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Kontinuum: Moonlight

Peter Krogholm — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:44:45 +0000

Kontinnuum started out as a side project for Potentiam frontman Birgir Thorgeirsson in 2001. Apparently Birgir and his companions are not the kind of guys who rush through things, so now – 11 years later – the Icelandic metallers are ready to release their debut album ‘Earth Blood Magic’. Kontiunuum describes themselves as “structured occult [...]

Theo Berndt: It’s Complicated

Peter Krogholm — Fri, 25 May 2012 07:44:08 +0000

Back in 2010 Gothenburg indiepop quintet Theo Berndt released their debut album ‘CBGBG’ and later this year their second full length ‘F.E.A.R.S’ will follow. No release date for the fear themed album has been set, but two pretty excellent singles, ‘It’s Complicated’ and ‘Supersized’, are out and even available for free download. Check them out [...]

Chris Holm: When I Die

Peter Krogholm — Fri, 25 May 2012 07:15:08 +0000

Come fall Chris Holm, a prominent member of the Bergen scene with involvement in projects like Young Dreams, Bloody Beach, Sondre Lerche and The Alexandria Quartet, will release his solo debut album titled ‘Kilos’, which according to him will offer a combination of all his influences ranging from hip hop to post-rock via French 60s [...]

Dream Curtain: There Could Have Been A Light

Peter Krogholm — Wed, 23 May 2012 08:17:58 +0000

Early April I featured Swedish one man electronica act Dream Curtain aka William Hamparsomian (also indierock gang Another Nation’s National Anthem) and his excellent track ‘Zoomed Out’. A week ago he made the equally great ‘There Could Have Been A Light’ available for you to download – which I suggest you do, as this really [...]

Dad Rocks!: Battle Hymn Of The Fox Father

Peter Krogholm — Wed, 23 May 2012 07:55:08 +0000

Starting Friday Iceland’s Dad Rocks! aka Snævar Njáll Albertsson hit the UK for a three concerts in London and Oxford with his grand alternative pop debut ‘Mount Modern’ (released in 2011). Also in turn for a visit by the Copenhagen based singer and songwriter is Spain in September, as the album is about to be [...]

The Fallen Divine: The Binding Cycle

Thomas Brunstrøm — Wed, 23 May 2012 07:10:35 +0000

Based on just at few tracks I heard online I made quite a fuzz about The Fallen Divine in a SpaceScan last year, hailing them as pretty much the biggest thing since sliced bread and calling all record execs idiots for not signing them. Earlier this year Indie Recordings turned out not the be idiots [...]

200: Vendetta

Peter Krogholm — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:22:08 +0000

A month ago I featured Faroese punk ‘n garage rock trio 200′s ‘Við Love Skal Land Byggjast’ (apparently the correct title is ‘Við Love Skuldu Vit Land Byggja’, but hey – it’s still available as free download here), which was my first taste of this new – and incredible – album. Through ‘Vendetta”s 25 sublime [...]

When Saints Go Machine: Mannequin

Peter Krogholm — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:44:26 +0000

Almost precisely a year ago today I shared my thoughts on When Saints Go Machine’s excellent second full length ‘Konkylie’. Last Monday awesome single ‘Mannequin’, the first sound of what we can expect expect come 2013 and the quartet’s fourth album, was released and yesterday this somewhat disturbing but very beautiful Mia Fremming directed video [...]

Herr Nilsson: Jump Off

Peter Krogholm — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:07:27 +0000

They debuted in 2005 with ‘I`m No Elvis’, which apparently made quite an impact in their native Norway, and now Bergen eight-piece Herr Nilsson are gearing up to release their fourth full length (no title or date yet). To build up anticipation (and they have in my book) they’ve released two rather splendid indierock/-pop singles [...]

Simian Ghost: Youth

Peter Krogholm — Fri, 18 May 2012 09:25:44 +0000

Back in 2010 Sweden’s Simian Ghost released the debut full length, ‘Infinite Traffic Everywhere’, to great critical acclaim. Then a one man project by singer and songwriter Sebastian Arnström and more electropop in shape and sound, this second titled ‘Youth’ is more of a team effort and tropically flavored indiepop (surprising folk tune ‘Sparrow’ the [...]