December 25th, 2009 at 2:03am |
Ungdomskulen - Idunno from the album Bisexual.
Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/track/6IXlH5b8FXeJTkhyiwxLMR
Ungdomskulen (The Junior High) is a .. progressive indie rock (?) three piece from Bergen, Norway. Their debut album Cry Baby was a very decent album, and obviously the start of something good. For some reason I only got into them after seeing them live at the [...]
Read the rest of December 24: Ungdomskulen - Idunno
December 24th, 2009 at 12:14am |
Mew - Introducing Palace Players from the album No More Stores …
Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/track/0Xd6YqpdN4MIGS2tlqiHK2
Mew has, since I first discovered them at a concert in Roskilde in 2005 been a band I’ve always had a good eye to. I think that their first two releases were pretty decent, with many solid tracks. The first album was [...]
Read the rest of December 23: Mew - Introducing Palace Players
December 22nd, 2009 at 3:08pm |
Isis - Threshold of Transformation from the album Wavering Radiant.
Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/track/53lHOhfHoDAGEqUWoChdJF
Isis, this post-metal band from the states, released the follow up to In the Absence of Truth, Wavering Radiant this year. I have always experienced that I seem to like one track from their albums better than the rest. On both Panopticon and Oceanic, [...]
Read the rest of December 22: Isis - Threshold of Transformation
December 21st, 2009 at 4:16pm |
Mastodon - Crack the Skye from the album Crack the Skye.
Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/track/4nwwFLQqopxAL0g2L0Fg0B
Mastodon, the band known for complex, progressive music, crazy drumming (in fact, some claim that the drumming is doing the riffing, and the guitars are just trying to glue it all together) and very cool artwork, released their newest album “Crack the Skye” [...]
Read the rest of December 21: Mastodon - Crack the Skye
December 20th, 2009 at 3:06pm |
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Higher than the Stars from the EP Higher than the Stars
Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/track/3Mu70nOHEJpxWff0ZPm9MZ
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart is a fairly new Indie pop band from New York City. They have released two EPs and one album, and for some reason, I discovered their EP “Higher [...]
Read the rest of December 20: The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Higher than the Stars
December 19th, 2009 at 12:20pm |
Nile - Utterances of the Crawling Dead from the album Those Whom the Gods Detest
Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/track/2vYznzc0S0KAADPw9cUnA5
To those unfamiliar to Nile, they are a technical death metal band with inspirations from the ancient Egypt. I remember discovering Nile before seeing them at the Hole-in-the-Sky Festival here in Bergen, and remember that their extreme expression, and [...]
Read the rest of December 19: Nile - Utterances of the Crawling Dead
December 18th, 2009 at 7:10pm |
Sworn - Damnation Spawned from the album Bastards And Conquerors.
Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/track/5ySqZzYOLIlXX9eEYX8qTX
Sworn is a Melodic Black Metal band from Bergen, Norway. They have existed for quite a few years and released their second album “Bastards and Conquerors” this year, after their brilliant debut album “The Alleviation” in 2007. The album is a very high quality [...]
Read the rest of December 18: Sworn - Damnation Spawned
December 18th, 2009 at 2:20am |
El Caco Individuals from the album Heat
Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/track/1Y4noeja3TdFEPhLJEjONk
El Caco is a norwegian rock band from Lillestrøm, Norway. They are reknown for great live performances. They released the album “Heat” this year, I don’t think the album is that great, but the track Individuals is absolutely fantastic.
It kicks off with a groovy riff and steady [...]
Read the rest of December 17: El Caco - Individuals
December 16th, 2009 at 7:57pm |
Årabrot - The Minute/The Pendulum Swings To and Fro (..) from the album The Brother Seed
Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/track/7mtLOphXdBRHDwI5zeUq8P
Årabrot is a Norwegian noise-rock band from Haugesund. We (Sludgefudge) had the pleasure of opening for them when they played at Hulen, Bergen. It was the release concert for their new EP “I Rove”, and they delivered an [...]
Read the rest of December 16: Årabrot - The Minute/The Pendulum Swings To and Fro
December 14th, 2009 at 9:23pm |
The Maccabees - Dinosaurs from the album Wall of Arms.
Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/track/5pQ73pQqqjDzsSookDI5hX
The Maccabees are one of my recently discovered bands, Stein made a recommendation, and it proved to be worthwhile. They play music one can describe as .. indie rock? Nevertheless, it’s awesome. Great drummer, great vocal efforts, good melodies. The album Wall of Arms [...]
Read the rest of December 14: The Maccabees - Dinosaurs