A Flock Of Seagulls - Messages

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS may well be known for their bizarrely teased haircuts as much as their hit single "I Ran". A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS were one of prime movers in the 80's new wave era. Growing out of the synth-heavy and ruthlessly stylish new romantic movement. Hairdresser Mike Score (lead vocals, keyboards) formed A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS with his brother Ali (drums) and fellow hairdresser Frank Maudsley (bass) in 1980, adding guitarist Paul Reynolds several months later..

"Telecommunication" became an underground hit in Euro-disco and new wave clubs. The band signed a major-label contract with Jive by the end of the year, and their eponymous debut album appeared in the spring of 1982. "I Ran (So Far Away)" was released as the first single from the album, and MTV quickly picked up on its icily attractive video, which featured long shots of Mike Score and his distinctive, cascading hair. The single climbed into the American Top Ten, taking the album along with it. In the UK, "I Ran" didn't make the Top 40, but "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" reached number ten later that year; in America, that single became a Top 40 hit in 1983, after "Space Age Love Song" peaked at number 30. "Wishing" was taken from the group's second album "Listen" in 1983. The band released 1984's "The Story of A Young Heart" which fielded the hit "The More You Live, The More You Love".

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS are famous for their music but also famous for their references in popular culture from TV (Ross's Haircut in Friends), Computer Games ("I Ran" was the standout track on Grand Theft Auto Radio), Film (The band and haircut are referenced in Pulp Fiction, X-Men and The Wedding Singer) . This cemented the bands reputation and brought the band to a whole new legion of fans.

In 2003, the original line-up of Mike, Ali, Frank and Paul reunited for a one-off performance on the VH1 series Bands Reunited. In September 2004, they reformed again and did a brief tour in the United States. From 2004 to 2021 Mike was as busy as ever touring the band around the world. In 2018 the band appeared on record together for their "Ascension" album. The original members all make an appearance on record together for "String Theory".

One of the highlights of the second installment of their Orchestral Hits Opus 'String Theory', iconic 80's band A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS return with "Messages". A long term fan favourite now get's a single release, with five versions in total.

The Original Mix combines the unforgettable guitar energy of the 1982 release, with the Prague Philharmonic swooping in on choruses for added scale and emotional reach, an additional layer that is amplified on the Neo Classical Extended mix, and dialled down slightly on the more laid back Domestic Technology Mix.

Today's tune "Messages" is taken from the new album "String Theory", the single was released along with the Main Extended mix, there's something here for even the hardest hardcore SEAGULLS fans - and long may they continue. Released April 22, 2022



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MØ - Goosebumps

The Danish musician MØ has returned, a couple months ago she released the new dance floor hit "Live To Survive", and she also has announced that her follow-up to 2018’s "Forever Neverland" is in the pipeline to be released pretty soon. The new work is titled "Motordrome", and it’s influenced by her struggles with panic and anxiety. The title was inspired by the stuntman trick called dødstrome—basically the globe of death where motorcyclists ride around in a spherical cage.

MØ is one of the artists that I probably never will forget, she was the crazy dance rocker that was all over the place singing so lovely, even if the dance rhythms is not really my kind of bag she had that little extra that caught my intention. So in secret, I have been following her...

MØ is a Danish singer and songwriter. She signed a recording contract with Sony Music Entertainment in 2012, releasing her debut extended play, "Bikini Daze" (2013), and her debut studio album, "No Mythologies To Follow" (2014).

Today's tune "Goosebumps" is a slow-burning yearn for past thrills and it was the first song she intentionally wrote for the upcoming "Motordrome". Enjoy!



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Thåström - Dom Som Skiner

Monday, time to introduce "Record Of The Week".

"Dom Som Skiner" (Those Who Shines) is the tenth solo album by the Swedish Rock icon Thåström.

The album is in a way an unusually intimate affair, largely played and produced by Thåström, his faithful studio companions Niklas Hellberg and Sanken Sandqvist and their machines. This is an album where he gave his magnificent backing band some vacation, and have reqcruited the drummer Per Eklund, guitarist Eddie Nyström, bassist Henrik Nilsson and on keyboards Stefan Brisland.

