Frantic Mantis is now keeping a blog and has posted the cover art and tentative details for the vinyl edition of their album "Data is not information": https://www.franticmantis.com/
Tag: News
Swedish experimental/drone/ambient act Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words has a new website: https://www.deadwords.org/
Check out the microsite for the new album "Colossus" from Danish act Menfolk: https://www.playrec.dk/colossus
The band's double-bass attack sounds like a heavier, more brutal version of Shellac, so of course I love it.
This week's Swedish student radio chart:
01. (02) Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet U Look Good on the Dancefloor"
02. (02) Tiger Lou - "The Loyal"
03. (03) Franz Ferdinand - "Walk Away"
04. (04) Christian Kjellvander - "Drunken Hands"
05. (11) The Embassy - "It Pays to Belong"
06. (06) Saïan Supa Crew - "La Patte"
07. (NY) Róisín Murphy - "Sow Into You"
08. (NY) ObnoXiuz - "Lägg benen på ryggen och dra"
09. (07) David Sandström Overdrive - "The Crotch of a Saturday"
10. (10) The Sunshine - "Simon Le Bon"
11. (NY) Goldfrapp - "Number 1"
12. (05) Test Icicles - "Circle Square Triangle"
13. (12) Röyksopp - "What Else Is There?"
14. (NY) Rihanna - "If It's Lovin That U Want"
15. (15) Le Sport - "Business Girls"
16. (16) Karl Larsson - "Devil Strings"
17. (NY) Gorillaz - "Dirty Harry"
18. (17) Sophie Zelmani - "I Can't Change"
19. (09) Kristian Anttila - "Paul Weller"
20. (18) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Is This Love?"
Leaving the chart: Architecture in Helsinki, Bloc Party, Loveninjas, The Pipettes and Pharell.
This week's top artists for the It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group:
01. Kent
02. Death Cab for Cutie
03. I'm from Barcelona
04. Antony and the Johnsons
05. Franz Ferdinand
06. Coldplay
07. Mew
08. Interpol
09. Bright Eyes
Top tracks:
01. I'm from Barcelona - We're From Barcelona
02. I'm from Barcelona - Treehouse
03. Kent - Dom Som Försvann
04. Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body
05. Loveninjas - Keep Your Love
06. Architecture in Helsinki - Do the Whirlwind
07. Christian Kjellvander - Drunken Hands
08. I'm from Barcelona - The Painter
09. Dungen - Panda
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New dates for Swedish hardcore act Misconduct:
01/19 - Tommy Haus, Berlin (GER)
01/20 - Thrillbeats Club, Dresden (GER)
01/21 - AJZ Talschock, Chemnitz (GER)
01/22 - The Black Pes Club, Prague (CZ)
01/27 - Kofmehl, Solothurn (CH)
01/28 - Wake Up Festival, Thusis (CH)
02/03 - Mondo Bizarro, Rennes (FRA)
02/04 - Le 5.8, Clamcy (FRA)
02/05 - La Pêche / "P.M.A fest", Paris (FRA)
02/08 - Joseph's Well, Leeds (UK)
02/09 - Trillians, New Castle (UK)
Finnish shoegazer/drone act Cahier is working on a new album to be called "Cahier orchestra". Download a sample from the first recording session: https://www.pyhpyh.com/cahier/congreso.mp3
Thehelpmeplease has posted a brand new Christmas single for your downloading pleasure: https://web.telia.com/%7Eu71000184/hear_the_bells_ring.mp3
New European tourdates for Logh:
12/02 - Stadshallen, Lund (SWE)
01/05 - W2, Den Bosch (NL)
01/06 - Oli Kino, Magdeburg (GER)
01/07 - Wachaus, Potsdam (GER)
01/08 - Cafe Wagner, Jena (GER)
01/10 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER)
01/12 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER)
01/14 - Cahier de Brouillon, Hoogstraten (BEL)
01/17 - Heretic Club, Bordeaux (FRA)
01/18 - Sala Arrebato, Zaragoza (SPA)
01/19 - Sala Azkena, Bilbao (SPA)
01/20 - Ritmo Y Compas, Madrid (SPA)
01/21 - Sidecar, Barcelona (SPA)
01/22 - Rico Amor Club, Castellon (SPA)
01/24 - L'Usine, Geneva (CH)
01/25 - Hafenbuffet, Rorschach (CH)
01/26 - Salzhaus, Winterthur (CH)
01/28 - Velvet, Aviano (ITA)
01/29 - Stadtwerkstatt, Linz / Urfahr (AUS)
01/30 - B72, Wien (AUS)
01/31 - Alte Mälzerei, Regensburg (GER)
02/02 - Nato, Leipzig (GER)
02/03 - Mau Club, Rostock (GER)
Upset about Mondo getting shut down? Maybe you should give Jackie Nylander a call to express how you feel. Email probably works too.
When I first heard that Nicke from Entombed had started a garage-rock sideproject, I was stoked. I was just starting to get into other dirty rock/garage bands like The Mummies and The Devil Dogs, so the first Hellacopters album "Supershitty to the max" fit right in with my collection. And while that record is pretty good, it's the second disc "Payin' the dues" that really got me going. That record is absolutely on fire and you can hear it with the very first track "You are nothin'". If that's not a ballsy statement of intent, I dunno what is. Unlike the band's more recent material, the recording is still buried in fuzz and dirt, perfectly emulating the style they were going for. Remember- this is garage rock, not the 70s-style arena rawk the band later evolved into. Both eras of the 'Copters are excellent (and in some ways, I prefer the latter), but it's always good to listen back at where they came from.
The Tiny are just about to mix their new album "Starring; someone like you". They aren't sure yet which of the twelve songs they recorded with esteemed producer Jari Haapalainen will make the final cut, but you can read the song titles at the band's website: https://www.thetiny.net/
Viola has started to keep a blog: https://www.ifsociety.com/viola/burt.php