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Friday, January 30, 2009

  Music Links Roundup - Update - January 30th

Some links of interest:

Jonny Mugwump pays tribute to John Martyn, who sadly passed away on January 29th: The Quietus | Features | Remember Them... | John Martyn - An Obituary And An Appreciation


Tomorrow: 'Sigur Rós: We Play Endlessly' free with The Independent on Saturday - Features, Music - The Independent

Both Mojo and Uncut continue to be boring:

New issue of Mojo features Nick Cave on the front cover.

New issue of Uncut features Neil Young on the front cover.


UK music press: Inky Fingers: Maggoty Lamb picks over the flyblown carcass of this month's music press | Music | guardian.co.uk

This month, we relate the music press tips for 2009 to Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and the credit crunch

Forthcoming albums list @ Prefix: Album Previews

Danish music Awards: DMA nominees announced | NEWS | ITSATRAP2009

Midem: The future of the music industry - Features, Music - The Independent

Music bigwigs have been in Cannes trying to chart the future of their troubled industry. By Pierre Perrone

Bob Shennan appointed controller at Radio 2 and 6 Music: BBC - Press Office - Bob Shennan appointed Controller BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music

Muxtape is back.

2009 line up announced for Coachella festival: Coachella - Lineup

Field Day Festival: EYOE / Eat Your Own Ears - EVENTS - Field Day Festival in London

FIRST WAVE OF ARTISTS FIELD DAY HEADLINERS MOGWAI PLUS FOUR TET / JAMES YORKSTON / APES AND ANDROIDS / MALCOLM MIDDLETON / FENNESZ / ERRORS / DJ SKREAM With many more to be announced soon…

NEARfest: Progressive Rock Festival | NEARfest | North East Art Rock Festival | June 20th & 21st, 2009

Confirmed lineup for 2009:

PFM (Italy)
Gong (UK)
Van der Graaf Generator (UK)
Steve Hillage Band (UK)
Supersister (Netherlands)
D.F.A. (Italy)
Oblivion Sun (United States)
Beardfish (Sweden)
Quantum Fantay (Belgium)
Cabezas de Cera (Mexico)



Artists

a-ha

news update: MIC Norway: a-ha to release album in June

June sees Norway’s legendary pop trio a-ha returning with a brand new album and an extensive tour.

Keef Baker

2009 album: Gothtronic | News: New KEEF BAKER Release on HYMEN RECORDS

Anthony Collins

2009 album: RA: Anthony Collins shouts it out. Music News

Freak 'n Chic will release Anthony Collins' Doubts & Shouts in March 2009.

Datarock

news update: BETA - Nö Music » Devo to feature on new Datarock album

Doves

2009 album: Doves announce new album, free download & tour! | The Line Of Best Fit

Doves have announced plans to release their eagerly anticipated 4th studio album, Kingdom of Rust on 6th April 2009, which is to be preceded by the single ‘Kingdom Of Rust’ on 30th March, both on Heavenly Recordings.

Tim Exile

2009 album: RA: Tim Exile sits under his Listening Tree. Music News

Warp/Planet Mu will release Listening Tree on April 6th, 2009.

Fischerspooner

More info: RA: Fischerspooner give us some Entertainment. Music News

Lo Recordings will release Entertainment on May 4th, 2009.

Ital Tek

interview: Test: Bloc File: Ital Tek

Kongh

news update: Kongh to begin recording new album | NEWS | ITSATRAP2009

Marching Dynamics

2009 album: Gothtronic | News: New MARCHING DYNAMICS Album on HYMEN RECORDS

mewithoutYou

news update: mewithoutYou Finish Fourth Album: Silent Uproar Music News

Minsk

2009 album: Minsk recording new album // News // Lambgoat - With Echoes In The Movement Of Stone" is expected to see a summer 2009 release date via Relapse Records.

Pet Shop Boys

album front cover: Popjustice: It's the best Pet Shop Boys album sleeve since 'Very'...

Tosca

2009 album: DANCEBLOGGA: dance music news: tosca unleashing fifth studio album

Tosca, the down-tempo duo comprised of Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber, is getting ready to release its firth studio album, No Hassle, due sometime in Spring on !K7.

# posted by DJ Martian 2:08 PM

Thursday, January 29, 2009

  Top Albums of 2009 - rateyourmusic.com

Top Albums of 2009 @ rateyourmusic.com has been updated. As expected Animal Collective at number 1 at the mo.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:53 PM

Monday, January 26, 2009

  Music Links Roundup - Update - January 26th

Some links of interest:

New issue of Dazed & Confused magazine features Natasha Khan on the front cover: Dazed Digital | Issue 170

just heard a new Bat for Lashes exclusive broadcast track on Xfm 104.9 in London - an absolutely brilliant ethereal tribal trippy Bjork-like track called Glass

MIC Norway: Spellemannspris winners announced

Last weekend saw the winners of the Spellemannspris – the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy – being announced.

including:

Rock: Lukestar - Lake Toba

Elektronica: Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too

Metal: Enslaved - Vertebrae

Jazz: Helge Lien Trio - Hello Troll


Paul's SXSW Artist Catalog: SXSW Artist Catalog

Going to SXSW this year? Use this catalog to help you find the artists that you will want to see.



Artists

A Place To Bury Strangers

working on second album: A Place To Bury Strangers Recording, Playing Shows - News Article - AbsolutePunk.net

The Durutti Column

2009 album: Cerysmatic Factory :: The Durutti Column UK Tour 2009

Meanwhile, a new album entitled Love in the Time of Recession is set for release on 2 March on the Fullfill label.

Mika Goedrijk

2009 album: Gothtronic | News: Pellicules Album from MIKA GOEDRIJK (THIS MORN OMINA) Out Soon

Grizzly Bear

2009 album: brooklynvegan: new Grizzly Bear album in May, New Yorker Speakeasy tix

Health

news update: HEALTH Recording New Album - News Article - AbsolutePunk.net

I was a King

Norwegian band profiled: MIC Norway: I was a king

Kaada

new album, including tracks streaming on myspace: New music from Kaada | NEWS | ITSATRAP2009 album title: Junkyard nostalgias

Losoul

2009 album: RA: Losoul gives you some Care. Music News

Playhouse will release Care on April 20, 2009.

Sissy Wish

news update: BETA - Nö Music » Sissy Wish back in the studio

Tokyo Black Star

2009 album: RA: Tokyo Black Star get on their black ship. Music News

Innervisions will release Black Ships on March 30, 2009.

Whitest Boy Alive

new track: BETA - Nö Music » Preview new Whitest Boy Alive album track

# posted by DJ Martian 11:58 PM

Saturday, January 24, 2009

  Music Links Roundup - Update - January 24th

Some links of interest:

rivmixx - a music portal.

cosmic disco feature: Jude Rogers discovers the slower, more eclectic cosmic disco | Music | The Guardian

Take a recession, add the freedom of the internet, and get a DJ to stir at varying speeds. Jude Rogers finds the recipe for cosmic disco

a guide to Nine Social Music Sites that Let You Listen, Share and Enjoy Music

Resonance festival in Belgium: RA: Belgium feels the Resonance. International News

Techno will once again take over Ghent later next month and on into March, as Resonance have announced the first acts that will play their 2009 event, including a rare live performance from Detroit dub-techno merchants Echospace.

website: Resonance Ghent

reviewed: DiS Does Eurosonic: 2009 Review / In Depth // Drowned In Sound

January newsletter @ FatCat Records : Home:

Rumraket label plans in 2009: Rumraket to release new albums from Slaraffenland, Taxi Taxi! | NEWS | ITSATRAP2009


Artists


AGF/Delay

2009 album: RA: AGF/Delay feel the Symptoms. Music News

BPitch Control will release Symptoms on February 27, 2009.

Blackbelt Andersen

2009 album: RA: Blackbelt Andersen preps debut LP. Music News

Full Pupp will release Blackbelt Andersen on March 16th, 2009.

Techno / Cosmic Disco House music from Norway: BlackBelt Andersen on MySpace Music

Black Dice

2009 album: RA: Black Dice prep Repo. Music News

Paw Tracks will release Repo on April 7, 2009.

Diplo

interview: Lauren Cochrane meets Grammy-nominated, must-have producer Diplo | Music | The Guardian

Whether it's Angolan kuduro, Brazilian baile funk or 'trash 80s music' that gets your booty shaking, no one gets the party started like Diplo. Lauren Cochrane meets the Grammy-nominated, must-have producer

Elbow

news update: BBC - Newsbeat - Music - Elbow: next LP will have punch

Hanne Hukkelberg

2009 album: New album from Hanne Hukkelberg in April | NEWS | ITSATRAP2009

Blood from a stone will be out in April.

