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TGIF right guys? Whew!
Here's a little (well ok, not so little at 8+ minutes long) electro-rock jam to finish off this week by Sweden's Audionom. They've been pretty big in the alternative scene over there for a while, having formed in the late 90s... and broken up and re-formed multiple times. Their sound is pretty fierce. Synths and guitars all wailing at once, some of their songs are downright heavy - some are hard and fast, just dripping sweat and energy, others (like this one) are slow burners, but are no less hot and ready for some ass kicking. It is excellent. For those of you who've been following along here at MFR may hear echoes of Norway's 120 Days in their sound - as clearly influenced by krautrock and experimental music like Neu! and Brian Eno, as the post-punk of Joy Division, and wall of sound of My Bloody Valentine. If anything, 120 Days sound like Audionom, since the Swedes have been making music as a band for quite a bit longer.
Their full-length debut of sorts (apparently they've only actually released a 7" and a split-12" with Sickoakes so far) is called Retrospektiv, and it covers recordings the band produced from 1999 to 2002. The album is available in Europe already, but it is finally being released here in the US by our friends over at Kemado in just a couple weeks time. Have a look at Kemado's Audionom page over here for more information, a stream of the song "And You Thought I Was The Only One" and the video for "Revlis" - these should give you a pretty good idea of what Audionom is all about. You should also check their Myspace page for more music and info. Apparently they're working on new material, so that should make some of you really happy. I've listened to Retrospektiv all the way through a bunch of times - three times today alone - and it is truly excellent. Highly recommended.
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PS: There's some hot party action this weekend here in New York - Tonight Dirty Down hits Lit, with guest DJs from the Trouble&Bass crew for the Captain's birthday; whilst back in BKLYN, Studio B has Hello, Nurse! with (amazing but true) EGYPTIAN LOVER! Along with Jamie Jupiter, In Flagranti and Max Pask, DJ Duane, Cool Gypsy Bogdan, and Justin Carter + Probus. Hugeness.
Tomorrow (Saturday night) Studio B has Z-Trip and the Bangers throwing down; The Creature gives you another chance to catch In Flagranti, at Midway if you miss 'em on Friday...
There's other parties and other cities (JDH + Dave P in Chicago TONIGHT!), so feel free to add your favs in the comments, and be on the lookout for some crazy stuff coming up later this month!