nyheter uke 32 - 2009
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nyheter uke 32 - 2009
CDEP NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 NORMA SASS A DANCE OF VICTORY THE MORNING AFTER Anticipated Records ARCD 0001 7090001911927 Vinteren 2009 har tilhørt jentene i NORMA SASS. Ett drøyt år etter at de begynte å spille sammen har jentene rukket å bli booket til Øyafestivalen, fått to låter listet på NRK P3, vunnet Zoom og sjarmert publikum i 18 norske byer på den påfølgende vinnerturneen, og spilt inn sin første EP. Nå slipper nemlig Norma Sass sin debut-EP A Dance Of Victory The Morning After. Dette gjør de via sin egen etikett Anticipated Records, med litt hjelp fra Tuba Records. Platen er spilt inn og produsert av ESKILD NÆSS (DESPERADO, THE SCHOOL, DOMINIC) og THOMAS DENSTAD i Nautilus Studios i Trondheim. Bandet gleder seg stort, og forteller: “Det er fantastisk følelse å endelig få gitt ut noen av sangene våre! Vi har hatt det veldig gøy med innspilling under 4 varme dager i Trondheim hvor vi fikk gjøre ting på vår måte i et ordentlig studio med flinke folk. Nå gleder vi oss til å holde produktet i hendene!” “Maken til lovende, spennende og friskt band skal man lete en stund etter”. – Aftenposten “Norma Sass er siste prydbusk fra et indiepop-Oslo i kraftig oppblomstring”. – NRK Ukens Urørt “Et av landets mest spennende band akkurat nå”. – TV2 Nettavisen/Side 2 “Deres smått mystiske og kilende låter gir deg umiddelbart lyst til å høre mer. Man kan kalle det indie eller man kan kalle det rock, men hovedsakelig er Norma Sass knakende god popmusikk.” -Øyafestivalen.no “En enorm teft for gode melodier, sjarmerende trommespill, kilende pianospill og en fantastisk nydelig vokal”. – Musikknyheter.no http://www.myspace.com/normasass Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com I NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 LIGHTNING DUST INFINITE LIGHT Jagjaguwar JAG 139 CD 0656605213927 LIGHTNING DUST er AMBER WEBBER og JOSHUA WELLS fra populære BLACK MOUNTAIN. Sammen skaper de fabelaktig klassisk, melodisk pop, indie og folk basert rundt Webbers nydelige stemme. I motsetning til duoens første plate, Lightning Dust (JAG 112), er denne langt mer orkestrert med strykearrangementer, keyboards osv. Anbefales til fans av THE HANDSOME FAMILY, CAT POWER, NEKO CASE o.l.. http://www.myspace.com/lightningdust FRUIT BATS THE RUMINANT BAND Sub Pop SPCD 830 0098787083026 CD Tredje album ut på Sub Pop fra Chicago-folkpopperne i FRUIT BATS. Bandet er tydelig inspirert av 60-tallsfolk som DONOVAN, NICK DRAKE, THE BAND osv, men setter det inn i en kontemporær setting, og minner ikke så rent lite om labelkompisene THE SHINS. Anbefalt og lavt priset! Også tilgjenglig: Mouthfuls (SPCD 610), Spelled in Bones (SPCD 654). http://www.myspace.com/thefruitbats SLOW CLUB YEAH SO Mosho Moshi MOSHICD 29 http://www.myspace.com/slowclub CD 0602527120591 Øya-aktuelle SLOW CLUB er en duo fra Sheffield, bestående av vokalist/gitarist CHARLES WATSON og vokalist/trommis REBECCA TAYLOR. Kall det anti-folk, tweepop eller hva pokker du vil. Noen anmeldere har sammenlignet dem med ”NICO playing with BOB DYLAN”, andre nevner TILLY AND THE WALL, NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL, MOLDY PEACHES eller ”…an even lower-fi WHITE STRIPES getting into bed with THE PASTELS.” Selv mener de at de ikke vet hva de høres ut som, og frankly my dear, we don’t give a damn. Det er vakkert, varmt, sjarmerende og fengende, og da er vi fornøyde! ”…we can’t think of many better ways to soundtrack this summer.” – NME “Denne typen rolig musikk får meg til å gynge. Jeg har lyst til å bli venn med disse menneskene.” – Den Lille Kassetten JACKIE LEVEN THE HAUNTED YEAR - SUMMER Cooking Vinyl COOKCD 485 CD 0711297488524 Tredje utgivelse i JACKIE LEVENs Haunted Year-serie, som gjør tilgjengelig utgivelser som tidligere kun har vært mulig å få tak i på mannens konserter + til en viss grad på nett. Disc 1 her inneholder albumet Barefoot Days, som med unntak av det studioinnspilte tittelsporet er innspilt live i Brighton i 2004. Disc 2, Deep In The Heart Of Nowhere, er fra 2001, og inneholder 2 studiolåter + 10 låter innspilt live i Otley, Yorkshire. Flotte melodier side om side med mannens varemerkede anekdoter florerer på begge, og totalt er dette nok en herlig lavpris-gavepakke til fansen! JACKIE spilte nylig i Oslo på Kongsberg Jazz Festival med KNUT BUEN. Flere konserter annonseres fortløpende. Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com II NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 SOLILLAQUISTS OF SOUND NO MORE HEROES Anti EPIT 69442 8714092694420 CD Andre Anti-utgivelse fra hip-hop’erne SOLILLAQUISTS OF SOUND. Siden forrige release har Orlando-kvartetten turnert flittig med bl.a. BAD BRAINS, OZOMATLI og LYRICS BORN. Albumet No More Heroes har et tyngre og mer aggressivt sound enn forgjengeren, bl.a. takket være produsent DiViNCi og hans tunge og fete beats. http://www.myspace.com/solilla FRANK TURNER LOVE, IRE & SONG Epitaph EPIT 70372 http://www.myspace.com/frankturner 8714092703726 CD FRANK TURNER er en engelsk singer/songwriter med bakgrunn som vokalist i det ikke totalt ukjente punkpandet MILLION DEAD. Dette albumet ble sluppet til strålende kritikker i UK høsten 2008, og fans av f.ex. THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM, MIKE NESS, BILLY BRAGG og MONEYBROTHER bør skaffe dette albumet, som er en god forsmak på mannens splitter nye studioalbum, som slippes senere i høst. ”…Frank Turner has already proved he has what it takes to be a great songwriter. Buy this album as a matter of urgency. 4/5 - MusicOMH desolation wilderness new universe K Records K 204 0789856120420 Drømmende elektropop fra Olympias DESOLATION WILDERNESS. Bandets lydbilde er hakket mer strøkent enn vi er vant til fra K Records, og kan selges til fans av CRYSTAL STILTS, DEERHUNTER, GALAXIE 500 osv. CD http://www.myspace.com/desolationwilderness PICTUREPLANE DARK RIFT Lovepump United LPU 029 0656605582924 CD Grim, småmørk synth med tydelig inspirasjon fra 90-tallets housescene fra Travis egedy aka PICTUREPLANE. PICTUREPLANE kommer til Norge sammen med HEALTH i oktober for jobber i Oslo og Bergen. “Pictureplane combines all the burping, squeaking, farting synth sounds of your local DIY underground with r&b-tinged melodies and raw, expressive vocals” -PITCHFORK http://www.myspace.com/pictureplane Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com III NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 HAVOK BURN Candlelight CANDLE 270CD 0803341250734 En kraftpakke av et thrash-album fra Denver, Colorados HAVOK. Satisfaction guaranteed for fans av klassiske band som SLAYER, TESTAMENT, EXODUS, METALLICA, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX etc etc. CD http://www.myspace.com/havok INGESTED SURPASING THE BOUNDARIES OF HUMAN SUFFERING Siege Of Amida SOAR 026CD 0803341304727 Hvis bandnavn, albumtittel og coverart ikke har gitt deg et hint om hvordan dette låter, så burde låttitler som Skinned And Fucked, Intercranial Semen Injection og Anal Evisceration gjøre det. Brutal, beinknusende dødmetall fra den britiske undergrunnen. CD ”Serious death metal violence from up and coming bruisers.” – KKKK Kerrang! (UK) ”This is seething, degenerate savagery of the highest order.” – 8.5/10 Terrorizer (UK) http://www.myspace.com/ingesteduk SET YOUR GOALS THIS WILL BE THE DEATH OF US Epitaph EPIT 70282 CD 8714092702828 Andre album fra California-punkerne SET YOUR GOALS, og oppfølgeren til bejublede Mutiny! Fra 2006. Melodisk hardcorepunk med fengende refrenger og flere hooks enn en sportsfiske-kongress! Albumet er produsert av MIKE GREEN (PARAMORE) og gjestes av i tillegg av CHAD GILBERT fra NEW FOUND GLORY og HAYLEY WILLIWMA fra PARAMORE. Skulle du være fan av ANTI-FLAG, GREEN DAY eller CIV (som bandet tok navnet sitt fra), bør dette være et pliktkjøp! http://www.myspace.com/setyourgoals .POSTHUM .POSTHUM Folter Records FR 055CD 4260149120557 Ung norsk trio med sitt debutalbum på amerikanske Folter Records (ELITE etc). Tradisjonell norsk blackmetal med tilhørende melankoli. Coverdesign av TRINE+KIM (DARKTHRONE, MAYHEM, ULVER, ENSLAVED etc). CD http://www.myspace.com/posthum Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com IV NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 LULU SHOUT! THE COMPLETE DECCA RECORDINGS RPM / Cherry Red RETROD 856 5013929598560 2CD LULUs komplette innspillinger for Decca i perioden 1964-1967 for første gang samlet på CD. 42 låter totalt fordelt på to discer. Flere låter inkluderer en ikke helt ukjent session-gitarist ved navn JIMMY PAGE, og tillegg var låta Surprise, Surprise en eksklusiv JAGGER/RICHARDS-produksjon. UNCUT TOM RAPP STARDANCER Lemon / Cherry Red CDLEM 128 5013929772823 Kjent fra bandet PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, bestemte TOM RAPP seg for å gjøre solokarriére som singer-songwriter. Denne delikate saken er spilt inn i Nashville i 1972. Finfin psykedelisk folk. CD MOJO, UNCUT TOM RAPP SUNFOREST Lemon / Cherry Red CDLEM 129 5013929772922 Kjent fra bandet PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, bestemte TOM RAPP seg for å gjøre solokarriére som singer-songwriter. Denne delikate saken er spilt inn i Nashville i 1973. Finfin psykedelisk folk. CD UNCUT HELADO NEGRO AWE OWE Asthmatic Kitty AKR 065 0656605606521 HELADO NEGRO = ROBERTO CARLOS LANGE og med god hjelp av kompisen SCOTT HERREN (SAVATH & SAVALAS) har han skapt Awe Owe inspirert av alt fra FUNKADELIC, ARTHUR RUSSEL og søramerikansk 60-tallspop. CD http://www.myspace.com/lamuerteblancaconjunto Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com V NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 OPHTHALAMIA VIA DOLOROSA Peaceville CDVILED 226 CD 0801056722621 Svenske OPHTHALAMIA var prosjektet til IT, bedre kjent fra ABRUPTUM, (som var signert til DSP, labelen til ex-MAYHEM gitarist EURONYMOUS) og fra den skandinaviske black metal scenen på sent 80-tall og tidlig 90-tall. Vokalist her er LEGION (ex-MARDUK) og i tillegg består bandet av WINTER (EDGE OF SANITY) og EMIL ”NIGHTMARE INDUSTRIES” NÖDTVEIT (DEATHSTARS). Orginalt fra 1995 og produsert av DAN SWANÖ (OPETH, KATATONOA etc). To bonusspor inkludert Deathcrush av MAYHEM. ILIUM AGELESS DECAY Escape ESM 191 5031281001917 CD ILIUM er et australsk melodisk power metal-band med røttene tungt plantet i klassisk Heavy Metal à la IRON MAIDEN, BLACK SABBATH og JUDAS PRIEST. På dette albumet har de til overmål rekruttert vokalist MIKE DeMEO fra det legendariske hardrock-bandet RIOT. Samme mann overtok i sin tid for JØRN LANDE i MASTERPLAN. http://www.myspace.com/iliummetal RADIO SILENCE WHO’S SKIN ARE YOU UNDER NOW Escape ESM 192 5031281001924 CD Mannen bak RADIO SILENCE er talentet ALISTAIR GORDON, hvis merittliste inkluderer backingvokal på album med ERIC CLAPTON og THE WHO samt jobben som vokalist i GENESIS-keyboardist TONY BANKS’ soloprosjekt BANKSTATEMENT. Dette er tredje album fra RADIO SILENCE, og det dreier seg om skjønn radio-pop, et sted mellom MIKE & THE MECHANICS og FOREIGNER musikalsk. http://www.escape-music.com/ESM192.htm CRASH THE SYSTEM THE CROWNING Frontiers FRCD 418 CD 8024391041826 CRASH THE SYSTEM er et samarbeid mellom låtskriver SÖREN KRONKVIST (HOUSE OF LORDS, MICHAEL BORMANN) og trommis/produsent DANIEL FLORES (MIND’S EYE). De kombinerer 80-tallsinspirert hardrock med symfonisk metal, og de sykt melodiske låtene synges av GÖRAN EDMAN (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BRAZEN ABBOT),MATS LEVÉN (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN), THOMAS VIKSTRÖM (CANDLEMASS, TALK OF THE TOWN) og BJÖRN JANSSON (RIDE THE SKY, TEARS OF ANGER) http://www.myspace.com/crashthesystemproject Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com VI NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 LIGHTNING DUST INFINITE LIGHT Jagjaguwar JAG 139LP 0656605213910 LP LIGHTNING DUST på vinyl. FRUIT BATS THE RUMINANT BAND Sub Pop SP 830 0098787083019 LP Fin-fin indiepop fra FRUIT BATS på vinyl. THE YOUNG ACCUSER UNSOUND Sub Pop SP 848 7” 0098787084870 ”Our old friend Joe Pernice will be publishing his first novel, It Feels So Good When I Stop in August 2009. In that book, the narrator, who is not Joe, is in a band called The Young Accuser for a short time. After the fictional narrator leaves this fictional band, they record a fictional song and send it to the non-fictional Sub Pop. This is the non-fiction version of that fictional single.” –Sub Pop TAAKE TAAKE Svartekunst Produksjoner HOEST 001LP 2LP n/a TAAKEs siste mesterverk i dobbel vinylversjon med annerledes cover. Inneholder bonuslåt i form av BURZUM-coveren A Lost Forgotten Sad Spirit, samt plakat. CHUCK RAGAN / BRIAN FALLON GOSPEL HYMNS SideOneDummy SD 1394-7 7” 0603967139471 Split 7” vinylsingel med CHUCK RAGAN fra HOT WATER MUSIC og BRIAN FALLON fra THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM. Side A Gospel er hentet fra RAGANs kommende soloalbum mens B-siden Tin Pan Alley er FALLONs første forsøk som soloartist. THE REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND THE WHOLE FAM DAMNILY SideOneDummy SD 1361-1 LP 0603967136111 Vinylversjonen av pastoren og hans families siste album. Bandet gjorde nylig en hel uke med spillejobber i Norge. Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com VII NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 desolation wilderness new universe K Records KLP 204 0789856120413 LP New Universe på vinyl. HELADO NEGRO AWE OWE Asthmatic Kitty AKR 065LP 0656605606514 LP HELADO NEGRO på vinyl. OWEN / THE RUTABEGA SPLIT Polyvinyl PRC 072-1 0644110007216 12” OWEN / RUTABEGAs splitutgivelse for første gang på vinyl. ZS MUSIC OF THE MODERN WHITE The Social Registry TSR 071LP (95,-) http://www.myspace.com/zstheband 0656605757117 LP ZS er et anerkjent avant garde-orkester fra NYC som her er ute med nytt album, Music for the Modern White, kun vinyl/digitalt. “One of the strongest avant-garde bands in New York. Zs’ songs sputter forth in Morse code dots of percussion and saxophone.” – New York Times ZAK SALLY’S FEAR OF SONG WHY WE HIDE Sub Pop SP 847 7” 0098787084771 Syvtommer fra LOWs ex-bassist ZAK SALLY. Et av sporene er hentet fra mannens solodebut som han slipper på egen label til høsten. YOUNG WIDOWS/MY DISCO SPLIT Temporary Residence TRR 154 0656605315416 7” Den siste syvtommeren i YOUNG WIDOWS’ spiltserie, her med MY DISCO på side B. Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com VIII NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON – A LIFE Plastic Head Vision PHV 012DVD 0803341175525 DVD Alle skal ha alt av MICHAEL JACKSON om dagen, og da er det på sin plass å minne om denne. Michael Jackson – A Life er rett og slett en dokumentar som tar for seg livet til kongen av pop. NINE INCH NAILS METAL MACHINE MUSIC - NIN AND THE INDUSTRIAL UPRISING Chrome Dreams SIDVD 546 0823564516196 DVD Dette er ikke en ren NIN-DVD, men historien om musikksjangeren Industrial. Med hovedvekt på NINE INCH NAILS får vi også bøttevis av filmklipp, intervjuer og annet med artister som THROBBING GRISTLE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, DEPECHE MODE, MINISTRY, SKINNY PUPPY, GENESIS P. ORRIDGE, RICHARD PATRIC (FILTER) og mange flere. GREEN DAY THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN Chrome Dreams PG2DVD 118 0823564517391 2DVD Hele historien om GREEN DAY på dobbel DVD. Fra den spede begynnelsen til statusen som superstjerner ved hjelp av intervjuer, diverse klipp og en masse annet fra bandet som har solgt over 65 millioner plater. GEORGE HARRISON BEAUTIFUL STRANGER Chrome Dreams CVIS 607 0823564518299 DVD Doumentar som tar for seg livet til GEORGE HARRISON. Her finnes blant annet klipp som ikke er vist før, og bidrag fra folk som SIR GEORGE MARTIN, SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY, RAVI SHANKAR og selvfølgelig GEORGE HARRISON selv. Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com IX NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 FORHÅND 10. AUGUST GREY MACHINE DISCONNECTED Hydra Head HH 666188 0634457512221 CD NB! NY DATO Tracklist 1. Wolf At The Door 2. Vultures Descend 3. When Attention Just Isn’t Enough 4. Wasted 5. We Are All Fucking Liars 6. Just Breathing 7. Sweatshop 8. Easy Pickings GREY MACHINE is, without a shadow of a doubt, the most realized collaborative effort between JUSTIN BROADRICK (JESU, GODFLESH, NAPALM DEATH, HEAD OF DAVID, GOD etc), DAVE COCHRANE (HEAD OF DAVID, GOD, ICE), DIARMUID DALTON (JESU, GODFLESH) and AARON TURNER (ISIS, OLD MAN GLOOM etc.) ever! If you’re a fan of GODFLESH, or have even a fleeting interest in the band, this bud’s for you; if you subscribe to The Aural & Visual Art of AARON TURNER this shits a pool party. Disconnected, the album in question, is at once jarring and ethereal.... which is, as you may already know, the kind of combination that results in entire city blocks bobbin’ their heads to dis... In summation, GREYMACHINE sounds like a serious case of cyberbullying through the mind of an extremely autistic child living in an ever-shifting hadean landscape thronged with mindless militants, dilapidated cityscapes and ephemeral phantoms... so to summarize the summation, Disconnected is haunting and modern sounding... In a good way. - This project has been years in the making via transatlantic tape trading from the various members. - The packaging for this job is a meaty son-of-a-bitch. Vellum cover, high gloss stock, metallic printing; it’s a perfect reflection of the music. - There is a possible remix version of the complete album, care of Mr. Broadrick, in the works. FORHÅND 10. AUGUST TELEKINESIS TELEKINESIS! Morr Music MM 094 / MM 094LP 0880918009421 / 0880918009414 CD/LP It’s such an impossible thing, at this funny little point in history, to not look back: We’re recording every little thing with our cameras that make the little noise like cameras used to make; we’re measuring our actual selves against our online selves with hopeful resignation; we’re rendering and retouching the record of our lives at every turn. If it can be perfect then let’s make it so, goes the wisdom of the moment. Tracklist 01 Rust 02 Coast Of Carolina 03 Tokyo 04 Look To The East 05 Awkward Kisser 06 Foreign Room 07 Great Lakes 08 Imaginary Friend 09 All Of A Sudden 10 Calling All Doctors 11 I Saw Lightning 12 Coast Of Carolina – EP Version* 13 Plankton* 14 We Talk Thru Satellites* 15 One Step Forward* 16 Creaking In The Floorboards* To be fair, there’s a certain convenience about perfection. It’s easy to wear and see and swallow and enjoy, and it leaves the heart light. It’s also totally boring. And though occasionally friendly and welcoming, literal perfection in pop music is never, ever awesome. Which is where Telekinesis comes in. On record, Michael Lerner is the sole member of Telekinesis, more or less. He writes, sings and plays the songs. His love of Japan knows no bounds, though he’s never been. He’s a fantastic drummer and a fearless singer. And he does not look back willingly. I mean, you can forcibly crane his head around in a pinch (mortal danger and Seinfeld reruns qualify). But Michael’s songs are ridiculously immediate, and he delivers them with blinding velocity. His approach to music isn’t unlike those spikes at the rental car place: Backing up deflates the tires, and not in a pleasant way. It’s reflected in Michael’s writing, too, this philosophy of ever- forward motion. These are big-hearted songs, written quickly and from the gut. Telekinesis is the geography of dreams; a school year abroad; love letters from Liverpool coffee shops to the Carolina coastline and Tokyo and everywhere in between everywhere; a road trip waiting to happen. And it’s absolutely perfect, but not because anyone went back to fix it. It just happened that way. - Chris Walla, January 2009 Telekinesis is Michael Benjamin Lerner (drums, guitar & vocals) with Chris Staples (guitar), David Broecker (electric, acoustic & bass guitar), and Jonie Broecker (bass guitar & keyboards) joining him on tour. They all live in Seattle, WA. Telekinesis! was produced, engineered, and mixed by Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Tegan & Sara). Walla and Lerner tracked and mixed each of its songs to analog tape in a single day before moving on to the next song, with the ambitious goal of never over-thinking or sabotaging the spontaneous enthusiasm of the music. As bonus this release also includes the five-track-EP “Coast of Carolina” from early 2009. Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com X NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 FORHÅND 10. AUGUST ILLUSION SUITE FINAL HOUR Limb Music LMP 0908109 CD 0884860008921 Tracklisting: 01. The W.I.R.E 5:51 02. Scarlet Skies4:22 03. The Devil In Your Heart 4:59 04. Once We Were Here 5:20 05. A Moment To Remember 7:58 06. The Passage 4:14 07. Pandora‘s Box 6:47 08. The Adventures Of Arcan 15:11 09. A Ghost From The Past3:28 Total playing time: 58:09 VIDEOCLIP: Scarlet Skies 4:22 Inflatory export of bands from their neighbours Sweden and Finland cannot always be seen in a positive light. Average becomes the standard. But clocks tick differently in Norway, as the last albums of PAGAN’S MIND and CIRCUS MAXIMUS prove, both of which were way above the general norm and which caused a furore on the prog metal scene. It is from the neighbourhood of these two groups that we now welcome ILLUSION SUITE and their debut album “Final Hour”. And we can already claim that we have here one of the finest, most intensive, expressive and exceptional albums of 2009 so far. Where DREAM THEATER tumble into ever more complex song structures, no longer seeing music as entertainment but as a platform for egocentric self-realisation, and where Whilst SYMPHONY X produce longer, vaguer albums with less and less innovation, ILLUSION SUITE steps in. “Final Hour” will please all the people who have been wandering around in musical limbo since DREAM THEATER’s album “A Change Of Season”, looking for an adequate replacement. ILLUSION SUITE puts an end to the wandering, the multifaceted songs of “Final Hour” leaves no doubt about it. The musical quality is immense, the song structures are deeply embedded without being too demanding, the balance between ass-kicking riffs and unforgettable multi-part vocals is pleasant and compatible to a mass audience without bowing to commercialism. The songs gain more and more class, the more intensive one studies them. “Average” does not come into it - the amazingly exciting songs get to you in a flash: Nine songs, nine musicial jewels, which will glitter in the eyes of prog metal fans. The bridge between high-class, hard harten song structures and mass-compatible choruses has no equal, as can be clearly heard in the hymnlike “Scarlet Skies”. The lively “The Passage” expresses more driving riffs than playfulness, whilst the almost seven minute long “Pandora’s Box” displays all the band’s musical know-how. The highlight however is the 15 minute long “The Adventures Of Arcan”, which begins in a very DREAM THEATER-like manner but soon gains a life of its own. Singer Bill Makatowicz’s expressive, charismatic voice really impresses itself on the track. “Final Hour” is a musical masterpiece without any weaknesses whatsoever and one which is sure to unreservedly please prog metal fans. FORHÅND 10. AUGUST AMANDA BLANK I LOVE YOU Downtown VVR 709214 CD 0602527092140 Øya-aktuelle AMANDA BLANK er her, og hun er klar for å innta tronen! Albumet I Love You er produsert av DIPLO, SITCH og XXXCHANGE, og inneholder gjestespill fra SPANK ROCK, SANTIGOLD, LYKKE LI og THE COOL KIDS. Det er hip-hop, det er electronica, det er pop og det er disco. Det er Parallell Lines møter Paul’s Boutique. Hun synger, rapper og skriver geniale låter - AMANDA er intet mindre enn en superstjerne, og du skal være temmelig blodfattig for å forbli upåvirket av dette albumet! http://www.myspace.com/amandablank Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com XI NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 FORHÅND 17. AUGUST RICHMOND FONTAINE WE USED TO THINK THE FREEWAY SOUNDED LIKE A RIVER Décor DÉCOR 016CD CD 5021449201723 Richmond Fontaine’s 8th album finds the band at their peak both artistically and commercially. A long time critics fave they now reach beyond the ‘Kings of Americana’ tag they were given by Uncut Magazine, sounding more like a cross between The Jayhawks, Replacements and Springsteen. The album was written by lead singer Willy Vlautin who has also released two fiction novels to great acclaim ‘The Motel Life’ and ‘Northline’. Vlautin’s third novel will be published in Feb 2010 for Faber & Faber. Produced by JD Foster (Dwight Yokam, Calexico), at Jackpot studios in Portland (Elliott Smith, The Decemberists and The Shins). The core of the band is still multi-instrumentalist Paul Brainard -pedal steel and piano, Willy Vlautin - guitars, vocals, Sean Oldham - drums, Dave Harding - Bass and Dan Eccles - guitar. Formed in 1994 Richmond Fontaine hit big in 2004 and have become a strong touring outfit with a large European fan base (20,000). This is the longest they have been away.... UNCUT FORHÅND 17. AUGUST JOE HENRY BLOOD FROM STARS Anti EPIT 70262 8714092702620 CD Oppfølgeren til kritikerrroste Civilians fra 2006! For more than two decades as a solo artist and Grammy-winning producer, JOE HENRY has worked with some of the most celebrated names in music, including ORNETTE COLEMAN, ELVIS COSTELLO, ALLEN TOUSSAINT, T-BONE BURNETT, DON BYRON, SOLOMON BURKE, BRAD MEHLDAU and MADONNA. Critics have long since given up trying to label HENRY’s sound. His music spans far too many genres. But the dominant sound on this record stems from blues tonality. Tracks such as Bellwether and All Blues Hail Mary begin as traditional blues forms (“I observed that structure like it was sonnet”), only to swell into ravishing epics that jump the rails to incorporate folky jazz and bent SINATRA-esque washes of sampled strings. “All the blues sing of love and death and you,” HENRY whispers in the latter, “As chances yet to take.” So this is what you can expect from JOE HENRY’s eleventh studio LP -a tour de force- in addition to all the desperate beauty and hypnotic vamping, the lush arrangements and seductive songlines: the sudden and thrilling illumination of places you’ve never been, but are somehow intimately familiar. Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com XII NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 FORHÅND 17. AUGUST SOULSAVERS BROKEN V2/Cooperative VVR 710895/VVR 710896 CD 0602527108957/0602527108964 I likhet med forrige SOULSAVERS-album, It’s Not How Far You Fall, It’s How You Land, inneholder Broken I all hovedsak vocal fra MARK LANEGAN. I seg selv grunn til allmenn glede og begeistring, men her har de toppet laget med gjestespill fra bl.a. MIKE PATTON (FAITH NO MORE), GIBBY HAINES (BUTTHOLE SURFERS), JASON PIERCE (SPIRITUALIZED) og RICHARD HAWLEY! Resultatet er et varmt og flott album med tonnevis av sjel og nerve. For fans av TINDERSTICKS, NICK CAVE, LEONARD COHEN og alt MARK LANEGAN-relatert! FORHÅND 17. AUGUST MARIARCHI EL BRONX EL BRONX Wichita WEBB 219CD CD 5055036262194 MARIARCHI EL BRONX = THE BRONX, men ikke slik vi kjenner dem! Her tar de på seg sombreros og finner fram tradisjonelle meksikanske instrumenter, får med seg VINCE HIDALGO (medlem av THE DRIPS) og sønn av DAVE HIDALGO (LOS LOBOS)) og fyrer løs med ekte, fyrrig mariarchi-musikk! Der THE BRONX leverer rå, energisk og hard punkrock, leverer MARIARCHI EL BRONX rå, energisk og svingende festmusikk, spilt på guitarron, vihuela jarana, ordinær akustisk gitar og trompet. I tillegg inneholder albumet en strykekvartett og gjestespill av både DAVE HIDALGO og produsent JOHN AVILA (OINGO BOINGO). PS – Det er punkerne THE BRONX som kommer til Øya i August! Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com XIII NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 FORHÅND 17. AUGUST SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO TEMPORARY PLEASURE Wichita WEBB 216CD CD 5055036262163 Nytt album fra London-duoen SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO! Debuten Attack Decay Sustain Release inneholdt hits som Hustler, It’s The Beat og I Believe. På Temporary Pleasure har de fått med seg gjestevokalister som BETH DITTO (THE GOSSIP), ALEXIS TAYLOR (HOT CHIP) og CHRIS KEATING (YEASAYER)! Albumet inneholder singlen Audacity Of Huge. Mer info kommer... FORHÅND 17. AUGUST DOLORES O’RIORDAN NO BAGGAGE Cooking Vinyl COOKCD 496 CD 0711297489620 Vokalisten fra et av 90-tallets mestselgende band, THE CRANBERRIES, er tilbake med et nydelig album, breddfullt av deilige popmelodier! Mer info følger Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com XIV NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 FORHÅND 24. AUGUST MÙM SING ALONG TO SONGS YOU DON’T KNOW Morr Music MM 092 / MM 092LP CD/LP 0880918009223 / 0880918009216 Two years after the release of their last album, eccentric pop maestros múm return with their fifth album proper, simply named Sing Along to Songs You Don’t Know, a flickering candle of an album. The album is a much more laid back album than Múm’s most recent outings, more relaxed and quietly sad, often recalling sand running through fingers or ripples on a lake. And to an even greater extent than their previous albums, Sing Along to Songs You Don’t Know is an ode to the light in its different shapes, from a fading bulb to the blinding sun. Sometimes the music sounds naively utopic, but always manages to stay effortless and pure. As usual, the songs are brimming with unusual sounds, this time much of the songs revolve around a lightly prepared piano, hammered dulcimer, a string quartet, marimbas, guitars, ukuleles and in the background of a few of the songs one can hear Örvar’s parent’s parakeet singing with the piano. The album was recorded in countless different places in four different countries, although most of it was done in Múm’s native Iceland. Gunnar Örn Tynes moved to a cabin in the countryside where much of the album sprang to life, but as always Mùm have a hard time staying put and recorded in both Estonia and Finland. In Estonia borrowed a beautiful, many hundred-year-old house in Leigo, a place of hundreds of lakes, where they wrote new songs and recorded with the Estonian Suisapäisa Mixed choir. Much of the music was hatched in the middle of Iceland’s recent political turmoil and uprising. The Icelandic government was forced to resign after intermittent civil unrest and the constant banging of pots and pans. By stretching the imagination, one can imagine a link between the turbulent political situation and the serene idealism hidden in the music. FORHÅND 24. AUGUST BRENDAN BENSON MY OLD, FAMILIAR FRIEND Echo ECHCD 81 CD 0602527112701 Etter to kritiker- og publikumssuksesser med THE RACONTEURS, slipper singer/songwriteren BRENDAN BENSON fra Michigan endelig sitt fjerde soloalbum, My Old, Familiar Friend. Oppfølgeren til 2005-albumet The Alternative To Love inneholder 11 nye låter, innspilt i Nashville med produsent GIL NORTON (PIXIES, FOO FIGHTERS, ED HARCOURT, PATTI SMITH), og det låter akkurat som det skal! Vi snakker altså gode poplåter med flotte tekster og BENSONs varme stemme som den perfekte røde tråd. Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com XV NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 FORHÅND 24. AUGUST BLITZEN TRAPPER BLACK RIVER KILLER EP Sub Pop SPCD 820 0098787082029 CDEP As its title would lead one to believe, the Black River Killer EP contains the disturbing and great song Black River Killer from Blitzen Trapper’s excellent Sept. ‘08 full-length album Furr. What is perhaps less evident from the title is that it also contains 6 more songs that have been, up to now, only available as a CDR that Blitzen Trapper has been selling at their live performances for the past year or so. Tracklist Black River Killer Silver Moon Going Down Shoulder Full of You Preacher’s Sister’s Boy Black Rock Big Black Bird FORHÅND 24. AUGUST MUNICIPAL WASTE MASSIVE AGGRESSIVE Earache MOSH 375L / MOSH 375 / MOSH 375LP 5055006537529 / 5055006537512 / 5055006537543 CD/LP Nytt album med Øya-klare MUNICIPAL WASTE. Mer info kommer . Tracklist Limited edition clam box with jewel case CD 13 tracks, patch, sweatband and set of 3 button badges. STRICTLY LIMITED 01. Masked By Delirium 02. Mech-Cannibal 03. Divine Blasphemer 04. Massive Aggressive 05. Wolves Of Chernobyl 06. Relentless Threat 07. The Wrath Of The Severed Head 08. Upside Down Church 09. Shredded Offering 10. Media Skeptic 11. Horny For Blood 12. Wrong Answer 13. Acid Sentence Regular jewel case CD 13 tracks Limited gatefold vinyl LP 13 tracks Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com XVI NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 FORHÅND 24. AUGUST U.D.O. DOMINATOR AFM AFMCD 258-9 / AFMCD 258-2 / AFMLP 258-1 0884860006224 / 0884860006125 / 0884860006019 CD/LP Nytt album fra UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER og gjengen. Slippes som limitert digipack med bonusspor, vanlig jewelcase, og limitert LP. Mer info kommer . Tracklist 01. The Bogeyman 02. Dominator 03. Black And White 04. Infected 05. Heavy Metal Heaven 06. Doom Ride 07. Stillness Of Time 08. Devil´s Rendezvous 09. Speed Demon 10. Whispers In The Dark Limited edition Digi Pak includes bonus track “Pleasure In The Darkroom” & “Black And White” video clip! FORHÅND 31. AUGUST JORN DUKEBOX (BEST OF) AFM AFMCD 211-2 CD 0884860001021 Tracklist 1 MAN OF THE DARK 2 STARFIRE 3 YOUNG FOREVER 4 SOUL OF THE WIND 5 LIVING WITH WOLVES 6 WAR OF THE WORLD 7 SUNSET STATION 8 WE BROUGHT