as Picture. Grab the track here: mp.com/track/heaven-7" target="_blank">https://lookopenbusiness.bandcamp.com/track/heaven-7
Swedish punkrockers Epidemics report back from tour: micsrock.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/tour-report/" target="_blank">https://epidemicsrock.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/tour-report/
Finnish noiserockers Fun are heading abroad for some shows this month:
05/16 - Le Rigoletto, Paris (FRA)
05/17 - Chez Jules, Nantes
05/18 - tba (FRA)
05/19 - Les Toqués, Perigueux (FRA)
05/20 - Gaztetxe, Getaria (ESP)
05/21 - Wurlitzer Ballroom, madrid (ESP)
05/22 - Sala Soviet, La Línea de la Concepción (ESP)
05/24 - Incivic Zone, Sant Fellu De Codines (ESP)
Zero Tolerance interviews Swedish occult doom metal act Saturnalia Temple: mag.com/blog/news/?p=1733" target="_blank">https://v2.ztmag.com/blog/news/?p=1733