Swedish cassette-only label Kassettbolaget Svart Pyramid is offering up a whole bunch of releases for free download, including stuff from Knife & Ape and Optic Nest: mid.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">https://kassettbolagetsvartpyramid.blogspot.com/
Swedish gothrock act The Kick is coming to Vancouver BC for a few shows later this month:
03/20 - The metropole
03/26 - The Bourbon - Blastramp
03/27 - Chaser @ Cecil
marit Bergman's entire new album "The tear collector" is now streaming at myspace: myspace.com/maritbergman" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/maritbergman
Understated Swedish melancholy/acoustic artist The Late Call will release his debut album "Leaving notes" on April 3 via Tapete Records. Download a free mp3 here: https://www.tapeterecords.de/index.php?id=534
For more info and samples, go here: https://www.tapeterecords.de/index.php?id=508
Daniel Ekeroth, the author of the superb "Swedish Death metal" book, has now compiled a 3-disc set of classic tunes to accompany your reading. Full details right here: myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=124730132&blogId=470211597" target="_blank">https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=124730132&blogId=470211597
If the book wasn't essential enough, this collection seals the deal. I'm going to track down a copy ASAP.
Swedish indierock act The Idle Hands are streaming three new tracks at myspace: myspace.com/theidlehandsswe" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/theidlehandsswe
The band's debut full-length "Dark rooms" will be out in April.
27 was a big year for me too. That was the year in my life that I, for all intents and purposes, walked off a cliff into a new life. my wife and I quit our jobs, packed up and moved north into the unknown (Olympia). It wasn't just a new location, but a new era of responsibility. Sometimes I wish I could go back, but those moments are fleeting. No regrets!
As for Kristofer's take- it's a bit more obscure, but I wouldn't be surprised by a similar story. Common wisdom seems to say that we're supposed to get our shit together by our late twenties, so those years on the cusp could be a big turning point. I miss the option of being frivolous or spontaneous, even though I never really was. As for the song? Fantastic, of course. The run-on sentences provide the drive and the subtle vocal doubling adds intrigue. It takes a little while to get where it's going, but it's well worth it. You'll know when you arrive.
Kristofer Åström - Twentyseven
Here is the m/group/itsatrap" target="_blank">It's a Trap! listening group top 10 albums of the week:
01. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
02. Röyksopp - Junior
03. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
04. mGmT - Oracular Spectacular
05. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
05. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
07. Frida Hyvönen - Silence Is Wild
08. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
09. Camera Obscura - my maudlin Career
10. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Do you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod? Please join us and make your playlist count! Go here to learn more: m/help/" target="_blank">https://www.last.fm/help/
Johan Gustavsson (Tsukimono, V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble, Scraps of Tape) has a new website for his solo endeavors: mecanvas.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">https://timecanvas.wordpress.com/
Totalt Jävla mörker are back and will release their fourth album "Söndra och härska" in June via Regain Records.
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. CC Cowboys - morgen & kveld
02. Diverse artister - melodi Grand Prix 2009
03. Jonas Fjeld og Chatham County Line - Brother Of Song
04. Elisabeth Andreassen - Spellemann
05. Sie Gubba - Hemafrå
06. Silje Nergaard - A Thousand True Stories
07. William Hut - Silent Hum
08. Kari Bremnes - Ly
09. Heroes & Zeros - Simian Vices modern Devices
10. deLillos - Huskeglemme
11. Åge Sten Nilsen - Glamunition
12. Kristin Asbjørnsen - The Night Shines Like the Day
13. The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules
14. Vestlandsfanden - Tipping & Trygd
15. DDR - Das War Das
16. Frøya - Jenta fra landet
17. Black Debbath - Black Debbaths beste. 10 år
18. Karpe Diem - Fire vegger
19. marit Larsen - The Chase
20. Skambankt - Hardt regn
Check out Pato Pooh's new video for "On my way" (ft. Lazee + Ricky): m/watch?v=5iqTnlAeUes" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iqTnlAeUes
maia Hirasawa has a new website: maiahirasawa.se/" target="_blank">https://www.maiahirasawa.se/
Coming out on April 15 via Jazzaway Records: Crimetime Orchestra w/Sonny Simmons + KORK perform "Atomic symphony", a massive 2-disc 100-minute work featuring 75 musicians including some of Norway's most renown jazz artists such as Ingebrigt Haaker Flaten, Bugge Wesseltoft and Paal Nilssen-Love. Read more: m/index.php/news-reader/items/Crimetime_Orchestra_CD.html" target="_blank">https://www.jazzaway.com/index.php/news-reader/items/Crimetime_Orchestra_CD.html
Lead vocalist Harriet Ohlsson has parted ways with Swedish lounge-metal act Hellsongs and longtime backup vocalist Siri Bergnéhr will be taking her place.