Thåström is the Sweden's best ever singer in my book, here he is more sore and more well-oiled than in a long time, maybe ever. His small and simple words turn into gospel for the soul. The record cover artwork is adorned with Hans Gedda's 70's portrait "The White Clown", he is also doing a brilliant duet with Titiyo on the tune "Papperstunna Väggar" (Paperthin Walls), FIRST AID KIT helps him with a little chorus on two tracks. The sound scape is not as massive as we have started to get used to with Thåström, here we get it served it more stripped down and layback, it's incredibly tight with some elegant stringes and sprinkle of electronics in a very beautiful way. The album opens up in the Bulgakov-influenced opening track "Södra Korset", beautiful chours with FIRST AID KIT that also sings on electronic "Isbergen". "Gyttjebrottaren" is a powerful synth story with a darker tone. The "Dom Du Behöver" is a brilliant song, with ingenious lyrics, wonderfully floating electronic shimmer. "Toledo", "Mamma" are the albums highlights, two ballads where we can sence the fragile and senstive Thåström and the jazzy "Stora Långa Gatan" where he surprisingly expresses appreciation for the Sandra's 80s hit "Maria Magdalena". The album is a impressive release from the now 64 old talented artist which matures like a vintage wine. A highly recomended album.

The nine tracks on "Dom som skiner" have been recorded in Berlin, Stockholm, Luxembourg, Karlstad and Flen.

The album is followed by a large Swedish tour with a premiere in Uppsala on March 18 with detours to both Copenhagen and Oslo and ends at Avicii Arena in Stockholm on May 21, 2022.

2022 Thåström "Dom Som Skiner" Live Tour
18/3—Fyrishov Multihallen, Uppsala
19/3—Saab Arena, Linköping
25/3—KalmarSalen, Kalmar
26/3—Brinova Arena, Karlskrona
01/4—Värmekyrkan, Norrköping
02/4—Conventum, Örebro
08/4—Nöjesfabriken, Karlstad
09/4—Huskvarna Folkets Park
22/4—Västerås Arena, Västerås
23/4—Magasinet, Falun
29/4—Väven, Umeå
30/4—Sara Kulturhus, Skellefteå
06/5—Scandinavium, Göteborg
07/5—Spektrum, Oslo
19/5—Den grå hal, Köpenhamn
20/5—Malmö Arena, Malmö
21/5—Avicii Arena, Stockholm
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Today's tune "Papperstunna Väggar" featuring Titiyo, enjoy!

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St. Vincent – Sad But True

Thursday, time for a cover.

"Sad but True" is a song by American heavy metal band METALLICA. It was released in February 1993 as the fifth and final single from their eponymous fifth "Black Album". The music video for the single was released in October 1992.

"The Metallica Blacklist" celebrates the 30th anniversary and enduring influence of the iconic "Black Album", with one of the most ambitious projects ever conceived by the METALLICA team: An unprecedented 50+ artists spanning an unbelievably vast range of genres, generations, cultures, continents and more, each contributing a unique interpretation of their favorite Black Album song. All profits from "The Metallica Blacklist" will be split evenly between the All Within My Hands Foundation and 50+ charities chosen by the artists who play on the album. All music overseen by executive producer Giles Martin.

For a few weeks ago we had Jason Isbell who transform METALLICA’s "Sad But True" into a Breakneck Blues Jam. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s contribution to the upcoming "Blacklist" tribute album. Read and listen here!

St. Vincent is one of the many contributors to the massive covers album "The Metallica Blacklist". Ahead of the compilation’s September 10 release, she’s shared her rendition of the METALLICAMETALLICA track “Sad But True.” Give it a listen below; this one is really good, totally oposit to Jason Isbell's version.

Along with its inclusion on "The Metallica Blacklist", St. Vincent’s “Sad But True” cover is the B-side to a Record Store Day 7". On the A-side is St. Vincent’s cover of NINE INCH NAILS’ “Piggy.”

On Saturday, September 11, St. Vincent will headline Pitchfork Music Festival 2021 at Union Park in Chicago, Illinois. Check out her web site for tickets.



