Review: V/A - Turist i tillvaron #6

V/A Turist i tillvaron #6 (LP)
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This compilation serie are amazing as usual. The standard of Swedish bands really makes me proud. The 16 bands creates a good mix of genres. One of the best band is Utanförskapet who sounds much like Uncurbed, I can really recommend to buy their LP from Rawby records or Fight back records. Dobermann Cult is a band that I've just heard of but never listen to, I wonder why because their hardcore is fucking excellent. If you are into Swedish punkrock this compilation will offer you a bunch of good bands like: Ligisterna, Knivderby and Psykbryt. One of the best band on the compilation is The Sweetshow who play some kind of punk/psychobilly with female vocals. Alison Blaire is another good band with female vocals as well, their Ramones influenced punkrock really appeal to me. I have to mention Planet Trash, a good old band that still knows how to make it. Well, the best bands in my opinion is: Utanförskapet, Kaos kris & Helvete and Lysande Utsikter which contribute with 2 tracks, I love the (female) vocals and the dirty punkrock. The worst band is Pusrad, just a pity that they contribute with 5 tracks, the good thing is that these tracks are very short. Söderberg makes a perfectly ok cover of the old Ebba Grön song "Vad ska du bli". All in all is it a good compilation, maybe not the best in the serie but in the other hand does some of the bands belong to the best bands in the serie.  

Review: Turist i tillvaron Vol.5

V/A Turist i tillvaron Vol.5 (LP)
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This compilation serie is fucking impressive, this is the 5th volume and 80 bands has been introduced so far. And it's ONLY swedish bands, Turist i tillvaron is the proof that the swedish scene are fucking strong. There is bands from north to south and east to west and every volume have lot's of good bands from all kind of punk genres. I guess that everybody knows that we have a b big pile of good hc/crust bands but it's the soft/punkrock bands who have impressed most, like Vånna Inget, Nobelkommittén and Glidslem from the earlier volumes.

On this volume I will put some highlight on Brottsvåg! and The Volcano, two good punkrock bands. Gatans Lag is good as always, their song about hipsters is one of the best tracks this year, I have liked their street-ish punkrock from the beginning. More punkrock will you get from Math and the Blah Blah Blahs, Hjärtattack and Jealous Cowards. There is some good hardcore acts on this volume where Angelpiss is the first band out and probably the best as well, both Fredag den 13:e and Sub Alert has never been a disappointment for me and not this time either. Spiknykter and Utbrott are two new acquaintances and I like their hardcore punk.

UX Vileheads sounds a bit like The Exploited and that can never wrong. Lurken Boogie Band is pretty fun but I think you have to be a swede to enjoy them, or? So who's left... Blåslampa, Vinnarcirkeln and Nedslagsplats. None of them are bad but the standard is high and all bands can't really make it all the way. A big thanx to Sörling who release this compilation serie, Vol. 6 will be out in March 2013.

Review: Turist i tillvaron Vol.3

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Yet another compilation from Turist i Tillvaron are now released. The different genres are significant for this compilation collection. I find both old and new acquaintances. The Negatives who've belong to one of my favorite bands for a long time give me strong pogo feelings with their brilliant punkrock. Hyrda Knektar, another punkrock band, but with more pop feelings than The Negatives suprise me in a positive way. Uppgång & Fall have that classic swedish 80.s punkpop sound and the female/male vocals make it really good. Vervain, who use to be a good band isn't good this time, I think they have to decide how they wanna sound, it's the vocals who disturb me most it just doesn't sound good. The crust/hardcore bands on this volume is the mediocre Total Aggression, the good Träshers and another good band Livet som insats who play really raw and fast kängcore. Just like Uppgång & Fall have Vånna Inget that old punkpop sound, and I think it's allt the bands from that genre I like most from the Turist i tillvaron compilations. I didn't realize how good Vånna Inget really are, I wanted more and found more on Spotify, I have to buy their records when I get more money. Antipati is the last band on this volume, and if you've read all reviews in this issue do you already know how much I like them.

Review: Turist i tillvaron Vol.2

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Vol.1 was still hot when Sörling released Vol.2 with 16 more bands. And the standard are high on this volume as well. This is a true proof of swedish punks greatness. Even if I think that Vol.1 is better is there a lot of fantastic bands. One of them is the crust/hc band Brottskod 11. Another good band is The Baboon Show who play a very obstinate kind of punkrock. And for the variation can we find Oi! influenced Vindicate This!, Fru Dörr - a band that could have participated on the classic compilation Varning för punk! and not to forget the fucking raw Insidious Process who I like very much. Kaffekatt and Thurneman are two distinctive hardcore bands, I like them a lot. Trubbel and Tomma Händer play swedish punk not too far from bands like Asta Kask and Troublemakers and so does Mimikry as well who is this volumes veterans. The only band I don't like is Headons, but what the fuck, that's just one song. If you want this LP, send a mail to the email above or get in touch with any of the bands I've mention.