Kleinschmager Audio

2009 album: RA: Kleinschmager Audio ready full-length. Music News

Rrygular will release Audiology on March 23rd, 2009

MySpace: Kleinschmager Audio

Nitzer Ebb

news update: Gothtronic | News: NITZER EBB in Search of Label for New Album and DVD

The Soft Pack

new label for The Soft Pack - the Jonathan Richman impersonators: The Soft Pack Sign To Kemado - News Article - AbsolutePunk.net

Three Trapped Tigers

interview: Introducing :: Three Trapped Tigers | The Line Of Best Fit

VNV Nation

news update: Gothtronic | News: VNV NATION Announces New Album

Work on the next VNV Nation album 'Of Faith, Power and Glory', is well underway

# posted by DJ Martian 8:34 PM

  2009 Albums Tracking List and Expected List: Update 2

Have a browse through...2009 Albums [550 Albums] - 2009 A - Z Albums Tracking List - a starting guide to new & forthcoming album releases

also: 2009 Expected - Artists that are expected to release new albums in 2009 - awaiting announcements of album titles and release dates.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:15 PM

  ILX METAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2008 RESULTS

the results are in... ILX METAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2008 RESULTS

updated stats:

Rank - Points - Votes - #1s - Artist - Album

1 - 479 - 25 - 2 - Torche - Meanderthal
2 - 357 - 19 - 3 - Harvey Milk - Life...the Best Game in Town
3 - 276 - 19 - 0 - Earth - The Bees Made Honey...
4 - 227 - 16 - 0 - Boris - Smile
5 - 212 - 13 - 1 - Opeth - Watershed
6 - 203 - 11 - 1 - Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1
7 - 183 - 10 - 2 - Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
8 - 179 - 12 - 0 - 5ive - Hesperus
9 - 165 - 10 - 2 - Made Out of Babies - The Ruiner
10 - 163 - 10 - 0 - Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
11 - 158 - 11 - 1 - The Goslings - Occasion
12 - 155 - 10 - 0 - Meshuggah - obZen
13 - 145 - 9 - 0 - Enslaved - Vertebrae
14 - 141 - 10 - 0 - Melvins - Nude With Boots
15 - 140 - 8 - 0 - Caina - Temporary Antennae
16 - 137 - 8 - 0 - Krallice - Krallice
17 - 128 - 8 - 0 - Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
18 - 126 - 8 - 1 - Asva - What You Don't Know Is Frontier
18 - 126 - 8 - 0 - Cynic - Traced in Air
20 - 123 - 8 - 0 - Sunn 0))) - Domkirke
21 - 118 - 7 - 2 - Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday
22 - 111 - 8 - 0 - Coffins - Buried Death
23 - 109 - 8 - 0 - Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
24 - 100 - 6 - 0 - Ocean - Pantheon of the Lesser
25 - 98 - 5 - 1 - The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
26 - 89 - 6 - 0 - Moss - Sub Templum
26 - 89 - 5 - 0 - Wetnurse - Invisible City
28 - 88 - 7 - 0 - Earthless - Live at Roadburn
28 - 88 - 8 - 0 - UFOmammut - Idolum
30 - 83 - 6 - 0 - The Gates of Slumber - Conqueror
31 - 81 - 6 - 0 - Moonspell - Night Eternal
32 - 78 - 6 - 0 - Jesu - Why Are We Not Perfect
33 - 72 - 6 - 0 - Ascend - Ample Fire Within
34 - 71 - 3 - 1 - Hammers of Misfortune - Fields/Church of Broken Glass
35 - 70 - 5 - 0 - Witch - Paralyzed
36 - 68 - 6 - 0 - Genghis Tron - Board Up the House
37 - 66 - 5 - 0 - Jex Thoth - Jex Thoth
38 - 63 - 6 - 0 - Intronaut - Prehistoricisms
39 - 62 - 5 - 0 - Darkspace - III
40 - 61 - 4 - 0 - Marnie Stern - This Is It And I Am It And You Are It
41 - 60 - 4 - 1 - Disfear - Live the Storm
42 - 59 - 4 - 1 - Blood Ceremony - Blood Ceremony
43 - 55 - 4 - 0 - Metallica - Death Magnetic
43 - 55 - 6 - 0 - Unearthly Trance - Electrocution
45 - 54 - 4 - 0 - Nadja - Desire In Uneasiness
45 - 54 - 4 - 0 - Withered - Folie Circulaire
47 - 52 - 5 - 0 - Bison B.C. - Quiet Earth
48 - 50 - 4 - 0 - Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Untitled
48 - 50 - 3 - 0 - Gnaw Their Tongues - An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood
50 - 48 - 3 - 1 - Zebulon Pike - Intranscience
50 - 48 - 3 - 0 - Racebannon - Acid or Blood
52 - 47 - 5 - 0 - Eluveitie - Slania
53 - 46 - 4 - 0 - The Sword - Gods of the Earth
54 - 44 - 4 - 0 - Amen Ra - Mass IIII
54 - 44 - 3 - 0 - Cough - Sigillum Luciferi
56 - 42 - 3 - 0 - Lair of the Minotaur - War Metal Battle Master
56 - 42 - 3 - 0 - Trinacria - Travel Now Journey Infinitely
58 - 41 - 2 - 0 - Belphegor - Bondage Goat Zombie
58 - 41 - 2 - 0 - Conifer - Crown Fire
58 - 41 - 3 - 0 - Jarboe - Mahakali
61 - 40 - 2 - 0 - Brave - Monuments
61 - 40 - 3 - 0 - Deathspell Omega - Veritas Diaboli Manet in Aeternum
63 - 39 - 3 - 1 - Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
64 - 38 - 3 - 0 - Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom
64 - 38 - 3 - 0 - Helms Alee - Night Terror
64 - 38 - 4 - 0 - US Christmas - Eat the Low Dogs
67 - 37 - 2 - 0 - Sex/Vid - Communal Living
68 - 36 - 2 - 0 - Girlschool - Legacy
69 - 35 - 4 - 0 - Motorhead - Motorizer
70 - 34 - 2 - 0 - Black Boned Angel - The Endless Coming Into Life
70 - 34 - 3 - 0 - Death Angel - Killing Season
70 - 34 - 3 - 0 - Ocrilim - Annwn
70 - 34 - 2 - 0 - Septicflesh - Communion
74 - 33 - 2 - 1 - Samothrace - Lifes Trade
74 - 33 - 3 - 0 - Journey To Ixtlan - S/t
76 - 32 - 2 - 1 - Equilibrium - Sagas
76 - 32 - 4 - 0 - Tyr - Land
78 - 31 - 2 - 1 - Pyramids - Pyramids
78 - 31 - 2 - 0 - Helrunar - Baldr Okk Iss
80 - 30 - 2 - 0 - Ayreon - 01011001
80 - 30 - 2 - 0 - Candlemass - Lucifer Rising
82 - 29 - 3 - 0 - Dir En Grey - Uroboros
82 - 29 - 2 - 0 - Dornenreich - In Luft Geritzt
84 - 28 - 2 - 0 - Aldebaran - dwellers in twilight
84 - 28 - 2 - 0 - Aura Noir - Hades Rise
84 - 28 - 2 - 0 - In Flames - A Sense of Purpose
84 - 28 - 3 - 0 - Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
84 - 28 - 3 - 0 - Morkobot - Morto
89 - 27 - 2 - 1 - In This Moment - The Dream
89 - 27 - 3 - 0 - Graveyard - Graveyard
91 - 25 - 1 - 1 - Gevolt - Sidur
91 - 25 - 1 - 1 - Mar De Grises - draining the waterheart
91 - 25 - 1 - 1 - Rose Tattoo - Blood Brothers
94 - 24 - 1 - 0 - Burst - Lazarus Bird
94 - 24 - 1 - 0 - Fuck the Facts - Disgorge Mexico
94 - 24 - 1 - 0 - The Lizards - archeology
97 - 23 - 1 - 0 - A Storm of Light - And We Wept the Black Ocean Within
97 - 23 - 2 - 0 - Black Elk - Always a Six, Never a Nine
97 - 23 - 1 - 0 - Everon - North
97 - 23 - 1 - 0 - Legless - Finding Mr. Perfect
97 - 23 - 1 - 0 - RTX - JJ Got Live RATX
97 - 23 - 3 - 0 - Trees - Lights Bane
103 - 22 - 2 - 0 - Capricorns - River, Bear Your Bones
103 - 22 - 1 - 0 - Helix - The Power of Rock and Roll
103 - 22 - 2 - 0 - Moho - Chotocabra
103 - 22 - 1 - 0 - Orakle - Tourments & perdition
107 - 21 - 1 - 0 - Ayat - Six Years of Dormant Hatred
107 - 21 - 2 - 0 - The Devil's Blood - Come, Reap
107 - 21 - 2 - 0 - Ihsahn - angL
107 - 21 - 2 - 0 - Taint - Secrets and Lies
107 - 21 - 1 - 0 - Ted Nugent - Sweden Rocks
112 - 20 - 1 - 0 - Colour Haze - All
113 - 19 - 2 - 0 - Atavist/Nadja - II: Points at Infinity
113 - 19 - 2 - 0 - DragonForce - Ultra Beatdown
113 - 19 - 1 - 0 - The Human Abstract - Midheaven
113 - 19 - 1 - 0 - Into Eternity - The Incurable Tragedy
113 - 19 - 1 - 0 - Oceans of Sadness - The Arrogance of Ignorance
118 - 18 - 2 - 0 - Cave - Hunt Like Devil
118 - 18 - 1 - 0 - Celestia - Frigidiis Apotheosia: Abstinencia Genesiis
118 - 18 - 2 - 0 - Grand Magus - Iron Will
118 - 18 - 1 - 0 - Mouth of the Architect - Quietly
118 - 18 - 1 - 0 - Night Ranger - Hole In the Sun
118 - 18 - 1 - 0 - Salome - Salome
124 - 17 - 2 - 0 - Black Boned Angel & Nadja - Christ Send Light
124 - 17 - 1 - 0 - Disturbed - Indestructible
124 - 17 - 1 - 0 - Gyongyver - Vilagok Viraga
124 - 17 - 1 - 0 - Janvs - Vega
124 - 17 - 1 - 0 - Klabautamann - Our Journey Through the Woods
124 - 17 - 1 - 0 - Ondo - Mahavishnu
124 - 17 - 1 - 0 - Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe
124 - 17 - 1 - 0 - Wrath of the Weak - Alogon
132 - 16 - 1 - 0 - The Death of Her Money - Spirit of the Stairwell
132 - 16 - 1 - 0 - Keep of Kalessin - Kolossus
132 - 16 - 2 - 0 - Martriden - The Unsettling Dark
132 - 16 - 1 - 0 - Other Fools - 12 More Lies
132 - 16 - 2 - 0 - Zozobra - Bird of Prey
137 - 15 - 1 - 0 - Arkona - Ot Serdca K Nebu
137 - 15 - 1 - 0 - Desalvo - Mood Poisoner
137 - 15 - 2 - 0 - Origin - Antithesis
140 - 14 - 2 - 0 - The Austrasian Goat - pieces to oblivian
140 - 14 - 2 - 0 - Early Man - Beware the Circling Fin
140 - 14 - 2 - 0 - Hate Eternal - Fury and Flames
140 - 14 - 1 - 0 - Hey Colossus - Happy Birthday
140 - 14 - 1 - 0 - Noekk - The Minstrel's Curse
145 - 13 - 1 - 0 - Monolith Deathcult - Trivmvirate
145 - 13 - 1 - 0 - Mount Logan - Mount Logan
147 - 12 - 1 - 0 - Austrian Death Machine - Total Brutal
147 - 12 - 1 - 0 - Don Caballero - Punkgasm
147 - 12 - 1 - 0 - Tecumseh - Avalanche and Inundation
150 - 11 - 1 - 0 - Daylight Dies - Lost to the Living
150 - 11 - 1 - 0 - Elder - Elder
150 - 11 - 1 - 0 - Hail of Bullets - Of Frost and War
150 - 11 - 1 - 0 - The Haunted - Versus
150 - 11 - 1 - 0 - Mourning Beloveth - A Disease for the Ages
150 - 11 - 2 - 0 - Pentemple - 0))) Presents
156 - 10 - 1 - 0 - Arckanum - Antikosmos
156 - 10 - 1 - 0 - Black Shape of Nexus (B.son) - Microbarome Meetings
156 - 10 - 1 - 0 - Catley, Bob - Immortal
156 - 10 - 2 - 0 - Guapo - Elixirs
160 - 9 - 1 - 0 - Akimbo - Jersey Shores
160 - 9 - 1 - 0 - Amassfer - Slaves For Life
160 - 9 - 1 - 0 - Draconian - Turning Season Within
160 - 9 - 1 - 0 - Fiftywatthead - Fogcutter
160 - 9 - 1 - 0 - Nadja - The Bungled And the Botched
160 - 9 - 1 - 0 - Textures - Silhouettes
166 - 8 - 1 - 0 - Lantlos - Lantlos
167 - 7 - 1 - 0 - Becoming the Archetype - Dichotomy
167 - 7 - 1 - 0 - Isole - Bliss of Solitude
169 - 6 - 1 - 0 - Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk
169 - 6 - 1 - 0 - In Mourning - Shrouded Divine
169 - 6 - 1 - 0 - The Lamp of Thoth - Portents, Omens and Doom
169 - 6 - 1 - 0 - Viking Skull - Doom Gloom Heartache & Whiskey
173 - 5 - 1 - 0 - Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted
173 - 5 - 1 - 0 - Cursed - III
173 - 5 - 1 - 0 - Dalriada - Szelek
173 - 5 - 1 - 0 - Hyatari - They will surface
173 - 5 - 1 - 0 - Khold - Hundre a Gammal
173 - 5 - 1 - 0 - Neuraxis - The Thin Line Between
179 - 4 - 1 - 0 - Gods And Queens - S/T
179 - 4 - 1 - 0 - Heavy Winged - Alive in My Mouth
179 - 4 - 1 - 0 - My Silent Wake - A Garland of Tears
182 - 3 - 2 - 0 - Poisonblack - A Dead Heavy Day
182 - 3 - 1 - 0 - White Lion - Return of the Pride
184 - 2 - 1 - 0 - The Amenta - nOn
184 - 2 - 1 - 0 - Arsis - We Are the Nightmare
184 - 2 - 1 - 0 - Farmakon - Robin
187 - 1 - 1 - 0 - Cor Scorpii - Monument
187 - 1 - 1 - 0 - Indian - Slights and Abuse / the Sycophant
187 - 1 - 1 - 0 - Metsatoll - Iivakivi
187 - 1 - 1 - 0 - Suspyre - When Time Fades...