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The Armed - All Futures

The Detroit collective THE ARMED returned on April 16, 2021 with their first new album in over three years and Sargent House debut, "Ultrapop". The album reaches the same extremities of sonic expression as the furthest depths of metal, noise, and otherwise "heavy" counterculture music subgenres but finds its foundation firmly in pop music and pop culture.

As is always THE ARMEDs mission, it seeks only to create the most intense experience possible, a magnification of all culture, beauty, and things. The band goes on to explain, "crafting vital art means presenting the audience with new and intriguing tensions—sonically, visually, conceptually. Over time and through use, those tensions become less novel and effective—and they become expectations. The concept of "subgenre" becomes almost the antithesis of vitality in art—itself a fetishization of expectation. "Ultrapop" seeks, in earnest, to create a truly new listener experience. It is an open rebellion against the culture of expectation in "heavy" music. It is a joyous, genderless, post-nihilist, anti-punk, razor-focused take on creating the most intense listener experience possible. It's the harshest, most beautiful, most hideous thing we could make."

Today's tune "All Futures", that was the first single from the band’s third album "Ultrapop". The tune is melodic, technical, squelchy—it features Troy Van Leeuwen from QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE. The video clip comes with a live performance that sounds basically the exact same as the studio version and gives you a hint of how talent they are. "Ultrapop" was released April 16, 2021 on Sargent House. Recorded by Chris Koltay, Drum Engineering by Urian Hackney, Mixed by Kurt Ballou and Mastered by Zach Weeks. Enjoy!



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Genghis Tron - Dream Weapon

Monday, new week, time for us to present "Record Of The Week".

The Poughkeepsie, New Yorkers GENGHIS TRON make their return with their highly anticipated new album, "Dream Weapon". The band’s first new studio outing in over a decade, GENGHIS TRON's Hamilton Jordan and Michael Sochynsky are now joined by two new collaborators: vocalist Tony Wolski and SUMAC/BAPTISTS drummer Nick Yacyshyn. Together, the lineup perfects the unique mix of extreme rock and electronic music GENGHIS TRON has pioneered over their storied career. A melding of hypnotic rhythms and densely layered synth soundscapes, "Dream Weapon" was recorded and produced alongside long-time collaborator Kurt Ballou at God City Studio in Salem, Massachusetts, with additional production and engineering by Ben Chisolm (Chelsea Wolfe) and JJ Heath (RAIN CITY RECORDERS).

"Dream Weapon" is an interesting journey, and I must say that I really dig this a bit far out way to create music, where all the best pieces are put together in a marvelous mix. Lyrically and conceptually, "Dream Weapon" picks up where "Board Up The House" left off. With this album there are some new elements were introduced, the trance-like repetition that during the time gets very meditative and hypnotic, very loosely, an album-length meditation on that theme. 

From the short instrumental introduction in the opener "Exit Perfect Mind" makes the way for the first electronic chapter "Pyrocene" and in here we get the first notice of the changes in the personnel of the band that I find very positive and suits this new step away from the metal genre. The title tune is more bombastic and chaotic with a hell of a drum performance witch overall is a marvelous tune. To cool things off a bit the band offers a two minutes interlude with "Desert Stairs" that is like the aftermath of the tornado that exhales and the follows up by the seven minutes "Alone In The Heart Of The Light" that serves us with an atmospheric and electronic color palette that paints up the vivid landscape of the day after tomorrow. "Ritual Circle" is the longest piece on the album with its ten minutes adventurous journey and feels like it continues the previous track and gives it a proper ending to be followed up by the progressive "Single Black Point" until it's time to wrap up the album with the closer "Great Mother", a big and powerful piece that shifts from beautiful passages into noisy walls of distorted guitars. The album is a very good one and I find this to be a very exciting and interesting piece of art and it also tells us that GENGHIS TRON has grown up and entered a more focused state. "Dream Weapon" was released on 26 March 2021, by Relapse.

Sum: "Dream Weapon" is a genre-defying innovation, highly recommended.

Today's tune is the title track from "Dream Weapon", enjoy!



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Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation - Sister Green Eyes

Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation did release a reworked version of their sultry album track, “Sister Green Eyes”, this was the bands third single from their much lauded album 2016 album "Mirage".

