Paste artist of the week: Taken By Trees
Taken By Trees is the artist of the week at Paste: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/09/artist-of-the-week-taken-by-trees.html
Taken By Trees is the artist of the week at Paste: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/09/artist-of-the-week-taken-by-trees.html
Aversionline on the debut release from Finnish hardcore act Ill Omen: https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2009/09/07/ill-omen-st-7/
Likewise, I share his sentiments on Killing the Legacy -- even though I'm not into that kind of hardcore as much as either of those dudes, I truly appreciate that someone is taking the time to cover it. More people should take up that kind of initiative to document their local scenes!
Danish artist/producer Troels Abrahamsen has been forced to postpone his new album "BLCK" indefinitely, due to time constraints. His debut solo record "WHT" came out in May.
"Velvet light trap" will be the 2nd single from Aerial's forthcoming record "Put it this way in headlines". Expect a video... soonish. The album's first single "All refrain" is out now.
Danish act I Got You On Tape will be releasing their new album "Spinning for the cause" on October 12.
Oh Laura guitarist Jörgen Kjellgre will be releasing a solo album this winter via Cosmos Records entitled "Noir syndrome". The lead single "Han har gjort det igen" will be out in October, but until then, hear a couple other tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/jorgenkjellgren
Norwegian visual artists Trine + Kim designstudio celebrate their 10th anniversary of work with a retrospective exhibition on their many iconic album covers (Ulver, Mayhem, DHG, Darkthrone, etc.) and a book collection entitled "Decade". There will be a release party and mini-concert on October 30 at Podium in Olso (RSVP req'd) and I believe their works will be on display for the following two days in the same locale.
You Were There, Too plays host to Jens Lekman's song of the moment: https://youweretheretoo.blogspot.com/2009/09/jens-lekman-song-of-moment.html
Roxy Recordings has licensed pop singer Agnes to Geffen/Interscope for release in the US and many other international territories. No word on a Stateside release of her most recent album "Release me" yet, but look for her music to start getting club promotion soon. Read more at MI: https://www.musikindustrin.se/artikel/1056/Geffen_Records___Interscope_satsar_pa_Agnes_i_USA.html (in Swedish)
Transubstans Records has confirmed that they will be releasing a new self-titled album from Swedish occult hårdrock/doom act The Graviators this coming November. Renown sludgerock producer Billy Anderson is mixing and mastering the release and Thomas Tjäder (At the Gates, In Flames, The Haunted) will be handling the group's first video.
Via Rogerts Blogg, here's the tracklist and guest vocalists that will be appearing on the upcoming Bad Hands (aka Per Nordmark) album:
Black and white - Linnea Jönsson (Those Dancing Days)
Bad hands - Nina Kinert
Northern lights - Britta Persson & Karl Larsson (Last Days of April)
Kick you out - Nicke Andersson (The Hellacopters) & Howlin' Pelle (The Hives)
Andra relationen - Subbah
Close enough - Choir of Kiemi
We love blood - Henric de la Cour (Strip Music)
Cartoon wolf - David Sandström
I can do it - Therese Johansson (Lowood)
Sillodill - Britta Persson
Luxury has confirmed the new Makthaverskan album for release on October 21. More details tba.
I wasn't going to mention it at all, but Dimmu Borgir's recent firing of two members seems to have stirred up quite a shitstorm: https://www.dimmu-borgir.com/index.php?action=fullnews&showcomments=1&id=26
Burning Heart is now saying the much-delayed new album "The devil on Nobel Street" from Sounds Like Violence will be released on November 9 with the single "The emperor's new clothes" preceding it on October 19. Wait and see...
Fever Ray has a new 7" that she recorded with tour partners Van Rivers and The Subliminal Kid featuring covers of Nick Cave's "Stranger than kindess and Vashti Bunyan's "Here before".