# posted by DJ Martian 12:43 AM

Thursday, January 22, 2009

  Isis New Album: Wavering Radiant

New Isis album announced Wavering Radiant: Isis Rides The Wave On New Album due May 5th on Ipecac

Doom rock outfit Isis will return May 5 with its new Ipecac album, "Wavering Radiant." The set will be released first on vinyl on April 21.


Vocalist/guitarist Aaron Turner tells Billboard.com the album is "perhaps a little more orchestral in feel" than its four predecessors. "There's more layers going on and more interplay between the instruments, rather than layering of parts," he says.

# posted by DJ Martian 8:38 PM

  Zero Tolerance Magazine: New Issue

Details of the new issue of Zero Tolerance Magazine features Cannibal Corpse on the front cover.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:15 PM

  Ether Festival 2009 - London

The 2009 Ether Festival runs from 12th to 19th April 2009 at the Southbank Centre.

The line up of Ether Festival 2009 has been announced:

Now in its sixth year, David Byrne will be appearing at Ether 2009 performing the songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno on Sunday 12th and Monday 13th April 2009. The line-up for this year's festival also includes Peaches, Royksopp, Mouse On Mars, Plaid, Noise Of Art, Fennesz, Rosy Parlane, CM Von Hausswolff, and The London Sinfonietta and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment play Heiner Goebbels. Brian Eno and Jon Hassell will hold a conversation piece on Thursday 9th April.


Feature: FactMagazine - Ether 09 line-up announced

Southbank Centre - Ether 09

Tickets go on sale to Southbank Centre Members at 10am on Thursday 22 January.
Tickets on sale to all 10am on Friday 23 January.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:12 PM

  Village Voice - PazzandJop 2008

Index: New York - Village Voice - PazzandJop 2008

New York - Village Voice: PazzandJop 2008 Albums

New York - Village Voice: PazzandJop 2008 Singles

New York - Village Voice: PazzandJop 2008 Ballots

More analysis:

All Idols 2008 - an album-poll autopsy

All·Idols is an autopsy of the album ballots from the 2008 Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics' poll. For All·Idols purposes all ranking and point-weighting is ignored; a vote is a vote. All results and statistics here are my own calculations, and may differ from the Voice's own tallies, either from methodological variance or simple errors, theirs or mine. But I have tried to make sure that my errors, at least, are complicated.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:55 PM

  The Wire: #300 | Jeff Mills | February 2009

New issue of The Wire features Jeff Mills on the front cover. Now On sale in the UK.

On The Cover: Jeff Mills - Space is still the place for the Detroit Techno pioneer. Exclusive interview by Derek Walmsley. Plus No-Neck Blues Band, William S Burroughs Primer, James Plotkin's Invisible Jukebox, Martyn, Mary Halvorson, Hamilton Yarns, Christina Carter on Jandek, Chris Petit's Epiphany, Global Ear from Tehran and more!

# posted by DJ Martian 12:49 PM

Sunday, January 18, 2009

  Music Links Roundup - Update - January 18th

Some links of interest:

Reminder to vote in the ILM 2008 music poll: I VOTED IN THE 2008 ILX ALBUMS & TRAX POLL AND I LIKED IT(ballots due Thurs, Jan 22)

part 2 of The Sunday Times guide to music genres: The Sunday Times guide to today's music scene part II - Times Online

From the Montreal scene to Gangsta Rap, Hardcore and Nordic Pop: part two of our definitive guide to modern music

January: Music Alliance Pact – January 2009 | Eardrums Music.

Every month on the 15th, we present Music Alliance Pact here on Eardrums. 21 music blogs from 21 countries all over the world present their favourite band from their own country. Eardrums represents Norway.

latest releases promoted by Cargo distribution: Cargo Records Distribution UK: Cargo Collective: February

landfill indie bashing in The Guardian Guide ... Peter Robinson on the death of landfill indie music | Music | The Guardian

How did a clutch of arty female electro acts end up being tipped as the future of pop? Blame Scouting For Girls, the Pigeon Detectives and the slow death of identikit guitar music, says Peter Robinson

reminder that 2008 was NOT a good for year for British music from this list at Xfm: Vote For The Xfm New Music Award 2009 - Xfm

completely pointless Mojo poll: Readers Poll 2008: The Results! - News - Mojo

iLike launch ..iLike Team Blog: Add Social Playlists to Any Website

feedrevolution a tracking web tool: keep track of music artists that you like - feedrevolution

2009 plans @ FatCat record label: FatCat Records : News: 2009 - What We Have Coming Up

List of artists @ SWSW 2009: Official SXSW Showcasing Bands | SXSW.com

Norwegian artists @ SWSW 2009: MIC Norway: 15 Norwegian acts confirmed for SXSW

Norway continues its strong presence at Austin,TX’s South By Southwest festival: no less than 15 acts are confirmed to appear at the important showcase event in March.