Right from the outset, “Sister Green Eyes” sensuously throbs to a more Eastern drive, with an sedated ‘Velvets’ droned melody, a fluctuating groove straight out of the ‘CAN’ little black book, it flirts around with the hue of a half-goned tranced-out Siouxsie Sioux .

Richly hypnotic, the tribal procession of the tracks groove, more predominant than the album version, enamelled with Josefin’s almost broken breathless vocals, progresses like an oscillating ragga as if the man machine spirit of recently deceased Jaki Liebezeit was soundtracking an eyelid movie.

As the band explains: “Sister Green Eyes” was inspired by the Japanese word “Shinrinyoku” which is sometimes translated and often described as “Forest Bathing”, where submersing oneself so deeply into the atmosphere of the forest or in the band’s case, the Swedish ‘Ocean and Mountains’, that the experience is rejuvenating and restorative so showing you a way that can often seem lost or out of reach and Josefin’s vocals encapsulate that.

The B side features the a reworking of the bands ‘Rainbow Lollipop’ by world renowned DJ ‘Cherrystones’. For his Post Punked Redux version, we get a darker block rocking beat, high powered, bottom end, beat driven, Trip Hop Disco floor filler, as if those Krautrock kids of the 70’s were jamming with the New York Hip Hop Electro kids of the 80’s. Time to dust off the trainers for a burn!!

Enjoy today's tune "Sister Green Eyes", taken from "Mirage", the single was released February 24, 2017.



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Gost - Bound By The Horror

The greatest artists are restless souls, in constant need of fresh inspiration.

Once again, in 2021, the dark soul known as GOST is undergoing another dazzling transformation. When touring plans were shelved during 2020’s pandemic fall-out GOST simply returned home and dedicated himself to evolving his skills in a variety of digital media. As a result, the arrival of new album "Rites Of Love And Reverence" coincides with the holistic expansion of his vision. It offers an immersive journey fuelled by dystopian chaos and shrouded in futuristic mystery.

"Rites Of Love And Reverence" is both an album of beautifully crafted songs and a fascinating and intuitively gothic journey, rich with thoughts of supernatural wickedness and real world retribution. In keeping with its dark theme, it arrives adorned with the most stunning image GOST has used to date, created by celebrated doyen of macabre art, Nona Limmen. Both eerily psychedelic and hazily mysterious, it’s the perfect visual representation of this extraordinary record’s grim but vivid depths. The perfect soundtrack to these uncertain and frequently horrifying times, “Rites of Love and Reverence” renders GOST’s post-synthwave exploits in kaleidoscopic technicolor, delivering all the glass-shattering grit, incisive melodic melancholy and tripped-out, electronic fervour that his ever-expanding army of admirers demand. With big plans for a full-scale return to live action in the near future, GOST will be bringing plenty of shocks and surprises when these new songs are unleashed for the first time. The future, as ever, is his to mould at will.

Gost explains, “’A Fleeting Whisper’ is an homage to not only navigating spirituality but simply being human. The uncertainty of life makes living both beautiful and terrifying. We all carry around so many similar insecurities and feelings of doubt in this modern digital age. A time in our history which promises ultimate connectivity seems, all too often, to leave many of us feeling increasingly disconnected and alone.”

"Rites Of Love And Reverence" is set to be released August 13th, 2021 by Century Media Records

So sit tight and be ready for something different and enjoy today tune "Bound By The Horror" taken from the upcoming album "Rites Of Love And Reverence"!



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Tom Morello - Can't Stop The Bleeding

Rock guitarist Tom Morello, best known for his tenures with RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and AUDIOSLAVE, did released a new genre-crossing single, “Can’t Stop The Bleeding”, featuring blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr. and electronic music producer Gramatik.

The tune starts off like a fairly straightforward blues rocker. Clark sings about trouble and feeling overwhelmed, until swooshes of EDM effects begin a surprising trance breakdown.

A video for the song presents a fairly literal metaphor for the song, as a person patches up a wall that has depressing internet-style missives projected on it to keep it from bleeding. Eventually it turns into something that looks like an animated outtake from The Shining.

