The people behind Swedish indie electronic act Slagsmålsklubben has started a new label Djur and Mir Records and kicked things off by signing themselves and friends 50 Hertz. Their first release will be a comp entitled "Yesterdjur, yestermir, yesterday" featuring what they describe as a "a youthful bunch of tracks made by the new generation of Swedish kids." They continue: "If you feel that you are locked behind a mainstream-door and curious about what is happening in basements and practicing rooms in the electro-pop parts of Sweden, then this is the key to your new lifestyle." A number of the acts set to appear on the disc include Grapefruit and Bodybuilding, Gäddan och Braxen, Häxor och Porr and a number of others who are appearing at this year's Emmaboda Festival. There will be two release parties as well, one in Malmö on July 22 and one in Stockholm the very next day. Both 50 Hertz and SMK will perform. Download a clip from the comp here: https://www.djurandmir.se/yesterdjurpromo.mp3
Check out a poster for the shows here: https://biphome.spray.se/hatahund/smk/poster.jpg
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Denmark's Tiger Tunes reports that their most recent album "Absolutely worthless compared to important books" will be released in Spain and Portugal on July 18 via V2.
Danish music site Supertanker has updated: https://www.supertanker.tk/
Swedish glam-rockers Crashdiet has posted the video for "Knokk 'em down" online: https://www.crashdiet.org/media.htm
Finland's 22-Pistepirkko has posted two new remixes of "D-day": https://www.22-pistepirkko.net/remix.html
It's practically ancient history for anyone who read my interview label president Peter Ahlqvist, but Burning Heart has finally officially confirmed the signing of punk-rockers The Accidents and also posted the details for the upcoming Club Killers album. Head over to the label's website for all the details: https://www.burningheart.com/
Swedish crusties Disfear have posted a new tour diary: https://www.kulspruta.com/Disfear/WEB/tourReport.asp?prmCategoryId=11&prmSubCategoryId=47&prmCategoryToShow=47
Legendary Swedish death-metallers Dismember will enter Sami Studio in Stockholm on August 15 to begin recording their next album. Drummer Fred Estby will produce once again and it should be out some time around mid-January.
Eurospot nee Eurosport is now simply Le Sport. After much bickering with lawyers and much self-discovery, the Swedish Europop act has decided that the new name a la François is truly the way to go.
This week's Fat Planet features a track from Finnish electronic artist Blamstrain: https://fatplanet.com.au/
It's totally ridiculous, but I still don't have home Internet yet. For some reason, Comcast requires a one-week wait for "installation", whatever that means. I assume that it only requires someone flipping a switch somewhere, but I don't know how to do it myself. Needless to say, I'm very angry. Anyhow, even though I can't resume full updates yet, I did manage to get a new podcast up and have also update the title bar images with some puppy pics. It's not much, but bear with me - I'll be back again at 100% as soon as possible! I've also updated the mailorder with a couple new additions and a new album of the month. I might be a touch slower than usual to get stuff shipped out, but I'm on top of things, I promise. Spend money! The more you spend, the more new stuff I'll keep importing. Cheers!
As luck would have it, Comcast totally screwed me over and won't have my Internet access up and running for another week. How awesome is that? Sooooo, it looks like I might be laying low for awhile. I'm going to try and recontinue full news updates later this week, but it depends on when I get my laptop configured and where I can find WiFi access and so on and so forth. I'll be back soon, I promise.
This is it - my last day at the job I've held for the past four years. So weird! And then tomorrow I'm packing up a truck and moving 700-some miles north to Olympia, Washington. A whole new life in the space of a weekend, can you believe it? What this means:
a) I've got a new address. Check either the contact or the about page for details on sending me promos, housewarming gifts and cash.
b) I will be without Internet access for a few days. I'll do my best to answer emails in a timely fashion, but don't expect me to update the site or send out mailorder until after the July 4th holiday.
c) It kinda goes hand-in-hand with the last one, but this week's Friday classic-track posting has been preempted. The newsletter will be going out later on this afternoon.
So wish me well, okay? I hope to be back next week with a ton of new mailorder updates and lots more other goodies. To whet your appetite and keep you satisfied, I've posted a new podcast as well. It goes well with my new soggy, gloomy climate. Enjoy!
United Enemies have revealed that their debut album will be entitled "All the sick things we do". There's no confirmed release date yet, but the first single and video will be for the song "Vicious thing". The clip features Swedish punk icon Stry Terrarie (Ebba Grön, Imperiet) as a mad doctor and was directed by Rainer Holmgren (Pain of Salvation, Inhale).