Kondens, the collaborative project of Swedish techno artists Andreas Tilliander and Stefan Thor aka Folie, will release their debut 12" EP "First cut" on September 29 via . Said record will feature two original cuts plus a remix by German artist Norman Nodge and can be previewed at Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kontramusik
Rumour Said Fire have announced that their debut full-length "The arrogant" will be released on October 18. The first single "Sentimentality falling" was released today and can be heard here: https://www.dr.dk/p3/musik/p3suu/2010/09/20/the-rumour-said-fire-sentimentally-falling/
Danish act Kiss Kiss Kiss are heading abroad for a few dates next month:
10/05 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
10/06 - Weltecho, Chemnitz (GER)
10/07 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg (GER)
10/08 - Perron55, Venlo (HOL)
10/09 - AZ, Aachen (GER)
10/11 - Cafe Video, Gent (BEL)
10/13 - Morph Club, Bamberg (GER)
10/14 - Hive, Zürich (CH)
10/15 - Etage Club, Biel (CH)
10/16 - Beim Weissen Lamm, Augsburg (GER)
The band's album "Release the birds" will be getting a digital re-release on September 27 which will include 10 remixes.
Junip are guest editors at Magnet this week: https://www.magnetmagazine.com/category/guest-editor/
No Balls have a new LP out now called "Less", released in cooperation with . Download a sample tune and get ordering info here: https://www.streaksrecords.de/
Embee (Looptroop Rockers) has started a new project called Skuggpoeten together with singer/composer Esmeralda Moberg featuring texts from his father, writer/psychologist/psychotherapist Roger Bergkvist. Hear samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/skuggpoeten
Look for the album to be released on November 10 via Looptroop's own label.
Swedish sisters First Aid Kit have a new video for the song "Ghost town": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BKUjnyf8uY
Parken performs his latest single "Annas sång" for PSL: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/9/17/musik-med-parken-2/
Nordic by Nature has a new mixtape posted for October: https://soundcloud.com/shibie/popism-the-philosophy-of-nordic-by-nature-from-s-to-b-back-again-oct-mix
Simian Ghost respond to the results of yesterday's Swedish election with a short statement against facism/racism and a cover of The Ramones' "Beat on the brat": https://nomethod.se/?p=68
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. The Radio Dept. - The new improved hypocrisy
02. TALK 2
03. Slidin' Slim - Right wing blues
04. Faråker - Den sista fajten (via är på väg)
05. We Live in Trenches - Male damage
06. Kite - If there's an if in us
07. TALK 3
08. First Love, Last Rites - Slow wind
09. Tomas Halberstad - Add to all noise
10. Last Days of April - America
11. TALK 4
12. C.Aarmé - Golden retriever
13. Far from Tellus - Norwegian fairytale mix
14. Bäddat för Trubbel - Kungen heter Jandek
15. Vidderna - Villfarelser
16. TALK 4
17. Rasmus Kellerman - The 24th
18. Mindy Misty - Inertia
19. Regulations - In the shadow of the mall
20. TALK 5
21. The Bear Quartet - Silent film
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2010
02. Skambankt - Søvnløs
03. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka
04. Harrys Gym - What was ours can't be yours
05. A-ha - 25
06. Contrazt - Ser på verden
07. Vestlandsfanden - Livets Glade Plommer
08. The Respatexans - Hellbilly Heaven
09. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel
10. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
11. Beady Belle - At Welding Bridge
12. Elg - Storm
13. Diverse artister - Go'natt
14. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Knutsen & Ludvigsens beste
15. Roy Lønhøiden - Tilbake i tid - de beste sangene
16. Torbjørn Egner - Samlede CD-er
17. Jan Toft - Alle e aleina
18. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn
19. Motorpsycho - Timothy's Monster
20. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen
Danish label will be releasing the new album from new signees Howl Baby Howl next week and are now streaming a couple sample tunes: https://tigerspring.net/?p=211
European tourdates for Lis er Stille:
10/05 - Stadtgarten, Erfurt (GER)
10/06 - MUZ, Nürnberg (GER)
10/07 - Lichtung, Köln (GER)
10/08 - TAC, Eindhoven (NL)
10/09 - Patronaat, Haarlem (NL)
10/10 - NBI, Berlin (GER)
10/11 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
10/15 - Kulturwerk 118, Sursee (CH)
10/17 - Stadtwerkstatt, Linz (AUS)
10/19 - Cafe Glocksee, Hannover (GER)
Check out the new SVT program Klubbland for a 3-song live performance from Taken By Trees and then peruse the archives for more, including artists such as Familjen, Seabear and Johnossi: https://klubbland.se/2010/09/17/04-taken-by-trees/
Also maybe worth looking at for the Swedes, a bit more on the upcoming election and the various political songs of the moment: https://klubbland.se/2010/09/17/arets-basta-vallat-kan-inte-placeras-i-block/