Movits! US tour

movits! have announced dates for their upcoming US tour:

04/04 - Great Scott, Allston, mA
04/05 - Il motore, montreal, QC
04/06 - Wrongbar, Toronto, ON
04/07 - Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, mI
04/08 - Beat Kitchen, Chicago, IL
04/10 - Varsity Theater, minneapolis, mN
04/12 - Crosstown Station, Kansas City, mO
04/13 - moe's, Englewood, CO
04/14 - Kilby Court, Salt Lake City, UT
04/16 - Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC
04/17 - Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA
04/18 - Holocene, Portland, OR
04/20 - Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco, CA
04/22 - The Satellite, Los Angeles, CA
04/23 - Soda Bar, San Diego, CA
04/24 - martini Ranch, Scottsdale, AZ
04/25 - Plush, Tucson, AZ
04/27 - mohawk, Austin, TX
04/28 - The Loft, Dallas, TX
04/01 - tba, New Orleans, LA
04/03 - tba
05/04 - 529, Atlanta, GA
05/05 - King's Barcade, Raleigh, NC
05/06 - IOTA Club & Cafe, Arlington, VA
05/08 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY

Sista Sekunden update (+ more)

Swedish hardcore act Sista Sekunden will be releasing a new 7" single in may and will be celebrating will a fully stacked show on the 7th at KB in malmö featuring Regulations, Night Fever, Bäddat För Trubbel, Hårda Tider and Tysta mari. Not to be missed, obviously.

In related news, Andy from Sista Sekunden's other band Terrible Feelings have recorded a bunch of new stuff and have a number of new releases on the way. First is a single on German label Sabotage Records in cooperation with vocalist manuela's own Lack Of Sleep imprint featuring "Impending doom" b/w "Death to everyone". They've also got another 7" coming via Timmeheiehumme Records (also German) featuring "Tied up" b/w "No meaning" as well as a CD coming out in Japan through Donut Pop that has six new songs recorded for it so far and will possibly (probably?) feature more.

Hebosagil - Ovet auki

Someone messed up when they uploaded this file because the sound quality is totally jacked, but who knows? maybe they'll fix it by the time you hit play. Regardless, new Hebosagil is always good and I'm stoked to see that Finland's finest will be releasing the new album "Ura" on April 13.

RIP Marie Wrengler

marie Wrengler, drummer of the all-female first-wave Swedish punk band mögel, has passed away after a long battle with cancer: myspace.com/massproduktion/blog/542389948" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/massproduktion/blog/542389948

LCTRISC - MXML (video)

Sorry, but I've got to come right out and say it: I hate this. The band's new EP of the same name is out today.

Dusted reviews Tape, Moritz von Oswald

Dusted has a review up of the new Tape album "Revelationes": magazine.com/reviews/6319" target="_blank">https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6319
Also covered, the new moritz von Oswald record "Horizontal structures": magazine.com/reviews/6319" target="_blank">https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6319

TLOBF interviews CEO

The Line of Best Fit has a new interview up with Eric Berglund of CEO/The Tough Alliance/Sincerely Yours: m/2011/03/tlobf-interview-ceo/" target="_blank">https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2011/03/tlobf-interview-ceo/

Riddarna - Känner du som jag

Check out a stream of "Känner du som jag", the first single from Riddarna's upcoming self-titled debut full-length, due out April 6 via Novoton: m/daggan/riddarna-k-nner-du-som-jag" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/daggan/riddarna-k-nner-du-som-jag

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the m/group/itsatrap" target="_blank">It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week unique to our group:

01. Anna Järvinen
02. Lykke Li
03. Bob Hund
04. The Bear Quartet
05. Familjen
06. Syket
07. me and my Army
08. Those Dancing Days
09. Håkan Hellström
10. Iron & Wine

Do you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod? Please join us and make your playlist count! Go here to learn more: m/help/" target="_blank">https://www.last.fm/help/

The Silent Ballet reviews Deaf Center

The Silent Ballet praises the latest Deaf Center album "Owl splinters": m/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/3973/Default.aspx" target="_blank">https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/3973/Default.aspx

Stian Westerhus
Pitch black star spangled
Rune Grammofon

To say that Norwegian Stian Westerhus is a respected experimental artist is quite the understatement. To add that his output may well be overrated by many is also a fair point. "Pitch black star spangled" has been lauded by certain members of the press and, while it is a decent album within the realm of experimental guitar-based drone, it's a difficult one to listen to other than in a passive sense, whereby the music serves as the background to something more important (for me that was rearranging part of my office and, on another occasion, reading an old copy of Cinefantastique from may '86). Yes, he has quite obviously thought in great detail about what goes where, how different passages should be arranged, and how to keep the album as varied as possible, but there's something about it that just cries boredom. For the apparent randomness of the compositions within "Pitch black star spangled" it is, however, clear that everything has been carefully thought out and crafted. Therein, of course, lays the visionary in Westerhus. Sadly, it doesn't quite hit the mark this time.
- John Norby

New music on the way from Sahara Hotnights

Sahara Hotnights will be releasing a new single called "Oh's" at the end of the month with a new self-titled album to follow in late may, their sixth album overall.

The Psyke Project - Battles (video)

New music from Denmark's The Psyke Project, showing off a track from the forthcoming record "Ebola" with a significantly more streamlined sound. I'm not so sure about the goofy texts they're flashing on the screen, but these dudes are most def at the top of the genre.

Dungeon Acid - The wait (video)

Excellent new tunage from Dungeon Acid, aka the solo project of Jean Louis Huhta from The Skull Defekts. Direct link: m/watch?v=FbtAjV9y8qw" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbtAjV9y8qw

Graveyard - Hisingen blues (video)

The official video for the new Graveyard single and album title-track "Hisingen blues". Direct link: m/watch?v=OnGBa8dVm6k" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnGBa8dVm6k