Gbg-based hardcore act We Live In Trenches is reportedly in talks with a German label concerning an upcoming full-length. More details when I get it. Otherwise, the latest issue of MRR (the one with the Sista Sekunden interview) has a favorable review of their excellent "Autonomy clinic" 7" -- folks looking to snag a copy should go here: [click]

Swedish posi-hardcore act Sista Sekunden has updated US dates on their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/sistasekunden

Instigate Records (Sista Sekunden) has signed up-and-coming Gbg hardcore act We Live In Trenches. Expect a 7" by the end of summer, but in the meantime you can hear samples at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/weliveintrenches
Killer band - expect to see them featured in an upcoming edition of our Gbg Spotlight Series.

Check out a 10-minute live set of Swedish hardcore act Sista Sekunden performing in France: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffwJ4Yv1gSc
Also head to myspace for a newly posted track from their latest MCD "Sista försvarslinjen" plus upcoming tourdates, including a summer European jaunt with Kamikatze and a fall visit to the US: http://www.myspace.com/sistasekunden

The new album "Sista försvarslinjen" from Swedish hardcore act Sista Sekunden is now available: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=54025215&blogID=393835884

Swedish hardcore act Sista Sekunden has recorded seven new tracks for release in the near future. Band-affiliated label Instigate will handle the CD and Cutthroat will do the vinyl. The band will also be touring extensively this summer/fall, so go to myspace for dates: http://www.myspace.com/sistasekunden

Instigate Records (Sista Sekunden, DSB, Skitkids, etc.) has announced the signing of Malmö-based punkrock act The Static. Look for a 7-track demo cassette in March and hear samples at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thestaticpunk
They make good on the listing of The Wipers as an influence.

Swedish punks (and recent Manifest Awards champions) Wolfbrigade have a new website: http://www.wolfbrigade.se/
The band recently recorded seven new tracks for a new 12"/CD and will be heading out on the road for a lot of dates this year. Plans are still being worked out for Australia and Japan, but here's what they have so far:

03/01 - PunkPartaj 6.66, Sandviken (SWE) w/Meanwhile, Counterblast, Kongh, more
03/09 - Kafé 44, Stockholm (SWE) w/DSB, Sista Sekunden
03/13 - Ar D'arto, Coimbra (POR)
03/14 - Porto Rio, Porta (POR)
08/29 - Balkanika Core festival, Kranj (SLO) w/ENT, Mob 47, more
09/06 - Play Fast or Don't 5, Hradci Králové (CZ) w/Selfish, Massgrave, more

Swedish punks Sista Sekunden will tour Europe starting in late February alongside Japanese act D.S.B. under the banner of the "Radical Sharp Shooter" tour. Check myspace for preliminary dates: http://www.myspace.com/sistasekunden

Sista Sekunden
Skyll inte på oss
Cage Match Federation/Instigate

The cover of "I am not a punk", translated into Swedish ("Jag är inte punk"), by Descendents sums it up pretty damn good. Besides the obvious; the fact that this four piece punk-rock combo from Malmö, Sweden has developed a complete and utter infatuation for American hardcore, it's clear that we're dealing with high quality punk-rock that stands out. And in times like these, the eccentric take of singing in Swedish is also a thing I applaud. 'Cause to be honest; you can easily sort out the quality from the quantity when it comes to punk sung in this native language nowadays. There's not on an ounce of originality to Sista Sekunden's music, I know, but they have the honorable courage to think outside the box sometimes. Furious hardcore in the vein of Adolescents is mixed with melodic punk rock in "Bombplan" reminiscent to early Bad Religion somewhere around "How could hell be any worse?" and that's a typical characteristic of the band and this album. "Skyll inte på oss" ("Don't blame us") is a reckless and rash album similar to a rollercoaster. In a good way, that is. If you're only going to buy one punk album this year, buy this one. Or maybe "Paranoia" by Insurgent Kid, that's how good this one is.
- Jonas Appelqvist

Here's the playlist for my radio show on Saturday:

01. Ted Gärdestad - Räcker jag till
02. TALK 1
03. The Setting Son - In a certain way
04. Beyond Dawn - TRNQL
05. Miss Li - Let her go
06. TALK 2
07. Jonna Lee - Dried out eyes
08. Death By Kite - Hiroshima
09. The Motorhomes - I wanna make you sing
10. TALK 3
11. Printer - Minds out
12. Alarma Man - Sweden, Sweden
13. Pistol Disco - Radiation
14. TALK 4
15. Knugen Faller - Lugna favoriter
16. Scraps of Tape - Since all the birds are moving, shouldn't we
17. Carpet People - If I lose my voice
18. TALK 5
19. Asha Ali - A promise broken
20. Ingenting - Punkdrommar
21. Holiday for Strings - I got two hands
22. TALK 6
23. NEI - City of gold
24. FAP - Sjömannen
25. Monoton - Hours
26. TALK 7
27. Deathbed - Everyday heroin
28. Dibaba - Go marching in
29. Johnossi - Execution song
30. Sista Sekunden - Se opp
31. TALK 8
32. Laakso - Worse case scenario
33. Tiger Lou - Sell out
34. Peter Bjorn and John - Matchmaker
35. TALK 9
36. Johndoe - Hardt som faen
37. Espen Jørgensen - Move ahead - quickly
38. Säkert! - Och jag grät mig till sömns efter alla dar
39. TALK 10
40. KVLR - Slow clapping
41. Anna Leong - 61
42. Final Exit - Bent out of shape
43. TALK 11
44. The Bear Quartet - Lights out, sound off

Swedish hardcore Sista Sekunden will tour Japan in September and will also be doing a split CD with tourmates Iscream 7 Showers for the occasion. Look for their new album "Skyll inte på oss" to be released over there as well, both of those coming out through Rockroom Records.

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

01. Sahara Hotnights - Visit to Vienna
02. TALK 1
03. José González - Down the line
04. Anna Ternheim - Girl laying down
05. The Bear Quartet - The supremes
06. TALK 2
07. New Decade - I guess you ran from something
08. Commando M Pigg - Allt genast
09. Mikkel Metal - Bano
10. TALK 3
11. Johan Hedberg - Nygubbe4
12. Mikko Singh - Toisella puolella
13. Mimas - Thought discuss
14. Fattaru - 100:-
15. TALK 4
16. Sista Sekunden - Jag är aldrig nöjd
17. E.S.T. - Tuesday wonderland
18. Syster Lycklig - Drömgränd
19. TALK 5
20. The End Will Be Kicks - Ass of a friend
21. The Grizzly Twister - Tigers made of paper
22. Samuel Jackson Five - Easily misunderstood
23. Grande Roses - Dead town
24. TALK 6
25. Thomas Dybdahl - B A part
26. Njurmännen - Cold meat industry
27. Tobias Hellkvist - Moment at ven
28. TALK 7
29. David Sandström Overdrive - Here's for summer
30. Randy - Freedom song
31. Kalle J - Vart stack du?
32. The Flaming Sideburns - Bad trip
33. TALK 8
34. The Bell - I am history
35. Lack - Pessimist poetry
36. The State of Floral Beings - Andy
37. Fireside - Problem (to you)
38. TALK 9
39. Firefox AK - Love to run
40. Manes - Cinder alley
41. Lukestar - Untitled
42. TALK 10
43. Oskar Schönning - S

The playlist for this week's radio show on Sirius:

01. TALK 1
02. Fattaru - Stila upp din skit
03. Samuraj Cities - Thxa1000000
04. The Fine Arts Showcase - I don't worry
05. TALK 2
06. Imagine I Had Hands - Captive
07. Scraps of Tape - Pickpockets vow
08. FAP - Jag drar till sjöss en sväng jag
09. TALK 3
10. Hello Saferide - I was definitely made for these times
11. Mainliners - Good storm
12. Breach - Gheeá
13. TALK 4
14. Him Kerosene - Neutrino
15. Familjen - Nu händer det igen
16. Sista Sekunden - D.I.We
17. Nine - Time has come
18. TALK 5
19. Emperor - Towards the pantheon
20. September - Can't get over (Long disco mix)
21. Kornstad - Turkey, Texas
22. TALK 6
23. Camouflage - Syster sol
24. Lolita Pop - Salta diamanter
25. Leather Nun - Gimme gimme gimme
26. TALK 7
27. Superfamily - I could be a real winner
28. Juvelen - Hanna
29. The Book of Daniel - Death caps and moonshine
30. Monkeystrikes - Serial faller in lover
31. TALK 8
32. Torpedo - Hang me high
33. Erik Enocksson - The lingering procession
34. Hederos & Hellberg - No fun
35. TALK 9
36. Death By Kite - Himmelfahrtskommando
37. The Tough Alliance - Something special
38. Seance - Controlled bleeding
39. TALK 10
40. Shout Out Louds - Hard rain

Wasted Sounds will be releasing a new album from Umeå-based hardcore/crust/grind act Bingo this coming July. Listen to some tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/bingoume
In other Wasted Sounds news, keep an eye out for other new releases from bands like Sista Sekunden, Icos, Knugen Faller, Auktion, Sayyadina, Tysta Mari and more. Sweden's best punk label? Yeah, I'd say so. Nice to see such a diversity of acts too.