“‘Can’t Stop The Bleeding’ is the latest Marshall stack bass drop banger from Gary Clark Jr., Gramatik and myself,” Morello said in a statement. “Influenced by W.B. Yeats, Jimi Hendrix and terrified Ultra fans, this latest salvo of ‘Shred Step’ just erupted from the ‘Atlas Underground.'” (Late last year, Morello released a new album titled "The Atlas Underground", though “Can’t Stop the Bleeding” was not featured on it.)

Today's tune "Can't Stop The Bleeding" featuring Gary Clark Jr. and Gramatik, enjoy!



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Fotocrime - Love Is A Devil

FOTOCRIME is the creation of singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist R. Forging a connection between the shadows of the underbelly of the mid-century American Dream, the ghostly corners of post-war Europe, and the present moment, FOTOCRIME breathes new life into Cold War paranoia, modern-day malaise, and smoky noir.

The new FOTOCRIME (the new darkwave project of R. Patterson from acclaimed hardcore punk band COLISEUM) full-length album "South Of Heaven", the second full-length chapter in the project's narrative, FOTOCRIME has found comfort on the fringe.

"South Of Heaven" is the backlit highway slithering from 2018's "Principle Of Pain", which bowed at the altar of post-street punks BLITZ while nodding at the megawatt gleam of DEPECHE MODE and churn of RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY. The stories comprising "South of Heaven" are winding and boundless, unfolding with unexpected paths and hairpin turns. Touching the myths of Saturn and Phaethon and mining the lives of Bruno Ganz and Francis Bacon, the album carves a landscape that spans both earthly and astral planes.

It is a record for late-night drives, a soundtrack for headlights illuminating the horizon. Produced by J. Robbins (JAWBOX) with sessions recorded by legendary engineer Steve Albini (SHELLAC, BIG BLACK, NIRVANA etc) at Electrical Audio in Chicago, "South Of Heaven" features guest appearances by Hayden Menzies (METZ), Nick Thieneman (YOUNG WIDOWS), Janet Morgan (CHANNELS), Erik Denno (KEROSENE 454), and Rob Moran (UNBROKEN) and continues with a swim in the open wounds and spilled blood of heartbreak, a harp-tinged appeal for care and company, and a postmortem of derailed destinies. Crackling guitars and stutter-stepping synth making songs on here bonafide grunge-wave burners.

Today's tune "Love Is A Devil" is taken from "South Of Heaven", it was released by Profound Lore Records on March 13, 2020, enjoy!



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Roya - Constant

When flipping around at home and cleaning, creating, and generally fixing stuff, I basically always listen to music. Mostly I let a Vinyl loose, but like today I let the digital version enjoy me. I was listening to the Electronic band KRAFTWERK, after the tune was played, the "Spotify" thought I should listen to something similar, after a few Electronic tunes this hypnotic song appeared. I just carried me away, the beat is like a "Pulse", the vocals are a bit gothic and not the typical electronica that you hear on the radio.

Roya is an electronic artist based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Her debut EP Trax released in 2016 and was nominated for the Swedish Indie Artist’s Manifestgalan Award for best synth/electronic album of the year. The follow-up full-length LP Hive was released in 2018 and this time won the Manifestgalan award for best synth album of the year with jury motivation: “For an album with masterful electronic atmosphere created around swooning melodies and monotone bass lines led by dreamlike vocals”. Hive also garnered positive critic reviews from major Swedish publications such as Hymn, HiFi & Musik magazine, and from Sweden’s largest newspaper Dagens Nyheter. The single Home was licensed for use by TV4 / CMore for the tv-trailer to the film BECK: DITT EGET BLOD. Roya has played live in Sweden and the USA, most notably as the opening act for LADYTRON and at Sweden’s largest EBM/Darkscene festival, BodyFest, alongside bands such as THE YOUNG GODS, S.P.O.C.K, and LEATHER STRIP. In addition to playing live, Roya has been featured as a guest on national Swedish radio programs focusing on electronic music such as Elektroniskt i P2 and synth podcast Blå måndag.

Enjoy "Constant", taken from her latest album "Pulse", it was released in March 2020.

