CEO 7" on the way from Modular

CEO will be releasing the track "Illuminata" on a 7" via UK label modular with the exclusive cut "Halo" on the b-side.

Optic Nest - Asphalt (video)

Optic Nest, the solo project of Daniel "Fagge" Fagerström (The Skull Defekts, The Je Ne Sais Quoi), now has a video for the song "Asphalt": m/watch?v=RbNmiuDbfu0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbNmiuDbfu0

New Kaka coming in February

Look for the new Kaka album "The two" to be released on February 22 via Despotz Records.

99 Minutes #8

The final 2010 episode of Listen to Norway's "99 minutes" podcast is now online: mic.nsf/doc/art2010120315370582304875" target="_blank">https://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2010120315370582304875

Nightsatan in the 'Zone

Nightsatan (m/n/35799-nightsatan-karelian-starmaster-evil-lucifer">remember?) makes it to Pitchfork blog subsidiary Altered Zones: m/posts/586/nightsatan-karelian-starmaster-evil-lucifer/" target="_blank">https://alteredzones.com/posts/586/nightsatan-karelian-starmaster-evil-lucifer/

Skatterbrain's top albums of 2010

Indiepop blog Skatterbrain lists The Radio Dept. and Tiger Tape as two favorites for 2010, the latter of which I fully back: ml" target="_blank">https://www.skatterbrain.org/2010/12/au-revoir-2010.html

New Lögnhalsmottagningen EP very soon

Lögnhalsmottagningen report that they have a new EP currently being pressed for release via Burning Hell Records.

Refused live in Greensboro, NC (video)

Full video footage from one of Refused's final shows: m/view_play_list?p=38F72871560DD15E" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=38F72871560DD15E
Two nights later, the band was done.

The Radio Dept. in the NYT

The NY Times reviews The Radio Dept.'s live show: mes.com/2010/12/03/arts/music/03radio.html?_r=1" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/arts/music/03radio.html?_r=1

MP3: Korova Station - Come on Come on

Hard for me to think of these dudes as something other than the little siblings of EL-SD, but that probably has more to do with which band I heard first than anything else. Anyhow, that dude Pontus is a beast on the kit no matter how you look at it, googly eyes or not. And yeah, support your (local) noiserock band!

Korova Station - Come on Come on

New Roxette in February

There's a new Roxette album called "Charm school" coming out on February 11. Tell your parents, maybe they'll care.

Hank von Helvete fronting new band

Hans-Erik Dyvik Husby (nee Hank von Helvete) has found time between promoting Scientology and his Cornelis Vreeswijk biopic to form a new band called Dr. midnight & the mercy Cult featuring members from Extol, marilyn manson, Satyricon and Apotygma Berzerk. They are currently booked to play Slottsfjell-festivalen, but are expected to announce more dates soon.

Gaffa SWE top Swedish album picks

Gaffa Sweden's top Swedish album picks of 2010 out of their top 30:

01. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a scheme
03. Håkan Hellström - 2 steg från paradise
04. masshysteri – masshysteri
09. Säkert – Facit
11. Tallest man on Earth - The wild hunt
15. Robyn - Body talk part 1
20. JJ – n° 3
21. Anna von Hausswolff – Singing from the grave
26. The Bear Quartet – monty Python

Read more: https://gaffa.se/artikel/45193 (in Swedish)

Fenriz' top albums of 2010

Fenriz of Darkthrone lists his favorite albums of the year: myspace.com/officialdarkthrone/blog/541049007" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/officialdarkthrone/blog/541049007
Tons of great worthwhile picks for underground metal/punk aficiondos -- quite a few selections from my own list as well.

Slöa Knivar
Ingen klass, ingen stil
Skrammel Records

Now, this is what punk with a fuck it all! attitude should sound like! The music that Skåne's Slöa Knivar play is well above average punk and hardcore, but they have one important aspect that affords them an extra element of venom, making "Ingen klass, ingen stil" an absolute killer album. That is, of course, the use of insanely caustic female vocals that would put most male punk screamers to shame. musically, it's a decidedly old-school take on the genre that would sit perfectly in punk's vehement heyday, with the vocals serving to really cement a dirty edge on the whole package. They remind me a little on London-based punk crew meinhof, another female-fronted band whose vocalist overshadows many of her male counterparts, although it must be said that "Ingen klass, ingen stil" has the edge when it comes to raw power. At the end of the day, Slöa Knivar isn't a band that's out for world domination, but I'd dare say that when Armageddon comes they'd be on the front line providing the soundtrack. Not all of their lyrics might fit the bill but, by hell, they'd make a serious racket to compliment the carnage.
- John Norby