Too Cool to Die reviews The Amazing
Too Cool To Die reviews Swedish psych-rockers The Amazing: m/index.php?/tctd/aotw/the_amazing/" target="_blank">https://www.toocooltodie.com/index.php?/tctd/aotw/the_amazing/
Too Cool To Die reviews Swedish psych-rockers The Amazing: m/index.php?/tctd/aotw/the_amazing/" target="_blank">https://www.toocooltodie.com/index.php?/tctd/aotw/the_amazing/
OfagHard to get around it: Ofag is a pure ego. Five friends convene in a recording studio to hang out, play a little improv music; someone hits record and then they release it on their own label. It's not as if the end result is unlistenable (it's not), it's more a question of why. Why waste the plastic? I'm sure it was tremendous fun for everyone involved and there's no reason they shouldn't be proud of their work, but why not make it digital-only? Or better yet, offer it as a free download? Do they honestly think that fans of their other bands (Heroes & Zeros, Superfamily, Balkansemblet) will be stoked on it? Or that they'll cross over into the already over-saturated experiment/freejazz scene? Doubtful. This is for friends and family, perhaps even the curious superfan, but most of all, it's for themselves. That's fine, but I can't recommend it for anyone else.
- Avi Roig
Live music with the one and only mattias Alkberg at PSL: musik-med-mattias-alkberg/" target="_blank">https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/11/23/musik-med-mattias-alkberg/
Tenderversion Recordings act Solander is heading out on tour again in December:
12/07 - Pony Bar, Hamburg (GER)
12/08 - Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig (GER)
12/09 - Ost-Pol , Dresden (GER)
12/10 - secret show, Vienna (AUS)
12/11 - SC - Teatar & TD, Zagreb (CRO)
12/12 - Zoe Café, Santarcangelo di Romagna (ITA)
12/13 - Locomotiva, Vimercate (ITA)
12/16 - Supernova, Berlin (GER)
12/17 - Stadtgarten, Erfurt (GER)
12/18 - Yellow Stage, Frankfurt (GER)
12/19 - Rathaushalle, Haßfurt (GER)
Oslo Grammofon has signed Rosix-Noir and will be releasing a 2-track 7" from them in early 2010.
mIC Norway reports that Bigbang's latest album "Edendale" will be getting a US release in January: mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009112412233617369192" target="_blank">https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009112412233617369192
Under the Radar reviews Anna Ternheim's "Leaving on a mayday": mag.com/reviews/anna_ternheim_leaving_on_a_mayday/" target="_blank">https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/anna_ternheim_leaving_on_a_mayday/
Indiepop label matinée Recordings has announced new albums from Northern Portrait and The Electric Pop Group as well as a new comp featuring cuts from both bands as well as Cats on Fire and lots more. Head to their website for full details, samples and preorder info: m/matinee/news.html" target="_blank">https://www.indiepages.com/matinee/news.html
Popmatters reviews the Children of Bodom covers album "Skeletons in the closet": matters.com/pm/review/114932-children-of-bodom-skeletons-in-the-closet/" target="_blank">https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/114932-children-of-bodom-skeletons-in-the-closet/
Service has signed Swedish act Korallreven and will be releasing their debut album "The truest faith" this coming spring. Hear the first single "Loved up" (and b-side remix by Nhessingtons) at myspace: myspace.com/korallrevenmusic" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/korallrevenmusic
Apparatjik, the all-star project featuring Jonas Bjerre (mew), Guy Berryman (Coldplay) and magne Furuholmen (A-ha), will release the new single "Electric eye" as a digital download on November 30 via their own (cryptic) website: m/" target="_blank">https://www.apparatjik.com/
mew will release the new digital live album "Live at the Hollywood Palladium" on December 7. Said album was recorded during the band's performance at September 2 earlier this year.
Aftonbladet has the premiere of the new Hästpojken video for "Gitarrer & bas, trummor & hat": musikvideor/article6177521.ab" target="_blank">https://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/musikvideor/article6177521.ab
Here is the m/group/itsatrap" target="_blank">It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Kent
02. mattias Alkberg
03. El Perro del mar
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Jens Lekman
06. Jonathan Johansson
07. Local Natives
08. Loney, Dear
09. markus Krunegård
10. Phoenix
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At the Gates have announced that they will be releasing a posthumous 3xDVD collection entitled "The flames of the end" on February 22, 2010. Disc 1 will feature a brand new 2+ hour documentary on the band called "Under A Serpent Sun - The Story of At The Gates" covering their entire career, filmed and directed by guitarist Anders Bjorler; Disc 2 is "Purgatory Unleashed - Live at Wacken", a 75-minute live set of the band's reunion performance at the legendary German metal fest; and Disc 3 is "Only the Dead Are Smiling", 26 live performances of the band from all over the world from throughout the entire band's history. For more details go here: myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=113568664&blogId=519748420" target="_blank">https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=113568664&blogId=519748420
Watch the trailer: m/watch?v=-fa6PeVuSmI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fa6PeVuSmI