Biker Boy's new April single is now online: http://www.myspace.com/bikerboymusic
As hinted at last week, here are some US tourdates for Swedish shoegazers The Mary Onettes:
05/08 - Popscene, San Francisco, CA
05/10 - Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA
05/12 - Hi Dive, Denver, CO
05/13 - Recordbar, Kansas City, MO
05/14 - The Bluebird, St Louis, MO
05/23 - Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY
05/24 - Middle East, Boston, MA
PowerSolo will do a string of shows in France and Spain this April before returning to the US for a fresh batch of dates on the East Coast. Dates and details at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/powersolo
You can now hear new tracks that Park Hotell recorded with Jari Haapalainen (The Bear Quartet, Laakso, etc.) at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/parkhotell
The band still remains unsigned and is actively seeking a label to work with.
The video for the new single "Suburbia" from Danish act Spleen United is now at YouTube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=zWblgt_xpco
The Fine Arts Showcase is booked to go into the studio in April to record their next album, tentatively titled "Dalit Songs" or "Dolophine Smile". In other news, the "Sings Rough Bunnies" album has been licensed to the (non-major) label Universal Records in the Philippines.
Finnish act King Of All The Animals (ft. members from Tigerbombs) have added new music to their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/kingofalltheanimals
Fy Fan is not so stoked on their appearance in Nordic Tattoo Magazine: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=119755903&blogID=371948360
Norwegian act Superfamily has now added the track "Bitches on the scene" (the next single?) to their myspace player: http://www.myspace.com/superfamily
The video for the new Lukestar single "The shade you hide" is now online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHN-rl0fqtQ
I've said it before and I'll say it again: this will probably end up being my favorite release of 2008.
Discobelle has a new track from Swedish rap artist Henok Achido: http://www.discobelle.net/2008/03/31/henok-achido-can-i-exclusive/
Finnish electronic act Musti Laiton (which translates as "Blackie Lawless") is giving away their new album "Megacity chillout" as a free download: http://www.mustilaiton.net/megacity_chillout.htm
We just passed the 29th day of the month so that means that Adrian Recordings has a new Dmitry Fyodorov single for download. March's track is called "Signal": http://www.adrianrecordings.com/Signal.mp3
Here is the It's a Trap! Last.fm listening group top 10 albums of the week:
01. Caesars – Strawberry Weed
02. The Mary Onettes – The Mary Onettes
03. Håkan Hellström – Ett kolikbarns bekännelser
04. Okkervil River – The Stage Names
05. Jens Lekman – When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog
06. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names – #3
07. Kings of Convenience – Quiet Is the New Loud
08. Hot Chip – The Warning
09. Death Cab for Cutie – Plans
10. Kings of Convenience – Riot on an Empty Street
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Antenna reviews the new Red Harvest remix/rarity collection "The red line archives": http://www.antenna.nu/?p=57