The new Baby Woodrose single from the album "Love comes down" will be for the song "No other girl" and the band is having a contest to let a fan design the cover. Head over to their website for more details: http://www.babywoodrose.com/
Dagensskiva has the lowdown on the various demo acts selected to play this year's Hultsfred festival: http://www.dagensskiva.com/news.asp?id=3375
Check out some demo tracks from the new band Deud: http://www.myspace.com/deud
The sound quality is a bit rough, but they sound like Breach, so that's enough to make me happy.
MP3: Rumble in Rhodos - Step into the night
The mainstreaming of emo/hardcore took me by surprise. I remember laughing at the kids with the backpacks and too-tight sweaters quivering to bands like Evergreen and Mohinder back in the day. It's not that I have anything against the music - I actually still listen to a lot of 90s hardcore - I just can't understand how it became cool. I guess I'm already on my way to becoming an old fogey. Kids these days, y'know? Regardless of all that, Norway seems to leading the way when it comes to keeping the scene alive. Mainstays like JR Ewing and Kaospilot have been at it for awhile, but up-and-comers like Rumble in Rhodos are stealing the show (and awards like "Favourite new international artist" at Canadian Music Week earlier this year, beating out Finnish also-rans Disco Ensemble). I'm posting this particular track today because it reminds me of Texas is the Reason, one of the trailblazers of the melodic emo/post-hardcore genre or whatever you want to call it. Good stuff - bring on the octave chords!
Rumble in Rhodos - Step into the night
The "Reader's companion volume two" microsite is open: [click here]
Go there to read about all of the artists appearing on the new comp and to listen to a streaming preview of the entire damn thing. CDs should be arriving on my doorstep TODAY, so you know I'm excited.
Kristofer Åström's forthcoming "Black valley" EP completes the trilogy of "Dead end" and "There for" and is probably his bleakest, most personal work yet. As Kris says himself in the liner notes, "The EP deals with death in four different ways. The way it scares me, thrills me, saddens me and sickens me." You know before even listening that you're in for some seriously intense shit and the combined effect of these four songs are devastating. Just listen to the song I've posted today and you'll instantly know exactly what I mean. Embrace the darkness and you can better appreciate the light.
Finnish garagepop act Tigerbombs will have their most recent album "Crazy kids never learn" released in GAS on May 19 via Radio Blast Recordings. As is expected, touring will follow. Dates:
05/12 - Yo-Talo, Tampere (FIN)
05/13 - Vanha, Polte-Klubi, Helsinki (FIN)
05/26 - Kling Klang, Wilhelmshaven (GER)
05/27 - Kuz Pelmke, Hagen (GER)
05/28 - Logo, Ahaus (GER)
05/29 - Musa, Göttingen (GER)
05/30 - Nil Klub, Potsdam (GER)
05/31 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
06/01 - Pretty Vacant, Dusseldorf (GER)
06/02 - Blue Shell, Koeln (GER)
06/03 - Gladhouse, Cottbus (GER)
06/04 - Conne Island, Leipzig (GER)
06/05 - Paunchy Cats, Lichtenfels (GER)
06/06 - Storchenne, Heidelberg (GER)
06/07 - Cafe Stella, Stuttgart (GER)
06/08 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER)
06/09 - Sedel, Luzern (SWI)
06/10 - Feierwerk, München (GER)
08/26 - tba, Tampere (FIN)
American label Sacred Heart will be doing a special limited edition vinyl version of The Hellacopters' "Rock & roll is dead" on picture disc. It will also include two bonus tracks ("It might mean something to you" and "Positively so naive") and the first 200 copies (of 1000) will have a different pic on the a-side plus a sticker.
Listen to the Ebbot Lundberg (TSOOL) mix of "I know what I want" from The Gmeyner: http://www4.space2u.com/~d15308/sound/i%20know%20what%20i%20want%20Ebbot.mp3
Go here for the setlist and videoclips from Motorpsycho's tour kickoff: http://motorpsychonews.blogspot.com/2006/04/trondheim-setlist_23.html
The release of Magyar Posse's new album "Random avenger" has been delayed two weeks due to a pressing plant fuckup. The new release date is May 17.
Some new tourdates for Danish (post-)hardcore act Lack:
05/03 - KB, Malmö (SWE) w/Death By Stereo, Himsa, The Banner
05/24 - tba (GER)
05/25 - tba, Paris (FRA)
05/26 - Le Goldwing, Périgueux (FRA)
05/27 - Melusik Festival, Lusignan (FRA)
05/28 - Mac Daid's, Le Havre (FRA)
05/29 - tba, Göttingen (GER)
In case you haven't noticed, I now carry their most recent album "Be there pulse" on both CD and LP.
Absolut Noise gets Swedish singer/songwriter Jens Lekman to answer some questions, though he doesn't seem to put much thought into it at all: http://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2006/04/absnoise-interview-n2_114581805888330856.html
Updated Alarma Man tourdates:
05/05 - Rote Flora, Hamburg (GER) w/The Sound OE
05/06 - Blue Shell, Köln (GER) w/A Day in Black and White
05/07 - OCCII, Amsterdam (NL) w/Soda P
05/08 - de Kar, Groningen (NL) w/Soda P
05/09 - Onderbroek, Nijmegen (NL)
05/10 - ACU, Utrecht (NL) w/Soda P
05/11 - JUZ, Mannheim (GER)
05/12 - Az Conni, Dresden (GER) w/Torchous
05/14 - Magnet Club, Berlin (GER) w/Björn Kleinhenz, Torchous
05/15 - Immerhin, Würzburg (GER) w/Condre Scr
05/16 - Clubkeller, Frankfurt (GER)
05/19 - Releaseparty for 12" Knife and Ape split, Göteborg (SWE)
07/08 - Forma Nova Festival, Fredricia (DK)