Cats on Fire back to Germany
Cats on Fire will be heading back to Germany in August:
08/12 - Comet Club, Berlin
08/13 - die naTo, Leipzig
08/14 - Dockville Festival, Hamburg
Tag: News
Two White Horses - Eyes of the noble (video)
Simply gorgeous, in every way. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClsSUlBicKo
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Timoteij - Längtan
02. Titanix - Drömmar får liv
03. Scotts - Vi gör det igen
04. The Ark - In full regalia
05. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
06. Anna von Hausswolff - Singing from the grave
07. Anna Bergendahl - Yours sincerely
08. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
09. H.E.A.T - Freedom rock
10. Pain of Salvation - Road salt one
11. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
12. Johnossi - Mavericks
13. Rolandz - Jajamen
14. Mojje - Att leka i finrummet
15. Cookies n Beans - Beg, borrow and steal
16. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a scheme
17. John Norum - Play yard blues
18. Familjen - Mänskligheten
19. Dan Berglund - Tonbruket
20. Björn Skifs - Da capo
"Ghost of a chance" to get expanded rerelease
No doubt hoping to capitalize on the recent Tiësto remix of "Trouble is", Danish act Turboweekend will be rereleasing their excellent "Ghost of a chance" album in a special 2CD edition featuring said remix added as a bonus track along with "De brikker der aldrig faldt på plads", a Danish-language duet with Steffen Brandt, a few other remixes and some live tracks from the band's show at Vega last April. The official release date for the new disc is June 7.
Popfest = new Norwegian festival
Kristiansand, Norway will play host to a new festival this year in June, the self-explanatory Popfest. Confirmed artists include Hypertext, Moddi, The New Wine, Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson and others. Read more: https://www.popfest.no/
Fenriz approved: Black Magic
Seems like it's been awhile since Fenriz selected a Norwegian act as his "band of the week", but that's no longer the case with today's selection of Black Magic: https://www.myspace.com/bestialpurity
Robyn - Dancing on my own (video)
This is retarded: has blocked international viewers from watching Robyn's new video on YouTube, but luckily it's also available on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/11925060
Why do major labels shoot themselves in the foot like that? Makes no sense.
Lucy Swann - Undercover (video)
Check out Norwegian artist Lucy Swann and her new video for the song "Undercover": https://vimeo.com/11883828
Service to publish a book
is branching out from the record business and will be publishing a book: https://srvc.se/service/fula-edith-en-dag-blev-vi-stora
More here: https://fulaedith.blogspot.com/
Preview "The people's record"
is streaming the new Club 8 album "The people's record" in its entirety: https://www.labrador.se/people_lab130_free/
Ström presents "Musiken från framtiden"
"Musiken från framtiden", the new future music compilation put together by Håkan Lidbo and the folks at P2 Ström, will be officially released on June 2 and you can now read about the various artists' individual thoughts behind each and every track over at Håkan's website: https://hakanlidbo.com/archives/1272
For a direct link to preview Håkan's own robot-inspired contribution "Xbot DXC VS MC Monstrux / Euroasian Warzone Cronicle", visit the link above or hit it directly right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8VrZt-_FcM
I received a preview download with most of the collection earlier this week and, like all of Ström's previous comps ("Musiken vi hatar", "Musik för främmande civilisationer", "Ny musik för landssorg"), the results are very interesting and worth checking out.
Green Pitch to NYC, new EP coming in fall
Danish indie act Green Pitch will be doing a one-off date at Littlefield in NYC on June 16. The band will also be releasing a new EP (title tba) on September 6 via .
Alcoholic Faith Mission on the road
Updated tourdates for Denmark's Alcoholic Faith Mission:
05/21 - Spot Festival, Aarhus (DK)
05/23 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
05/24 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin (GER)
05/25 - Scheune, Dresden (GER)
05/26 - Pod Minoga, Poznan (POL)
05/27 - Glashaus, Bayreuth (GER)
05/28 - Museumskeller, Erfurt (GER)
05/29 - Südstadt, Munich (GER)
05/30 - Heimat, Regensburg (GER)
05/31 - Café Video, Gent (BEL)
06/01 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER)
06/03 - Feinkost Lampe, Hannover (GER)
06/04 - Nato, Leipzig (GER)
06/12 - Start Festival, Copenhagen (DK)
07/08 - Drucklufthaus, Oberhausen (GER)
07/09 - Festival de la Cite, Lausanne (CH)
07/10 - La Pampa Festival, Görlitz (GER)
Skrammel says Slöa Knivar will be out in June, Brainbombs reissues later
New Swedish underground label reports that the new Slöa Knivar LP "Ingen klass ingen stil" should be out in mid-June. After that, they'll be reissuing the first two Brainbombs albums "Burning hell" and "Genius and brutality... taste and power" with the cover art as the band originally intended. No word on when those will be available, but I'll keep you updated.
Musik med Chicagojazzen
Live music at PSL with Swedish experimental/lo-fi artist Chicagojazzen: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/05/18/musik-med-chicagojazzen/