Norwegian acts at SXSW 2009:

- Grande

- Ungdomskulen

- Love:Fi

- Davy Jones' Locker

- Blood Red Throne

- The Cocktail Slippers

- Årabrot

- The Shitsez

- Casiokids

- Kakkmaddafakka

- Tommy Tee / Loudmouf Choir / Son of Light

- Lukestar

- Deleted Waveform Gatherings

- Ida Maria

- The New Wine



Artists

The Black Dog

more info: RA: The Black Dog cause further vexations. Music News

Soma will release The Black Dog's Further Vexations on April 9, 2009.

Blut Aus Nord

2009 album: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - BLUT AUS NORD: New Album Due Next Month

French experimental black metal masters BLUT AUS NORD will release their new album, entitled "Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With The Stars", on February 23 via Candlelight Records.

Elend

interview: Avant-garde Metal - Stories: Elend - The Last Gaze Into The Sun

The Invisible

introducing...First sight: The Invisible | Music | The Guardian

Junior Boys

release date: RA: Junior Boys prep third album. Music News

Domino will release Begone Dull Care on March 24, 2009.

Various Production

2009 album: Fire Records // Releases: Various Production - The Invisible Lodger (featuring Gerry Mitchell) -
Available 23/02/09

The new album from Various Production, featuring spoken word/poetry by Gerry Mitchell. An original and striking collaboration from two ends of the left field.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:44 PM

Friday, January 16, 2009

  Music Links Roundup - Update - January 16th

Some links of interest:

Kerrang

Led Zep 40 years on: Kerrang! Kerrang! Magazine 14/01/2009

Led Zeppelin and the birth of heavy metal!

40 years ago this week a little known British band released their eponymous debut album and single handily changed the face of music forever. That band was Led Zeppelin and the genre they subsequently spawned became known as heavy metal. In this week's Kerrang! magazine we celebrate as metal turns the big four oh.

new website for BBC - Radio 1

HMV snap up 14 Zavvi stores: BBC NEWS | Business | HMV to snap up some Zavvi stores

Artists

Animal Collective

interview: The Quietus | Features | Animal Collective Interview: Merriweather Post Pavillion, Baltimore and Dirty Hippies

Annie

latest news: MIC Norway: Don’t Stop

Despite parting ways with major record label Island Records last year, Annie is still set to release her sophomore album titled ’Don’t Stop’ this year.

Bat for Lashes

the first review of the new album: New Bat For Lashes – The First Listen - In The NME Office - NME.COM

Jeff Beck

Teletext Planet Sound News - Jeff Beck back after Moz

Jeff Beck is recording his first album since 2003's Jeff for a release this year.

The Black Dog

details of the new album; ireallylovemusic › the black dog - further vexations

Gui Boratto

More info on 2009 album: RA: Gui Boratto takes your breath away. Music News

Kompakt will release Gui Boratto's Take My Breath Away on March 23, 2009.

Buzzcocks

2009 plans to record a new album: Buzz bright years | Buzzcocks | Scottish|scottish_listings|scottish_music | News Of The World

Editors

latest news: Teletext Planet Sound News: Editors go electronic

Faust

new Faust studio album due March 2nd: FAUST c'est com...com...complique info via Rough Trade Shops

The Field

latest news: RA: The Field puts finishing touches on new album. Music News

According to sources at Kompakt, Swedish loop lover The Field has nearly finished the recording of his second full-length and is hoping to release it later this year.

Luke Haines

interview: Stage to page: Has Luke Haines written the great pop masterpiece? - Features, Books - The Independent

Luke Haines is the latest Britpop survivor to perpetrate a book. In memoir and fiction, musicians and writers hunt the great pop masterpiece. Jonathan Gibbs wonders if anyone ever will find it

Teletext Planet Sound News: Achtung Haines

Luke Haines has finished a solo album, in addition to beginning work on a new Black Box Recorder record.

Oliver Huntemann

RA: Oliver Huntemann preps new artist album. Music News

Ideal will release H-3 on March 15th, 2009.

The Joy Formidable

debut album, limited edition:

The Joy Formidable - A Balloon Called Moaning - Pure Groove Exclusive
available @
Pure Groove

Kiki

2009 album: RA: Kiki preps his second full-length. Music News

Bpitch Control will release Kaiku on March 23, 2009.

Prefuse 73

latest news: Prefuse 73 Has a Lot of Stuff Going On, As Usual | Pitchfork - new 2009 album on Warp

Sonic Youth

2009 album: The Quietus | News | Sonic Youth's New Album Out In June

Sonic Youth have announced that their next album, their debut release via Matador Records, will come out in June.

The album, which has the working title The Eternal,

Tortoise

latest news: Progress Report: Tortoise - Progress Report - Stereogum

U2

2009 album: BBC - Newsbeat - Music - U2 track to make its radio debut

The full track listing for No Line on the Horizon

1. No Line On The Horizon

2. Magnificent

3. Moment of Surrender

4. Unknown Caller

5. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight

6. Get On Your Boots

7. Stand Up Comedy

8. Fez - Being Born

9. White As Snow

10. Breathe

11. Cedars Of Lebanon

White Lies

all hype, no substance? White Lies - Secrets and lies - Features, Music - The Independent

White Lies are a trio of 20-year-olds who've been tipped for the big time in 2009. But with a debut single called Death and their first album titled To Lose My Life, why do they seem so gloomy? Chris Mugan finds out

find out at the myspace album stream: White Lies Stream Debut Album - White Lies news on Clickmusic

# posted by DJ Martian 2:07 PM

Thursday, January 15, 2009

  worriedaboutsatan - Arrivals Album

New Worriedaboutsatan album announced: Titled: Arrivals - due in April on Gizeh Records

one of the most anticipated experimental electronic albums of 2009 ! evoking hauntology, droning scrapes of guitar soundscapes buried in minimal dubby electronic rhythms

via Gizeh records email:

A new Worriedaboutsatan record 'Arrivals' will be released in April and sees a slight departure from the usual Gizeh 'sound'. These guys are seriously the real deal and their intricate, emotive, minimal techno mixed through swirling ambience and atmosphere will keep you hooked for sure. Taking elements of the likes of Boards of Canda, Sigur Ros and possibly even Burial we hope you will fall in love with this record the way that we have.

Myspace: worriedaboutsatan on MySpace Music - Techno / Down-tempo / Electronica

# posted by DJ Martian 3:17 PM

  Rock-A-Rolla ISSUE 18 OUT NOW!

New issue of Rock-A-Rolla magazine: ISSUE 18 OUT NOW! features Zu on the front cover.



Featuring:

Zu - Italy’s finest talk avant rock, jazz, hardcore, Patton and their latest, possibly greatest, album Carboniferous!

Dälek - Avant hip-hop outfit return with Gutter Tactics!

Gnaw - former Khanate frontman Alan Dubin discusses his latest creation!

Mike Patton and Melvins live special - massive live reviews of the Patton/Melvins curated Nightmare Before Christmas festival, plus Melvins 1983 and Fantômas performing The Director’s Cut!

Zombi - Steve Moore fills us in on their new album and his favourite synth records of all time!

Enablers - Post rock meets spoken word!

Top 40 records of 2008 - We select our favourite albums of the year!


PLUS: Ephel Duath, Ocean, Glacial Movements, Glissando!


PLUS: over 100 latest releases reviewed!


Plus live action: Hokaben Festival, Nadja, Racebannon, Isis, Don Caballero, Zach Hill and much, much more!!!

# posted by DJ Martian 2:46 PM

  Depeche Mode Album Announced: Sounds Of The Universe

via HOME // a Depeche Mode website

Today, the band finally unveiled the title of their forthcoming album, “Sounds Of The Universe”, in a press release posted to their website. The album is set for release on April 20th (UK), and a day later in the US.

Press Release:

DEPECHE MODE
ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF
SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE
APRIL 21, 2009

January 15, 2009- Groundbreaking, chart-topping electro legends Depeche Mode are proud to announce the release of their long-anticipated new studio album, Sounds Of The Universe on April 21, 2009 (Mute Records).

Eclectic and energized, the band’s new release is their most dazzling and diverse album in decades. Recorded in Santa Barbara and New York, Depeche Mode returned to using a lot of vintage gear, from analogue synthesizers to drum machines, in order to conjure up the retro-futuristic arrangements featured on the album. Lyrically the release contains many of the group’s enduring obsessions plus more overt black humor than any of their previous collections.

Like with their 2005 studio album, Playing The Angel, Sounds Of The Universe features writing credits for both Martin Gore, the group’s primary songwriter, and Dave Gahan who after honing his talents on two solo albums, has earned his place as Depeche Mode’s second writer. The release also marks a reunion between the band and producer Ben Hillier (Blur, Doves, Elbow), who worked with the band to help give their new album its timeless sound. The first single from the release, “Wrong,” grabs the listener’s attention from its first stack-heeled, staccato shriek. Over stomping beats, screeching synthesizers, and Dave’s overlord chant, “Wrong” already feels like a Depeche Mode classic. Other standout tracks include Martin’s velvet-lined Scott Walker croon on the sensual lounge-music ballad “Jezebel,” to the sci-fi gospel-blues hymn “In Chains” and “Hole To Feed,” which marries modern electronics to a floor-shaking, bone-rattling Bo Diddley beat.

