http://saiboten.com/blog A web log from Tobias Rusås Olsen. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:43:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://saiboten.com/blog/2009/12/december-24-ungdomskulen-idunno/ 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 ... http://saiboten.com/blog/2009/12/december-23-mew-introducing-palace-players/ 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. ... http://saiboten.com/blog/2009/12/december-22-isis-threshold-of-transformation/ 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 ... http://saiboten.com/blog/2009/12/december-21-mastodon-crack-the-skye/ 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, ... http://saiboten.com/blog/2009/12/december-20-the-pains-of-being-pure-at-heart-higher-than-the-stars/ 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 ... http://saiboten.com/blog/2009/12/december-19-nile-utterances-of-the-crawling-dead/ 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 ... http://saiboten.com/blog/2009/12/december-18-sworn-damnation-spawned/ 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 ... http://saiboten.com/blog/2009/12/december-17-el-caco-individuals/ 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 ... http://saiboten.com/blog/2009/12/december-16-arabrot-the-minutethe-pendulum-swings-to-and-fro/ Leadsledge - Bloodletter from the EP with three songs on it. Spotify link: Not there. :( But check out their myspace site Leadsledge is a Bergen based metal band with influences from bands like Machine Head, Skinlab, American Head Charge and Pantera, and they play brilliantly. They claim to focus on the ... http://saiboten.com/blog/2009/12/december-15-leadsledge-bloodletter/