Junip - Always

There's a new Junip single streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/junip
The band's debut full-length "Fields" comes out September 14.

Dark Funeral needs new singer

Vocalist Masse Broberg has parted ways with Dark Funeral and the band is looking for a replacement: https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=14838

Vice interviews Morbus Chron

Vice interviews up-and-coming young Swedish old-school death metal act Morbus Chron: https://www.viceland.com/music/2010/07/a-fist-in-the-face-of-god-morbus-chron/

PopMatters reviews Food

PopMatters reviews the new record on ECM from international jazz act Food: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/128356-food-quiet-inlet/

Listen to the sound of The Universe

Swedish instrumental act The Universe (ex-Iisole) are streaming their new album at Bandcamp, as well as offering it up as a paid download to raise money for an eventual vinyl release: https://theuniversemusic.bandcamp.com/
If you're into the kind of stuff that Tenderversion Recordings puts out (ie, Scraps of Tape, September Malevolence, etc.), you'll probably be into this as well.

Liechtenstein - On the tram (video)

The b-side for the band's new single "Passion for water". I actually like it better than the flip, I must say. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnJxER78de8

Annika Norlin to retire from music

Aftonbladet reports that Annika Norlin (Hello Saferide/Säkert!) is walking away from the music business: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article7516271.ab
Too much, too soon, too much pressure; totally understandable: "Det jag gillar med att plugga är att musiken blir en hobby. Då får man in mer lust i det. Man gör saker av rätt anledningar." Her final Säkert! album "Facit" comes out September 15 and a new Hello Saferide album (recorded at the same time) will follow in spring.

Robyn - Hang with me (video)

Great song, great clip, love the innuendo. Took me a few tries to get used to this version of the track after listening to the acoustic take on "Body talk pt. 1" so many times, but I think it's finally won me over. Direct link: https://vimeo.com/13643546

Some Place Else clearance sale

Finnish label/distro Some Place Else is clearing out their entire mailorder: https://www.someplaceelse.net/
They specialize in industrial/noise, but who knows what you might find?

Britta Persson - Meet a bear (video)

The bizarro physics make my head hurt. In a good way, I think. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btsrJDFOT18

Sirius playlist week #30

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU, all metal/punk to coincide with the new podcast:

01. TALK 1
02. Waklevören - Attakk
03. Eskatol - Fane av løgner
04. Årabrot - End of the world / Revelations
05. Lögnhalsmottagningen - Positivt tankande
06. TALK 2
07. Grave - Liberation
08. Obliteration - Exterminate
09. Liket Lever - Levande begravd
10. Knugen Faller - Jag vill inte vara med
11. TALK 3
12. Haust - Anti-reproductive
13. Underachiever - Cut a smile
14. Pointless Youth - Damaged head
15. Wolfbrigade - In adrenaline
16. Darkthrone - I am the graves of the 80s
17. TALK 4
18. Nekromantheon - We're rotting
19. Slugathor - The smoke
20. Tyrant - I'll burn that bridge (before you can cross it)
21. TALK 5
22. Bitch Boys - Automobile
23. Mögel - Jag är så rädd
24. Okkultokrati - On mouth of hells
25. Victims - Another way to die
26. Nitad - Stockholmsnatt
27. TALK 6

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.

The Crown - Blood O.D

There's a new track from Swedish thrashers The Crown up at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thecrownonlineswe

Jónsi US tour this fall

Jónsi is touring the US this fall:

10/15 - 4th And B, San Diego, CA
10/17 - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA
10/19 - Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
10/21 - House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
10/22 - The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT
10/23 - The Marquee, Tempe, AZ
10/25 - Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie, TX
10/26 - Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX
10/27 - Verizon Music Theater, Houston, TX
10/29 - Voodoo Festival, New Orleans, LA
10/30 - Moogfest, Asheville, NC
10/31 - The Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
11/02 - The Pageant, St. Louis, MO
11/03 - Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
11/05 - The Fillmore, Detroit, MI
11/06 - Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
11/08 - 9:30 Club, Washington DC
11/10 - Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, NY

Moneybrother - Down at the R

Moneybrother's new US single "Down at the R" is being given away as a free download: https://www.thetripwire.com/listen/2010/06/29/premiere-moneybrother-down-at-the-r/
This is a newly re-recorded version of the track for the US release of "Real control".

Kasper Bjørke - Heaven (video)

Kasper Bjørke has a new video for his cover of "Heaven" by The Rolling Stones, featuring guest vocals from Louise Foo of Giana Factory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBArczb8gFs