As one of the most influential bands of the post-punk era, with global sales in excess of 100 million, Depeche Mode belongs to a select premiere league of super groups who have survived from the early 1980s with their ideals, creative vision and core members intact. Formed in 1981, Depeche Mode - Martin Gore, Dave Gahan and Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher - continue to win critical and commercial acclaim across the world both in the studio and on the road. All of the band’s 11 studio albums have reached the Top Ten in not only the UK and USA but 20 plus countries around the world including Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, and Belgium. Additionally, since their inception Depeche Mode’s live shows continue to be a must-see attraction, with the group playing to 2.8 million people across 31 countries on their last tour alone.

Depeche Mode will be announcing additional album details and tour news in the coming weeks. For more information please go to www.depechemode.com.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:27 PM

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

  Music Links Roundup - Update - January 13th

Some links of interest:

best music writing...Best Music Scribing Awards 2008 | PopMatters

2009 Norwegian music...BETA - NoMusic - The future in albums

Danish music 2009: GAFFA.dk - De bliver store i 2009 (Artikel) [in Danish]

2009 music: The Observer talks to the most exciting newcomers in pop | Music | The Observer

Who are the most exciting newcomers in pop? These six singular talents get our vote, says Kitty Empire. We talk to the innovative women who are trouncing the boys with guitars...

mainstream overview of 2009: The Biggest Rock Albums Coming Your Way In 2009 - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News

this is rather basic and inaccurate in places...The Sunday Times guide to today's music scene - Times Online

From singer-songwriters like Laura Marling to Techno, Emo and Folktronica: part one of our definitive guide to modern music

Manifest awards: Manifest nominees are go | NEWS | ITSATRAP2009

The nominees for the Manifest Awards, Sweden's alternative Grammy, have been announced

Andrew Weatherall

listen again...BBC - BBC 6 Music Programmes - 6 Mix, 10/01/2009

DJ Andrew Weatherall sits in for the Queens and plays an eclectic selection of tunes from Krautrock to underground dance, plus hot exclusive tracks direct from the studio.

2008 overview: The Silent Ballet: 2008: The Year in Review Home

Editor-in-Chief Jordan Volz shares his thoughts on the musical side of 2008.

interesting list: Guide: Completely Improvised Music - Rate Your Music - A list by mandos

Free-Improvisation, EAI, and other improvised music. Music that entails absolutely no pre-conceived structure, form, or parameters other than those improvised by the musicians during the recording.


Artists

Milton Jackson

2009 album: RA: Milton Jackson crashes out. Music News

Freerange will release Milton Jackson's Crash on February 16th, 2009.

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Jóhann Jóhannsson current listening: Dusted Features [ Listed: Jóhann Jóhannsson Bad Statistics ]

Every Friday, Dusted Magazine publishes a series of music-related lists compiled by our favorite artists. This week: Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson and New Zealand jam-family Bad Statisics.

Pantha Du Prince

news update: FactMagazine - New Pantha Du Prince on Dial

there'll be a new Pantha Du Prince album hitting shelves before the year is out. The last album by Pantha AKA Henrik Weber (pictured above), This Bliss, was one of the albums of 2007, and it's shaping up to be one of the albums of the decade n'all. Details of its follow-up are scarce (i.e. non-existent), but we're reliably informed that it's going to surface "late 2009". It will be preceded in the early part of the year by a new 12" (dial45).

Stimming

2009 album: RA: Stimming gets reflective. Music News

Martin Stimming will release his debut full-length on the Diynamic label later this year.

Diynamic will release Reflections in March.

Three Trapped Tigers

interview..Nine For 2009 - Three Trapped Tigers : Interview Feature | Clash Music

Clash chats to breaking-through experimental instrumental trio...

# posted by DJ Martian 12:08 AM

Monday, January 12, 2009

  philip sherburne: 2008 Music Feature

philip sherburne has just published his 2008 music overview: philip sherburne: 2008, All Wrapped Up With A Bow On It

Finally, at long last, my tops of 2008.

After doing these for Pitchfork, the Wire, eMusic, Rhapsody, Fact, Bleep, Phonica and Resident Advisor, it all just becomes a blur. I won't pretend that the whole listmaking process doesn't frustrate me, in part because it's so transparently subjective, yet dressed up in objectivity. ...

# posted by DJ Martian 12:39 AM

  More 2008 Music Lists

Some lists of interest, a roundup of key 2008 best music lists since December 25th:

more meta roundups @ blissblog: lists and 2008 best of the “best of lists” | undomondo

First up Stefan's MEGA-CRITIC meta analysis of numerous 2008 critics polls:

Overall: Acclaimed Music Forum: UPDATE : 03/01/2009 : MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2008 (Combined)

Europe: sources Acclaimed Music Forum: MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2008 (Europe)

UK: sources: Acclaimed Music Forum: MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2008 (The UK)

US: sources: Acclaimed Music Forum: MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2008 (The US)




Almost Cool: My Favorite 20 Albums of 2008 - Almost Cool Music Reviews and
you can contribute...Top Albums of 2008 Readers Lists - Almost Cool Music Reviews

Metal webzine Apeshit: APESHIT’s Top Metal Albums of 2008 | APESHIT

The Big Takeover various lists from this Indie Rock magazine: The Big Takeover : Lists - most too trad songs for me.

Brainwashed readers poll: Brainwashed - Readers Poll 2008 Finals

Clash Magazine remembers some 2008 albums: 2008 Redux - The Albums We Missed : Best Of Clash Feature | Clash Music

UK's Dazed Digital: Dazed Digital | Dazed & Approved Top 28 of 2008

Tim Noakes sums up Dazed's music editorial with a playlist that started off with 208 tracks and was carefully whittled down to the top 28. NOW Streaming

Disquiet.com - ambient / electronic / experimental music: Disquiet - 2008’s Best Albums, According to Disquiet.com Readers

Fast 'n' Bulbous / Uncle Fester Fester's Lucky 13: The Best Albums of 2008 - Highly Recommended Read - One of the most comprehensive multi-genre overviews of 2008

God Is In The TV UK based music webzine: God Is In The TV | GIITTV's Albums of 2008TV On The Radio MGMT Portishead Foals Los Campesinos

Gothtronic various lists: Gothtronic | Articles: Yearlists for 2008

Greek Metal Hammer magazine The Top 20 of 2008 according to the Greek Metal Hammer - Rate Your Music

Hot Press - Irish based music magazine Acclaimed Music Forum: Hot Press EOY

Hype Machine music bloggers consensus: Music Blog Zeitgeist of 2008 / The Hype Machine - notice the Pitchfork effect:

Top 50 Artists & Bands of 2008 / The Hype Machine and Top 50 Albums of 2008 / The Hype Machine

Junkmedia - US based music webzine: Junkmedia: 2008 | Our Favorite Music

Magnet magazine - US music magazine: MAGNET’s Top 25 Albums Of 2008

Metal-Rules.com metal music webzine: Metal-Rules.com: Best of 2008

Metal Hammer - UK based metal music monthly: Acclaimed Music Forum: Metal Hammer EOY

Mixmag UK based dance music magazine Acclaimed Music Forum: EOY-List MIXMAG (UK)

Mondo Sonoro - Spanish magazine: Acclaimed Music Forum: Mondo Sonoro (Spain) Best of 2008

One of my favourite music webzines Musique Machine: Musique Machine / Multi-Genre Music Magazine: Opinions on a year past - various lists

Another year passed (yes, it's really over so we're sure all releases of 2008 can be included) and we at musique[machine] happily list our favourites of 2008!

New Noise UK based music webzine: Top ten of 2008 - New Noise

Italy's Onda Rock: Acclaimed Music Forum?: EOY-List ONDA ROCK (Italy)
and 2008|Onda Rock - Rate Your Music

Punknews.org: Punknews.org | Punknews.org editorial year end lists and Punknews.org | Staff reviewer year end lists and Punknews.org | Best of 2008 - Punknews.org - i disagree with most of the selections on the punknews.org lists

Parasol Records: online independent music retailer: Parasol Records : Mail Order : Top Picks of 2008

Plan B - UK music monthly magazine: Acclaimed Music Forum: 'Plan B'

Rocktimists UK music bloggers / critics poll: Rocktimists.: The Disastrous Rocktimists UK Pop Critics Poll 2008 Album Results and Rocktimists.: The Disastrous Rocktimists UK Pop Critics Poll 2008 Ballots

Rock Zone Spanish music magazine - Acclaimed Music Forum: Rock Zone End of Year Lists 2008

RTQE experimental music radio show: RTQE - Slightly more than ten of the Top Ten Recordings of 2008

Sound Opinions Forum - music discussion forum: Acclaimed Music Forum: Sound Opinions Forum EOY results

Sweeping The Nation: UK music bloggers poll: Sweeping The Nation: UK Blogger Albums Of 2008 Poll Results

Teeth of the Divine metal music webzine - Teeth of the Divine - - TOTD Year’s End Staff Picks 2008!

Village Voice jazz music critics poll: Village Voice 2008 Jazz Critics Poll - Heavy Sounds and The Abstract Truth



also: more lists Acclaimed Music Forum: Missing EOY lists - Help needed!

