Aversionline on the new album "my soul for his glory" from Finnish black-metal act Behexen: m/blahg/2008/07/23/behexen-my-soul-for-his-glory-cd/" target="_blank">https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/07/23/behexen-my-soul-for-his-glory-cd/

Sofia Talvik's guest duet partner this week: Pelle Tamleht, frontman for The Sunshine. Watch the video: myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=36285986" target="_blank">https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=36285986

In case you haven't checked the msgboard, I've updated the m/view_topic.php?id=69">Gbg Spotlight thread with more details on what I've covered so far, plus I created muxtape.com/" target="_blank">a brand new muxtape mix highlighting a few of my favorite tracks along with a few bonus songs. Check it out!

MP3: Nitad - Ge mig ge mig

Here's a good punk-rock icebreaker: which era of Black Flag is your favorite? I'm a Rollins guy myself, though it didn't always used to be that way. Young Avi liked the louder/faster style of the early years, but now old and bitter Avi prefers the, well, older, more bitter and more disillusioned stuff from "Damaged" onward. Nitad, on the other hand, are definitely early years kind of guys. This isn't the snotty retro-punk of the Umeå or KBH scenes though, this stuff is more like a continuation of classic Swedish hardcore. Fast and furious, yes, but also with plenty of hooks to keep you coming back for more. The name is from a famous moderat Likvidation song, after all. Really looking forward to the upcoming full-length -- even if it's not so hot, it's still got all the various EP tracks plus some m.se/" target="_blank">seriously bad-ass artwork.

Nitad - Ge mig ge mig

Mist
On high heels EP
self-released

mist consists of 4 girls from Gothenburg and is the kind of band that fall into the category "see them live", since their originality isn't striking when just listening, I need some charisma here! "On high heels" is a self released album, recorded in Peekaboo Studios, an alternative Pop EP consisting of 5 songs with a general impression of moderate beauty. According to me and the fact that they have played together since childhood, they should sound more original and improvisational. I'm saying that it is a bit too unbuoyant; there are intersections between the sound and the lead vocal, the cause of that can be the answer of the difference between track 3: "my baby blue" (which is excellent) to the other songs. martha Brauer's vocal is on the right spot on this song, the ensemble is faultless from instrument, chorus to style, exactly the jazzy to swinging touch that mist should concentrate completely on. In "my baby blue" I find the potential of this group and further on I hope they will improvise more to their success. meanwhile, I might see them live.
- Therese Buxfäldt

The Local reports that Swede Robert Wells has been selected by the Chinese ministry of Culture and Sport to compose the official television theme music for this year's Olympic games in Beijing. Read more: https://www.thelocal.se/13202/20080722/

Swedish black-metal act Watain is coming back to the US in October: mbgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=11116" target="_blank">https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=11116

Norwegian artist Askil Holm will be going into Velvet Recordings in Spydeberg in September to begin work on a new album.

Adore music (Killerchaps, The Third Try Club) has signed Swedish indie act Kusowsky.

Preview three new unmastered tracks from EBm act Lip Service: matic.com/" target="_blank">https://kollaps.superautomatic.com/

Digfi has a new live studio session posted with Stockholm-based act Top Sound: m/default.aspx?id=11960" target="_blank">https://www.digfi.com/default.aspx?id=11960

Pitchfork reviews the new Ida maria album "Fortress round my heart": media.com/article/record_review/141944-ida-maria-fortress-round-my-heart" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/141944-ida-maria-fortress-round-my-heart

MP3: Anna Maria Espinosa - Everyday

Who doesn't love a kazoo refrain? You've got to be one cold, heartless bastard to resist. Anna maria Espinosa has been kicking around the Stockholm scene for a long time now, performing with bands such as morder Jords massiva, Club Killers and tons more, as well as popping up as a guest vocalist on numerous releases from a vast variety of artists. And this fall she's breaking free with her very own solo release (due out October 8, I believe) and here now is her debut single "Everyday", a great little upbeat pop number that has me super excited for what's to come. It's produced by the always-reliable Jari Haapalainen and written with Theodor Jensen (The Plan), but it's her voice that carries the day, along with that lovely, buzzing refrain I referred to back in sentence #1. Pure joyful exuberance, pure summer bliss! I'm glad Anna maria is finally stepping out to do her own thing, it's time she had a chance for the spotlight. Not that she's going at alone though, she does have a lot of help: besides Jari and Theodor, she's also recruited Ellekari Larsson (The Tiny), mattias Hellberg, Andreas mattson, The Concretes, Nicolai Dunger and others to help out. I guess it was time to call in some favors, eh? Like I said, 'bout time.

Anna Maria Espinosa - Everyday

Upcoming releases on the way this fall from Swedish DIY imprint Hockey Rawk:

"Treepony Island" drawing book, screen printed, 44 pages
manlig Kärlek - "Lusselelleland" CS
Christopher Cantillo & Daniel Karlsson - "States one through nine" CDR, screen printed cover
mole Says Hi CDR
"Hembryggt" Comp. CS, found recordings

The Bridal Shop
In violation 7"
Cloudberry Records

I typically prefer my tweepop with female vocals since I could really care less about yet another dude trying out his best morrissey impression, but this one breaks the mold by pairing a male and female vocalist on opposite sides with the man coming out far superior. Her pitch and timbre is good enough for this sort of C86 pop revival, but she's constantly pushing ahead of the beat and I simply can't hang at all. The song ("Coming real") isn't all that interesting either, but hey - it is a b-side, so I suppose I can't be that disappointed. As for the main attraction ("Violation"), it sounds like something Jens Lekman might do if he was spaced out on quaaludes with its soaring strings and soft synth tones, all swirling together in a dazed, shoegazey soup. And yes, he does try his best to channel everyone's favorite English fop, but at least it's buried in the mix. I can hang with that.
- Avi Roig