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SpaceScan10 #30: Fródi & The Pink Slips and Ourlives

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:12:27 +0000

Another Friday, another SpaceScan, this one bringing the grand 2010 total up to thirty and presenting Faroese rocker Fróði Hansen and his band The Pink Slips plus Icelandic powerpop quintet Ourlives, who both released their debut albums last year. As usual all we ask of you is a bit of reading, some listening and then [...]

Alcoholic Faith Mission: Let This Be The Last Night We Care

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:56:40 +0000

It took Alcoholic Faith Mission three years to finish and release their grand sophomore effort ‘421 Wythe Avenue’ (2009), which earned them solid critical acclaim and label deals in Japan and USA, but less than a year to release this followup, their third album. Which really is quite impressive in itself, but even more so [...]

Malrun: Strapped While You Dance

Thomas Brunstrøm — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:12:26 +0000

Exclusive: Friday we mentioned the awesomeness of the Danish progressive metal outfit Malrun – not least the track ‘Strapped While You Dance’ which is just plain brilliant. Unfortunately there is only a snippet of the song on Malrun’s MySpace. Now, we consider ourselves a couple of happy-go-lucky lads, but we HATE snippets. However, instead of [...]

Izakaya Heartbeat: Ancient Asobi/In Arcadia

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:58:43 +0000

It’s been three years under way (and another seven months before hitting this corner of the www), the debut album by Norwegian psych-rock outfit Izakaya Heartbeat. I first came across them – initially a solo project by singer, guitarist and songwriter Christian Larsen which slowly turned into an six headed monster – a year ago, [...]

SpaceScan10 #29: Fuerteventura and Malrun

Thomas Brunstrøm and K — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:50:58 +0000

Our SpaceScan selected two this Friday are both gearing up to release albums in the near future. First up are Danish quintet Malrun, who excel in melodic metal, and they are followed by the great Finnish rock quartet Fuerteventura, who are among former Formula One champion Kimi Räikkönen’s favorites. Check them out, let us know [...]

From the Inbox: The Kissaway Trail, Teitur, Delay Trees, Familjen and more

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:50:11 +0000

We’re taking it a bit slow these days, feeling we’ve deserved a little time off, but here’s another installment of From the Inbox presenting tracks (again including freebies) by Delay Trees, The Kissaway Trail, Teitur and three Familjen remixes plus videos by Them Bird Things, For a Minor Reflection and (again) Familjen. Check it out, [...]

SpaceScan10 #28: My Closest Friend and Pascal Pinon

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:13:33 +0000

Coming up: My Closest Friend and Pascal Pinon. The first a Swedish quintet who combine alt-country and post-rock in their music, the latter an Icelandic girl duo/quartet who play simple, cozy folk-pop. Pascal Pinon are working on their second album right now, while My Closest Friend released a new single a couple of months ago. Pascal [...]

Music Alliance Pact – July 2010

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:47:20 +0000

July 15 and another edition of the World’s Greatest Mixtape is ready for download courtesy of the Music Alliance Pact. This month our trip around the globe presents 33 songs from 33 countries. Changing nothing you can again download each song separately or all in a single zip-file by following the link here or at [...]

Familjen: Mänskligheten

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:50:43 +0000

It’s been three years since Familjen aka Johan T. Karlsson stormed charts, venues and festivals with especially the title track off his debut album ‘Det Snurrar I Min Skalle’. Here’s the followup, titled ‘Mänskligheten’ (which translates to “the humanity”), and it is a solid second effort still showcasing the Swede’s impressive knack for hooks and [...]

From the Inbox: Vanity Beach, Marius, Figurines, Jonathan Johansson, Firefly Effect and more

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:51:45 +0000

Just realized that it has been over a month since the last edition of From the Inbox. Anyway, here we go again, presenting videos from Vanity Beach and Jonathan Johansson, tracks from Figurines, Marius, Toggi, Firefly Effect and Mono Stereo plus the new, not-really-Scandinavian-but-hey, This Day In Music iPhone app. Check it out and don’t [...]