EOY lists that were posted here last year, but not yet for 2008, are

Global Rhythms (USA)
Plan B (UK)
Music Australia Guide (Australia)
Le Soir (Belgium)
Arte TV (France)
Le Monde (France)
Tsugi (France)
Blow Up (Italy)
Rockerilla (Italy)
Rockol (Italy)
Sentire Ascoltare (Italy)
3voor12 (The Netherlands)
Adresseavisen (Norway)
adn.es (Spain)
Benzina (Spain)
Rockdelux (Spain)
RockHard (Spain)
Zona-Zero (Spain)
Vibrations (Switzerland)

# posted by DJ Martian 12:31 AM

Sunday, January 11, 2009

  Metal Music News Update - January 11th

Some links of interest:

Artists

Borknager

news update: Metal News - Borknagar Completes Writing of New Album ( Metal Underground . com )

Candlemass

news update: [Metal-Temple.com] CANDLEMASS Reveal Upcoming Album's Title (News)

The following update was posted at the Nuclear Blast Records official website:

"The one and only masters of Epic Doom, namely CANDLEMASS, have just revealed some crucial details about their upcoming album. The release date has now been set for March 27th, and disciples of the Doom sound can expect eight mighty hymns on "Death Magic Doom"!!!".

Karyn Crisis

news update: Bravewords.com > News > EPHEL DUATH Mainman Continues Work On KARYN CRISIS Solo Album

Dark Tranquillity

news update: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - DARK TRANQUILLITY Issues 2008 Recap

Havok

BLABBERMOUTH.NET - HAVOK Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Into the Moat

2009 album: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - INTO THE MOAT: New Album Pushed Back To March

Isole

2009 album: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - ISOLE: New Album Details Revealed

Swedish doom metal band ISOLE has completed work on its new album, "Silent Ruins", at the group's own Studio Apocalypse for a late February/early March release via Napalm Records.

Kylesa

2009 album: DecoyMusic.com :: Kylesa to Release New Album - Kylesa is set to release their forthcoming album Static Tensions on March 17th via Prosthetic Records

Ruins

news update: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - RUINS: Cauldron To Receive European Release This Month

Hobart, Tasmania-based black metal band RUINS will release its second album, "Cauldron", on January 30 via Debemur Morti Productions.

Shrinebuilder

introducing...Shrinebuilder (Neurosis) recording debut album // News // Lambgoat

Shrinebuilder will enter a Hollywood, CA studio today with Toshi Kasai (Big Business) to begin recording their debut full-length for Neurot Recordings. The project features Wino (St. Vitus), Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Al Cisneros (Om, Sleep), and Dale Crover (Melvins) and their new, self-titled album is slated for a summer release.

16

news update: Metal News - 16 Posts New Music Online and Announces Tour ( Metal Underground . com )

LA metallers, 16, have posted two more tracks from their forthcoming full-length, "Bridges To Burn," online now via the band's official MySpace page.

Tombs

news update: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - TOMBS: New Song Posted Online

A new song from Brooklyn, New York's TOMBS, entitled "Beneath The Toxic Jungle", is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's Relapse debut, "Winter Hours", which was recorded at the Etching Tin Studios in Richmond, Virginia with engineer Ian Whalen. Other songtitles set to appear on the CD include "The Divide", "Gossamer", "The Great Silence", and "Filled With Secrets". A February 17 release is expected (February 23 internationally).

Wolves in the Throne Room

2009 album: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM To Release New EP, Full-Length Album

The third WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM full-length, "Black Cascade" will follow on March 31 via Southern Lord.

# posted by DJ Martian 10:41 PM

  Music Links Roundup - Update - January 11th

2009 plans @ Rune Grammofon News:

2009 looks to be a great year, in addition to 'Futuro' there are some excellent releases coming up from Bushman's Revenge, Jono El Grande, Spunk, In The Country, Circulasione Totale Orchestra, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra and more.




Artists

A Journey Down the Well

2009 album: CD Baby: A JOURNEY DOWN THE WELL: Sorry Monsters, I Have to Grow

They play and sing their anti-war songs with a choir; notes from the violin, cello and piano fall from the sky. It’s the time contemporary classical music meets post-rock.

myspace: A Journey Down the Well

Afrobutt

2009 album: RA: Afrobutt's world of Wunder. Music News

Electric Minds will release Afrobutt's Wunderbutt on February 17, 2009.

Black Tape for A Blue Girl

news update: MySpace.com Blogs - Studio update | recording with Brian Viglione - black tape for a blue girl (recording new CD) MySpace Blog

Studio update | recording with Brian Viglione

I was in the studio most of last week, working on the new album, 10 Neurotics. Two days were spent recording drum kit and percussion with new band member, Brian Viglione (The Dresden Dolls, WORLD/INFERNO). On Saturday we listening and mixed, on Sunday I got a handle on the track "Inch Worm" which has been attempting to get away from me for many many month. Brian and I made a lot of progress on these songs, giving them an aurally lush environment and shape that pushes them beyond the initial versions I started with. I am really excited about these songs! They feel alive, visceral, and immediate. They are more acoustic and traditional in structure then what I have written in the past; definitely less swirly and ambient, but with the same dark moods, chord changes and sonic sensitivity that you expect. Black tape for a blue girl, sounds like a "band" rather than a "soundscape." .....

Gui Boratto

2009 album: RA: TheFeed - Gui Boratto album art and title revealed!

"Take My Breath Away" out March 23rd

Sylvain Chauveau

RA: Sylvain Chauveau writes The Black Book Of Capitalism. Music News

Type will release Sylvain Chauveau's The Black Book Of Capitalism on February 17, 2009.

and DOTSHOP.SE - Sylvain Chauveau: The Black Book of Capitalism

Type (TYPE025CD)
January 19th, 2009

Flunk

2009 album: FLUNK Latest news

The upcoming Flunk album will be finished soon, release date is set
to May 25. The album is to be called 'This Is What You Get'.

Svarte Greiner

2009 album: RA: Svarte Greiner preps Kaape. Music News

Type will release Svarte Greiner's Kappe on March 02, 2009.

Grizzly Bear

news update: Grizzly Bear Return This Year - Grizzly Bear news on Clickmusic - in May

Tim Hecker

2009 album: RA: Tim Hecker imagines a country. Music News

Kranky will release Tim Hecker's An Imaginary Country in February.

Jeniferever

2009 album: MySpace.com Blogs - New year, new album, new label, new tours. - Jeniferever MySpace Blog

New year, new album, new label, new tours.

Hi all.

We're happy to announce the release of our second album titled 'Spring Tides'.

The album will be released in April on Monotreme Records worldwide(except for
Japan,info on this will soon be announced). It's been nearly three years since the release of our last album so we're all very excited to let all of you take part of what we've worked with since then. The exact release date will be decided within a couple of weeks and will be posted
here as soon as it is. Soon there will also be something new from the album for you to listen to.

Low Frequency in Stereo

2009 album streaming: ROBERT WYATT AND STUFF: Low Frequency in Stereo: Futuro

You may now listen to Low Frequency in Stereo's album "Futuro" (out on Rune Grammofon 12 January) on the band's MySpace site.

Lycia

Lycia reformed to play live: Lycia Concert Review by Jason Corbett | alterati

The legendary darkwave/ethereal act Lycia played their first show in ten years Saturday night in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Marina & The Diamonds

introducing: Marina & The Diamonds on BIGSTEREO

Othon

introducing...OTHON, Digital Angel - Boomkat

Featuring vocal performances from Marc Almond, Current 93's David TIbet and Ernesto Tomasini this debut album by Othon, who has previously made a name for himself providing soundscapes for Derek Jarman and Bruce LaBruce films.

Phoenix

2009 album: Rock Sellout - Blog Archive - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Phoenix announced on its official website today that their forthcoming album is officially in the can. The release date hasn’t been announced at this point (Spring of 2009 is all that’s been shared), but the album will be titled Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.

Strawberry Fields

introducing: Ytsejam.com - Your Progressive Rock One-Stop - Strawberry Fields joins Myspace community!

Strawberry Fields – this fascinating project was created by Wojtek Szadkowski, a highly acclaimed musician known best from his work with Collage, Satellite or Peter Pan. The band’s music is a strange blend of the old and the new, of rock guitars and soft keyboards, loops and psychedelic soundscapes. But what is most important here is the magical voice of Robin (Marta Kniewska), a beautiful female lead singer. On the band’s debut album entitled “Rivers Gone Dry” Marta is supported by the intelligent guitar play of Sarhan Kubeisi (Satellite), simple yet effective bass lines of Jarek Michalski (Satellite), and Wojtek Szadkowski's drums. Guest appearance was done by keyboardist Krzyś Palczewski (Satellite). It’s a perfect album for the lovers of such bands as Goldfrapp, Portishead or Massive Attack. Marta’s voice will also satisfy fans of Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering/ Agua De Annique).

myspace: Strawberry Fields

Sweet Billy Pilgrim

2009 album: { sweetbillypilgrim.com } the official Sweet Billy Pilgrim website

Sweet Billy Pilgrim's new album "Twice Born Men" will be released in early 2009 via David Sylvian's SamadhiSound label. The brand new sweetbillypilgrim.com is to be launched very soon.

Click here to join the SamadhiSound mailing list. You will be mailed news updates on the Sweet Billy Pilgrim album and be the first to know when the new website is online.

Tadeo

2009 album: DOTSHOP.SE - Tadeo: Contacto

NET28 (NET28CD2)
January 19th, 2009

For Tadeo everything seems to be about Madrid, and his debut album, Contacto, where techno breathes again with new and recovered energies, is a declaration of love to his city, even if the language of the album is cosmology and Tadeo´s own fascination with universe.

Vetiver

2009 album: Vetiver sign to Bella Union Records. Album due in March. | The Line Of Best Fit

Vetiver - the songwriting vehicle of the hugely talented Andy Cabic - have inked a deal with Bella Union records for the UK and European release of their 4th album Tight Knit.

