There are two version of The Skull Defekts ' new album "The temple" . First we have the CD version, an continuation of the "rock" direction exhibited by the band on "Blood spirits & drums are singing" . Drums, guitar, vocals and more drums playing riff-oriented jams -- they may not usually concede to typical pop idioms such as verses, chorus and so-on, but it most definitely rocks in solid head-nodding fashion. We also have the 2xLP version of "The temple" which takes all of the the same songs as the CD and [...]
The Skull Defekts - Waving When I saw The Skull Defekts play at PA's Lounge last year, they changed me. I didn't realize it at the time, of course. But as the days and weeks progressed, I knew there was something missing in my life. That was because most of the material they played live hadn't been released yet. But I needed to hear to this music again. There was a certain je [...]
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So I took a daytrip to Gothenburg Sweden to see Cheveu and Tyvek last sunday. They played at this cool little place called Utmarken . I don't need to say much more, just look at the proof that Cheveu are one of the greatest live bands touring right now: (Ignore the shaky drunken filming) Also filmed a few other shows over the last few weeks including Thomas Function at Funhouse and Skull Defekts at Revolver . [...]
Check out Nosordo's new website for details on their latest release, a self-titled LP from Oceans of Silver & Blood : http://www.nosordo.com/ The band is the duo of acclaimed Swedish artist Joachim Nordwall ( The Idealist , The Skull Defekts , iDEAL) and Brit Mark Wastell ( IST , The Sealed Knot ). Said album is limited to 300 copies of white vinyl.
"We keep on waving." Yes, they do. The Skull Defekts aim to tap into primal urges through rhythm and repetition, though what they mean by waving remains elusive. Not that it matters - I like a little mystery in my rock'n'roll. Read more in today's record review...
This limited tour/mailorder-only 7" from the DFX first real US jaunt this past month offers us a first taste of what to expect from the band's forthcoming long-player "The temple" (due out in February 2009) and is a direct continuation of the direction they were heading on their 2007 album "Blood spirits & drums are singing" : raw, repetitious and cult to the core. A-side "Waving" sees the band revisiting member Henrik Rylander 's garage roots for the very first time, except that the end result is far more sinister than anything Union [...]
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show: 01. Firefox AK - Techno tears 02. TALK 1 03. Hello Saferide - Anna 04. Sods - Copenhagen 05. Jonathan Johansson - En hand i himlen 06. TALK 2 07. Miss Li - I'm sorry, he's mine 08. Parker Lewis - Heart rate hill 09. Tiger Lou - Crushed by a crowd 10. Juvelen - [...]
Here's a video I shot of The Skull Defekts when I saw them play PA's Lounge the other night. Forgive the poor camera work. I was more interested in dancing than shooting a good video.
It seems like the only time I ever go to PA's Lounge is when everyone else doesn't. There was probably less than a dozen paying patrons at PA's last night and I'm pretty sure it's been that way every other time as well. Whatever. The music is just as good, if not better when there are less people around. Sound checking took decades and eventually the first band, locals Magic People, went on. Decent enough music. Kinda like Neptune meets Throbbing Gristle. (Disclaimer: I have no idea what Throbbing Gristle [...]
Updated US tourdates for The Skull Defekts : 10/03 - Death By Audio, Brooklyn, NY 10/04 - Talking Head, Baltimore, MD 10/05 - Sonic Circuits Festival @ Velvet Lounge, Washington DC 10/06 - Eclectic @ Wesylelan University, Middletown, CT 10/07 - AS220, Providence, RI 10/08 - PA's Lounge, Boston, MA 10/10 - Now Thats Class, Cleveland, OH 10/11 - Frankies, Toledo, OH 10/12 - High Concept Laboratories (early show), Chicago, IL 10/13 - The Pleasure Dome, Ypsilanti, MI [...]
Danish punkrockers Cola Freaks will be on tour in the US for the next month or so: 09/30 - The Mink, Houston, TX 10/01 - tba, New Orleans, LA 10/02 - The Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA w/ Carbonas 10/03 - Bull City Headquarters, Durham, NC 10/04 - Nara Sushi, Richmond, VA 10/06 - Urban Bike Project, Wilmington, DE 10/07 - The Catacombs, Providence, RI 10/08 - "Gorilla got time" Radio show, Boston, MA 10/09 - Mr. Roboto [...]
Nosordo's next release will be an LP from Oceans of Silver and Blood , the drone duo of Joachim Nordwall ( The Skull Defekts , Kid Commando , iDEAL) and string/sound artist Mark Wastell . The record will be out in late September and the pair will celebrate with a release show at Cafe Oto in London on September 21. Details: http://www.cafeoto.co.uk/progr amme/oceans.shtm
OK, so I've been kinda harsh with Norwegian bands in my last post.... well they sure are beaten by their Swedish neighbors. Here is an example. Buy Skull Defekts here . To noisy? try this one: Monica Zetterlund - Trubbel (1968) If you don't get the picture, go rent Trading Places for fuck sake.
The Skull Defekts will be touring the US East Coast in October with Talk Normal : 10/03 - Death By Audio, Brooklyn, NY w/ VAZ , Lary 7 10/04 - tba, Baltimore, MD 10/05 - Sonic Circuits Festival @ Velvet Lounge, Washington DC 10/06 - Eclectic @ Wesylelan University, Middletown, CT 10/07 - AS220, Providence, RI 10/08 - PA's Lounge, Boston, MA 10/10 - Now Thats Class, Cleveland, OH 10/11 - tba, Detroit, MI 10/12 [...]
Musique Machine on the new Skull Defekts album "Drone drug" : http://www.musiquemachine.com/ reviews/reviews_template.php?i d=1883
The Skull Defekts continue to be ridiculously prolific, but they are not ones to ever repeat themselves. 2007 already saw the release of "Skkull" , an all-electronic featuring the core three members and now we have "Blood spirits & drums are singing" , an album composed of heavy, rhythmic works using a more typical rock-band instrumentation. Of course, this still being Skull Defekts , there is still plenty of squawling noise which will greet you at the onset of today's mp3. However, once that fades away and the vocals come in, you'll [...]
The Skull Defekts emerge from their noisy past and create a somewhat more straightforward record. The sounds on Blood Spirits & Drums Are Singing aren't exactly what you'd expect from a band that once split a release with Wolf Eyes; the record owes much more to PiL than to John Wiese but the results are probably the band's most captivating yet. While the themes of doom and noise have been knocked down a notch, the band's attention to repetition and pounding rhythm meshes nicely with their newfound attention to post-punk's past. Grating, choppy guitars work their way over [...]
Dntel - Natural Resources (Sub Pop 2007) Dntel - Dumb Luck / Sub Pop Life is Full of Possibilities . "(This is) The Dream of Evan & Chan." The Postal Service. Give Up . Wouldn't it be great if every review said this in the first line for Jimmy Tamborello's latest Dntel release and then didn't mention it again? Is there anyone who isn't tired of hearing how the monumental success of Give Up (second only to Bleach in Sub Pop's [...]
There's a high profile and critically acclaimed Swedish band known as Skull Defects. They've been working the avante garde ultra experimental noise drone for a number of years but previously they were members of Union Carbide Productions, Kid Commando and have performed with Ken Vandermark, Mats Gustafsson and Lasse Marhaug. This is the kind of stuff you could write a dissertation on or at
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