Swedish rockers Wired For mono have one last free track posted for download before the release of their new album: mono.com/" target="_blank">https://www.wiredformono.com/
RIYL The Soundtrack of Our Lives or other retro-ish rawk'n'roll. Actually, it's just plain recommended as I've been digging all the tracks they've posted so far.

Timbuktu has posted the track "Bäst före del 3" for free download: mbuk.nu/" target="_blank">https://www.timbuk.nu/

Startracks has confirmed the release of the new Tiger Lou album "A partial print" for October 22 (October 24 in Germany). I, for one, am very excited to hear it!

The prolific C-J Larsgården (IAT.mP3 act Pacta Sunt Servanda aka Pacta, Ondo, A Perfect Friend, misto, etc.) has a new rock band project called morgan Kane. Check it: myspace.com/themorgankanes" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/themorgankanes

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Laakso - Worst case scenario
02. TALK 1
03. The Kid - mayhem troopers
04. We Live In Trenches - Autonomy clinic
05. Detektivbyrån - Om du möter varg
06. TALK 2
07. I'm From Barcelona - Paper planes
08. Wired for mono - The man behind the wall
09. The Amazing - Dragon
10. TALK 3
11. Pugh Rogefeldt - Surabaya Johnny
12. Opeth - The lotus eater
13. The Knife - Silent shout
14. TALK 4
15. Culkin - Allegiance
16. Haust - Desperate living
17. Lack - Behead
18. Nitad - Ge mig ge mig
19. TALK 5
20. Kamraterna - Det här är ditt land

Reminder: my show on Sirius Left of Center (channel 26) airs Sundays at 11pm ET with repeats on monday.

Jeppe "Senior" Laursen of Junior Senior is looking for LA-based musicians to hire as the backing band of his new solo act: myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=10780903&blogID=416050142" target="_blank">https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=10780903&blogID=416050142

Paper Thin Walls on the Tape track "moth wings": m/singlefile/item?id=1755" target="_blank">https://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=1755

Avantgarde metal talks to Norwegian act Det Är Jag Som Är Döden, a band that isn't really metal, but is appropriate for the site because of their ex-Bogus Blimp affiliation: metal.com/content/stories2.php?id=68" target="_blank">https://www.avantgarde-metal.com/content/stories2.php?id=68

Swedish act Television Keep Us Apart has signed with Nebraska-based label Series Two Records and will be releasing their debut full-length later this year. Hear a sample tune: myspace.com/televisionkeepsusapart" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/televisionkeepsusapart

Danish indie act Choir of Young Believers have a new song up at myspace: myspace.com/choirofyoungbelievers" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/choirofyoungbelievers

Aversionline on the new discog collection by Norwegian grindsters Parlamentarisk Sodomi: m/blahg/2008/07/21/parlamentarisk-sodomi-har-du-sagt-a-far-du-si-nal-cd/" target="_blank">https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/07/21/parlamentarisk-sodomi-har-du-sagt-a-far-du-si-nal-cd/

Norwegian avant-metal act Solefald is contemplating the release of a 6-LP boxset compiling the group's entire discography with a book detailing their history. Naturally the project will be very expensive, so the band is measuring fan interest before undertaking any action - see myspace for more: myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=124946742&blogID=416498614" target="_blank">https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=124946742&blogID=416498614

Ida maria will be doing a free in-store signing/performance at Fopp in Covent Garden, London on July 28 to celebrate the release of her new record "Fortress round my heart".

Familjen is heading to Australia for a few (modular sponsored?) dates in September:

09/27 - Parklife Festival, Adelaide
09/28 - Parklife Festival, melbourne
09/29 - metro, Sydney w/Ladytron
09/30 - metro, Sydney w/Ladytron

MP3: Agent Side Grinder - Lashes of flashes

I've mentioned Swedish minimal synth/industrial act Agent Side Grinder a few times in passing, most prominently in the m/articles.php?a=328">very first edition of the myFriends column series, but now that m/store/product.php?productid=584">I've got a few copies of their self-titled LP in the distro, I figure it's time for a proper mp3 post. For genre aficionados, you know the drill - this is classic industrial pop the way it used to be played: purely manual. No laptops or fancy sequencers, rather they use real tape loops and analog synths working together in concert, in real time. If you dig stuff like Suicide or DAF or even newcomers such as Pistol Disco, you know what I'm talking about. It's cold and repetitive, dark and dreary in the best possible way. "Lashes of flashes" has it all, including the heavy, clattering percussion that makes it dancefloor-friendly to boot. If I had a DJ night somewhere, you know I'd be spinning that one for sure. So yeah, check it out! Hopefully I'm not the only one excited about getting a copy of this vinyl-only release on import.

Agent Side Grinder - Lashes of flashes