"Music For The Statues of Gothenburg is a piece written for three statues along Kungsportsavenyn, the main street of Gothenburg. It is an observation on the sonic landscape of the City and a question about the usage rights of the public space." Composed by Andreas Bygdell (The Touch) and performed by Martin Molin (Detektivbyrån). More: http://felsteg.com/project/music-for-the-statues-of-gothenburg/
The new Nutid album "Cityflowers" is streaming in full at The Fader: http://www.thefader.com/2012/05/01/stream-nutids-album-Cityflowers/
Swedish instrumental duo Nutid (Åsa Jacobsson + Alf Håkan Åkesson) have announced that their sophomore album "Cityflowers" will be out on May 30.
Kleerup will be releasing his new soundtrack album "Aniara" -- a collaboration with musician Carl Bagge and vocalist Helen Sjöholm for the Stockholm City Theater production of the stage epic -- on May 9. Full press release here: http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressroom/emi-music-sweden/pressrelease/view/kleerup-aniara-752936
Gaffa has the premiere of a new live video from Danish noiserockers Darling Don't Dance: http://gaffa.dk/tv/clip/1085
The band's debut full-length album "City ghosts" was released last month via (The Megaphonic Thrift, Keith Canisus).
Moto Boy's new soundtrack for the play "Lubiewo-Kärleksön", based on the Michal Witkowskis novel, recently had its premiere at Gothenburg City Theatre and now the whole thing is available for free listening via Spotify or for purchase on CD and iTunes.
"Only place I know" is the first single off Svedberg & The Hillside Stranglers' upcoming album "City serenade", due out March 28 via . The vocals don't do much for me, but I dig the band and the arrangement. RIYL Boy Omega, Isolation Years.
Ane Brun will be touring North America in May:
05/02 - Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
05/04 - Soundstage, Baltimore, MD
05/05 - The Hamilton, Washington, DC
05/07 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
05/09 - Brighton Hall, Boston, MA
05/10 - tbc, Toronto
05/12 - Petit Campus, Montreal
05/15 - Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
05/17 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
05/19 - State Room, Salt Lake City, UT
05/20 - Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO
05/22 - Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL
I wasn't too impressed by the last Donkeyboy single, but this new one is totally great pop music.
The vinyl edition of Cut City's superb swansong album "Where's the harm in dreams disarmed?" is on track for a late March release: http://www.deletedart.org/releases.asp?id=49
I Break Horses will be spending a lot of time on the road in coming months:
02/03 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
02/04 - Grammatikof, Duisburg (GER)
02/05 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER)
02/06 - Comet (Karrera Klub), Berlin (GER)
02/10 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
02/11 - La Flèche d'Or, Paris (FRA)
02/12 - Rotonde, Brussels (BEL)
2/16-18 - By:Larm Festival, Oslo (NOR)
04/22 - Fillmore, San Francisco, CA *
04/25 - Roseland, Portland, OR *
04/26 - Neptune, Seattle, WA *
04/27 - Vogue, Vancouver, BC *
04/29 - In the Venue, Salt Lake City, UT *
04/30 - Ogden, Denver, CO *
05/01 - Granada, Lawrence, KS *
05/02 - Pageant, St Louis, MO *
05/04 - Vic, Chicago, IL *
05/05 - Majestic, Detroit, MI *
05/06 - Sound Academy, Toronto, ON *
05/07 - Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY *
05/09 - House Of Blues, Boston, MA *
05/10 - Terminal 5, New York, NY *
05/11 - Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA *
05/12 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC *
05/14 - Buckhead Theater, Atlanta, GA *
05/15 - Marathon Music Works, Nashville, TN *
05/17 - House of Blues, Houston, TX *
05/18 - Stubb's, Austin, TX *
05/19 - Granada, Dallas, TX *
05/21 - Crescent, Phoenix, AZ
05/22 - Casbah, San Diego CA
05/23 - Echo, Los Angeles, CA
05/25 - Sasquatch Festival, The Gorge, WA
05/29 - Lincoln Hall, Chicago, LA
05/30 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
* supporting M83.
I was informed last night that dates wouldn't be confirmed until Thursday, but it appears that the cat is out of the bag: Mastodon will be bringing both Opeth and Ghost on tour with them across North America in April. Dates:
04/04 - State Theater, Portland, ME
04/05 - Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA
04/06 - Metropolis, Montreal, Quebec
04/07 - Sony Centre, Toronto, Ontario
04/09 - Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
04/10 - The Dome, Wallingford, CT
04/11 - Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
04/13 - Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL
04/14 - The Intersection, Grand Rapids, MI
04/15 - Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA
04/16 - TN Theater, Knoxville, TN
04/18 - Diamond Ballroom, Oklahoma City, OK
04/19 - Palladium Ballroom, Dallas, TX
04/20 - Back Stage Live, San Antonio, TX
04/21 - Concrete Street, Corpus Christi, TX
04/23 - Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO
04/25 - House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
04/26 - Gibson Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
04/27 - Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA
04/28 - Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, NV
04/30 - The Paramount, Seattle, WA
05/01 - Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia
05/03 - Edmonton Events Center, Edmonton, Alberta
05/04 - MacEwan Hall, Calgary, Alberta
05/05 - The Odeon, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
05/06 - Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
05/09 - The Fillmore, Washington, D.C.
