Music Review: Finnish Folk-Metal, in Swedish, Plus Trolls
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On Thursday night B. B. King Blues Club & Grill was invaded by trolls. The occasion was a concert by Finntroll, a folk-metal band from Finland that is obsessed with all things trollish.
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Finland's NORTHER will enter Astia Studios in Lappeenranta, Finland in December to record a new, as-yet-untitled EP.
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This week in my random survey of activity on the mail-lists for Linux sound &amp; music software I'll look at two very different software drum machines and a keystroke macro that enters LilyPond music notation into an Open Office text document. And if that isn't enough I've included four thrilling screenshots and links to three entertaining audio files to entice and maintain your interest. Read on for more...
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New releases from the Killers, Beck, Evanescence and the Decemberists.
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Mal e i Primitive, New Trolls, Procol Harum e Creedence
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Comment is free: Timothy Garton Ash: Spain struggles to find new words while Kosovo seeks a song of its own. La Marseillaise shows us how it's really done
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Finland's NORTHER have set an April 19 tentative release date for their new EP, "Solution 7". The CD will contain five songs, including an as-yet-undisclosed re-recording of an old song.
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Launches music bore store and portal It's never been cool, and its critics say that it's boring and bland, with all the style of a Soviet tractor factory. But it churns out a frightening amount of stuff each year, and it makes pots and pots of money. And its logo is absolutely everywhere. But that's enough about The Ministry Of Sound.â¦
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An eclectic array of collaborators has given new life to the lyrics a folk trailblazer left behind. A rare concert recording has surfaced too.
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Finnish cello-rockers APOCALYPTICA have set "Apocalyptica" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in February 2005.
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There is not always agreement between the piano and the voice in Schubertâs song cycle âDie SchÃ¶ne MÃ¼llerin.â
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Tycho:   One of the questions during a a panel at PAX had to do with the italicised line at the end of each day's post.  They're almost always song lyrics, and back before we were paying for bandwidth (and before RIAA rape gangs were prowling the web) these lines used to link directly to the MP3.  I maintained the practice afterward because it's sort of like a song of the day, and I like the idea that someone might be struck by a strange turn of phrase and seek out a piece of music.  It also serves as a gauge of my mental state at the moment.  Today's song, for example, is Stan Rodgers' incredible live version of the sea shanty "Rolling Down To Old Maui," which Pandora kicked out after about a week of tuning the station.  I've listened to it about thirty times today.    The person who asked the question at the con complimented my musical tastes, and I accepted the compliment, but I'm almost always late to the scene.  I just bought Interpol's "Turn On The Bright Lights," for chrissakes.  I'm mostly lucky to know people who do have unique library.  I told him I would mention a few of my favorite bands on the site, but then I forgot.  Essentially, it's music that cool people were listening to a decade ago (where applicable).  I am a musical carrion bird.    He wanted me to list off a few bands, and I said I would last week, but then I forgot.  These are the first ten albums I could think of.    "Starless" by Shiner
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The singer's new album shows that pop music Svengalis, weird and controlling  as they may be, are sometimes necessary
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The 2004 installment of the Finnish Metal Music Awards (Sirkkelirock 2004) will be held at the Tavastia club in Helsinki on January 8, 2005.
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Pritam and Gulzar come up with a pleasant, ear-pleasing album.
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At first glance, Les Seules might look like an all-girl rock band - complete with sassy attitudes and fawning male groupies - but the Swedish septuplet doesn't play instruments. They play competitive video games.
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'Turbo-folk' - a musical style identified with the Milosevic era - is still all the rage in Serbia, Matt Prodger reports.