Popmatters reviews The Low Frequency in Stereo's latest record "Futuro": matters.com/pm/review/93028-the-low-frequency-in-stereo-futuro/" target="_blank">https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/93028-the-low-frequency-in-stereo-futuro/
Old news to anyone who cares, but just in case: Alexander Rybak won Eurovision for Norway. Read more: mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009051623530622948958" target="_blank">https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009051623530622948958
Dusted has an admirably snide review of The Field's new record: magazine.com/reviews/4996" target="_blank">https://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4996
The upcoming Aqua greatest hits collection, imaginatively titled "Aqua greatest hits", will contain three new tracks including the single "Back to the 80's". Said single will be released on may 25 with the album following on June 15.
Danish metalcore act As We Fight is streaming their new album "meet your maker" at myspace: myspace.com/aswefight" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/aswefight
Swedish screamy hardcore act Yersinia have a video trailer for their upcoming EP "Lejonhjärta", due out June 20: m/watch?v=Yb_XLRv_oiI&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb_XLRv_oiI&fmt=18
Division of Laura Lee will be heading out later this week to do some European dates:
05/20 - Knaack, Berlin (GER)
05/21 - 59:1, munich (GER)
05/22 - ISC, Bern (GER)
05/23 - Biomill, Laufen (GER)
05/24 - Scene Bastille, Paris (FRA)
05/25 - Cousty Bar, Besançon (FRA)
05/26 - Rote Fabrik, Zurich (CH)
05/27 - B72, Vienna (AUS)
05/29 - Headcrash, Hamburg (GER)
All of the songs from The Sweptaways' new album "The Sweptaways show" have videos and you can watch them all on YouTube: m/view_play_list?p=4F32017D23489E33" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4F32017D23489E33
Swedish pop artist montt mardié has written an anthem for The Pirate Bay and of course it's available for free download: mmtpb.php" target="_blank">https://thepiratebay.org/special/2009mmtpb.php
"The summer never ends", a new mixtape from Jens Lekman: man.com/records/smalltalk.htm" target="_blank">https://www.jenslekman.com/records/smalltalk.htm
Hyper PlasticOpening with the wryly constructed "Ron Asheton's loafers", Hyper Plastic, the electronic solo project of former This Perfect Day guitarist Rickard Johansson, establishes what we can expect from the EP - clever arrangements of simple melodies, a mess of blips and bloops entwined with Johansson's guitar work, driving electronic drums, and coolly detached vocals. One can't but hear elements of "Punk rocker"-era Teddybears throughout the EP, even in its most inspired moments for at the core of Hyper Plastic is a need to channel angular punk energy down the darkest of pop-saturated avenues. As "Love & hate" demonstrates, Johansson has a fantastic understanding of atmosphere and mood (favoring the brooding kind), and utilizes this awareness to elevate his compositions just clear of being dismissed as merely simplistic distortion-tinged pop songs. That said, the cynical charm of Hyper Plastic starts to lose some of its appeal after a few listens -- though, in all honesty, this fate awaits the vast majority of four-track EPs. I'm curious to see what Johansson could do with more time.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Check out Dundertåget's new video for "Delad vårdnad (ska du ha spö)": myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=57553750" target="_blank">https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=57553750
The Bombettes are working on writing material for their debut full-length which they hope to record in June. They also plan on doing a short tour in Sweden, Denmark and Germany come July, so keep an eye out for that as well.
NRK has the premiere of the new Skambankt video "Kom hell": miere-skambankt-kom-hell/" target="_blank">https://www.nrk.no/lydverket/videopremiere-skambankt-kom-hell/
mixtune for Cully have a new video for the track "Daggers and knives": m/watch?v=HN917c-bH74&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN917c-bH74&fmt=18