THE ANGELS DOWN 9 THE INNER ROAD 10 TUNGUR KNIVUR 11 STORMCROW 12 OUT TO EVERY NATION 13 LONELY ARE THE BRAVE 14 BLACKSONG 15 SHADOW PEOPLE 16 DUKE OF LOVE -a highlight-filled “Best Of” album from singer supreme Jorn Lande -includes 16 stunning songs that offer a perfect overview of JORN´s impressive solo career so far -compiled by JORN himself to deliver the best out of albums such as „Starfire“, „Worldchanger“, “Out To Every Nation”, “The Duke” & “Lonely Are The Brave” -throughout the years several well-known musicians such as Jorn Viggo Lofstad, Stian Kristoffersen (both Pagan’s Mind) & Magnus Rosen (Ex-Hammerfall), Jgor Gianola (U.D.O, Gotthard), Nic Angileri (Gotthard) and Willy “Wild” Bendiksen (The Snakes) have accompanied JORN on his journey -amazing cover artwork and booklet illustrations by Thomas Ewerhard (Hypocrisy, Edguy, Circle II Circle, Spock’s Beard and many more) -JORN has often been named “the new Coverdale”, in fact he is the best new hard rock singer of the last 20 years -JORN is well-known from his bands and projects Masterplan, Jorn, Avantasia, Allen/Lande, Ark, The Snakes, Millennium and many more -amazing reactions from press and fans for all of JORN´s albums, especially the last 3 were awarded “album of the month” in several magazines and received highest ratings -Jorn Lande is a great songwriting talent with lots of charisma, whose abilities are highly appreciated by other famous metal-musicians like Roland Grapow (Masterplan, Ex-Helloween), Tobias Sammet (Edguy), Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) & Russel Allen (Symphony X) -has played at the most important rock/metal festivals world wide -numerous European headlining tours & a tour through America where his first Live-CD has been recorded -was part of the AVANTASIA live line-up that performed at the biggest festivals in 2008 (among others in front of 80.000 people at the Wacken Open Air) -Winner of „European Border Breakers Award” (with Masterplan) in 2003 for best selling album (international) from a German band -With “Dukebox” AFM now releases an album filled with 16 JORN gems from all episodes of his solo career. All killers - no fillers! Join THE voice of hard rock on this career retrospective. Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com XVII NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 FORHÅND 31. AUGUST JULIETTE LEWIS TERRA INCOGNITA Roadrunner RR 78242 CD TBA JULIETTE LEWIS set to release new album Terra Incognita 31 Aug 2009 through Roadrunner International B.V. for the World ex-North America, The End records to release in North America 1 Sept 2009 Grammy award-winner Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta joins JULIETTE LEWIS in the studio to produce her 3rd studio album with RICH COSTEY (MUSE, FRANZ FERDINAND, NIN, FOO FIGHTERS) mixing After five years, two full length albums and countless high profile tours and festival gigs, including the Leeds Festival, Reading and Lollapalooza, JULIETTE LEWIS is ready to unveil her new album Terra Incognita, scheduled for release 31 Aug 2009. With an exciting new sound and a significantly diverse collection of songs, LEWIS decided to form a different band to capture her whole new groove and launch this next musical project. Instrumental in creating the sound for this new record is the album’s producer OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ, leader of The Mars Volta. Juliette and Omar met while both on tour at the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan in 2007 and soon bonded over their love of Fellini movies and the relationship between drama, visual images and songwriting. Together they have translated her ideas into an emotionally guttural and ultimately melodic and unpredictable, new sound. LEWIS wrote most of the 11 tracks with long time friend and musician Chris Watson over the past year and at home on piano using a tape recorder. She then recorded the album in between both of her and Omar’s tours at the end of 2008 at RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ’s studio in Brooklyn NY and Guadalajara Mexico. The record was mixed by the legendary Rich Costey (NIN, Muse, Foo Fighters). FORHÅND 31. AUGUST STRYPER MURDER BY PRIDE Frontiers FRCD 422 8024391042229 CD De ultimate kristenrockerne returnerer! Mer info etter hvert… Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com XVIII NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 FORHÅND 7. SEPTEMBER INSOMNIUM ACROSS THE DARK Candlelight CANDLE 256CDSE / CANDLE 256CD 0803341309043 / 0803341250574 CD+DVD/CD Over the last decade Insomnium has slowly but surely made itself a household name amongst melodic death metal fans worldwide. Formed in 1997 in a somnolent town of Joensuu, in eastern Finland these stern men have ever since redefined the boundaries of the genre. Two highly acclaimed demo already set the standard and in 2001 the band signed to UK label Candlelight Records. TRACKLIST 1. Equivalence 2. Down With The Sun 3. Where The Last Wave Broke 4. The Harrowing Years 5. Against The Stream 6. The Lay Of Autumn 7. Into The Woods 8. Weighted Down With Sorrow Bonus tracks only included on the special edition: 9. The New Beginning 10. Into The Evernight Bonus DVD included in the special edition includes: Making Of : Across The Dark & making of MORTAL SHARE music videos, also includes a photo gallery Debut album In the Halls of Awaiting (2002) introduced a young and fierce band that combine aggression and violent riffing to melancholic atmosphere. Marriage of Scandinavian death metal and traditional Finnish tunes, catchy but progressive, melodic but brutal these have been the Insomnium trademarks ever since. Debut was praised all over the metal world but the band still remained Finland’s best kept secret. With Since the Day It All Came Down (2004) the band moved further from the beaten paths of the genre. Album was darker, more challenging and the songs took meandering pathways: a rewarding journey for those who dare to take it. Exaltations followed, the prestige grew. In 2005 Insomnium made its first real tour outside Finland as they hit the shores of UK. The road had been long, narrow and rocky, but now things started to roll. Third album Above the Weeping World (2006) was the breakthrough. Compositions and arrangements had reached a new pinnacle and the overall sound was heavier and richer. Album was tighter, meaner and more menacing than ever. Long-time friend Aleksi Munter did the epic keyboard parts which added a whole new layer to the songs. Album took the 9th spot on the Finnish album charts, Mortal Share video blared in MTV and Insomnium made long tours in Europe and North America with bands like Amorphis, Katatonia, Enslaved and Satyricon. New