Top 10s for 2011: Jocke D-takt (D-takt & Råpunk/Desperat/Thräshers)
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Craft
Void
Trust No One Recordings/Southern Lord
"Carpathian Forest from Sweden" is the best way to describe Craft. Image, ethos, artwork, album titles, song titles, music; it's all just a punked-up rehash of Nattefrost's sick utterings, so much so that if you were to fire a Carpathian sticker over the Craft logo on any of their albums you'd probably be none the wiser. They have experimented with other people's styles, however, and on "Void" there's any number of big-time black metal bands shining through. Just one listen reveals a multitude of them which, it must be stressed, are familiarities rather than blatant rip-offs. This distinct lack of originality hits the album hard, though. There are some nice moments (although nice is hardly a word that Craft would want used here) but it's just too... meh. It's been done before. Hundreds of times. There's absolutely nothing exciting about it and, if truth be told, it's almost a chore to have to sit it out until the end.
- John Norby
Atlas Losing Grip on tour again (+ No Fun At All!)
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
Never mind the twenty-first century
Swedish punk/hardcore label/blog D-takt & Råpunk has put together a comp of early punk influences which, besides including a number of obvious-yet-crucial picks (Dead Kennedys, Misfits, Sex Pistols, etc.), also has a few Swedish must-hears: http://dbeatrawpunk.blogspot.com/2011/12/never-mind-twenty-first-century-fth-1.html
And when you're done with that, check this out.
Ormeyngel at Bandcamp
Norwegian hardcore/punk label now has all of their various cassette releases (Dark Times/Drugged SS/Problems/etc.) up on Bandcamp for streaming/download: http://ormeyngel.bandcamp.com/
Turist i tillvaron vol. 4 lineup confirmed
Artists are now confirmed for volume 4 of Mikael Sörling's Swedish punk comp "Turist i tillvaron": http://sirling.blogspot.com/2011/12/alla-band-till-turist-i-tillvaron-vol-4.html
A few of the names you may recognize: Makabert Fynd, Burning Kitchen, Asta Kask, Crash Nomada, Gamla Pengar and Desperat.
Tant Strul are back
Swedish early 80s punk/postpunk act Tant Strul, one of Kajsa Grytt's early bands besides Pink Champagne, has reformed and will be performing a number of gigs this coming summer.
Sojo - Jumping jam
New Swedish mainstream pop from the same production team behind September's monster hit "Cry for you". As much as I want to focus on championing underground punk/hardcore/metal, I must admit that I do actually really like this sort of stuff when it's done well.
Chaos in Tejas 2012: Nasum, Iceage, Herätys
Speaking of Iceage, the intitial lineup for the 2012 edition of Chaos in Tejas has been announced and will feature the Danish wunderkunds along with Nasum and Herätys as well as a whole host of other awesome metal/punk/hardcore bands: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/12/antisect_reform.html
Maschine Krank
Mine fires
Stop/Start Records
If there's one word that describes Sweden's Maschine Krank it's "odd". On top of that "odd" there's a heady dose of punk-pop with the slightest tinge of metal in places. If you can imagine a mix of Daisy Chainsaw, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Katzenjammer, Atari Teenage Riot, System Of A Down and Primus you get pretty close to what the Malmö quintet have created in their latest release. That's an eclectic list of bands there, but Maschine Krank nod toward all of them -- and more -- here. It's difficult to honestly say that "Mine fires" is a great album; rather it's an enjoyable album that one only fully appreciates after quite a few listens (although there's an immediate satisfaction to be had on the first go). Where they fall down a little is in their limited use of the elements that really work best; maybe it's from fear of overuse, but if the band has erred on the side of caution they've slipped up this time around. Get dug into those heavy, caustic moments that make "Don't look now" so damn killer and embrace the off-kilter synth moments that give "Sometimes I do good things for you" that unique character. More of that on top of their quirky foundations and there's something big to talk about here. If they jump in with both feet next time rather than simply tread on water they could be on to a serious winner. On a sidenote, "Get yourself an air limit!" is where they have it totally nailed.
- John Norby
Hanna Hirsch - En väg av ljus, en vägg av brus
At long last, new music from Swedish punk/powerpop act Hanna Hirsch. Pre-order the band's new 12" EP "Gå hem över himlen" here: http://www.adagio830.de/news/hanna-hirsch-pre-order-starts-today/
Die Schwedische Pøp Wunder
Thomas Ekelund of Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words/Soma Sema/etc. has put together a mix of classic Swedish postpunk/new-wave for listening via Mixcloud: http://i.mixcloud.com/CuXi1
Thräshers in the studio
Swedish skate-punks Thräshers are currently in the studio working on laying down 9-12 tracks for an upcoming flexi 7" to be released via flexi-specialist label : http://dbeatrawpunk.blogspot.com/2011/11/thrashin-up-studio.html