 

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Manes - Endetidstegn

MANES is a bold, atmospheric and assertive Norweigan avantgarde metal band. Their latest album "Slow Motion Death Sequence" is a hybrid of genres and influences with a real sense of urgency to push the boundaries of progressive metal. It has elements of electronica, trip-hop and alternative rock/metal delivered with a tasteful subtle pop sensibility in places. Listen closely and you can also find sprinkles of jazz, confirming that MANES isn’t afraid to experiment and take risks. "Slow Motion Death Sequence" is layered in detail and sometimes cinematic in scope, with a pretentious and unhealthy portion of nihilism and darkness with its theme and concept.

MANES was formed in Trondheim, Norway, in 1992. Their music has gone through many stages of transformation and mutation up until today, but the core of the band has remained unchanged for over 16 years. The band has had a mantra of exploration and experimentation in their approach to songwriting, and is hard to define by limiting genres. Overall it can best be described as a bastardization of rock and electronica with influences from jazz, metal and more. Still, the focus lies on what goes in the ear. The music has been called both atmospheric and cinematic, often with climactic builds and layers of detail. It can be both emotional and oppressive, and more often than not; cloaked in discomforting darkness. MANES can in many ways be called somewhat of an artistic collective, not adhering to the traditional band-concept, as collaborations have become a staple of their sound. Often resembling a borderless playground for its members, Manes seek to find some glimpse of magic in what they create outside of their more normal band ambitions.

The album also features guest vocals by Ana Carolina Ojeda (MOURNING SUN) and Anna Murphy(CELLAR DARLING).

The members of MANES has been, or is, a part of bands like ATROX, THE THIRD AND THE MORTAL, LETHE, DRONTHEIM, CHTON, CALCORDER among others.

MANES has chosen to first and foremost focus on studio work and the creative aspects of music and is selective and eclectic regarding live appearances. Nevertheless, up through the years MANES has played a few concerts with bands like ISIS, KATATONIA, THEATER OF TRAGEDY and more, and has played festivals like Brutal Assault, Inferno, Quart, Dark Bombastic Evening, Blastfest and Pstereo. MANES has also played alternative shows like a semi-acoustic show at an art vernissage and a live collaboration with the noise artists B Revolution, and appreciate the possibility to experiment in a concert setting.

On "Slow Motion Death Sequence", the avant-garde crew (Tor-Helge Cern Skei, viNd, Rune Hoemsnes, Torstein Parelius, and Asgeir Hatlen) teamed up with ATROX / DRONTHEIM collaborators Tom Engelsøy, Rune Folgerø and Tor Arne Helgesen.

Today's tune "Endetidstegn" (is Norwegian and translates as sign or signs of the end times) is their first-ever music video, and the first visual companion to their new record, “Slow Motion Death Sequence”. Directed by Guilherme Henriques, "Endetidstegn" presents a bleak window into a personal form of apocalypse, the inevitable demise handed down by the vengeful Gods of modern man, vice, alcohol, drugs… Elements of psychedelic electronica and trip-hop converge over crunching guitars and haunting male/female vocal harmonies to evoke one's own Slow Motion Death Sequence.




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Ulver - Solitude

Today's cover of the tune "Solitude" is made by the Norweigan musical group ULVER. Since their first, folklore-influenced black metal release entitled "Bergtatt -- Et eeventyr i 5 capitler" (1994), ULVERs musical style has been fluid and increasingly eclectic, blending genres such as rock, electronica, symphonic and chamber traditions, noise and experimental music into their oeuvre, but with a heavy reliance on electronic recording techniques.

"Solitude" is taken from the seventh dark and tragic studio album "Shadows Of The Sun" that was released in October 2007 via Jester Records and The End Records. "Solitude" is a BLACK SABBATH cover; the original version appears on their 1971 album "Master of Reality".

"Master of Reality" is the third studio album by English rock band BLACK SABBATH, released on 21 July 1971. It is widely regarded as the foundation of doom metal, stoner rock, and sludge metal. It was certified double platinum after having sold over 2 million copies. "Master of Reality" was BLACK SABBATHs first and only top 10 album in the US until "13", forty-two years later. 

The tune "Solitude" from the album "Master of Reality" featuring a delay effect, it was added to Ozzy Osbourne’s vocals on this song to provide the effect of a second vocal track. This song features the multi-instrumentalist talents of Sabbath guitarist Tommy Iommi (who also plays flute & piano on the recording). This song is about being depressed after breaking up with somebody.

