Tag: General
Via Skivkoll comes word that the new Peter Bjorn and John album "Living thing" will be released worldwide on March 27. Tracklist:
01. The feeling
02. It don't move me
03. Just the past
04. Nothing to worry about
05. I'm losing my mind
06. Living thing
07. I want you!
08. Lay it down
09. Stay this way
10. Blue period Picasso
11. 4 out of 5
12. Last night
And tourdates:
02/25 - Strand (fd. Street), Stockholm (SWE)
02/26 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
02/27 - Storan, Göteborg (SWE)
03/05 - Scala, London (UK)
03/06 - Academy 2, Manchester (UK)
03/07 - The Button Factory, Dublin (UK)
03/23 - Estragon, Bologna (ITA)
03/24 - Nouveau Casino, Paris (FRA)
03/25 - Botannique, Brussels (BEL)
03/26 - Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)
03/27 - tba, Cologne (GER)
03/28 - Kesselhaus, Berlin
Norwegian act Bigbang will release the new album "Edendale" on March 9.
Cult of Luna's new live DVD "Fire was born", filmed in London last July, will be released on March 23 both as a bonus disc to a new repackaged version of their latest album "Eternal kingdom" and also as a standalone product.
IAT's good friends Culkin will be recording six new tracks in two weeks, enough for a full-length album. Stoked!
Earache will be putting out a special 2-disc comp from The Haunted called "Warning shots" featuring a disc of the band's best material from the early days (1998 - 2003) plus a disc of b-sides/rarities along with an extensive interview with bassist Jonas Björler. Read more: https://teethofthedivine.com/site/news/the-haunted-warning-shots-2-disc-compilation-set-for-release/
Guitarist Robert Pehrsson has decreed that there will indeed be a new Death Breath album in 2009. 10 songs are picked and are waiting to be recorded.
Swedish hardcore act Kvoteringen is back in the studio working on a new album.
Tomas Halberstad is letting fans and friends help pick his next single: https://tomashalberstad.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/pick-my-next-single/
Yukumi from Swedish act Little Dragon has a new blog: https://electricforest-yukimi.blogspot.com/
Dundertåget's debut album "Skaffa ny frisyr" is now officially confirmed for release on February 18: https://www.razziarecords.se/releases_details.asp?id=729&artist=Dundert%E5get
Swedish indie act Kusowsky will release their debut album "Hjärtlös" on February 25. Look for the first single "Dansa" to appear at myspace very soon: https://www.myspace.com/kusowskymusic
Also keep an eye on their website where they'll be posting cover versions of the various album tracks in February.
Songs I Wish I Had Written is releasing the music of Moto Boy in one of the most old-school, lo-fi ways possible: as a music box. See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXC4I_ebIIA&fmt=18
Download the song in question: https://www.songsiwish.com/motoboy/Aroomwithoutyou.mp3
They're not the first to do it (Mogwai did the same awhile back), but it's certainly not commonplace. Says the label: In true Songs I Wish spirit we give away the music digitally and charge for the manufactured gadget. We test Seth Godins interesting Seinfeld curve theory that there is no room for the middle price range – no one pay $4 for a Seinfeld episode on TV, but to pay $200 to see Jerry in Las Vegas is not a problem. Applied to music, it's even more true. $1 per song is a construction made up by record labels that is/was doomed to fail. In Godins words: "because if you're not scarce I’m not going to pay for it because I can get if for free."
So $0 for MP3 and $25 for a totally unique musical box!
Read more: https://www.digitalrenaissance.se/2009/01/13/free-expensive/
The new EP "Swim, swam, swan" from The Topeka Twins aka Björn Kleinhenz + Thomas Denver Jonsson will get an official release on January 24 and the duo will celebrate with a show at Hagateatern in Göteborg. Besides the hand-assembled 3" CD version which I'm sure will be available at the show, the EP will also be posted for free download.
