My Summer as a Salvation Soldier is undergoing some changes these days. We have now transitioned into a fully functional band as opposed to just me and a random people. We are rehearsing and writing new material. I´ll post some stuff soon.

One of the four new members of the household.

I´ve been going through my recordings and found quite a lot of stuff I want to put out there. There should be a couple of cassette releases out soon that will compile a bunch of my unreleased stuff. Also The Devils is ready, I´m just waiting on record labels for it to be put out. So hopefully soon. Death is still available on cd-r and cassette from me. You can also get it/listen to it on my bandcamp site.

I´m also working on booking a us tour in the summer. If you think you can be of any help please do get in touch.

I can not describe in words how good this song is. They don´t seem to be able to disappoint.

Just posted the song Ghostbusters on the old myspace. It will be the first song on "The Devils". So give it a listen.

Those of you interested in getting a physical copy of Death. You can only do so directly through me on Cd-r or cassette. So.. get in touch if you want one. I´m only making a few copies of each.

Do you use reverbnation? Well.. I´m checking it out:

www.reverbnation.com/mysummerasasalvationsoldier

If you use that thing you should check it out. If you don´t. There´s not much for you there to be honest.

I am listening to Gary War. Have you heard them? They´re quite good.

So.. I have a new album available online. It's somewhat of a sister album to The Devils, which will be ready in the next couple of weeks and released by 12 Tónar and Lefse records at somepoint this year. But for now I'm only making this album (Death) available as a download and a few physical copies that can only be ordered directly from me. I might do a proper release for it later in the year. But we'll see. Well anyway, you can listen to it right here:

For those interested. The new Gavin Portland album is finally out. On cd and vinyl through our friends we deliver the guts. I'm am very excited about this album finally being out. So check it out. You can also listen to it at the Gavin Portland myspace.

There's my ep "Nýtt".. I's from my bandcamp site. I'm working on putting some stuff on that site so check it out.

Have you ever checked out gogoyoko ? You should, it's pretty cool. You can listen to a lot of Icelandic music on there for free. And you can of course buy it too. My first three albums are on there. And a lot of other stuff. It's cool. If you go on there I recommend you check out Kimono, Hudson Wayne and Reykjavík!.

Got a little mix I just made. Its, like my mixes usually are, just a few songs that I really like. Some old, some new. Just whatever I felt like putting on it.

1. Guided By Voices - As we go up, we go down (from Alien Lanes LP).

Whats there to say. GBV is one of my all time favorites and Alien Lanes is definitely one of my favorite albums of theirs. This is as classic a GBV song as they get. Just heard the latest Robert Pollard solo album the other day. It sounded great as was to be expected.

2. Cola Freaks - Dodt Batteri (from dodt batteri 7")

One of the many many many amazing danish punk bands around. Apparently they´ll be releasing their first full length album this year so that´s something I´m very excited about.

3. Thee Oh Sees - Sugar Boat (from Dog Poison LP)

A great song from a great band. Released two excellent albums in 2009 but I seem to be one of the few that prefers Dog Poison.

4. Chavez - The Guard Attacks (from Ride the Fader LP)

A 90s classic that´s way too often overlooked. Pure guitar-indie-rock genius.

5. Justin Ripley - Borrowers (from Just Just LP)

Don´t really know anything about this guy. But you can get his album for free on his website. As well as a rather splendid compilation of home recordings. Highly recommended.

6. Smog - Morality (from Supper LP)

Smog is another one of my absolute favorites. His albums as Smog and under his own name (Bill Callahan) are pretty much all great.

7. Slowblow - Is Jesus Your Pal (from Quicksilver Tuna LP)

An Icelandic classic. A beautiful lo-fi folk song. Kinda sounds like a lot of the stuff that´s popular these days.

8. Kurt Vile - Don´t get cute (from Constant Hitmaker LP)

You probably all know Kurt Vile by now. As you should. This is just one of the many great songs he´s released.

9. Vollmar - Tell the dirt (from Tell the dirt LP)

Justin Vollmar is an criminally underrated songwriter. He also happens to be a friend of mine and I´ve been lucky enough to play a handful of shows with him. All his albums are great but his latest one (tell the dirt) is probably his best. Go check him out.

10. Bonnie Prince Billy - Wolf among wolves (from Master and Everyone LP)

There´s not a lot to say about Will Oldham. He writes great songs and releases great albums. But you probably all know that by now.


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Last Saturday I played with two very different but great bands I feel the need to blog about on here.

Saturday night my band the deathmetal supersquad played the release show for our friends Beneaths new ep. Beneath play rather awesome heavy deathmetal that comes highly recommended.



Earlier in the day my summer as a salvation soldier played and in store at the lovely Havarí record store with old pals Hudson Wayne who recently came out of hibernation with a new album which is already becoming a strong contender for the album of the year.



Hudson Wayne are heading on a tour of Germany with Seabear. You should check out a show if you can.

Sometime last year I released an EP. It´s called "nýtt". You can get it at Lefse records homepage as well as most mp3 stores on the net (itunes, emusic etc..).

I´ve finished recording two new albums. One is basically ready and the other one is being mastered sometime next week. I´m not 100% on when and how they´ll be released yet but I´ll sort that all out soon.

Albums of the year 2009: A list I made for another website.

1. Cult Ritual - s/t
2. Blacklisted - No one deserves to be here more than me
3. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
4. Tentacles of Doom - Dansað við Lík
5. Intelligence - Fake Surfers
6. Urban Blight - More Reality
7. Blank Dogs - Under and under
8. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I wish we were an eagle
9. Kimono - Easy music for difficult people
10. The Shitty Limits - Beware the limits

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