65daysofstatic will be releasing their much anticipated new album "We Were Exploding Anyway" on April 26th and seeing as they are such lovely boys they have decided to give us their first single "Crash Tactics" for free! It's available via Indie Shuffle, a site which among other new indie releases also streams songs by Radiohead, Daft Punk and Jamiroquai.
Click here to pre book your copy of the CD with the beautiful cover (which to me looks like a new take on their old simple yet magic pixeled couples logo) and get a carbon neutral T-shirt for free.
Happy Tuesday folks!
28/03/2010
Rumours of Refused return
Legendary Swedish hardcore rockers Refused yesterday updated their website with the words "coming soon", something which has sparked the rumours that the band may be reforming. Online speculations on Twitter, news pages and blogs have been running wild but the exciting news are yet to be confirmed.
Stay tuned...
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Crashdïet heart Crashdïet
Finally back in the cold and (still!) snowy place that is the capital of Sweden, I on Friday despite my constant state of snot filled drowsiness took my girls out for a night of sushi and sleaze. The vegetarian version of the Japanese speciality was full of taste, the glam rock not so much.
Rocks at Mariatorget is a classic among Stockholm rocker water holes and the fact that the arrogant bouncers are bound to make you wait for ages even when the place has only just opened and is as empty as my Easter egg is part of it’s tradition.
This Friday however the queue was short, we made it in just in time for Happy Hour and even my non rocker girlfriends seemed to enjoy themselves.
We sat next to the video wall in the boiling metal bar part of the underground establishment, not far from the DJ booth where members from Swedish glam rock band Crashdïet were spinning tracks. Everything from Europe to ska punk made it out of the speakers and we were having a jolly good time until suddenly the music was toned down, the air filled with suspense and everyone was facing our way.
It was time for the video premiere of Crashdïet’s new single “Generation Wild” and the band was in the building. With fans surrounding them, new frontman Simon Cruz and his band mates were rocking out as if there was no tomorrow, looking very cool as they did so. The members of Crashdïet were clearly loving their own video, shame it’s such a disaster.
Not that that stopped the club from showing it on muted repeat for the rest of the evening whilst fans kept stalking the singer with the star tattoo.
Unfortunately the video is too new to have made it onto YouTube yet but have no fear, here’s an anything but neutral snapshot summary for you:
Smoke on asphalt, underground sewers, hairspray, cool band performance, a white net dress over big boobs, hairspray, red lipstick, a tied up singer, a blood splattering drill, hairspray and a suit clad woman in a white room removing something from her face.
I bet you can't wait. In the meantime this is what the otherwise alright song sounds like.
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Crashdïet - Generation Wild
Rocks at Mariatorget is a classic among Stockholm rocker water holes and the fact that the arrogant bouncers are bound to make you wait for ages even when the place has only just opened and is as empty as my Easter egg is part of it’s tradition.
This Friday however the queue was short, we made it in just in time for Happy Hour and even my non rocker girlfriends seemed to enjoy themselves.
We sat next to the video wall in the boiling metal bar part of the underground establishment, not far from the DJ booth where members from Swedish glam rock band Crashdïet were spinning tracks. Everything from Europe to ska punk made it out of the speakers and we were having a jolly good time until suddenly the music was toned down, the air filled with suspense and everyone was facing our way.
It was time for the video premiere of Crashdïet’s new single “Generation Wild” and the band was in the building. With fans surrounding them, new frontman Simon Cruz and his band mates were rocking out as if there was no tomorrow, looking very cool as they did so. The members of Crashdïet were clearly loving their own video, shame it’s such a disaster.
Not that that stopped the club from showing it on muted repeat for the rest of the evening whilst fans kept stalking the singer with the star tattoo.
Unfortunately the video is too new to have made it onto YouTube yet but have no fear, here’s an anything but neutral snapshot summary for you:
Smoke on asphalt, underground sewers, hairspray, cool band performance, a white net dress over big boobs, hairspray, red lipstick, a tied up singer, a blood splattering drill, hairspray and a suit clad woman in a white room removing something from her face.
I bet you can't wait. In the meantime this is what the otherwise alright song sounds like.
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Crashdïet - Generation Wild
22/03/2010
Rock n Roll is dead, Nordic Flames is not.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are back.
A year on Mastodon have released the album of 2009, Obama has managed to get his healthcare bill passed by the American congress and the Black Spiders are out on tour with Airbourne again. This time around they even have their own headline gig booked in at The University of Sheffield on April 24th. Do not miss that.
In other news we are counting down towards the album release of Cancer Bats' "Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones" (April 13th), gigs with Russian Circles and Rolo Tomassi and tonight's The Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter. Midnight til 2, tune in.
Oh and Phil Demmel from epic rock God band Machine Head emailed me yesterday, said that this was an awesome read. Check it out.
Finally, a week on, this still rocks my world:
Mhm, Honey B.
A year on Mastodon have released the album of 2009, Obama has managed to get his healthcare bill passed by the American congress and the Black Spiders are out on tour with Airbourne again. This time around they even have their own headline gig booked in at The University of Sheffield on April 24th. Do not miss that.
In other news we are counting down towards the album release of Cancer Bats' "Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones" (April 13th), gigs with Russian Circles and Rolo Tomassi and tonight's The Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter. Midnight til 2, tune in.
Oh and Phil Demmel from epic rock God band Machine Head emailed me yesterday, said that this was an awesome read. Check it out.
Finally, a week on, this still rocks my world:
Mhm, Honey B.
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