# posted by DJ Martian 9:07 PM

Friday, January 09, 2009

  Music Links Roundup - Update - January 9th

Some links of interest:

Little Boots tops music tips list: BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Sound of 2009

Synth-pop singer Little Boots comes top of the BBC's Sound of 2009 list, which highlights the best new music talent.

Xfm tips for 2009: Xfm'ss Ones To Watch In 2009 - Xfm

Behind the music: Is the long tail a myth? | Music | guardian.co.uk - IMHO the long tail does exist in music !

2009 producers: FactMagazine - Producers to watch in 09

blissblog: "minimal 's dead/ dance-criticism's dud/ dance music's directionless"

Norway at Midem: Music Export Norway : Norway at Midem 2009

Almost 40 companies will be represented at the Norwegian stand at Midem 2009. Here is the list.

Bristol dubstep: BBC - Radio 1 - Mary Anne Hobbs - Bristol Scene

Bristol: Rise Up
by Benjamin Slinger

compilation: RA: Going Loco in The Lab. Music News

NRK Sound Division will release Loco Dice's The Lab on 13th March, 2009.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:58 PM

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

  Terrorizer Top 40 Albums of 2008

Terrorizer magazine Top 40 Albums of 2008

previously i mentioned the top 20, here is the full 40 list

01. ENSLAVED - Vertebrae (Indie Recordings)
02. CYNIC - Traced In Air (Season Of Mist)
03. NACHTMYSTIUM - Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1 (Candlelight)
04. GOJIRA - The Way Of All Flesh (Listenable)
05. TORCHE - Meanderthal (Hydra Head)
06. MESHUGGAH - ObZen (Nuclear Blast)
07. OPETH - Watershed (Roadrunner)
08. METALLICA - Death Magnetic (Warner)
09. BLOODBATH - The Fathomless Mastery (Peaceville)
10. ESOTERIC - The Maniacal Vale (Season Of Mist)
11. EARTH - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull (Southern Lord)
12. AC/DC - Black Ice (Sony)
13. ASVA - What You Don't Know Is Frontier (Southern Lord)
14. HAIL OF BULLETS - ...Of Frost And War (Metal Blade)
15. SEPTICFLESH - Communion (Season Of Mist)
16. DARKTHRONE - Dark Thrones And Black Flags (Peaceville)
17. LEVIATHAN - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life (Moribund)
18. GRAND MAGUS - Iron Will (Rise Above)
19. HARVEY MILK - Life... The Best Game In Town (Hydra Head)
20. SATYRICON - The Age Of Nero (Roadrunner)
21. DEICIDE - Til Death Do Us Part
22. TRAP THEM - Seizures in barren praise
23. MOSS - Sub Templum
24. MELVINS - Nude With Boots
25. GENGHIS TRON - board up the house
26. AURA NOIR - Hades Rise
27. VIRUS - The Black Flux
28. BLOOD CEREMONY - Blood Ceremony
29. ORIGIN - Antithesis
30. JEX THOTH - Jex Thoth

via ILM: Rolling Metal Thread 2009

# posted by DJ Martian 4:58 PM

  IT'S A TRAP! new design

Scandinavian music blog / portal It's a trap has a fresh new design for 2009: ITSATRAP2009 - subscribe to the it's a trap! rss feed for all the latest Scandinavian music news !

# posted by DJ Martian 2:58 PM

  Norway's Spellemannprisen nominees announced

BETA - NoMusic - Norwegian Grammys …and the nominees are

Spellemannprisen, the Norwegian Grammy equivalent, announced the nominees for Best Everything of 2008. Here’s to us telling you how it will turn out, and how it should turn out.

Full information @ MIC Norway: Spellemannprisen nominees announced

The nominations for the 2008 Spellemannsprisen - the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy - have now been announced.


The nominees:

Female artist

Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons (Det Er Mine)

Ingrid Olava - Juliet’s Wishes (EMI Music Norway)

Maria Mena - Cause And Effect (Sony Music)

Marit Larsen - The Chase (EMI/Virgin)

Male artist

Bjørn Eidsvåg - Pust (Petroleum/Sony Music)

Julian Berntzen - Rocket Ship Love (Universal Music)

Thom Hell - God If I Saw Her Now (Voices Of Wonder)

Åge Aleksandersen og Sambandet - Katalysator (EMI Music Norway/Solregn)

Pop group

Lester - This Village (Deaf Ear Records)

Real Ones - All For The Neighbourhood (Warner Music)

The Margarets - Twenty Years Erased (Division Records as)

Electronica

Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too (Smalltown Supersound)

Mental Overdrive - You Are Being Manipulated (Smalltown Supersound)

Skatebård - Cosmos (Digitalo Enterprises)

Contemporary classical

Ellen Ugelvik - George Crumb: Makrokosmos I-II (Simax Classics)

Nordic Voices - Djånki Don (Aurora)

Rolf Wallin/Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester - Act (Ondine)

Rock

Grand Island - Boys & Brutes (Racing Junior)

Lukestar - Lake Toba (Phone Me)

Motorpsycho - Little Lucid Moments (Rune Grammofon)

Tommy Tokyo & Starving For My Gravy - Smear Your Smiles Back On (Warner Music)

Blues

Good Time Charlie - Mojo Energy (Good Time Charlie Records)

Orbo & The Longshots - High Roller (Blue Mood/Grappa)

Rita Engedalen - The Tree Still Standing (Grammofon)

Country

Ida Jenshus - Color Of The Sun (Universal Music)

Ila Auto - Over The Next Hill (Auto Records)

Rita Eriksen - Hjerteslag (BigBox Music as)

Roy Lønhøiden - Når Dagen Demrer Blått (NorskAmerikaner)

Metal

Benea Reach - Alleviat (Tabu Recordings)

Enslaved - Vertebrae (Indie Recordings)

Keep of Kalessin - Kolossus (Indie Recordings)

Hip-hop

Chris Lee - Worry No (Oslo Records)

Karpe Diem - Fire Vegger (Bonnier Music)

Madcon - An Inconvenient Truth (Bonnier Amigo Music)

Traditional folk music

Flukt - Stille Før Stormen (Etnisk Musikklubb)

Gjermund Larsen Trio - Ankomst (Heilo)

John Ole Morken - Slåtter Fra Hessdalen, Haltdalen og Ålen (Etnisk Musikklubb)

Ragnhild Furebotten & Tore Bruvoll - Hekla Stålstrenga (Ta:Lik)

Popular dance orchestra

Ingemars - I Finnskogens Rike (Tylden & Co)

Sogns - Det Koster Å Vara Kar (BigBox Music as)

Steinar Engelbrektson Band - Rabalder (Tylden & Co)

Jazz

Helge Lien Trio - Hello Troll (Ozella/Musikklosen)

Mathias Eick - The Door (ECM/Grappa)

Moment - Paradiso (Schmell)

Radka Toneff - Butterfly (Curling Legs as)

Classical

Henning Kraggerud - Eugéne Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas For Solo Violin (Simax Classics)

Leif Ove Andsnes & Det Norske Kammerorkester - Mozart: Piano Concertos 17 & 20 (EMI Classics)

Trondheimsolistene - Divertimenti (Lindberg Lyd as)

Folk

Halvdan Sivertsen - Mellom Oss (EMI Music Norway/Nordaførr)

Odd Børretzen/Lars Martin Myhre - Syv Sørgelige Sanger og Tre Triste (BigBox Music as)

Odd Nordstoga - Pilegrim (Universal Music)

Vamp - St. Mandag (Majorstudio as)

Open Class

Annbjørg Lien - Waltz With Me (Heilo)

Farmers Market - Surfin’ USSR (Ipecac)

H.K.H. Kronprinsesse Mette-Marits Utvalgte Salmer - Sorgen og Gleden (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)

Lars Horntveth - Kaleidoscopic (Smalltown Supersound)

Children’s music

Klaus Sonstad - Indianer Cowboy (Universal Music)

Maj Britt Andersen - Pulverheksas Jul (Egmont/Barneselskapet)

Trondheim Sinfonietta - Så Rart…! (Øra Musikk as)

Newcomer of the year

Erlend Bratland - True Colors (Sony Music)

Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart (Nightliner/Universal)

Ingrid Olava - Juliet’s Wishes (EMI Music Norway)

Katzenjammer - Le Pop (Propeller Recordings)

Music video of the year

Beady Belle - Self-Fulfilling (Jazzland Records/Sonet/Universal)

Madcon - Liar (Bonnier Amigo Music)

Madrugada - Look Away Lucifer (Malabar Recording Company)

Maria Mena - All This Time (Sony Music)

Thom Hell - My Heart Is Longing For A Soul (Voices Of Wonder)

Vinner kåres ved publikumsavstemning

Hit of the year

Erlend Bratland - ”Lost”

Espen Lind - “Scared Of Heights”

Maria Haukaas Storeng - “Hold On Be Strong”

Marit Larsen - “If A Song Could Get Me You”

The BlackSheeps - “Oro Jaska Beana”

# posted by DJ Martian 2:35 PM

  Mungolian Jet Set - 2009 Double Album: We Gave It All Away, Now We’re Taking It Back

via Øyafestivalen news of a double album by Norway's Mungolian Jet Set:

The next release, the double album ‘We Gave It All Away, Now We’re Taking It Back’ will be out on Smalltown Supersound during the spring of 2009

