Blabbermouth reports that Gaahl (Wardruna, ex-Gorgoroth) was named "Homosexual of the Year" at the Bergen Gay Galla: https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=134544
I think it's great that he's speaking out so much about intolerance within the metal community -- it's long overdue.
Check out the video for "10 strikes", the latest single from Swedish pop act O'Spada: https://vimeo.com/9024897
For the few of you out there who might be interested, I've added Twitter integration to label pages (see Adrian Recordings for example) and I've also updated it so I'm pulling profile pictures and am doing a better job at parsing links, including those @whoever tags and so on. Want more? Give me ideas, make requests. That goes for any/all site features -- I've got the content, now I'm looking for better ways to leverage it to suit your needs.
Next Life will be supporting Owen Pallett for a few European dates:
03/23 - Botanique, Brussels (BEL)
03/25 - Millennium Music Hall, Cardiff (UK)
03/26 - Koko, London (UK)
03/27 - The Deaf Institute, Manchester (UK)
New European tourdates for the always-wonderful Björn Kleinhenz:
04/03 - Be Chez Heinz, Hannover (GER)
04/04 - Hasenschaukel, Hamburg (GER)
04/07 - Klubhaus, Saalfeld (GER)
04/08 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
04/09 - Amp, Münster (GER)
04/10 - private show, Duisburg (GER)
04/11 - Motoki, Cologne (GER)
04/13 - Café Lübke, Trier (GER)
04/14 - D:qliq, Luxembourg (LUX)
04/22 - Club Eden, Ulm (GER)
04/24 - Meskal, Poznan (POL)
04/25 - BWA, Zielona Gora (POL)
04/26 - Falanster, Wroclaw (POL)
Morbus Chron are streaming a new track on myspace from their just-completed demo "Splendour of disease": https://www.myspace.com/morbuschronband
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Shout Out Louds
02. First Aid Kit
03. Jonathan Johansson
04. Håkan Hellström
05. Kent
06. The Magnetic Fields
07. Oh No Ono
08. Beach House
09. Loney, Dear
10. The Radio Dept.
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Brothers of End will have their debut album "The end" released in Europe in March with other territories to follow including Greece, Romania, South Africa and South Korea. Details on labels and relase dates confirmed so far can be found here: https://www.brothersofend.se/licence-booking/
PopMatters praises the new Shining album "Blackjazz": https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/119585-shining-blackjazz/
Hear a new song from The Megaphonic Thrift at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/megaphonicthrift
As mentioned yesterday, the band's new album "Decoy decoy" comes out March 1 via .
Norwegian drone artist Svarte Greiner has a 45-minute live set posted for free download, recorded in Moscow last year: https://playmytape.net/page.php?id=85
Better late than never, Pitchfork reviews the US release of Anna Ternheim's "Leaving on a Mayday": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13889-leaving-on-a-mayday/
is giving away the new Du track "To bring down a house": https://trustmerecords.com/nyheter/du-er-digg-og-vi-spanderer-free-download/
I just received a package with a few copies of The Bear Quartet's excellent 2009 album "89" on glorious vinyl and man, do they look good! Want one? Email me. $20 plus postage.