album Across the Dark (2009) shows a band that knows its strenghts but isn’t afraid to evolve. Crux of the music is still melodic death metal but nuances are giving it a unique flavour. Keyboards are overwhelmingly epic and there are some stunning clean vocals by Jules Näveri. Bit of folk metal, pinch of doom, some thrashing, a whole lot of timeless melodies and progressive twists and there you have it: ingredients of the masterpiece. FORHÅND 7. SEPTEMBER THE BRIMSTONE SOLAR RADIATION BAND SMORGASBORD Karisma KAR 050 CD 7090008310501 Tracklist: 1. Medic 2. Godspeed Mother Earth 3. Happy 4. The Great Yeah 5. I Don’t Mind 6. Sanctimonious High 7. Thin Air 8. Animal Riot Hill 9. Spain 10. Strings To The Bow 11. Crazy Rainbow 12. A Hill Of Beans Fire år er gått siden Bergensbandet THE BRIMSTONE SOLAR RADIATION BAND leverte den kritikerroste Solstice. Nå er de endelig tilbake med sin herlige, catchy og varierte pop/ rock, og som tittelen på deres tredje album tilsier, leverer de her et herlig musikalsk koldtbord. Smorgasbord byr på alt du kan ønske deg fra en rik rockehistorie, fra 60-tallet til i dag, men alt er gjort med BRIMSTONEs særegne sound. Bandet har brukt sin tid godt de siste årene, og vokst enormt mye. Denne gangen spikrer bandet det de startet med Solstice, og gjør her et av de mest spennende, progressive, varierte og mangfoldige pop og rockeplatene som har kommet i Norge på lang tid. THE BRIMSTONE SOLAR RADIATION BAND tør å male med bred pensel, og trekker inn impulser fra det meste i sitt sound, og drar også med seg blåsere, strykere og masser av flott vokalharmoni i låtene. Og alltid med den spesielle stemmen til R. EDWARDS på topp. Singelen Sanctimonious High slippes 10. august, med tilhørende storslagen video. Både låt og video representerer den mest catchy og oppstemte siden av et album som byr på alt fra vakre og rolige spor (Godspeed Mother Earth), storslagne rockere (Medic), psykedelia (Crazy Rainbow) og episke mesterverk (Strings To The Bow). Det er få band som makter å ha en så klar inspirasjon fra 60- og 70-talls pop og rocken, og samtidig gjøre det til noe helt eget. Dette klarer THE BRIMSTONE SOLAR RADIATION BAND! Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com XIX NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 FORHÅND 11. SEPTEMBER THE DEVIL’S BLOOD THE TIME OF NO TIME EVERMORE Van Records VAN 029CDB / VAN 029CD / VAN 029V 0884860012122 / 0884860010023 / 0884860010214 CD/2LP (CD Digibook, CD Digipack and double Vinyl Gatefold) We Have Chosen the Satan against creation! We Have Chosen the Chaos behind existence! We Have Chosen the Death above life! THE DEVIL’S BLOOD and VÁN RECORDS announce the release of the Cult of The Devil’s Blood’s debut full length album. “Can you hear the Devil’s faithful calling? - For Evermore!” Tracklisting: 1. The Time of No Time 2. Evermore 3. I’ll Be Your Ghost 4. The Yonder Beckons 5. House of 10.000 Voices 6. Christ or Cocaine 7. Queen of My Burning Heart 8. Angel’s Prayer 9. Feeding The Fire With Tears And blood 10. Rake Your Nails Across The Firmament 11. The Anti-Kosmik Magick With a release date scheduled for September the eleventh of two thousand and nine THE DEVIL’S BLOOD unleash this epic work that encapsulates all that defines this cult once and for all. Transcending all that has come before and and the same time affirming their origin and roots with clear artistic zeal and clear spiritual force. Many tears, screams of anguish, cries of joy and drops of blood where spent to get to this momentous junction. The recording, mixing and mastering process was again in the more than capable hands of engineer of Pieter G. Kloos whom the band have worked with since the beginning. This album is intended as a push towards the apex of the Kali Yuga we are currently existing in. The title describes a state of unbeing which lies just beyond existence as we perceive it “normally” and through the words and music it is intended that nails are raked across the thin boundaries that separate us from the crawling chaos and into the timeless eternity of the thoughtless void. Our vision is that these songs, each in a different manner and from a different angle, succeed in helping the listeners to attune their beings to the vibrations of the left hand side and making its wine spill into this world, drop by drop, song by song, word by word, curse by curse and, eventually, death by death... ...thus ushering in “The Time Of No Time Evermore”! The album’s artwork has been done by one of the individuals who has almost from the beginning hailed THE DEVIL’S BLOOD in action as well as in words, Erik Danielsson of Watain who has also co-wrote one song on the album, named “The Yonder Beckons”, giving it its lyrics and partly its music. Furthermore guitar player extraordinaire and good friend of the band Will Power returned to add some of his sonic perversion to the album’s closing piece The Anti-Kosmik Magick. So hail all those who would support THE DEVIL’S BLOOD to make the darkest of dreams the brightest of realities! FORHÅND 14. SEPTEMBER GRAND ARCHIVES KEEP IN MIND FRANKENSTEIN Sub Pop SPCD 803 / SP 803 CD/LP 0098787080322 / 0098787080315 Tracklist: 1. Topsy’s Revenge 2. Witchy Park/Tomorrow Will (Take Care of Itself) 3. Silver Among the Gold 4. Oslo Novelist 5. Lazy Bones 6. Siren Echo Valley (Part 1) 7. Left for All the Strays 8. Dig That Crazy Grave 9. Siren Echo Valley (Part 2) 10. Willoughby Grand Archives’ second full-length album, like much of its predecessor, was crafted at Paradise Sound in Index, WA with help from producer Ben Kersten (who also recorded The Grand Archives, the band’s 2008 debut). A few friends dropped by during recording. Brooke’s former Carissa’s Wierd cohorts, Jenn Ghetto and Sera Cahoone, sang backing vocals. The gorgeous streaks of pedal steel across the wistful sweep of “Oslo Novelist” come courtesy of Jason Kardong. For the most part, Grand Archives played everything. Especially the weird bits. It’s a little darker than the first record and opens with the bittersweet elegy “Topsy’s Revenge,” inspired by the infamous 1903 newsreel footage of Thomas Edison electrocuting a rogue Coney Island elephant. Songs like “Dig That Crazy Grave,” a buoyant ditty redolent of Southern California and summer afternoons, and the insistent, soaring “Silver Among the Gold” find their place here as well. It’s an album made up of disparate elements artfully fit together and brought to life with affecting results: Keep in Mind Frankenstein. Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com XX NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 FORHÅND 14. SEPTEMBER GORDON GANO & THE RYANS UNDER THE SUN Yep Roc YEP 2210 0634457221024 CD Gordon Gano, co-founder of and songwriter for alt-rock monoliths The Violent Femmes returns to the scene he helped spawn with Under the Sun. Film-scoring brothers and Bogmen members Brendan and Billy Ryan join Gano for Gordon Gano & The Ryans’ first collaboration and Gordon’s first non-Femmes release as a front man. Gano’s influence on alternative music is immeasurable and his latest work is sure to remind the music world of the force and presence with which he originally stormed onto the scene in 1983, paving the way for the commercial explosion of alternative music a decade later. Gano’s signature emotionalism is present in full force on razor-edged ballads like title track ‘Under the Sun’ and the gorgeously unfurling ‘Still Suddenly Here.’ Tense propulsion underpin ‘Wave and Water’ and ‘Man in the Sand.’ His most cohesive collaboration yet, Under the Sun marks the beginning of a promising partnership with the Ryans and the return of a musical heavyweight. FORHÅND 21. SEPTEMBER MELVINS CHICKEN SWITCH Ipecac IPC 116 0689230011620 CD The Melvins will release Chicken Switch, a 15-song remix CD with a twist. Unlike usual remix CDs where the re-mixer is given a single track to work with, for Chicken Switch each re-mixer was given a full album to work with and pull from to create their track (and in some cases, more than one full album was used as source material). The song names were also newly selected by their remixer. Tracklist: 1. Washmachine Sk8tronics - Eye Yamatsuka 2. Emperor Twaddle Remix - Christoph Heemann 3. She Chokes Her Dying Breath and Does It In My Face - V/VM 4. AAHHH... - John Duncan 5. Linkshänder - Matmos 6. EggNog Trilogy” i)She’s Ivanhoe ii)Cancer iii) Inebriated - Lee Ranaldo 7. SNOW REM REM IBVZ - Merzbow 8. Prick Concrete / Revolution M - David Scott Stone 9. Queen (Electroclash Remix) - Panacea 10. The Silky Apple Butter of Youth - Sunroof! 11. 4th Floor Hellcopter - Kawabata Makoto 12. disp_tx_skel_mach_murx - Farmersmanual 13. Overgoat - Void Manes 14. Over from Under the Dog, Girl & Boy Treatment - RLW 15. Hard Revenge Milly Bloody Battle VS. The Melvins Ozmatized Gore Police (Feat: Cardopusher of the Five Deadly Venoms) - Speedranch For the re-mixers themselves, the band picked an almighty motley crew: from Japanoise legend Merzbow to breakcore king Speedranch, Sonic Youth moonlighter Lee Ranaldo to dark electro fellow Panacea. Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com XXI NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 FORHÅND 21. SEPTEMBER VOLCANO CHOIR UNMAP Jagjaguwar JAG 156 / JAG 156LP 0656605215624 / 0656605215617 CD/LP Volcano Choir is the assembly of Wisconsinites Jon Mueller, Chris Rosenau, Jim Schoenecker, Daniel Spack, Justin Vernon, and Thomas Wincek. One might find these old friends also frequenting records and stages under the monikers Collections of Colonies of Bees and Bon Iver. The Volcano Choir collaboration predates the meteoric rise of Justin Vernon’s Bon Iver project, with original songwriting dating back to the summer of 2005 - right around the time the Bees first toured with Vernon’s previous band DeYarmond Edison. Tracklist 1. Husks and Shells 2. Seeplymouth 3. Island, IS 4. Dote 5. And Gather 6. Mbira in the Morass 7. Cool Knowledge 8. Still 9. Youlogy While entirely a studio record, the collection doesn’t suffer from a digital pile up or over-thinking. Rather, it breathes and convulses in equal measure, radiating an inherent dynamism found only in the voluntary bondage of intimacy. With influences ranging from David Sylvian and Steve Reich to Mahalia Jackson and Tom Waits, it might be more accurate to say the group’s influence is music itself. You can hear it in the care and real love generously applied to each moment of Unmap. With the vibe of some intimate backwoods gospel, plus a spirit of patience and thoughtful repetition, the music of Volcano Choir is as dynamic as it is lovely. Unmap ultimately came together over a weekend in November 2008 in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, at Justin and brother Nate Vernon’s recording studio. And while it is at its heart a record about the allure of being with people you need and making something with them, it is also a document created by musicians with rare gifts getting together to exorcise their ideas about beauty. This scaffolding of loops and off grid tempos for choral style vocals offers a state of continual surprise, call it unexpectation. FORHÅND 21. SEPTEMBER EVILE INFECTED NATIONS Earache MOSH 377L / MOSH 377 / MOSH 377LP 5055006537710 / 5055006537727 / 5055006537741 CD/LP Evile’s second album marks a genuine milestone in thrash as the band effortlessly ups the ante, propelling the UK thrash outfit into the big leagues. Tracklist 01. Infected Nation 02. Now Demolition 03. Nosophoros 04. Genocide 05. Plague To End All Plagues 06. Devoid Of Thought 07. Time No More 08. Metamorphosis 09. Hundred Wrathful Deities Bonus track limited CD: 10. My Parasite On ‘Infected Nations’, Evile takes thrash metal’s ‘80s blueprints - ripping riffs and shredding solos - but refines them into a wholly more ferocious and modern beast. Having undertaken touring stints with MEGADETH, EXODUS and big shows with MACHINE HEAD, the band emerged from the studio with a new-found sense of dynamics, maturity and bag-fulls of catchy-but-pounding songs. Still proud to call themselves thrash metal, Evile just raised the bar for their fellow new-schoolers to strive for. Limited edition bonus DVD: ‘The DVD to End All DVD’s’ featuring exclusive behind the scenes footage during the lead up to and recording of the album, providing an in depth look at the creation and completion of ‘Infected Nations’. Approx 1 hour running time. EVILE live in Norway w/AMON AMARTH : 08/OCT DRAMMEN / Union Scene 09/OCT HAUGESUND / Byscenen 10/OCT BERGEN / USF Verftet 11/OCT OSLO / John Dee Tuba Records AS - Karl Johansgt. 6 - 0154 Oslo - Norway Tlf: +47 2201 0000 Fax: +47 2201 0001 tuba@tubarec.com www.tubarec.com XXII SJEKKLISTE NYHETER UKE 32 - 2009 ARTIST HARDROCK/METAL 1349 Absu Airbourne All That Remains Anaal Nathrakh At The Gates Audrey Horne Aura Noir Benea Reach Big Business Blood Red Throne Blood Tsunami Burzum Carburetors Clutch <code> Cradle Of Filth Cult Of Luna Darkthrone Deicide Devildriver Doro Dream Theater Dødheimsgard El Caco Electric Wizard Emperor Enslaved Entombed Ghost Of A Thousand Heaven & Hell Ihsahn Isis Jorn Katatonia Keep Of Kalessin Killswitch Engage Khold Kylesa Lamb Of God Machine Head Madder Mortem Melvins Municipal Waste My Dying Bride Nachtmystium Neurosis Nickelback Obituary Opeth Orcustus Sabaton Satyricon She Said Destroy Slipknot Sunn O))) Susperia Taake Throne Of Katarsis Trivium U.D.O. 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