Norwegian act Alpine Those Myriads? are dropping the question mark from their name and will henceforth be known simply as Alpine Those Myriads, no extra punctuation necessary. They also have a new song for free download; go here to get it: https://alpinethosemyriads.com/xmas-is-here-so-is-our-present
A few statistics for the year, should you be curious...
Total news items: 3880
Reviews: 77
Mp3s: 235
Top downloads (for tracks posted in 2009):
01. Florence Valentin - Spring Ricco
02. Ison & Fille - Jag skratter idag
03. King Diamond - No presents for Christmas (slightly cheating since I also posted it last year)
04. The Scrags - Psycho cyclone
05. Mercy - Heavy metal warriors
Top search terms:
01. Porno (no surprise, though I suspect most people aren't actually looking for the Swedish rapper)
02. Darkthrone
03. King Diamond
04. Melody Club
05. Black Uniforms
Remember, the mailorder goes on hibernation tomorrow so get your orders in now. Otherwise, I'm hard at work on revamping the site for 2010 and will be back with regular updates next week. Take care and happy New Year!
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. TALK 1
02. Mattias Alkberg - Andra känner
03. Darkthrone - Launchpad to nothingness
04. Mikkel Meyer - Kokostosca
05. TALK 2
06. First Band from Outer Space - Turn left to the Mexican barbeque
07. Kråkesølv - Privat regn
08. TALK 3
09. Galaxy Safari - Save me
10. Witchcraft - Samaritan burden
11. Bad Hands - Sonnenrad
12. TALK 4
13. Lapko - I shot the sheriff
14. Siena Root - Into the woods
15. Marvins Revolt - Siberia
16. TALK 5
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.
Live music with the fantastic [ingenting] at PSL: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/12/24/musik-med-ingenting-2/
has signed Swedish hype act jj (yawn) and will be releasing the new album "jj nº 3" on March 9 to coincide with the band's appearance at SXSW and US tour alongside The XX.
Not new, but worth noting: Swedish crusties Tortyr on the soundtrack for CSI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly8cxzDWvos
The set designer went overboard on the cheese (as did makeup), but at least they got the music right.
Check out Titiyo performing live for the Monocle Winter Series podcast: https://www.monocle.com/WinterSeries/
is giving away a Christmas tune from recent signees Pintandwefall: https://www.despotz.se/email/pintandwefall_my-13th-xmas.mp3
PAWF are one of my favorite bands of 2009, but this track is pretty mediocre.
Swedish hip-hop group PH3 have a new video online for the single "Telefon": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXyX3HGFEu0
Download a preview sampler for the new Regulations album "To be me", out soon via /: https://www.ptrashrecords.com/mp3/regulations-mix.mp3
has pushed back the release of the new Elias & the Wizzkids album "Just do it" to March 1 and yes, it will be available on both CD and vinyl.
Johnossi will release their third album in April.
Danish goth-rockers The Silent Section have a new EP coming out December 24 via called "The curtains come down in flames". Said EP will feature 4 brand new unheard tracks recorded the same time as recent album "A final delirium" for a total of 40 minutes and will either be available in a limited edition of 30 hand-numbered copies or as a free download via the label's website.
Peter Morén's debut Swedish-language solo single will be released on January 11. Expect previews to come online soon after New Year's.
Swedish indie/powerpop act The Drawbacks have a new 4-song EP streaming at myspace called "There are no brand new starts": https://www.myspace.com/wearethedrawbacks