New music format unveiled at Midem

MIC Norway reports on MusicDNA, a new music file format with extended meta information developed by Norwegian Dagfinn Bach: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2010012514205119694209

AC4 split with Surprise Sex Attack out now

AC4's new split 7" with Perth, Australia-based act Surprise Sex Attack is out now via Aniseed Records and features the previously unreleased cut "Ten to one". 300 copies with hand-cut/hand-sewn/hand-printed/hand-stamped/hand-numbered, probably won't last long.

Sirius playlist week #4

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Komeda - Elvira Madigan
02. TALK 1
03. Joensuu 1685 - I'm on fire
04. Haust - Skate rock
05. Sambassadeur - Sandy dunes
06. Erik de Vahl - Got it all
07. TALK 2
08. The Confusions - Boys will be boys
09. The Knife - Heartbeats
10. Francis - I was never bored at all
11. Monzano - Cold waters
12. TALK 3
13. Ave - The load of human kind
14. Trapdoor Fucking Exit - Cardiac arrest
15. Håkan Hellström - Tro och tvivel
16. Karin Ström - Hackney Downs
17. TALK 4
18. Mr. Death - Misery's womb

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.

Alog split reviewed at The Silent Ballet

The Silent Ballet reviews the Alog/Astral Social Club split 12" on Fatcat Records: https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/3044/Default.aspx

Petter - Fast för evigt (video)

Here's the video for the new Petter video "Fast för evigt": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5bJxUjdmDc

Timo Räisänen - Numbers (video)

Here's the video for the new Timo Räisänen single "Numbers": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUsWI8L36rE

Enflant Terrible to give away exclusive label-night comp

Enfant Terrible is putting together a limited C20 comp to be given away at their upcoming label night on February 27 at Gifgrond in Tilborg, Holland. Said comp will feature two tracks from each of the featured Swedish acts performing that night: Adolf Filter, Kord and Monster Apparat, a collaboration of the first two bands playing together. Read more/hear samples: https://www.enfant-terrible.nl/ET003.html

C.Aarmé announce "Angola" single

The next single from C.Aarmé's excellent "World music" album will be "Angola". Said single will also feature two additional versions of the track, a John Ola remix and a karaoke version as sung by Princess (Zeigeist). Hear the OG: https://www.skiva.se/nyheter/caarme-angola-ep

Musik med STOR & Mando Diao

This week's live music video at PSL features STOR and Mando Diao: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/01/21/musik-med-stor-mando-diao/

Melody Club + Sahara Hotnights = Casablanca

#1 Hits from an Another Planet on Casablanca, the new Swedish pop supergroup featuring members from Melody Club and Sahara Hotnights: https://alienhits.blogspot.com/2010/01/casablanca-downtown.html

New Radio Dept. album has a new release date

The long-awaited new album from The Radio Dept. "Clinging to a scheme" now has a release date of April 21, or so says label Labrador Records. The band seems to think otherwise. Anyhow, in other Labrador-related news, the new Club 8 record "The people's record" also has a release date: May 12.

Ja Ja Ja February showcase confirmed

Ja Ja Ja February showcase has been confirmed for February 25 and will feature Ungdomskulen, Vuk and The Good the Bad, as selected by curator Simon Raymonde (Bella Union). Read more: https://www.jajajamusic.com/spotlight.php?id=26
Apparently the April show will feature all metal acts, as chosed by Alexander Milas of Metal Hammer.

New David Fridlund album gets new release date

The new David Fridlund album "Some day, eventually, in the future..." now has a release date: March 31 via Fashionpolice. The first single is called "Diamonds & photographs".

Murmansk to tour Russia

Finnish noiserockers Murmansk are going to Russia in February:

02/24 - Tanci Club, St. Petersburg
02/25 - DubClub, Moscow
02/26 - Dejavu, Chelyabinsk
02/27 - Akademia, Kurgan

Die Weisse Rose preparing high-concept 7" series

Danish darkwave act Die Weisse Rose will be releasing two extravagantly packaged 7"s in the near future entitled "Birds of passage" and "Kyrie Eleison", each featuring exclusive new music "centered around the thematical concept about fanatism and heroism." 500 copies each, 3 different colors, wax-sealed sleeves, etc... read more: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=111640044&blogId=526699060