Review: Turist i tillvaron Vol.1

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This compilation, released by Mikael Sörling, will probably be just as classic as the famous swedish compilations from Really Fast. And just how Really Fast was arranged is this the best from the Swedish punk scene in the present. And you will find all kinds of different punk genres. Like the fast and furious Dick Tracy to streetpunkish Prins Carl via GBH-influenced Suicide Syndicate. Spotlicks, Glidslem and Ernst and the Edsholm Rebels has all been interviewed in earlier issues of Schizo Fanzine. And as you already know are Spotlicks one of my favorite bands, old school swedish punkrock, and Rikard must be the best bass player ever. Another band that give me 80.s punkrock feelings are Strindberg Som Tortyr. There is a bunch of bands I've just heard of but I have never listen to them. Slöa Knivar are one of them, and they surprise me in a positive way. I my opinion are Black Feet the best band on the entire compilation. You will get 19 tracks from 16 bands. And there is no band that sounds like any of the other. This is what Sweden can offer right now and the high class make me proud. Rest of the bands: Bäddat för trubbel, Abjekt, Epidemics, Kronofogden, Varsel, Beyond pink and Snutjävel.

Related: Interview with Micke Sörling  

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Interview: Turist i tillvaron - Sörling

I am not a frequently blog reader, but there is one blog in swedish that I use to take a look at
once a day. It's Turist i tillvaron, written by Mikael Sörling. He has also released the fantastic
compilation LP's Turist i Tillvaron. They have become a big success in Sweden and I wanna
highlight this compilation for all people outside Sweden. Therefore will an interview with
Mikael Sörling follow... Oh, and by the way, here is the impressive line up's for the compilations...

Vol 1: Slöa Knivar, Strindberg som tortyr, Spotlicks, Ernst and the Edsholm rebels, Bäddat för trubbel, Dick Tracy, Abjekt, Black Feet, Suicide Syndicate, Epidemics, Kronofogden, Varsel, Beyond Pink, Snutjävel, Prins Carl, Glidslem.

Vol 2: Allvaret, Bittra Miner, Brottskod 11, Nars, Headons, Trubbel, Thurneman, Tomma Händer, The Baboon Show, Kaffekatt, Vindicate This!, Fru Dörr, Mimikry, Fubbix, Striker, Insidious Process.

Vol 3: Livet som insats, Antipati, Uppgång & Fall, Negatives, Total Aggression, Oldfashioned Ideas, Håll käften, vad vill du?, Scarlet Radio, Obnoxious Youth, The Flints, Vånna Inget, Vervain, Moralens Väktare, Ticking Bombs, Gråsuggorna, Hyrda Knektar.  Release date: april/maj 2012

Vol 4: Makabert Fynd, Burning Kitchen, Asta Kask, Nobelkommittén, Crash Nomada, Gamla Pengar, Aggrenation, Din Skevf, Desperat, Bombfors, Rännstensorkestern, Va!?, Våldsamt Motstånd, Tiger Bell, Le Muhr, Kapitano. Release date: later 2012

If you wanna get in touch with Mikael, send a email to: turistbloggen@gmail.com


Hey Mikael, you will soon release Turist i tillvaron 2. But what kind of response have you got since you released Turist i tillvaron 1?

So far I've only heard good things about vol 1. But I'm not that suprised, It's a great compilation done with a lot of love for the music.

How did you come up with the idea to release this kind of compilation?

I wanted to document the swedish scene at this moment, since it musikwise never have sounded it better than today. I did not want this to be a raw punk compilation or a crust comp or a street punk comp or any other subgenre to punk. I want Turist i tillvaron to be PUNK compilations, like old time favourite compilations as Really Fast, Life is a joke, Sicher gibt es bessere zeiten... etc. The idea? I've got it when I was out power walking last winter.

My opinion is that the swedish punk standard is very high, if you have to pick 3 bands from T.I.T 1, which will you choose?

Slöa Knivar, Spotlicks and Dick Tracy. Tomorrow I'll propably choose three others.

How many copys did you press of T.I.T 1 and how many will it be on T.I.T 2?

First press of vol 1 500 copies, second press 100. 501 of vol 2. No second press.

Do you know how many copys that have been sent out abroad? And yeah, how would you describe this compilation for people from abroad?

Very few actually. Just a couple for reviews to Germany, Finland, Usa, Canada, Czech Republic – maybe 20 copies of vol 1 and 2. A spanish distro bought 5 of each. I've got a lot of mails from distros/record shops in Usa and Japan, but they all stepped back when they heard about our fucked up postage prices. It sounds like a Really Fast-comp for 2011.

And for last, which is the swedish punk capital city right now?

Malmoe is still number one bandwise. But Gothenburg is really close.

And what do you wish for 2012?

That Aceh-punks gets all the mixtapes and that my football team, IFK Norrköping, do better this season.