Finnish indie label is giving away a 9-track sampler highlighting various releases from their first year of business, including artists such as Astrid Swan, Cats on Fire and The New Tigers: http://solitimusic.com/2011/12/28/download-the-soliti-zip-now-and-more/
The final cut from Astrid Swan's all-Pavement covers album "Hits (Pavement for girls)".
I am not and will never be a fan of Pavement, but don't let that stop you from previewing Astrid Swan's new Pavement cover album "Hits (Pavement for girls)" which is now available for streaming in its entirety at SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/soliti/sets/astrid-swan-hits-pavement-for/
Hear a sample from Astrid Swan's upcoming album "Hits (Pavement for girls)" which, yes, just so happens to be a tribute to Pavement, the band that ruined indierock forever: http://soundcloud.com/soliti/astrid-swan-box-elder
Soliti is a brand new Finnish label with an impressive starting lineup: Big Wave Riders, Black Twig, Cats on Fire, The New Tigers and Astrid Swan. Their first official release will be Astrid's new album "Hits (Pavement for girls)", due out August 17.
Finnish artist Astrid Swan will be touring Germany next month:
09/11 - Übel & Gefährlich, Hamburg
09/12 - Studio 672, Köln
09/13 - Brotfabrik, Frankfurt
09/14 - Societätstheater, Dresden
09/15 - Musikzentrale, Nürnberg
09/16 - KFZ, Marburg
09/17 - Atomic Cafe, Munich
09/18 - Kleine Schanze, Berne
09/19 - Manufaktur, Schorndorf
09/20 - Chelsea, Vienna
09/21 - ppc, Graz
09/22 - Weekender Club, Innsbruck
09/24 - Klangerüst, Erfurt
Finnish artist Astrid Swan has signed with Cargo Records in Germany who will be releasing her latest album "Better than wages" over yonder on January 29. She'll also be heading down for some shows too:
01/27 - Private Show, Brussels (BEL)
01/30 - tba, Furstenwalde (GER)
02/03 - Bassy, Berlin (GER)
02/05 - Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld (GER)
02/06 - Lothars alte nähfabrik, Schrobenhausen (GER)
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. [ingenting] - Halleluja!
02. TALK 1
03. Lama - Beginning
04. Hearts of Black Science - Gold and dust
05. Fare You Well - Come closer now
06. TALK 2
07. Hearts No Static - Part 3
08. No Balls - No
09. Brothers of End - Why
10. TALK 3
11. Loud Pipes - Clean your head
12. Astrid Swan - 2000-2010 (I'm not even 30)
13. David Åhlén - Spirit fall
14. Kornstad - Noir
15. TALK 4
16. C.Aarmé - Abyss song
17. Interlace - Nemesis
18. Toture Division - Traumatic inhuman severance
19. Strip Music - 24 hrs
20. TALK 5
21. Culkin - Twin lakes annual
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. Also: he doesn't know it yet, but Mathias from Culkin will be my guesthost on next week's show. I'll be letting/forcing him to pick the playlist...
Still haven't had the time or inclination to dig deep into the new Astrid Swan record, but I'm feeling "2000 - 2010 (I'm not even 30)". Musically speaking, it's got a great heavy synth sound, complete with electronic toms, but it's the ld and grumpy lyrical content I love best. Personally, I'm on the wrong side of 30, but I commiserate fully, though my excuse was working east coast hours for years while living in the SF Bay Area. Let me tell you, there's nothing like waking up at 3:30 am to make you age prematurely. Anyhow, now that I'm old and bitter and no fun, I'm glad to hear music that speaks to me my ancient generation. Oh, youth! You'll inherit a world of shit when we're done with it, so live it up while you can.
Astrid Swan - 2000 - 2010 (I'm not even 30)
Astrid Swan has a new video for the song "2000-2010 (I'm not even 30)": http://www.vimeo.com/6396696
I still need to listen to the record more, but this was my favorite track on my first run-through.
All Scandinavian is streaming the new Astrid Swan album "Better than wages" up until the release date of September 2: http://allscandinavian.com/1763/exclusive-astrid-swan-album-stream/
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Marit Bergman - Casey, hold on
02. TALK 1
03. Ponamero Sundown - Alcoholic deathride
04. Titiyo - If only your bed could cry (feat. Moto Boy)
05. The Bear Quartet - Millions
06. TALK 2
07. The Skull Defekts - Millions
08. Gösta Berlings Saga - Sorterargatan 3
09. TALK 3
10. Stefan and the Problematix - In the city
11. 1999 - Hated people
12. Astrid Swan - 2000 - 2010 (I'm not even 30)
13. Grande Roses - I don't wanna get back on that horse again
14. TALK 4
15. Blänk - Shirt off
16. Psychic Stunts - Wind up the sound
17. Baby Woodrose - Countdown to breakdown
18. TALK 5
19. AC4 - Let's go to war
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.
Finnish artist Astrid Swan is streaming three new tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/astridswan
Her new album "Better than wages" comes out September 2.