Danish artist As in RebekkaMaria has dropped the "As in" from her name and will henceforth be known as only RebekkaMaria. She will be releasing a new album in early 2010 and the first single "Oh solitude" can already be heard at myspace along with the b-side "Robin parts": https://www.myspace.com/asinrebekkamaria
Filthy Swedish death metal upstarts Bastard Priest report that mixing is still underway on their debut full-length album, now revealed to be named "Under the hammer of destruction". It will include re-recordings of all tracks from their first 2007 demo, most of the "Merciless insane death" CS demo tracks and three new ones, something like 10-11 songs total. Blood Harvest will be releasing it on both LP + CD and you can peep the cover art here.
Adrian Recordings has a new single from electronic artist Dmitry Fyodorov available for free download entitled "Coconut office": https://www.adrianfiles.com/Coconut_Office.mp3
Keep an eye out for their debut album "Shapeless" to be released in the near future.
Swedish rock'n'roll label Bootleg Booze will be releasing a new LP comp on December 11 called "Up North/Downunder" featuring 12 exclusive/previously unreleased tracks from their favorite Swedish and Australian rock acts. Here's the tracklist:
A1. The Specimens - Good times gone (AUS)
A2. Tramp - No light (SWE)
A3. Leadfinger - Swept back (AUS)
A4. The Deadbeats - Get's me by (SWE)
A5. Sator - I'm plastic (SWE)
A6. Lightning Strikes - Leave here alone (SWE)
B1. The Sewergrooves - Easy to pretend (SWE)
B2. The Sure-Fire Midnights - Over the edge (AUS)
B3. Rio Grande - Eye for eye (SWE)
B4. Screwtop Detonators - We want you (AUS)
B5. "Demons" - The leeches (I'm getting out!) (SWE)
B6. The Devilrock Four - My favourite enemy (AUS)
500 copies, vinyl only, first 100 mailorder copies come with a canvas record bag.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU, a special pre-Halloween edition:
01. TALK 1
02. Switchblade - 1815
03. TALK 2
04. Abandon - In reality suffer
05. Raison d'Etre - Metamorphyses phase III
06. TALK 3
07. Notre Dame - Le theatre du vampire
08. Mercyful Fate - Desecration of souls
09. Cortex - Warrior night
10. TALK 4
11. Immortal - All shall fail
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.
I'm leaving for NYC in a couple hours, so don't expect updates until I get back on Monday. See you at CMJ?
There will be a "Spotlight on Norway" feature on the upcoming Scotland Showcase world/folk music festival in January 2010 and MIC Norway has the full details plus profiles on all of the artists performing: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009102113264521605859
Scraps of Tape will be playing their final Swedish gig with member Mikael Persson on Friday, October 23 at Debaser Malmö. The show will also serve as the kickoff for their European tour with Solander which begins on Saturday.
Massgrav have posted a tour diary from their recent jaunt to Russia: https://www.massgrav.com/giglog_russia1.htm
I'm not sure if the "Thanks for now!" message means Danish act Livaventura are done for good, but they are offering two full albums as free downloads: https://www.livaventura.com/
I haven't heard "Those who walk the last mile" yet, but "...And they slept with their eyes open" is killer Sonic Youth worship noiserock -- very recommended!
The latest Warmer Climes mixtapes feature the ex-gals of Cat5, Christina Roos and Hanna Lovisa.
Here's the tracklist for the new Regulations album, now revealed to be titled "To be me":
01. Red Line 13
02. Bagdhad beach party
03. Catholic Love
04. To be me
05. Creatures in a cage
06. Different needs
07. In the shadow of the mall
08. Problem solved
09. Down the street
10. 1-2-3-4
11. Busy night
12. Don't bother me
Apparently it's been sent off for pressing, so expect it to be available very soon.
BBC Music reviews the new Annie album "Don't stop": https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/p84z
Eardrums talks up the new Piroth album "Safe haven": https://eardrumsmusic.com/2009/10/21/piroth-safe-haven/
Check out an e-card for Aerial's excellent new album "Put it this way in headlines": https://www.nomethod.se/aerialpromo/