New netlabel: Astor Bell

Astor Bell is a new Swedish netlabel specializing in minimal, IDm and techno. Check out their site and download their first three releases: m/" target="_blank">https://www.astorbell.com/

Broder Daniel book on the way

Photographer martin Norberg and journalist Klas Ekman have put together a book on Broder Daniel featuring pictures and stories from the infamous band's history up until (and after) their tragic end. The full title is "Broder Daniel - When we were winning" and it hits Swedish bookshelves on march 11.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Larz Kristerz - Hem till dig
02. Hammerfall - No sacrifice, no victory
03. Perssons Pack - Öster om heden
04. mando Diao - Give me fire!
05. Zillah & Totte - Det låter apa
06. Scotts - På vårt sätt
07. Anna Ternheim - Leaving on a mayday
08. A Camp - Colonia
09. mikael Wiehe - Sånger från en inställd skilsmässa
10. Laleh - me and Simon
11. Veronica maggio - Och vinnaren är...
12. Kim - Kim
13. Janet Leon - Janet
14. Dundertåget - Skaffa ny frisyr
15. Jill Johnson - Baby blue paper
16. Freddie Wadling - The dark flower (den mörka blomman)
17. Frida Hyvönen - Silence is wild
18. H.E.A.T - Heat
19. mojje - Popcornfrisyr
20. Takida - Bury the lies

MP3: Lack - Simonix

Two thoughts for a Friday:
#1. Lack as a damn good band.
#2. Work sucks.

Lack - Simonix

Maribel
Taste the trash 7"
Oslo Grammofon

Oslo shits out yet another shoegaze band and of course Emil Nikolaisen from Serena maneesh is in the credits, this time as producer, alongside Bjarne Stensli (Harrys Gym, I Was A King). Hoo-boy, that's quite a lineup of mediocre bands, so why should this be any different? Actually, the a-side ("Taste the trash") isn't all that bad, despite the robotic drumming. I'd even say that the abundant feedback squalls adequately compensate for the overall lack of energy, egged on by by the heavily layered and buried female vocals. Side two ("Spit voyage") aims to repeat the formula by amping things up even higher, but the polyrhythmic arrangement doesn't work at all and subsequently comes across like a huge mess. And again, that damn drummer! I swear, if you told me it was a machine I'd believe you, he's so competently lifeless. Loosen up man! The future of your band depends on it.
- Avi Roig

Two White Horses - Good times are gone forever (video)

Check out the video for the new Two White Horses single "Good times are gone forever": myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=52966531" target="_blank">https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=52966531

NPR profiles I Was A King

NPR on Norwegian act I Was A King: mplates/story/story.php?storyId=100919263" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100919263

Dieter Schöön - Mary Jane (video)

Dieter Schöön's new video for "mary Jane" can now be viewed at their label's website: m/video.php" target="_blank">https://www.headspinrecordings.com/video.php

Fibes, Oh Fibes! - Love child

myspace is sucking for me at this very moment, but I do believe that Fibes, Oh Fibes! are supposedly streaming their new single "Love child" over there now: myspace.com/fibesohfibes" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/fibesohfibes

Stream the new Lampshade record

Lampshade's new and possibly final album "Stop pause play" is now streaming in its entirety at myspace: myspace.com/lmpshd" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/lmpshd

MP3: Jesper Norda - We have the guts

In case you m/?n=29209">missed the news that Jesper Norda has a new EP for free download, here's a chance to make up for it. As with his m/?n=28366">previous EP, the sound is pure piano and voice, soaked in darkness and hung out to dry. Actually, the minor key gloom and doom is just a red herring, "We have the guts" is a love ballad, a devotional epic. In a way. So much of the lyrics pertain to the dull mundane realities of dead-end day-to-day life, but the delivery is what gives it power and the conclusion is pure beauty. Jesper's voice is deep and strong, but it also aches when it strives for the higher notes and I don't doubt for a second that every word is true. And the dynamics? Intense. There's no need to sing out the title, it's implied with the final breath.

Download the rest of the EP here.

Jesper Norda - We have the guts

Interview: The Late Parade

WaPo Express talks to Frost (Satyricon)

The Washington Post Express talks to Satyricon drummer Frost: m/content/2009/02/thawing_the_frost_qa_satyricon.php" target="_blank">https://www.expressnightout.com/content/2009/02/thawing_the_frost_qa_satyricon.php
Check the link at the top of the piece for a preview of their show together with UK act Cradle of Filth.

David Åhlén - We sprout in thy soil

The album-version of the title track from David Åhlén's forthcoming album "We sprout in thy soil" is up at myspace: myspace.com/compunctio" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/compunctio
Very, very recommended.

Eight different aritists to remix new Fever Ray single

Fever Ray has selected eight different artists to tackle remixes of her new single "When I grow up" including Dan Lissvik (Studio), Van Rivers and Håkan Lidbo. Keep an eye out for them to be released week-by-week starting tomorrow.