Swedish act Let's Say We Did have a video for their new single "Straight back to you" featuring an ugly transvestite on a moped: m/watch?v=2WL2BtJ0h2c" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WL2BtJ0h2c
millencolin will be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their breakthrough album "Pennybridge pioneers" with a world tour on which they will be performing said album in full, alongside plenty of other old songs. Dates:
09/09 - Envol macadam Festival, Quebec City, Quebec (CAN)
09/10 - Ritual, Ottawa, Ontario (CAN)
09/11 - Club Soda, montreal, Quebec (CAN)
09/12 - Phoenix Theatre, Toronto, Ontario (CAN)
11/06 - Teatro Teleton, Santiago (CHL)
11/07 - Teatro Colegiales, Buenos Aires (ARG)
11/11 - Bar Opinao, Porto Alegre (BRA)
11/12 - master Hall, Curitiba (BRA)
11/13 - Capital Disco, Santos (BRA)
11/14 - Carioca Club, Sao Paulo (BRA)
12/09 - tba, mexico City (mEX)
12/11 - tba, Panama City (PAN)
12/12 - tba, San José (CRI)
IntermentAh, the good old days of Swedish death metal. They’ve never really gone away, with the early recordings of likes of Entombed, Dismember, Carnage and Grave still cited as the best, most influential death metal ever to disgust the planet. One band that was around back then -- having formed at the same time as all the aforementioned legends -- was fellow countrymen Interment. Having disbanded after the release of a few demos back in the day, they tested the water back in 2007 with a split with US death crew Funebrarum before going on to record this, their first ever full-length album. I could go on and on describing the sound and the songwriting in great detail but, to keep it short and to the point -- and to let you know exactly what this album sounds like -- one sentence will do the trick: it's the oldschool Stockholm sound and style, done with great authenticity and the aspiration to be the "Left hand path" of the 21st Century. Obviously, nothing can ever top "LHP" but, for those looking for something new in this particular style "Into the crypts of blasphemy" isn't too far away.
- John Norby
Check out an e-card for A Swarm of the Sun's new album "Zenith": mton.se/aswarmofthesun/" target="_blank">https://formton.se/aswarmofthesun/
If you dig Logh and Cult of Luna, these dudes are about halfway between.
Watch Wildbirds & Peacedrums do the "Take-Away Show" thing for La Blogoteque: ms,5598" target="_blank">https://blogotheque.net/Wildbirds-and-Peacedrums,5598
Classic Swindie act Easy is back with a brand new track, their first in nearly 10 years: music.com/intlpub/easy-is-back-with-a-brand-new-track" target="_blank">https://blogs.playgroundmusic.com/intlpub/easy-is-back-with-a-brand-new-track
The latest episode of Listen to Norway's "99 minutes" podcast series is a special feature on Folkelarm, Norway's biggest folk festival: mic.nsf/doc/art2010083015333181329823" target="_blank">https://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2010083015333181329823
will release Johnny Kock's new single "Sju rider igen" on September 1, with the album "Fejd" to follow on the 15th.
has a new digital release out now from Swedish rapper/comic artist Simon G aka Simon Gärdenfors (ex-Las Palmas, Far och Son): m.blogspot.com/2010/08/ny-release-pa-hybris-digital-simon-g.html" target="_blank">https://hybrism.blogspot.com/2010/08/ny-release-pa-hybris-digital-simon-g.html
There is now a video for the new Simon Says No! single "Solitary rush": m/watch?v=8Ik5OSFJ00g" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ik5OSFJ00g
Watch Robyn cover Björk's "Hyperballad" at the Polar music Prize awards ceremony: m/watch?v=7xPCxxxvqSw" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xPCxxxvqSw
has announced the signing of Radio Saigon, a Cophenhagen-based act with an international lineup -- oddly enough, singer/guitarist Daniel Christensen is from here in Olympia, WA I believe and I met his dad once at the post office. Anyhow, the band has recorded three songs for their 7" debut which will be out on November 1 and can be previewed at myspace: myspace.com/radiosaigon" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/radiosaigon
New act Den Svenska Tystnaden have a new 4-song EP posted for preview at their website: https://www.densvenskatystnaden.se/
"Långsamma repliker all tid i världen" is the 2nd of three thematic EPs to be released this year.
Online literary journal 3:Am talks to Jenny Hval of Rockettothesky about her poetry and her music and many other subjects: mmagazine.com/3am/maintenant-25-jenny-hval/" target="_blank">https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-25-jenny-hval/
I should know by now to keep my expectations in check, but I was so looking forward to the new Bastard Priest album and have been for so long, it's such a letdown to report that it's merely okay. And the fact that it's only decent is almost enough to make me hate it. Almost. The problem isn't even that the b-side of the LP consists of an updated version of their stellar "merciless insane death" demo, an obvious sticking point for many discriminating listeners, it's that the new songs on side A aren't that hot. They all stick to the same basic formula more or less with a chorus that repeats the title of the song and it's extremely tiresome the 3rd or 4th time around. I'm fine with cro-magnon lunk-headed metal, but this is too much, especially when the riffs aren't so hot to begin with. Thankfully, the title track "Under the hammer of destruction" sounds just as raging as when I first heard it on the demo over a year ago. The detonating bomb intro: not subtle at all, but a perfect summation of what Bastard Priest sounds like at their best. And yes, the chorus does just repeat the title.
Bastard Priest - Under the hammer of destruction