The blog Free Jazz reviews the new mats Gustafsson solo record "The Vilnius implosion" which is apparently, not as difficult as many would expect: m/2009/10/mats-gustafsson-nobusiness-2009.html" target="_blank">https://freejazz-stef.blogspot.com/2009/10/mats-gustafsson-nobusiness-2009.html
Live music with Nicolai Dunger at PSL: musik-med-nicolai-dunger/" target="_blank">https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/10/16/musik-med-nicolai-dunger/
The new Bröderna Lindgren album "Presenterar meningen med livet" is seriously good, way better than the debut even, despite the core group of guest vocalists remaining more or less the same. There's some fresh blood though and I think that's what takes it over the top: Firstly, we have Those Dancing Days singing on "Dom bästa"... pleasant enough, but not living up to the title. Secondly, we also have Hajen (now called Jaw Lesson) singing two songs -- I think she has a great voice with an intriguing rough edge, but she's yet to fully wow me and her songs are merely good, not great. Keep an eye on her though because she's definitely going places and if you don't believe me, listen to fellow bloggers m/2008/08/from-nowhere-to-sea.html" target="_blank">Absolut Noise and Swedesplease because they are both big fans. No way can I deny her potential. However, by far the best contributor on this record would have to be Britta Persson. Her opening cut "Annan sort" is brilliant, perhaps even one of the best songs I've heard this year, twinkly harpsichord be damned! No matter what material she's dealing with, Britta always has a strong, instantly recognizable voice and she always sounds stunning. Even better, she continually challenges herself by taking on all sorts of different genres and styles and still continually improves on everything she's done before. So yeah, I'm quite impressed. Definitely recommended.
Bröderna Lindgren - Annan sort (feat. Britta Persson)
Aversionline is featuring a demo track from Icelandic act muck: m/blahg/2009/10/19/muck-2009-demo/" target="_blank">https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2009/10/19/muck-2009-demo/
Hybris is streaming the new Kommun record at Soundcloud: m/hybris/sets/kommun-2" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/hybris/sets/kommun-2
As mentioned m/?n=31899">the other day, Kommun features members from Siberia singing in English.
Club 8 has announced that they have hired The Bear Quartet's Jari Haapalainen to produce their next album, the first time the band has worked with an outside producer. Jari of course is very well-known for his production skills nowadays, having worked with artists such as The Concretes, Camera Obscura and Laakso.
Norwegian progressive rock act White Willow are confirmed to be hard at work on their 6th album. If you search, you might be able to find some preview clips of them in the studio out there somewhere...
Cult of Luna's next release will be a book called "Eviga riket", covering the "lifes and times of mr. Holger Nilsson" and the rest of the story behind their latest album "Eternal kingdom". For those that are unaware or don't remember, that record was based on Nilsson's diaries which cover the time he spent as a mental patient imprisoned for the drowning murder of his wife. As m" target="_blank">Wikipedia says, "Digesting the diary, the band realised that they had stumbled upon the ramblings of a madman. In the diary, Nilsson blamed the death of his wife on the Näcken, a Swedish folk entity believed to be Satan. The diary created a completely imagined world in which owl men and tree men all contributed to a fantasy story that explained why Nilsson was innocent of the crime." The new book will be in both Swedish and English and will include a narrated version of the story will newly-written and recorded soundscapes from the band. No exact release date yet, but expect it in early 2010.
Swedish artist Gina Jacobi is back with her new album "Ömtåligt gods", her first Swedish-language release in 14 years. Head to her new website for more info: https://ginajacobi.se/
Invasionen (nee The Lost Patrol Band på Svenska) have reportedly been signed to a new label and will release the single "Får aldrig tro" in November, both digitally and as a 7".
Swedish/Danish electronic/jazz/experimental trio Nuaia will release their self-titled debut album on October 26 and are previewing a number of tracks at myspace: myspace.com/nuaia" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/nuaia
RIYL midaircondo, Under Byen, or maybe Stina Nordenstam. Well worth checking out.
The new album from AC4, the new band featuring David and Dennis of Refused/Final Exit, is out now via Ny Våg and a North American release is on the way via Deranged. Also look out for a new 6-track 7" and a 7" split before the end of the year.
Rabbit Ilsn has started streaming new tracks from Finnish negative hardcore act Frivolvol at myspace: myspace.com/rabbitilsn" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/rabbitilsn
New songs will be swapped out every couple days until the release of new album "Blades of steel" on November 2.
Pitchfork reviews the new Kings of Convenience record "Declaration of dependence": m/reviews/albums/13553-declaration-of-dependence/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13553-declaration-of-dependence/
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XmU:
01. Paper - Out of it into it
02. TALK 1
03. David Åhlén - Spirit fall
04. Rickard Jäverling - The wedding ring
05. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - This room seems empty without you
06. Erik Enocksson - Non strigis
07. TALK 2
08. Pistol Disco - Organ and drum
09. Dear Euphoria - Pop pills
10. The Skull Defekts - Waving
11. Boeoes Kaelstigen - Radius
12. TALK 3
13. Björn Kleinhenz - HAZ 920
14. [ingenting] - medan vi sov
15. Agent Side Grinder - Black vein
16. Johan Heltne - Hjärte. Instinkt. Principer.
17. TALK 4
18. Jesper Norda - We have the guts
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.