Penny Century has some new songs posted on myspace from their forthcoming album: https://www.myspace.com/pennycentury
Tag: News
"Reader's companion" alums MPTP have posted the b-side remixes for their forthcoming "Jim Morrison" 7" on myspace for streaming: https://www.myspace.com/mptpspace
I'll be getting a few copies for resale when it's released in early May.
Pitchfork talks to Björk: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/42181-interview-bjrk
Help wanted! I know I keep posting this over and over, but I really need more people to contribute. A couple of people have shown interest, but they so rarely follow through. So, are you up for it? Can you write a coherent sentence in English? Do you feel an overwhelming need to inflict your tastes on others? If so, let me know!
Last night's playlist for my show on Sirius Blog Radio:
01. Isolation Years - Yellow cross on blue
02. TALK 1
03. Johndoe - Nattskift
04. Montys Loco - Wasteland
05. Once We Were - Cut corners
06. TALK 2
07. [ingenting] - Mycket vasen for ingenting
08. Margaret Berger - Robot song
09. Namur - Marching
10. Lampshade - New legs
11. TALK 3
12. Maia Hirasawa - Gothenburg
13. Mixtapes & Cellmates - Quiet
14. Fattaru - 100:-
15. Juvelen - Hanna
16. TALK 4
17. Säkert! - Allt som är ditt
18. Sonores - 16th of June
19. Detektivbyrån - E18
20. TALK 5
21. At the Gates - The swarm
22. Barra Head - Kill the lights
23. TALK 6
24. The Tough Alliance - Leg 7
25. Torpedo - My evil twin
26. Alog - Catch that totem!
27. TALK 7
28. Valley Days - 10k angels
29. A-ha - Celice
30. Victims - Who the fuck are we?
31. TALK 8
32. The Vicious - Alienated
33. Viola - Unreal life
34. Zweizz - Nowadays the only boring everything is so frustrating
35. Viktor Sjöberg - Winter guitars
36. TALK 9
37. Closer - The talker
38. Aerial - My god, it's full of stars!
39. The Kissaway Trail - La la song
40. Laakso - Italy vs Helsinki
41. The Psyke Project - Panic
42. TALK 10
43. C.Aarmé - We are the world
Next week: expect lots more killer jams including totally a brand new track from Closer and maybe even a spotlight set on post-rock/ambient music. Good times!
Attention Sirius subscribers! Don't forget to tune in to Left of Center at 10pm ET tonight to listen to the premiere of IAT on Blog Radio! A full playlist will be posted here tomorrow.
May's extra-special Tack! Tack! Tack! showcase has been confirmed! Shout Out Louds, Loney, Dear and Maia Hirasawa at the ICA in London on May 24! Tickets aren't on sale quite yet, but when they are, clicking the banner on the right will take you to the right place! Special thanks to the Swedish Institute for making this possible.
Also note that Logh leaves next week to embark on their European tour and I've updated the sidebar with a bunch of new dates.
Check out the video for the new Universal Poplab single "Fire": https://www.universalpoplab.com/content/view/10/8/
Music Export Finland presents Finland Fest 2007, May 24-27 in Tokyo: https://www.musex.fi/finlandfest2007
Featured artists include Alamaailman vasarat, Apocalyptica, The Crash, Finntroll, Stratovarius and more.
Figurines back in the UK, both live and on the radio:
04/30 - Hoxton Bar and Grill, London
04/30 - BBC Radio 1 Steve Lamacq 'In New Music We Trust' Live Maida Vale Session
05/01 - Plug (Club NME), Sheffield
05/02 - Leopard, Doncaster
05/02 - BBC 6music Gideon Coe
05/03 - Enterprise, London
05/03 - XFM John Kennedy
05/04 - Night N Day, Manchester
05/05 - Club NME, Stoke
Liga runs down many of the Danish acts appearing at Roskilde this year: https://www.dr.dk/skum/liga/blog.asp?user=43&time=/2007/4/20/14-58-27/
The new Friendly Noise free mp3 single is now available: https://www.friendlynoise.se/mp3-releases
April's selection is from Peter Jackson - no, not the famous kiwi directory, but one of the members of Differnet.
Some signs of life from E-Type: https://www.skipsheim.com/nya_sidan/diary.asp
There's a new Max Martin-produced record on the way via his own new label Lulubelle Records. The first single is called "Chiccita".
Savoy, the sideproject of A-ha frontman Paul Waaktaar-Savoy together with his wife Lauren, will be releasing a 2xCD collection entitled "Savoy Songbook Vol. 1" to serve as introduction for the band abroad and as a best-of set back home in Norway. The tracklist includes many old favorites as well as new versions of old tracks and three completely new ones. Read more: https://www.a-ha.com/cparticle7818-417.html