Download "This heart is a stone" from the Acid House Kings: https://www.labrador.se/jul/ahk-this_heart_is_a_stone.mp3 (as recommended by Entertainment Weekly)
Tag: News
Finnish music blog Lupatarkastaja has posted a new mp3 mixtape of mostly-instrumental post-rock tracks to help lead us into autumn: https://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2005/08/25/lupatarkastaja-mixtape-post-rock-pt-2/
The (International) Noise Conspiracy will now be joining Turbonegro on their upcoming US tour (along with non-Scandinavians The Bravery). Updated dates:
10/04 - Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
10/05 - Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI
10/06 - The Rave, Milwaukee, WI
10/08 - Skoglund Athletic Center, Northfield, MN
10/09 - Regents Center, Decorah, IA
10/11 - Kool Haus, Toronto, ON
10/12 - Le Spectrum, Montreal, QC
10/13 - Avalon Ballroom, Boston, MA
10/14 - Avalon, Los Angeles, CA
10/15 - Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
10/16 - House of Blues, Anaheim, CA
10/18 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
10/19 - Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Broder Daniel frontman Henrik Berggren to go solo? Read: https://expressen.se/index.jsp?a=426612 (in Swedish)
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Tommy Nilsson - Tiden Före Nu
02. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
03. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
04. Peps Blodsband - Äntligen!
05. Laleh - Laleh
06. Musikal - Mamma Mia
07. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
08. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
09. Robyn - Robyn
10. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
11. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
12. Christian Walz - Paint By Numbers
13. Helena Paparizou - My Number One
14. Carola - Störst av allt
15. Darin - The anthem
16. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
17. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
18. Peter Jöback & Göteborgs Symfoniker - Storybook
19. Ulf Lundell - Högtruck
20. Di Leva - Själens krigare: Samlade sånger
Cake on Cake's new album has been delayed until September, but she informs me that the upcoming US tour from November 11 through December 22 will be confirmed shortly.
I totally blew it and mislabelled the Frivolvol mp3 I posted yesterday. It was the correct song I meant to post, I just had the name wrong. Whoops! The right and proper name for the song is "Where dismal used to live".
If you know Park Hotell or have any of their contact info, can you please pass it on to me? Or at least tell them to get in touch. I'd appreciate it.
Pluxemburg contributed some new original music to the new Moderna Museet's childrens web site. Check it out: https://www.modernamuseet.se/
Check out an mp3 sample of "Some indulgence" by Cat5: https://publicservice.info/mp3/some_cat.mp3
Upcoming live dates for David Fridlund:
09/02 - Stengade 30, Copenhagen (DK)
09/16 - Pfefferbank, Antistars Popkomm Showcase, Berlin (GER)
09/17 - tbc, Lüneburg (GER)
09/18 - Schilleroper, Hamburg (GER)
09/19 - Salon Elitaer, Kassel (GER)
09/21 - Chelsea, Wien (AUS)
09/23 - Prager Frühling, München (GER)
Swedish indiepoppers Acid House Kings have posted karaoke mp3s and lyrics for all of the songs on their new album and want to hear your versions. Check it out: https://icyicy.com/acidhousekings/karaoke.php
Old Man's Child, the long-running solo project of Galder from Dimmu Borgir, will release their new album "Vermin" on October 18 via Century Media.
Backyard Babies screwed up on their newsletter mailing - it is in fact Abacus Recordings that has now signed the band, not "Another Century Media" though the label is indeed a division of said company.
New mp3s today from Frivolvol, a band from Finland who just released their new album "Frivolous vol 2: The false security program" via If Society (available for mailorder right here). Don't be expecting sweet pop like that Robert Post track I put up Monday - nope, this is some seriously intense hardcore, chock-full of twisted, chaotic riffs and throat-shredding screams. And for as brutal and crazy as this track is, I think it's actually one of the more straight-forward pieces. They have the capability to craft some ridiculously complicated music, but they also seem to understand that it's necessary to sometimes leave notes hanging. It's amazing how few other mathcore don't grasp the concept of contrasts. Oh, and speaking of contrasts, be sure to listen through to the coda. What a perfect way to bring the song to provide release and bring the song to a close.