Tony Iommi comments that this "might be the first love song we ever recorded." Having been inspired by his very brief gig with JETHRO TULL.

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Ghostpoet - Immigrant Boogie

Dark Days + Canapés is the fourth album by British vocalist and musician Ghostpoet.

Ghostpoets single "Immigrant Boogie”, pitch-black post-punk guitars, distorted synths that is filled with the sense of impending doom, the tune sees Obaro Ejimiwe telling a first person account of a difficult journey across borders.

A piece of music where it’s hard to set a label on it. A quick referens, a young and sober Tom Waits with struggling minds, trying to make sense of an ever-increasingly technologically connected, but lonesome world.

Obaro Ejimiwe (18 January 1983) is a British vocalist and musician better known by his stage name Ghostpoet. His first album, Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam, was shortlisted for the 2011 Mercury Prize. His 2015 album, Shedding Skin was also nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Ghostpoet's fourth album Dark Days + Canapés was released on 18 August 2017.

In April 2017 Ghostpoet released the single "Immigrant Boogie" released via Play It Again, Sam. The track was produced by Leo Abrahams and mixed by Leo and Kristofer Harris. The track is the first from the album Dark Days + Canapés.

Today’s tune ”Immigrant Boogie” is taken from the new album "Dark Days + Canapés”, the single was released in April 2017, enjoy!.


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Tyskarna Från Lund - Achtung X-Mas

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

This weekend I hope you spend your time with your love ones, enjoy, relax because that is something I will do.

Today we have TYSKARNA FRÅN LUND that going to set the Christmas in Jeopardy with it’s Kraftwerksk, düsseldorfsk, german electronica with "Achtung X-Mas”, enjoy!

Peace Stones & Thetania

TYSKARNA FRÅN LUND is a Swedish synthpop group, consisting of members from the comedy group Varanteatern. The name translates to The Germans from Lund in English (the Swedish town of Lund is the home of Varanteatern).

TYSKARNA FRÅN LUND is a satirical group that makes fun of the stereotypical synth music artist and their followers, in particular KRAFTWERK. Like the latter group, TFL has a four-person line-up of (fictional) Germans, always dressed in black and with minimal movements on stage.



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Arcadea - Army of Electrons

5 billion years after the last great extinction, where the impending collision of galaxies creates a new order of planets. Where cold, distant moons pledge alliance to new suns and expanding gas giants implode into black holes. Ancient drones, forever adrift, record toxic tales of love between dying stars. Where lifeforms in suspended animation, dream among the ice rings of Saturn and cosmic war wages among gods and planets. It is in this universe that ”Arcadea" reign supreme as the last surviving space wizards since the final extinction. The galaxy Andromeda spins headlong into the Milky Way with three intergalactic travelers in tow.

Drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor (MASTODON), Guitarist/keyboardist Core Atoms (ZRUDA, GAYLORD) and Keyboardist/guitarist Raheem Amlani (WITHERED, SCARAB) are said pioneers, the space wizards of psychedelic soundscapes where organic drums collide with synthetic keys to create an infinite transmission from an event horizon. They go by ARCADEA and their otherworldly brand of psyche-electric, synth-driven, metallic madness sounds alien yet somehow familiar.

ARCADEA's visionary, self-produced, self-titled debut was mastered by Colin Leonard (MASTODON) and features stunning cover art from renowned sci-fi fantasy artist Essy May.

”Arcadea” is 10 tune electronic commodore 64 odyssey with influences of MASTODON, recorded at Orange Peel Studios in Atlanta, GA. The self-titled debut record was released via Relapse Records this June.

Unlike their other bands, ARCADEA uses only keyboards in a unique blend of crushing, organic drums and psychedelic synthesizers. The music is at once electronic but not electronica, synthetic but not processed, heavy but not metal.

Today’s tune "Army of Electrons”, taken from the self titled debut album ”Arcadea”.



