Pintandwefall studio diary

Finnish act Pintandwefall are keeping a studio diary as they record their 3rd album: m/" target="_blank">https://www.pintandwefall.com/

Nosordo relaunches as Neosordo

Sweden-focused experimental label Nosordo is relaunching as Neosordo with a series of white label 12"s focusing on "interesting and exploratory sounds from Sweden and somehow-related lands from this fair planet." First up: a split pairing the excellent Ljudbilden & Piloten alongside Vidderna, another malmö-based act. more details and preview samples here: m/" target="_blank">https://www.nosordo.com/

New Deathchain album confirmed, sample posted

Cobra Records has confirmed that Finnish death-thrashers Deathchain will release their new album "Death gods" on September 29. Said album will be available on CD and mp3, as well as in a 2LP edition with a bonus track. Full details: https://cobrarecords.fi/?n=21
Hear a new sample tune at myspace: myspace.com/deathchainofficial" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/deathchainofficial

PopMatters reviews Moses

Popmatters reviews the Shadoks Records reissue of Danish 70s rockers moses and their album "Changes": matters.com/pm/review/126897-moses-changes/" target="_blank">https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/126897-moses-changes/

Viola - Traitor on the inside (Red Carpet cover)

Viola's free song for August is a cover of friends and countrymates Red Carpet and their song "Traitor on the inside": musicclub.com/2010-08-traitor-on-the-inside" target="_blank">https://www.violamusicclub.com/2010-08-traitor-on-the-inside

The Silent Ballet reviews October Falls

The Silent Ballet reviews the blackened nature metal of Finnish act October Falls: m/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/3528/Default.aspx" target="_blank">https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/3528/Default.aspx

MP3: Night Minutes - Sweetheart of the funeral

Night minutes is the new project of the always-charming max J Hansson of the soon-to-be-departed Cut City in which he collaborates with ms. Anna Knutsson of the likewise-great/still-going-strong We Live in Trenches (who still need to send me mp3s of the album btw). While it is surely a shame that CC is going under, the prospect of max playing in a far more actively active band is far more exciting. You see, max lives in Göteborg and the rest of those dudes live down in malmö... it's not m>thatm> far, but far enough to cause complications. With Night minutes there are no such issues, just quality JAmC-inspired jangle noise. The Raveonettes are an obvious point of comparison too, though Night minutes' fuzzy sheen is more trve lo-fi in comparison to the Dane's well-manicured gloss. Anyhow, "Sweetheart of the funeral" is my favorite of the three songs off their forthcoming self-titled debut EP, due out soon via Deleted Art offshoot Psychic malmö -- heavy on the girl group vibe, but not overselling it. The female/male vocal tradeoffs in combination with the cheap and raw organ tones make for quality noisepop, that's really all there is to it. It's easy to like and I'm immediately smitten.

Night Minutes - Sweetheart of the funeral

Black Light White Light - Higher than low (video)

Danish/Swedish indie/psychrock act Black Light White Light have a new video for the song "Higher than low": m/watch?v=smxU7Nv7eGY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smxU7Nv7eGY

Frederik Teige (Efterklang) - What is new

Efterklang multi-instrumentalist Frederik Teige is releasing a solo album to be called "Body god". Check out the first single for free download via Bad Panda Records: m/2010/08/01/badpanda041/" target="_blank">https://badpandarecords.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/badpanda041/

Leaders Off - Xtra chair

Swedish indierockers Leaders Off have added a new track to their myspace page: myspace.com/leadersoff" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/leadersoff

Agent Side Grinder preps live 7"

The excellent Swedish industrial act Agent Side Grinder will be releasing a 2-track 7" in September via US label Aural Pleasures. Both songs will have been previously released on the "Irish recording tape" album, but have been re-recorded live "in a true back-to-basics punkrock style." Also look for a similarly produced live cassette + LP to follow from the label later on.

Maim - Screams from the mutilated

I already m/n/34697-maim-finish-2nd-album-more">told you that maim has a new album on the way; now there's a sample tune streaming at myspace: myspace.com/maimdeathmetal" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/maimdeathmetal

Vice talks to Bastard Priest

Vice continues m/n/34680-vice-interviews-morbus-chron">their coverage of Swedish death with a new interview with Bastard Priest: m/music/2010/07/a-fist-in-the-face-of-god-bastard-priest/" target="_blank">https://www.viceland.com/music/2010/07/a-fist-in-the-face-of-god-bastard-priest/

Pitchfork reviews Cats on Fire, K-X-P

Pitchfork reviews the odds'n'ends collection "Dealing in antiques" from Finnish indiepop act Cats on Fire: m/reviews/albums/14485-dealing-in-antiques/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14485-dealing-in-antiques/
Also reviewed, Smalltown Supersound act K-X-P: m/reviews/albums/14500-k-x-p/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14500-k-x-p/

Sirius playlist week #31

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XmU:

01. Niels Nielsen - Dpend
02. TALK 1
03. Haleiwa - Pure vida dude
04. Óðmenn - Einn ég ræ
05. The Bear Quartet - Lovers goodbye
06. Night minutes - Sweetheart at the funeral
07. TALK 2
08. A Swarm of the Sun - The worms are out
09. Logh - An alliance of hearts
10. Tomas Halberstad - I must be in love
11. TALK 3
12. Liechtenstein - On the tram
13. Scraps of Tape - Blindspot
14. Dear Euphoria - Coming down
15. Dyno - Emotional
16. TALK 4
17. Kvelertak - Ordsmedar av rang
18. The Social Services - Baltic Sea
19. Oriel Joans - Knuckles whiten
20. TALK 5
21. Ted Gärdestad - Oh, vilken härlig dag

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.