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NovemberNov 25 Wednesday 09
REVIEW: Pistol Disco - Evergreen (Celebrity Lifestyle Records)
Great albums always make me reconsider their premonitions on a type of music, especially with that labeled as "experimental". Such is the case with the new Pistol Disco release; for a while I had been a bit lost on what to write, however, now I am finally able to. What …
Symfoniorkestern offers new EP for free
Swedish (mostly) instrumental folk/pop act Symfoniorkestern has a new five-song EP for free download and preview via myspace: http://www.myspace.com/symfoniorkestern
Eboi - Panic
Discobelle has the new Eboi single + video: http://www.discobelle.net/2009/11/24/eboi-panic/
My Sunrise - Pictures
Swedish indie act My Sunrise have a new, very lo-fi/DIY video for their song "Pictures": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqJ8CCpAERY
MP3: Piroth - When the night is over
Piroth's new album "Safe haven" eschews their Early Music charms in favor of better production and expanded instrumentation, a step backwards in my opinion. Now they're not much more than yet another Swedish sister duo. All is not lost though, there are still moments …
First list of SXSW 2010 acts confirmed
Scandinavian acts confirmed for SXSW 2010: Ólöf Arnalds, Julian Berntzen, Adiam Dymott, Francis, The Kissaway Trail, Unni Lovlid, Lowood, Mixtapes & Cellmates, Michael Monroe (Hanoi Rocks), Movits! and Surrounded.
Kissaway Trail - SDP
There's a new track from Kissaway Trail up at Pitchfork: http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/13620-sdp/
Sad Day For Puppets - When you tell me that you love me
Swedish shoegazers Sad Day for Puppets are now streaming the new 7" version of "When you tell me that you love me" at myspace, out now on Sonic Cathedral: http://www.myspace.com/saddayforpuppets
Too Cool to Die reviews The Amazing
Too Cool To Die reviews Swedish psych-rockers The Amazing: http://www.toocooltodie.com/index.php?/tctd/aotw/the_amazing/
NovemberNov 24 Tuesday 09
REVIEW: Ofag - Session one: Oslo (Sonet)
Hard to get around it: Ofag is a pure ego. Five friends convene in a recording studio to hang out, play a little improv music; someone hits record and then they release it on their own label. It's not as if the end result is unlistenable (it's not), it's more a question …
Musik med Mattias Alkberg
Live music with the one and only Mattias Alkberg at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/11/23/musik-med-mattias-alkberg/
Solander December tour
Tenderversion Recordings act Solander is heading out on tour again in December:
12/07 - Pony Bar, Hamburg (GER)
12/08 - Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig (GER)
12/09 - Ost-Pol , Dresden (GER)
12/10 - secret show, Vienna (AUS)
12/11 - SC - Teatar & TD, Zagreb (CRO)
12/12 - Zoe …
Oslo Grammofon signs Rosix-Noir
Oslo Grammofon has signed Rosix-Noir and will be releasing a 2-track 7" from them in early 2010.
Latest Bigbang to get US release in January
MIC Norway reports that Bigbang's latest album "Edendale" will be getting a US release in January: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009112412233617369192
Under the Rader reviews Anna Ternheim
Under the Radar reviews Anna Ternheim's "Leaving on a mayday": http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/anna_ternheim_leaving_on_a_mayday/
Matinée Recordings announces new releases for 2010
Indiepop label Matinée Recordings has announced new albums from Northern Portrait and The Electric Pop Group as well as a new comp featuring cuts from both bands as well as Cats on Fire and lots more. Head to their website for full details, samples and preorder info:
PopMatters reviews Children of Bodom
PopMatters reviews the Children of Bodom covers album "Skeletons in the closet": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/114932-children-of-bodom-skeletons-in-the-closet/
Service to release debut album from Korallreven, single up for preview
Service has signed Swedish act Korallreven and will be releasing their debut album "The truest faith" this coming spring. Hear the first single "Loved up" (and b-side remix by Nhessingtons) at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/korallrevenmusic
Apparatjik confirm new single
Apparatjik, the all-star project featuring Jonas Bjerre (Mew), Guy Berryman (Coldplay) and Magne Furuholmen (A-ha), will release the new single "Electric eye" as a digital download on November 30 via their own (cryptic) website: http://www.apparatjik.com/
Mew live album on the way
Mew will release the new digital live album "Live at the Hollywood Palladium" on December 7. Said album was recorded during the band's performance at September 2 earlier this year.