King and Gaahl become God Seed

Ex-Gorgoroth members King and Gaahl has chosen God Seed as their new moniker since losing their lawsuit with Infernus. One word: LAmE.

Veto
Live @ The Proud Gallery, London, UK 03/20/2009

Tonight, Danish superstars Veto had the somewhat unenviable task of playing to a room full of weekend ravers, hipsters and stragglers. Billed as a London showcase, these sort of events tend to have promoters who focus more on the shintz & glamour of the venue and the units of lager sold than on any potential sonic wizardry offered by the musical acts on the bill. Arguably, the current global economic meltdown has put an already greater strain on the somewhat uneasy relationship between art and commerce.

However, tonight somehow Veto manage to rise above the drunken revelry of the party people to put on a set which showcases why they recently won the prestigious P3 award in their native Denmark. Egged on by a hardcore army of super-fans down the front, the band display a sound which is able to capture the industrial electro of The Faint, with added post-recession gloom.

In a live setting, the tracks from their recent album "Crushing digits" are a given a lot more room to breathe. A particular highlight from the set is "Breathe", which is given space to morph into a multiheaded schizophrenic beast of a tune, prototyping every aspect of the band's live show. The song features a two minute near silence, in which the band's small army of native fans continued their relentless death march and cheering.

A slight criticism is the aesthetic of the stage setup. Whilst drummer mads Hasager demonstrates a palpable punch with his incessant groove, vocalist Troels Abrahmsen is mostly obscured by a huge flight case. Even though this acts as a makeshift stand for his laptop, it firmly bridged the gap between performer and audience. The performance of the fans at the front of the stage put on a theatrical spectacle, the stage setup broke down the existence of a fourth-wall.
- Nick Levine

Tryghed & Tristesse working with The Silent Section

Tryghed & Tristesse will be doing a CD + 7" with long-running Danish dark-rock act The Silent Section sometime around early summer. Listen here: myspace.com/thesilentsection" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/thesilentsection
If you dig later Swans or maybe early madrugada, you'll probably dig this too.

Sony signs Pony the Pirate, single on the way

Sony has signed up-and-coming Norwegian act/Urørt-winner Pony the Pirate. Look for the single "Walk the shame" to be released digitally on April 6 with an album to follow this fall.

New Disco Ensemble EP on the way

Disco Ensemble will be releasing a new EP on April 22 entitled "Back on the mF street" featuring four previously unreleased tracks and two remixes of "Bad luck charm" as done by both Them Shepherds and mr. Velcro Fastener.

Sounds Like Violence confirm new album release

Sounds Like Violence will release their new album "The devil on Nobel Street" on may 25 via Burning Heart Records. Read the press release: m/news/article.php?id=520" target="_Blank">https://www.burningheart.com/news/article.php?id=520

Antennas - Youngbloods (video)

The video for the latest Antennas single "Youngbloods" was just uploaded to YouTube: m/watch?v=vWrVg7dDmXw&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWrVg7dDmXw&fmt=18

Ex-Ultrasport frontman goes solo

Juho Kosunen, ex-vocalist for Finnish indiepop act Ultrasport, has a new solo project called Future Gravity and has posted his first two songs for free download: m/" target="_blank">https://www.futuregravity.com/
Sounds pretty good!

Musik med Cats on Fire

Live music from Finnish indiepop act Cats on Fire at PSL: musik-med-cats-on-fire-3/" target="_blank">https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/03/20/musik-med-cats-on-fire-3/

New Aleksi Eeben EP on Kahvi

Finnish IDm artist Aleksi Eeben has a new release on the Kahvi netlabel: mber=266" target="_blank">https://www.kahvi.org/releases.php?release_number=266

MP3: Sahara Hotnights - Quite a feeling

Hard to believe this came out 10 years ago already. Sahara Hotnights have come a long way as a band, but they'll never recapture the vibe that made their debut so special. There's a freshness and an energy to it that's impossible to fake, impossible to resurrect. In many ways they're a better band nowadays - better musicians, better pop craftsmen and so on -- but here, at their rawest, more premature stage, you knew they had something and that's why they blew up almost immediately. Of course, being a band of attractive females didn't hurt either though I'd argue it was hardly crucial to their success. They're a great band; always have been and still are.

Sahara Hotnights - Quite a feeling

Holmes to tour Europe

Swedish alt-country act Holmes is heading out on the road next week:

03/25 - Objekt 5, Halle (GER)
03/26 - Paris Syndrom, Leipzig (GER)
03/27 - Kult 41, Bonn (GER)
03/28 - Elfer, Frankfurt (GER)
03/29 - Kohi, Karlsruhe (GER)
03/30 - Fatal, Landau (GER)
03/31 - Channel Zero, Ljubljana (SI)
04/01 - The Office, Graz (AUS)
04/02 - Vorstadt, Wien (AUS)
04/03 - Herbert, Baden (CH)
04/05 - Dimensione, Winterthur (CH)
04/08 - Bar Sartea, Vicenza (IT)
04/09 - Locomotiv, Bologna (IT)
04/10 - Arci Valverde, Forlì (IT)
04/12 - Südstadt, münchen (GER)
04/13 - Yacht, Brno (CZ)
04/14 - Societätstheater, Dresden (GER)
04/15 - Haus 73, Hamburg (GER)
04/16 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
04/17 - Limes, Köln (GER)
04/18 - tbc, Bielefeld (GER)
04/19 - Loppen, Köpenhamn (DK)

New Lindstrøm/Prins Thomas collaboration in May

It's taken them three years, but Scandinavian electronic artists Hans-Peter Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas will finally follow up with a new collaborative album entitled "II" on may 26. Read more at Resident Advisor: https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=10386

MIC Norway profiles Kristin Asbjørnsen

mIC Norway talks to multi-genre vocal talent Kristin Asbjørnsen: mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009032013220881995880" target="_blank">https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009032013220881995880

Updated tourdates for Sad Day for Puppets

Swedish shoegazers Sad Day for Puppets are heading back to England in may, as well as hitting Spain in April:

04/02 - moby Dick Club, madrid (ESP)
04/03 - South Pop Festival, Sevilla (ESP)
04/18 - Pet Sounds (acoustic), Stockholm (SWE)
05/16 - The Great Escape, Brighton (UK)
05/19 - Bardens Boudoir, London (UK)
05/22 - Crewe Festival, Crewe (UK)