Finnish act Captain Cougar has gone through some lineup changes recently. Read all about it: https://www.captaincougar.net/index.php?EN&news
The nominees for the Manifest Awards, Sweden's alternative Grammy, have been announced:
Synth:
Thermostatic - Humanizer (Wonderland Records)
Zeigeist - The Jade Motel (Spegel/Imperial Recordings/Playground)
Moonlight Cove - Orphans of the Storm (Kinetophone/Hot Stuff)
Elegant Machinery - A soft exchange (Out of Line/Hot Stuff)
Rhythm:
Movits - Äppelknyckarjazz (BD Pop/Universal)
Erici - Brasilicum (Erici Music/Dead Frog)
Saft Stockholm - Ordet (Saft Productions/Stockholm Electronica)
Kungers - Galaxen (Rätta Visan/Border)
Experimental:
Anders Dahl - Doorbells (Bombaxbombax)
Nina de Heyney, Charlotte Hug & Christian Jormin - Acoustic Electronic (LJ Records)
Pär Thörn - Schöneberg/Stammheim/Gärdet/Rågsved (Treffpunkt)
Anders Hultqvist - Traces (Chamber Sound)
Pop:
Frida Hyvönen - Silence Is Wild (Licking Fingers/Playground)
Hello Saferide - More modern short stories from... (Razzia/Bonnier Amigo)
Joel Alme - A Master Of Ceremonies (Sincerely Yours/Border)
Nordpolen - På Nordpolen (Sincerely Yours/Border)
Rock:
The Hellacopters - Head Off (Wild Kingdom/Sound Pollution)
Pascal - Galgberget (Novoton/Bonnier Amigo)
Fatboy - In My Bones (Fat State Production/Playground)
Manikins - Crocodiles (P.Trash Records)
Dance:
Pär Grindvik - Samlad årsproduktion (Stockholm LTD)
Anders Ilar - Sworn (Level Records 11)
Style of Eye - Duck cover and hold (Pieces of eight records)
Zoo Brazil - No Place Like Home (Gung Ho! Recordings)
Jazz:
Bobo Stenson Trio - Cantando (ECM/Naxos)
Nina Ramsby & Ludwig Berghe Trio - Du har blivit stor nu [En kamp!] (Moserobie/Bonnier Amigo)
e.s.t. - Leucocyte (ACT/Bonnier Amigo)
The Splendor - Sound of Splendor (HOOB/Border)
Punk/Hardcore:
Disco Volante - "We are forever" (Not enough)
Disfear - "Live the storm" (Relapse/Border)
Nitad - "Ibland kan man inte hindra sig själv" (Kranium)
Meanwhile - "Reality or nothing" (Feral Ward)
Hårdrock/Metal:
Burst - Lazarus Bird (Relapse/Border)
Dismember - Dismember (Regain/Sound Pollution)
Grand Magus - Iron Will (Rise above/Border)
Opeth - Watershed (Roadrunner/Bonnier Amigo)
Hip-hop/R'n'B/Soul:
Chords - Things We Do For Things (Juju/Playground)
Afasi & Filthy – Fläcken (P.o.p.e./Playground)
Masse - Gott & Blandat Vol. 2
Allyawan - Blu Duk Mixtape Vol. 2
Folk/Ballad:
Gunnel Mauritzson Band - Det som sker...(Sandkvie Records/CDA)
Maria Hörnelius, Bernt Andersson & Kjell Jansson - En sång för Kent (Eld Records/Border)
Jonas Knutsson & Johan Norberg - Skaren - Norrland III (Act/BAM)
Bjernulf/Björklund/Lindh – Pål Olles väg (Courage)
Singer/Songwriter:
Melpo Mene - Bring the Lions Out (Imperial Recordings/Playground)
Hyacinth House - Black Crows Country (True Music Production/Glitterhouse)
First Aid Kit - Drunken Trees (Rabid Records/Border)
Olle Nyman - Venture (A West Side Fabrication/Border)
Live:
Detektivbyrån (Danarkia)
The Hellacopters (Psychout Records)
Lykke Li (LL Recordings)
Robyn (Konichiwa Records)
Myspace prize for best unsigned act:
Montauk
Hero in action
Miranda Gjerstad
Sci-Fi Hands
John F Karlsson
Dyno
Tim Schmidt
Nottee
The Bellevues
Diskoteket
Go here for more: https://www.manifestgalan.se/