“It really fucking hurts”. “A happy tattoo is worth a little pain”

Machinefabriek (ZXZW 2006) is really nice to us. He’s offering a free download for ‘De Jonge Jaren’, including 18 exclusive tracks he (Rutger Zuydervelt) produced in 2001 to 2004. You can download (115mb) the .zip file here. Enjoy!

Out on March 8th: The new Burzum record ‘Belus’. You can listen to previews of the songs on Amazon.com. Check it out!

This week, on Facebook, it’s doppelganger week. And yesterday, Mastodon played in the Melkweg in Amsterdam. We were there, but we could only think about this…

Tim Armstrong, the singer/guitarist from Rancid, has created an internet detective series. Svengali pays heavily respect to 70’s detectiveseries as Hawaii Five-0 and Starsky and Hutch, just like the musicvideo for Sabotage by The Beastie Boys. He will be portraying a cop and an evil scientist. The first episode aired this week on the website of Svengali. Above you can see the trailer.

Until the moment artists finally decide to make all their music available for free, we’re happy that at least some labels provide new tracks of upcoming records for free. It’s a first step… Here are some free downloadable tracks of records that might interest you:

Eluvium – The Motion Makes Me Last
The Besnard Lakes  – Albatross
Xiu Xiu – Gray Death
White Hinterland  – Icarus
Clogs – On The Edge
Rocky Votolato – Red River
Rafter – Paper
Rogue Wave – Good Morning
Dum Dum Girls – Jail La La
The Ruby Suns – Cranberry
The Softpack – Answer To Yourself
Seabear – Lion Face Boy
jj – Let’s Go
Love Is All – Kungen
Shearwater – Black Eyes
Balmorhea – Bowsprit
Pantha Du Prince – The Splendour
The Tallest Man On Earth – King Of Spain
Radar Brothers – Horse Warriors
Jack Rose – Woodpiles
Lali Puna – Remember
Drive By Truckers – This Fucking Job
Pierced Arrows – Let It Rain
We Are Wolves -  Blue
Frog Eyes – Frog In A Glove
Japanther – Spread So Thin

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So this is definitely one of the coolest things from 2011. A cruise, 5 days, 40 metal bands performing. Cheapest huts are only 666$ (+tax, but the 666 sounds pretty \m/ doesn’t it?). First bands announced are Amon Amarth, Sodom, Uli Jon Roth, Witchburner and more.

Check the awesome options and awesome trailer on http://www.70000tons.com/ and see you around in Miami!