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Khoma - In it for fighting

Khoma's new single "In it for fighting" is now available on Spotify -- go here for the link and to read more: http://www.khoma.se/?p=694
Perhaps someday us Americans will have access to Spotify, but until then...

Jenny Wilson to France

Jenny Wilson is playing a few shows in France later this month:

03/25 - Les Femmes S'en Mêlent/ La Laiterie, Strasbourg
03/26 - La Ciel, Grenoble
03/27 - Les Femmes S'en Mêlent/La Maroquinere, Paris

New Munich sideproject: Kites and Komets

Mikael Kærsgaard of Danish act Munich has started a new solo project called Kites and Komets. Hear some demo tunes at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/kitesandkomets

Jennie Abrahamson in the UK

Jennie Abrahamson is going to the UK in late April:

04/28 - Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London
05/01 - The Primrose Chill @ Camden Crawl, London
05/02 - Notting Hill Arts Club, London

New label alert: Adversum

The always interesting and thorough Avant-garde Metal site talks to Norwegian musician/artist/graphic designer Kim Sølve about his new venture, the label Adversum: http://www.avantgarde-metal.com/content/stories2.php?id=158
The first two releases on the new imprint will be from the artists Yurei and Delirium Bound with lots more planned for the future.

New tunes from If Society

If Society has posted samples from the forthcoming Radiopuhelimet and Echo Is Your Love albums for preview:

Radiopuhelimet - Globaali anaali
Echo Is Your Love - Playlist song

For more info go here: http://www.ifsociety.com/news.php#n154

Per Egland - Merkurius brinner

9 out of 10 times I delete every remix track that hits my inbox before listening because they are almost always invariably: 1) worthless 2) boring 3) awful or 4) all of the above. I can't be bothered; I already spend way too much time listening to music I don't like and I honestly would rather listen to something that's obviously terrible than some mediocre retread of a song I didn't care about in the first place. At least then I have the good sense to turn it off 30 seconds in rather than wait fruitless in hopes it might get good. There are always exceptions though and this reworking of Per Egland's "Merkurius brinner" ("Mercury is burning") as done by Martin Senter (Seven Feet Four, EL-SD, Talking to Drake, etc.) works quite well because it completely reinvents the tune. Honestly, the original (listen at myspace) isn't all that; a fine, but ultimately unfulfilling upbeat dirge. Senter's take kicks the tempo way way up and turns it into something far closer to Gbg-style indiepop than I thought was possible. From bummer to summer, this is the way to do it.

MP3: Per Egland - Merkurius brinner (Martin Senter remix)

Lazee + Neverstore - Hold on (video)

Check out the new Lazee video for his new single "Hold on" featuring a guest appearance from Swedish pop-punk act Neverstore: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Un9PE560Q
Definitely not the direction I figured he'd go, but whatever -- it's fine as an early summer pop tune I suppose.

Members from Moi Caprice, I Got You On Tape and Maborosi form The Late Great Fitzcarraldos

Bassist Jakob Millung from Moi Caprice, guitarist Jacob Funch of I Got You on Tape and frontman Tobias Buch Andersen from the group Maborosi have formed a new indie supergroup of sorts under the name The Late Great Fitzcarraldos and will be releasing their self-titled debut EP on April 19. Hear samples at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thelategreatfitzcarraldos