m/n/35400-code-64-deviant">more semi-goofy Swedish synthpop. This is Dupont's new version of "Dope of love" from the EP of the same name, due out October 29. Sadly, I cannot hear the chorus without being reminded of m/" target="_blank">this.
Popmatters reviews Espen Eriksen Trio's "You had me at goodbye": matters.com/pm/review/131111-espen-eriksen-trio-you-had-me-at-goodbye/" target="_blank">https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/131111-espen-eriksen-trio-you-had-me-at-goodbye/
It's a shame that so many EBm acts such as Code 64 so often have such shamelessly lame teen-angst lyrics because the music is actually pretty good. C'mon now, grown-ass men should not be saying things like "I will never be a puppet of conformity!" with a straight face; there are far more poetic ways to express those feelings if you didn't get over it past high school. I guess you also have to consider the intended audience though and understand that many a basement-dwelling cybergoth oh so desperately wants to be misunderstood. me, I just want good tunes I can jam without being embarrassed and only a portion of Code 64's new record "Trialogue" fits the bill. That is, if you pay attention to the lyrics. The tunes themselves are actually all pretty decent.
Code 64 - Deviant
Imperial State Electric and Bloodlights, two overrated rock acts featuring members from bands that used to be good, will be touring together in November and will be putting out a split 7" with the two bands. I'm not sure what Bloodlights is doing, but ISE is covering "Castaway" by Greg Kihn. Dates at myspace: myspace.com/imperialstateelectric" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/imperialstateelectric
The new Lykke Li single "Get some" will be posted as a free download on October 25 and will also be available on 7" vinyl b/w exclusive track "Paris blue". As for her next full-length, expect something in early 2011.
Stereogum has the premiere of Serena-maneesh's new video "D.I.W.S.W.T.T.D.": m.com/536802/serena-maneesh-d-i-w-s-w-t-t-d-video-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/" target="_blank">https://stereogum.com/536802/serena-maneesh-d-i-w-s-w-t-t-d-video-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/
Danish act Efterklang has launched a new project called "Efterkids" to promote music education in public schools: m/" target="_blank">https://www.efterkids.com/
Head to the site to see the band "performing" with six students from New York's Special music School and to download materials to recreate the experience yourself (in your own classroom).
Excellent malmö-based indie act Pixie Carnation reports that they have finished recording their debut full-length and are now currently mixing/mastering at Svenska Grammofon with Kalle Gustafsson Jerneholm (TSOOL). There's no confirmed title or label yet, but the album will contain 11 tracks, including 4 re-recorded versions of songs from the group's "Fresh poems" EP, and it should be out sometime early next year.
Danish heavies Rising are now streaming two brand new tracks at myspace off their forthcoming 7", due out November 29 via : myspace.com/risingdk" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/risingdk
In other news, the band's self-titled debut EP will be getting a much-needed 12" vinyl release on November 29 as well, via German label in an edition of 500 copies, 150 on white.
Check out a new video from Swedish indie/folk act Nervous Nellie: m/watch?v=rBOWrK7JBOk" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBOWrK7JBOk
The band's new album "Why dawn is called mourning" will be released on October 15.
A new video from Swedish indiepop act You Say France & I Whistle, off their upcoming digital EP "Angry boy". Download another new song from the band here: m/audio_light.html" target="_blank">https://www.yousayfrance.com/audio_light.html
Updated solo dates for Johan Gustavsson/Johan G Winther/Tsukimono touring in support of Peter Broderick:
10/12 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
10/13 - Sint Elisabeth Church, Gent (BEL)
10/16 - St Giles, London (UK)
10/18 - St mary Church, Brighton (UK)
10/19 - Academy, manchester (UK)
10/20 - Pavillion, Cork (EIR)
10/21 - Harmonic Series @ Workman's Club, Dublin (EIR)
10/22 - Cube, Bristol (UK)
10/23 - South Street Arts Centre, Reading (UK)
10/27 - Bad Bonn, Düdingen (CH)
10/28 - Treibhaus, Luzern (CH)
Hear a brand new song from Norwegian pop/folk act Real Ones: m/bpopmentometer/yaya" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/bpopmentometer/yaya
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XmU:
01. The Scrags - In the devil's hands
02. TALK 1
03. Boeoes Kaelstigen - Desolate view
04. Johnossi - Roscoe
05. Kimono - Tomorrow
06. TALK 2
07. Fun - Here comes the ugly man
08. Kite - Hexx
09. mother of the Forest - Bränna broar
10. mother of the Forest - Vid berget
11. TALK 3
12. Non Tiq - QUiet
13. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - I could have sworn I heard them SING
14. Enslaved - Raidho
15. TALK 4
16. Säkert! - Riot
17. Kristofer Åström - Devil
18. Sweatmaster - Calling Satan, let me in
19. mercyful Fate - Black funeral
20. TALK 5
21. Lighthouse Project - Lust for lie
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XmU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on Xm and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Hello SaferideLast weekend, Filter magazine staged the Culture Collide Festival -- a veritable United Nations of indierock, and (if my opinion as one of their freelance writers is to be trusted) a freaking genius idea. Among the weekend's standout international sets (might I suggest KAmP! and Casiokids for all your dance party needs?) was Hello Saferide (Annika Norlin to her friends) who, with Andrea Kellerman of Firefox AK, made her Los Angeles debut with three intimate shows.
While the size of the venue -- really the backroom of French restaurant Taix -- made it a bid difficult to call her Saturday night performance a case of taking the city by storm, those present were treated to an all-too-brief intimate performance an incredibly skilled storyteller. (Heck, she didn't name her sophomore album, "more modern stories from Hello Saferide" for nothing.) Replacing the album's electric guitars for an acoustic axe and a kick drum, Norlin breathed new life into the material -- most notably during "Anna", and the onomonopia-dense "Arjeplog" where the stripped-down version elevated Norlin's art of the broken heart.
From apologizing to an über fan parked in the front row for playing the same set three days in a row (he didn't seem to mind), to telling the audience about her wacky Los Angeles pen pal ("She slept with all these hockey players and then wrote to me about it. I was thirteen!") Norlin came across as an every-woman worth knowing. Here's hopping Los Angeles was listening.
- Laura Studarus