Some details about the current Bear Quartet recording session: The band is at Dubious Studios in Stockholm record 11 songs, about 45-minutes worth of material. A new album should be out by the end of the year I hope.
Groove is reporting that guitarist Anders Hana has left Jaga Jazzist: http://www.groove.no/html/news/75216238.html (in Norwegian)
Elin Ruth, the Anglophied alias of Swedish pop singer/songwriter Elin Sigvardsson, will release her self-titled debut album in the UK on May 8. A digital-only EP came out last week and a single for the song "When it comes to you" will be out April 24. Go to her atrocious flash-only website for livedates in the UK supporting Cosmic Rough Riders: http://www.elinruth.com/
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Finnish mp3 blog Lupatarkastaja on retro-thrashers Chaos Creation: http://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2006/03/13/chaos-creation-psyched-out-manipulation-demo/
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Katatonia will be touring Europe with support from the excellent Italian act Novembre (except on dated marked with *):
04/15 - Close Up Festival*, Stockholm (SWE)
04/20 - Cathouse, Glasgow (UK)
04/21 - Rio, Bradford (UK)
04/22 - Mean Fiddler, London (UK)
04/23 - W2, Den Bosch (NL)
04/24 - Le Boule Noir, Paris (FRA)
04/27 - Tavastia, Helsinki (FIN)
05/01 - Columbia Club, Berlin (GER)
05/02 - Markthalle, Hamburg (GER)
05/05 - Prime Club, Cologne (GER)
05/06 - Metalalliance Festival*, Beauvais (FRA)
05/08 - Rainbow, Milan (ITA)
05/09 - New Age, Treviso (ITA)
05/10 - Z7, Pratteln (SWI)
05/11 - Zeche Carl, Essen (GER)
05/12 - Scum, Katwijk (NL)
05/13 - Durbuy Rock*, Durbuy (BEL)
05/14 - Willemeen, Arnhem (NL)
07/15-16 - Ilosaarirock Festival*, Joensuu (FIN)
Smilodon has announced the signing of Swedish hard-rockers Hell'n Diesel and Iubar. Look for new releases from both soon.
In other Smilodon news, the label has signed a license agreement with Japanese label JVC Victor for Babylon Bombs and their album "Cracked wide open and bruised". More info to to come.
Swedish hip-hop producer Jimmy Ledrac has posted a couple songs from his upcoming album "The hardest working men in showbiz" for preview on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/jimmyledrac
The record features artists such as Promoe and Supreme from Looptroop as well as US artists Dudley Perkins, Wordsworth, Braille and more. Jimmy doesn't have a label yet, so any interested parties are encouraged to get in touch.
Check out a streaming preview of the new album "Walden" from Swedish indie act Bun: http://www.akabruit.com/bun/main.htm
Clay Allison just had their album "Love on depression street" released in France on Vicious Circle, so they'll be heading over in April to tour in support:
04/20 - La Condition Publique, Roubaix
04/21 - Le Donald's Pub, Tours
04/24 - La Flèche d'or, Paris
04/25 - Le Son'Art, Bordeaux
04/27 - Cabaret Aléatoire soirée Vicious, Marseille
Montt Mardié's new double-EP has been postponed until after summer, but Hybris will be releasing an EP called "Science" in mid-May featuring one song from each EP plus two new songs. There will also be a CDR release of the single "New York" on April 10. And lastly, head over to Montt Mardié's website to download the recent interview and live appearance from P3 Lantz: http://www.monttmardie.com/