Myspace: Mungolian Jet Set

# posted by DJ Martian 1:34 PM

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

  Music Links Roundup - Update - January 6th

Some links of interest:

Ron Asheton: Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton dies, aged 60 | Music | guardian.co.uk



do you believe in cultural cycles with the year ending in 9: Pop Tarts Suck Toasted: The Have It: Historical Reasoning Why 2009 Will Be A Great Year for Music

electronic dance music this month: RA: RA release advice: January 2009. Music News

HMV / Fopp plans for 2009: HMV to keep faith with high street despite collapse of rivals - The Sunday Mail

new issue of Plan B magazine

shock radio veteran Richard Skinner joins xfm for the weekday morning slot Radio Today with United Radio: Richard Skinner joins XFM

Skinner will present weekdays 9am-12pm in London and from 10am to midday in Manchester. With almost four decades of broadcasting experience behind him, including extensive stints at Radio 1, Capital FM and Virgin Radio,

2008 music books: KEXP Blog - Blog Archive - Scribes Sounding Off: 2008’s Best Books About Popular Music (And Not So Popular Music, And Even One Book About Classical Music)

SXSW artists list: donewaiting.com - SXSW Band List 2009: Confirmed and Unconfirmed

check out NME's tips for 2009: Listen To NME's 10 Tips For 2009 - New Music Radar - NME.COM


Artists

Atom

2009 album: RA: Robert Henke documents Atom. Music News

Imbalance Computer Music will release Robert Henke's Atom/Document on January 20, 2009.

The Avalanches

news update: Teletext Planet Sound News: - Avalanches finish album?

The Avalanches have finished their new album, according to the head of their Australian record label, Modular.

Ava Inferi

news update: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - AVA INFERI Completes Work On New Album

Behemoth

news update: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - BEHEMOTH Preparing To Enter Studio

Clan of Xymox

news update: Gothtronic | News: CLAN OF XYMOX Announce New Album and Concerts

Detonation

news update: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - DETONATION Hard At Work On New Material

DiskJokke

news update: BETA - NoMusic - DiskJokke is a tease

Intrusion

2009 album: RA: Intrusion gets seduced by silence. Music News

Stephen Hitchell, one-half of the acclaimed duo Echospace, will go solo early next year under the name Intrusion with a full-length entitled The Seduction of Silence.

In Vain

2009 album: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - IN VAIN: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed - Mantra

Kraftwerk

news update: RA: Kraftwerk leader calls it quits. Music News

Pet Shop Boys

2009 album Teletext Planet Sound News: PSB get Tchaikovsky help

Pet Shop Boys have confirmed details of new album Yes, out on March 23.

Red Harvest

news update: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - RED HARVEST Preparing To Record New Album

Reverence

news update: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - REVERENCE Signs With OSMOSE PRODUCTIONS

French black metallers REVERENCE have inked a deal with Osmose Productions. The band will enter Drudenhaus Studio in March with Neb Xort (ANOREXIA NERVOSA) to begin recording its third album for a late 2009 release. The CD will contain eight songs with a running time of nearly 60 minutes.

Röyksopp

2009 album announced: Röyksopp | New album 'Junior' out March 2009 out March 2009

Rudra

2009 album: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - RUDRA: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

'Brahmavidya: Transcendental I'

Matthew Shipp

2009 album: Avant Music News - New Matthew Shipp Coming Out on Thirsty Ear

Matthew Shipp : HARMONIC DISORDER
Release Date: January 27th, 2009 CD

Svalastog

New album: IR006 Svalastog: Timer

Swayzak

reissue: RA: Swayzak get ready to snowboard again. Music News

Syrach

news update: Metal News - Syrach Plans New Album ( Metal Underground . com )

Thesyre

news update: Way Too Loud! - Thesyre Album Almost Finished album due later this year on Osmose Productions

Throes of Dawn

news update: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - THROES OF DAWN Completes Recording New Album

# posted by DJ Martian 11:58 PM

  More 2009 Music Articles

Some links of interest:

2009 Music Articles

Print / Established Music websites

BBC - Newsbeat - Music - What are the big albums of 2009?

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Electric dreams for pop in 2009

Guitar bands and singer-strummer-songwriters have long been the staple of the British musical diet.

2009 will be a great year for pop music - The Daily Record

2009 preview: Introducing your new favourite bands | Music | The Guardian

Caroline Sullivan asks music industry tastemakers who they expect to set the pop world alight in the next 12 months

Highlights of 2009: Pop - Features, Music - The Independent

Lily Allen's second album, Jude Law as Hamlet, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough, Martin Amis on feminism – 2009 promises a variety of treats in the arts. Our critics predict what will make waves in the coming months

Manc music tips for 2009 - Music - CityLife


Discussion

2009 Music - Sound Opinions Message Board

wacky insight to NME users: Your Musical Predictions For 2009 - In The NME Office - NME.COM

Bloggers

Amplificasom: 10 x 10 = 2009

hearsay - most anticipated 2009 - most not my thang

highly recommended read: In League With Paton: Looking Back/Looking Forward

Swear I'm not Paul: Upcoming Brilliance: Sound of 2009

Sweeping The Nation: Sweeping The Nation Covermount: The Class Of 09 and Sweeping The Nation: Full lengths in brief

# posted by DJ Martian 12:22 AM

Saturday, January 03, 2009

  Top 1000 Albums of 2008 on rateyourmusic.com - plus Top 50 Feature

feature frozen in time - end of 2008 - the best 50 albums of 2008 according to rateyourmusic.com users: best albums of 2008 - Rate Your Music - include reviews.

A massive update on rateyourmusic.com: Top 1000 Albums of 2008 - Rate Your Music - Portishead came out on top.

# posted by DJ Martian 2:07 PM

Friday, January 02, 2009

  Terrorizer Magazine - New Issue and Terrorizer Top Albums of 2008

New issue of Terrorizer magazine now on sale in the UK. Issue 179 featuring Children of Bodom on the front cover.



Terrorizer #179 January 2009

Feature Highlights:
2009 PREVIEW
Slayer, Brutal Truth, Gorgoroth, Municipal Waste, Marduk, Paradise Lost, Cephalic Carnage, Mastodon, Lacuna Coil, Suicide Silence, Immortal, Job For A Cowboy, Integrity, Obituary, Lamb Of God, Devil Sold His Soul, Cauldron, Deicide. Voivod, Leaves’ Eyes, Naglfar, Arnocorps, Absu, Trigger The Bloodshed and Pestilence.

CHILDREN OF BODOM

EDGUY

SAXON

EPHEL DUATH

DEVIAN

ARCHITECTS

2008 READERS’ POLL REVEALED!

ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

Fear Candy 63: 21 Tracks!

More info:

Terrorizer - Issue 179

#179 - Fear Candy Track Listing

1 -- Behemoth -- At The Left Hand Ov God --4.57
2 -- Kreator -- Warcurse --4.10
3 -- Exmortem -- Black Opium --3.58
4 -- Sepultura -- What I Do! --2.03
5 -- Saxon -- Hellcat --3.58
6 -- Ephel Duath -- Guardian --3.21
7 -- Bullet -- Bite The Bullet --2.46
8 -- Seance -- Your Time Has Come --2.58
9 -- Edguy -- Ministry Of Saints (Edit) --3.52
10 -- Sirenia -- The Path To Destroy (Radio Edit) --3.33
11 -- The Arson Project -- Locust Swarm --1.08
12 -- S-Core -- Greaser One --4.13
13 -- Criminal Element -- Shots Fired --2.48
14 -- Azmaveth -- Master Of Light --3.09
15 -- Tyrann -- Soulburner --3.22
16 -- Aeveron -- The Embodiment Of All Misery --5.16
17 -- The Sorrow -- Where Is The Sun? --4.39
18 -- (the) Plasmarifle -- Star Light, Star Bright --2.41
19 -- Solitary -- Keep Your Enemies Closer --5.07
20 -- Hellfire -- Hell On Earth --4.04
21 -- Holy Blood -- The Patriot --4:09


BLABBERMOUTH.NET - ENSLAVED Vertebrae Crowned TERRORIZER Magazine's Album Of The Year top 20 albums of 2008 [the full top 40 published in Terrorizer magazine]

01. ENSLAVED - Vertebrae (Indie Recordings)
02. CYNIC - Traced In Air (Season Of Mist)
03. NACHTMYSTIUM - Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1 (Candlelight)
04. GOJIRA - The Way Of All Flesh (Listenable)
05. TORCHE - Meanderthal (Hydra Head)
06. MESHUGGAH - ObZen (Nuclear Blast)
07. OPETH - Watershed (Roadrunner)
08. METALLICA - Death Magnetic (Warner)
09. BLOODBATH - The Fathomless Mastery (Peaceville)
10. ESOTERIC - The Maniacal Vale (Season Of Mist)
11. EARTH - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull (Southern Lord)
12. AC/DC - Black Ice (Sony)
13. ASVA - What You Don't Know Is Frontier (Southern Lord)
14. HAIL OF BULLETS - ...Of Frost And War (Metal Blade)
15. SEPTICFLESH - Communion (Season Of Mist)
16. DARKTHRONE - Dark Thrones And Black Flags (Peaceville)
17. LEVIATHAN - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life (Moribund)
18. GRAND MAGUS - Iron Will (Rise Above)
19. HARVEY MILK - Life... The Best Game In Town (Hydra Head)
20. SATYRICON - The Age Of Nero (Roadrunner)

# posted by DJ Martian 11:34 PM

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