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Igorrr - ieuD

"Savage Sinusoid" is the newest addition to Igorrr’s musical madness, released on Metal Blade Records. Completely sample-free, the album features vocalists Laurent Lunoir and Laure Le Prunenec, along with drummer Sylvain Bouvier, and showcases more musicians than any of Igorrr previous releases – one of those guests being CATTLE DECAPITATIONs Travis Ryan, who lends his vocals on “Cheval”, “Apopathodiaphulatophobie” and “Robert”, while we can see also Teloch, from Mayhem, performing the guitars and the bass on the track “Viande”.

While "Savage Sinusoid" draws from a plethora of genres, Serre has no intention of baffling or alienating potential listeners. As he explains:"I just want to make the music I love, without asking myself if it's gonna be too complex or too far from what people like. I want to make the music which has sense to me, with no restrictions, like a big party with metalheads, electronics nerds, classical and baroque-heads and gypsy violinists getting drunk and joining together to bring the best of every genre."

Initially influenced by the likes of MESSHUGGAH, CHOPON, CANNIBAL CORPSE, BACH, DOMENCIO SCARLATTI, TARAF DE HAIDOUKS and APHEX TWIN, traces of these artists can be found littered across Igorrr’s discography, but Serre has never been interested in remaining static or merely recycling ideas, and his work has dramatically evolved accordingly. It deeply explains how Igorrr’s music is such an explosion of creativity while keeping a cohesive universe records after records.

In recent years, Igorrr has also become a collective, rather than the work of one man alone, which has brought a new level of intensity into the group live representations.

Today's tune "ieuD" is taken from "Savage Sinusoid", enjoy this madness!



Upcoming North America Tourdates:

Jan 31, 2018 Petit Campus — Montreal, Quebec
Feb 1, 2018 Mod Club — Toronto, Ontario
Feb 2, 2018 Voltage Lounge — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 3, 2018 Brighton Music Hall — Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 4, 2018 Highline Ballroom — New York City, New York
Feb 6, 2018 Reggies — Chicago, Illinois
Feb 9, 2018 Circo Volador — Mexico City, Mexico
Feb 10, 2018 C3 Stage — Guadalajara, Mexico
Feb 12, 2018 Echoplex — Los Angleles, California

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Fall Out Boy - Young And Menace

On April 27, 2017, FALL OUT BOY announced their upcoming seventh album will be released September 15, titled "M A N I A". The first single "Young and Menace" was released the same day.

While widely considered to be a pop punk band, FALL OUT BOY has also been described as pop rock emo and emo pop, and cites emo group THE GET UP KIDS as an influence among many other bands. With the new single the band moves away from the punkier, rock n’ roll sound of their past and have take the next step to a more uprising, industrial EDM and electronic sound and have given the tune a a touch of dubstep.

The gentle pull of a tide that rolls over and over again and by the sheer nature of its essence it becomes an indestructible will- ripping out sand- eroding what was before it- without a care... a transformational monster-becoming the madness and frenzy of a truly bulletproof wave. I'm not just here for your love, I'm here for all of the love. An overdose of dopamine- we are living inside of MANIA right now. the never sleeping, never blinking- caught forever in the sunshine riptide. - Pete Wentz

 

The M A N I A tour begins in the U.S. on October 20th. Get all the details on dates and tickets here, see all the dates below.

$1 from every ticket sold will go to the FALL OUT BOY Fund, benefiting charities throughout Chicago.

Here’s act #1 "Young and Menace” as today's tune. Directed by SCANTRON & Mel Soria

Kill me twice like my name was Nikki Sixx
I woke up in my shoes again but somewhere you exist singing
Oops I, did it again, I forgot what I was losing my mind about
Oh, I only wrote this down to make you press rewind

Music video by Fall Out Boy performing Young And Menace. (C) 2017 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.



Upcoming Tourdates:

October 20th - Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
October 21st - Saint Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
October 22nd - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
October 24th - Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
October 25th - Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
October 27th - Boston, MA @ TD Garden
October 28th - Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
October 29th - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
November 2nd - Fairfax, VA @ EagleBank Arena
November 3rd - Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
November 4th - Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
November 5th - Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
November 7th - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
November 8th - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
November 10th - Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
November 12th - Seattle, WA @ KeyArena
November 14th - Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
November 15th - San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
November 17th - Inglewood, CA @ The Forum
November 18th - Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena

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