Wan Light is now on myspace and with a brand new song: http://www.myspace.com/wanlight
This year's Where the Action Is travelling festival tour in Sweden will feature Millencolin, The Hellacopters, Backyard Babies, Soundtrack of Our Lives and The Hives. Dates:
07/27 - Strömstad
07/28 - Huskvarna
07/29 - Linköping
07/30 - Örebro
08/03 - Malmö
08/05 - Göteborg
08/08 - Söderbärke
08/09 - Stockholm
Tickets go on sale Friday.
Swedish rockers Wired for Mono will release their debut full-length "A Calling from Another Station; Radio Interrupt" on May 3 via Kooljunk. Some new tourdates:
05/17 - The Cave, Frankfurt (GER)
05/18 - Hauptquartier, Aachen (GER)
05/19 - Komplex, Schüttorf (GER)
05/20 - Buchte, Bremen (GER)
This week's It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group most-played artist chart:
01. The Radio Dept.
02. Death Cab for Cutie
03. Radiohead
04. Belle and Sebastian
05. The Knife
06. The Flaming Lips
07. The Smiths
08. Mew
09. Håkan Hellström
10. Sufjan Stevens
Top 10 tracks for the week? All Radio Dept.:
01. The Radio Dept. - A window
02. The Radio Dept. - Pet grief
03. The Radio Dept. - Tell
04. The Radio Dept. - Every time
05. The Radio Dept. - Sleeping in
06. The Radio Dept. - Always a relief
07. The Radio Dept. - South side
08. The Radio Dept. - It's Personal
09. The Radio Dept. - Gibraltar
10. The Radio Dept. - I wanted you to feel the same
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I'm From Barcelona has a new, more English-friendly website: http://www.imfrombarcelona.com/
Swedish chamber-pop act The Tiny will support Ed Hartcourt on tour in the UK this coming June:
06/04 - Wulfran, Wolverhampton
06/05 - Oran mor, Glasgow
06/06 - Ritz, Manchester
06/07 - Irish Club, Leeds
06/08 - Union Chapel, London
06/09 - Union Chapel, London
Norwegian cult/avant-metal act Ved Buens Ende is back! The band's current lineup consists of Carl-Michael "Czral" Eide on guitars and vocals, Yusaf "Vicotnik" Parvez also on guitar and vocals, Petter "Plenum" Berntsen on bass and Einar "Esso" Sjursø on drums. They plan on recording a new album this year (interested labels are encouraged to get in touch) and they also will be performing live, playing material from both "Written in waters" and the Virus album "Carheart" as well as new compositions (obviously).
Rigas has posted the video for his new single "Your friend" as well as a bunch of new songs: http://rigas.blackside.org/music.htm
Disfear will have a special limited edition 7" for sale on their upcoming US/Canadian tour featuring live versions of three songs: "Phantom", "Left to die" and "Everyday slaughter". 500 copies, hand-numbered and only available at the shows, so be sure to bring some extra cash if you want one.
The Candymind netlabel has posted a new release from Ninjaspark: http://www.candymind.com/
Nicolai Dunger is touring Europe with Josh Ritter next month:
05/09 - Glee Club, Birmingham
05/10 - Academy 2, Manchester
05/12 - Vicar St, Dublin
05/13 - Vicar St, Dublin
05/14 - Empire, Belfast
05/15 - Oran Mor, Glasgow
05/17 - Fiddlers, Bristol
05/18 - Gardener Centre, Brighton
05/19 - Shepherds Bush Empire, London
05/20 - Café De La Dance, Paris
05/23 - MTC, Cologne
05/24 - Club 103, Berlin
05/26 - Lille Vega, Copenhagen
05/27 - Berns, Stockholm
05/28 - Blå, Oslo
05/29 - Stage Club, Hamburg
05/30 - Ab Box, Brussles
05/31 - Paradiso, Amsterdam
The Raveonettes have posted some new stuff at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/theraveonettes
Stylus reviews the latest from The Concretes: http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3984
PopMatters on the new Katatonia: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/katatonia_the_great_cold_distance/