In addition to the European dates announced m/n/33169-rising-european-tour">earlier this week, heavy Danish act Rising will be heading to Ireland in April:
04/07 - tba, Cork
04/08 - Sally Longs, Galway
04/09 - tba, Dublin
04/10 - Limelight, Belfast w/The Ocean
martin Senter is a veteran of many bands - Seven Feet Four, EL-SD, Talking to Drake, maybe more -- but now he's decided to break out on his own and work on a solo EP. "Ingenting förlorat" is the first, fully realized sample of what he's done so far and it's pretty decent. Definitely in the vein of quirky guitar + electronics indie ala early Samuraj Cities (or maybe m/n/32977-niels-nielsen-we-are-youth">Niels Nielsen) with the added benefit of strong energy and a decent ear for clever vocal arrangements. The track does go on a little long however, but whatever, it's a demo. Gotta hear it back before you can work the quirks out. Hear some more stuff at myspace: myspace.com/martinsenter" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/martinsenter
Martin Senter - Ingenting förlorat
Pitchfork reviews the self-titled debut album from The Amazing: m/reviews/albums/13882-the-amazing/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13882-the-amazing/
Grattis till Pontus och Nina! Hurra!
Warmer Climes vs jj: mer-climes.blogspot.com/2010/02/facts-figures-with-joakim-benon-of-jj.html" target="_blank">https://warmer-climes.blogspot.com/2010/02/facts-figures-with-joakim-benon-of-jj.html
more anger here with Fredik Lindson (The Crêpes, The Embassy) on the receiving end: mer-climes.blogspot.com/2010/02/facts-figures-with-fredrik-lindson-of.html" target="_blank">https://warmer-climes.blogspot.com/2010/02/facts-figures-with-fredrik-lindson-of.html
The Kissaway Trail have lined up a bunch of American dates to coincide with their appearance at SXSW in march:
03/14 - Nx35 (Andy's On The Square), Denton, TX
03/18-20 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/22 - Turner Hall, milwaukee, WI
03/23 - The Varsity, minneapolis, mN
03/24 - The metro, Chicago, IL
03/26 - The Newport, Columbus, OH
03/27 - House of Blues, Cleveland, OH
03/30 - The mod Club, Toronto, CAN
03/31 - Cabaret du musee Juste Pour Rire, montreal, CAN
04/01 - mercury Lounge, New York, NY
04/02 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
04/03 - Theater of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
04/06 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
04/08 - Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC
04/09 - The Loft, Atlanta, GA
04/10 - The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
04/12 - House of Blues, Dallas, TX
04/13 - Emo's, Austin, TX
04/15 - The Clubhouse, Tempe, AZ
04/19 - Belly Up, Solana Beach, CA
04/20 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
04/22 - Pop Scene, San Francisco, CA
The upcoming menfolk album "Beast one / man nil" is currently being mastered by the illustrious Bob Weston (Shellac) at Chicago mastering Service.
Danish act Obstacles will be releasing a split 7" with Americans Auxes (ex-milemarker/Challenger) via Czech label . No exact release date, but it's been sent off for pressing, so expect it to be available in a few weeks.
music blog Halifax Collect rounds up some news on some of Iceland's best metal bands, including names such as Changer, Carpe Noctem, Gruesome Glory, Universal Tragedy and more: m/2010/02/more-metal-please-can-we-have-little.html" target="_blank">https://halifaxcollect.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-metal-please-can-we-have-little.html
Smalltown is heading out on a European tour in April:
04/16 - Lobusch, Hamburg (GER)
04/17 - Koma F, Berlin (GER)
04/18 - Rosbrat, Poznan (POL)
04/19 - Elba, Warsaw (POL)
04/20 - Tektura, Lublin (POL)
04/21 - tba, Budapest (HUN)
04/22 - tba, Wien (AUS)
04/23 - Yacht Club, Brno (CZ)
04/24 - K4, Nurnberg (GER)
04/25 - Kafe Kult, munich (GER)
04/26 - Juz, mannheim (GER)
04/27 - Cafe Lorentz, muenster (GER)
04/28 - Schaubude, Kiel (GER)
04/29 - Utkanten, malmo (SWE)
04/30 - Overdreven, Copenhagen (DK)
05/01 - G18, Bremen (GER)
Here's an e-card for the Ingrid Olava album "The guest" which will be released tomorrow, February 12: https://www.ecards.no/universal/olava
Hard to compete with this live version recorded at Katarina Kyrka in Stockholm for PSL, but that's the way moto Boy's music often goes. The studio version, while still fairly decent, hems him in with electronic beats and unnecessary ornamentation. Live and languid with natural acoustics will always win.
Moto Boy - The heart is a rebel
Finnish act Jalankulkuämpäri have posted their acoustic Suomi cover of Blondie's "Hanging on the telephone" on their blog: mpari.blogspot.com/2010/02/roikkumaan-langoille-hanging-on_11.html" target="_blank">https://jalankulkuampari.blogspot.com/2010/02/roikkumaan-langoille-hanging-on_11.html
Here's a video for the title track of the new Under Byen album "Alt er tabt": m/watch?v=kOR7-UYfxO0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOR7-UYfxO0
New short take reviews at Popmatters cover two wildly different Swedish acts, matters.com/pm/review/119997-dream-evil-in-the-night/" target="_blank">Dream Evil and matters.com/pm/review/118853-pixie-carnation-fresh-poems-ep/" target="_blank">Pixie Carnation. I'm a fan of both.