05/10 - The Fillmore, Charlotte, NC
05/11 - House of Blues, Myrtle Beach, SC
05/12 - Masquerade Music Park, Atlanta, GA
Rising will be hitting the road across Europe in March:
03/08 - Paletten, Viborg (DK) w/The Kandidate
03/09 - Beta, Copenhagen (DK) w/The Kandidate
03/10 - Kansas City, Odense (DK) w/The Kandidate
03/16 - Red Rooster, Berlin (GER)
03/17 - Rockstation, Halle (GER)
03/18 - tba, Dresden (GER)
03/19 - Cafe na pul cesty, Prague (CZ)
03/20 - Galerie u Mloka, Olomouc (CZ)
03/21 - Stwst, Linz (AUS)
03/22 - tba (ITA)
03/23 - Swamp Club, Massa Carrara (ITA)
03/24 - tba (ITA)
03/25 - Ponyhof, Frankfurt (GER)
03/27 - Dachstock, Bern (CH)
03/28 - Rocas Cafe, Luxembourg (LUX)
03/29 - Bastard, Osnabrück (GER)
03/30 - Cafe Nova, Essen (GER)
03/31 - Glocksee, Hannover (GER)
04/01 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
04/02 - MAU Club, Rostock (GER)
04/05 - L' Orient, Linköping (SWE)
04/26 - Fritz's Corner @ Strand, Stockholm (SWE)
04/27 - Sticky Fingers, Gothenburg (SWE)
04/28 - Loppen, Copenhagen (DK)
The AmazingThere's some inherent complicity in this record that triggers a violent uneasiness. It's like it's 1972 and I'm one of those kids who are sick of the soft-pop chart hits of Fleetwood Mac, America, fluffy brown hair & equally revolting album covers (however radical these folkies were in their own right). Halfway through listening to The Amazing's "Gentle stream", the overall one-beat homogeny gives birth to a nihilistic urge to shake things up. Now, if I could goddamned be like everybody else, especially the hip Scandy radio-pop listening public, this cauldron would probably just spill off the decks like almond milk; the super gooey melodies and the Air-like retro sexing mood perfected by obviously professional musicians doing it up professionally -- probably wouldn't hurt so bad. Already celebrated Dungen members serve up what can be viewed as a Seventies itch they needed to scratch, or a chance to break the market with another kind of popular. Title track, "Gentle stream" has the cushy opening déjà vu of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young while the following track has more of that Nick Drake, laid-back reminiscence. Track 3, "International hair" hints at a Morrissey chorusing style (an uncanny reminder of "...International Playboys", anyone?). "Gone" however, could annoy even those loving the most introverted croon as it teeters too much on the side of breathy repetition. However well-produced this album is, however deserving of fans of the NME or just willy-wet twee folk revivals -- as for me, count me out.
- Ann Sung-an Lee
Swedish skatepunks Atlas Losing Grip will be heading back out on the road in the new year and will be doing a few shows with a reunited No Fun At All along the way:
01/11 - Hurricanes Pub, Tours (FRA)
01/12 - Heretic, Bordeaux (FRA)
01/13 - Sala Mogambo, Donostia-San Sebastián (ESP)
01/14 - La Antigua, Ovideo (ESP)
01/15 - Sala A Reserva, Carballo (ESP)
01/16 - tba, Porto (PT)
01/17 - Sala Supersonic, Cadiz (ESP)
01/18 - Santiago Alquimista, Lisbon (PT) w/No Fun At All
01/19 - Sala Live, Madrid (ESP) w/No Fun At All
01/20 - Sala rock City, Valencia (ESP) w/No Fun At All
01/21 - Estraperlo Club, Badalone (ESP) w/No Fun At All
01/22 - Sala Moscou, Torello (ESP), w/No Fun At All
01/23 - Connexion Cafe, Tolouse (FRA)
01/24 - La Fourmi, Limoges (FRA)
01/25 - Les Combustibles, Paris (FRA)
02/03 - Alter Stadtbahnhof, Schweinfurt (GER) w/ZSK
02/04 - Matrix, Bochum (GER) w/ZSK
02/10 - Faust, Hannover (GER) w/ZSK
02/11 - Batschkapp, Frankfurt Am Main (GER) w/ZSK
