Winter Took His Life is back from touring the US with a new website: http://www.wintertookhislife.net/
Enslaved on tour in the UK:
09/05 - The Village, Dublin (IRL)
09/07 - Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester (UK)
09/08 - Corporation, Sheffield (UK)
09/09 - Garage, Glascow (UK)
09/10 - Manchester Academy 2, Manchester (UK)
09/11 - Carling Academy Birmingham, Birmingham (UK)
09/12 - Mean Fiddler, London (UK)
Swedish rockers Thunder Express, the band fronted by Robert Persson of The Hellacopters, will be entering Studio Cobra next week to the record their sophomore album. Soundtrack of Our Lives guitarist Mattias Bärjed will produce.
Speaking of the 'Copters, the band is finally succumbing to the inevitable and will be releasing a best-of collection. Thankfully this one won't have one or two previously unreleased songs like most bands trying to cash in on their back-catalogue, but instead will do its best to serve the needs of peeps who may have never heard the band before or don't know where to start with their vast (and I do mean vast) discography. It'll be called "Air raid serenades" and here's the tracklist:
01. (Gotta Get Some Action) Now!
02. Ferrytale
03. Born Broke
04. Soulseller
05. You Are Nothing
06. Like No Other Man
07. Long Gone Losers
08. Move Right Out Of Here
09. The Devil Stole The Beat From The Lord
10. Venus In Force
11. Down Right Blue
12. Crimson Ballroom
13. Hopeless Case Of A Kid In Denial
14. Toys And Flavors
15. No Song Unheard
16. By The Grace Of God
17. Carry Me Home
18. It's Good But It Just Ain't Right
19. Turn The Wrong Key
20. Everything's On T.V.
21. I'm In The Band
22. Bring It On Home
No confirmed release date yet, but plan on mid-August. "Bring it on home" will also be released as a new single and a video by director frequest Hellacopters collaborator Amir Chamdin will be out soon.
Go here to check out a new interview with Snah from Motorpsycho translated from Japanese: http://motorpsychonews.blogspot.com/2006/06/interview-with-snah.html
Jimmy LeDrac has collaborated with Emrik from the Swedish funk act Stonefunkers on a new project. The first single is called "Fira med oss" and it also features Papa Dee.
Finnish indiepop act Cats On Fire has signed with German label Marsh-Marigold Records and will be releasing a full-length album with them soon.
Absolut Noise interviews Nina Kinert: http://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2006/06/interview-nina-kinert.html
There's still no new material yet from Norwegian post-rock act Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson, but their label How Is Annie has posted a previously unreleased demo track for download: http://www.howisannierecords.com/article.php?id=60&p=
Check out Disfear's diary from their recent US tour: http://www.kulspruta.com/Disfear/WEB/tourReport.asp?prmCategoryId=11&prmSubCategoryId=47&prmCategoryToShow=47
Norwegian hardcore act IOU will release their debut full-length album "I owe you" on June 24. Listen to samples at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/iou
This is classic thrashy hardcore ala Tragedy, not like that prefix-core type stuff. I dig it.
Billie the Vision and the Dancers on tour in Europe:
06/10 - Ephebia festival, Terni (ITA)
06/11 - Nabilah, Naples (ITA)
06/12 - Villaggio Globale, Rome (ITA)
06/13 - B-cool, Rome (ITA)
06/16 - Salon Jürgenz, Oldensburg (GER)
06/17 - Heartbreak Hotel, Bremen (GER)
Check out the video for "We share our mothers health" from The Knife: http://www.motomichi.com/images/weshare_online.mov
Stylus gets all poppist on us and slaps their "recommended" tag on Amy Diamond: http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/amy-diamond/still-me-still-now.htm