Check out the cover art and tracklist for Delaware's forthcoming album "Lost in the beauty of innocence": http://www.delawaremuzic.com/news/newsdetails.asp?id=36
The first single for the song "Wish for" will be released in late January and will include one live track, one remix by Georg Kaleve and an old demo song "Streets of exploration". Also look for a video for the second single "The fourteenth" to be airing soon.
Updated international tourdates for the very-hyped (over-hyped?) Serena Maneesh:
01/14 - Parkteatret, Oslo (NOR)
01/20 - North Six, Brooklyn, NY
01/21 - Sound Fix (in-store), Brooklyn, NY
01/21 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
01/24 - Bongo Bar, Jönköping (SWE)
01/25 - Mejeriet, Lund (SWE)
01/26 - John Doe @ Herrgårn, Linköping (SWE)
01/27 - Pang Musik @ Kalmar Nation, Uppsala (SWE)
01/28 - Fritz's Corner @ Debaser, Stockholm (SWE)
02/09 - Storsalen, Kulturhuset, Tromso (NOR)
02/10 - RICA Hall, Tromso (NOR)
02/24 - Hulen, Bergen (NOR)
03/06 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
03/07 - tba, New York, NY
03/08 - TT the Bears, Boston, MA
03/09 - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
03/10 - Little Brothers, Columbus, OH
03/11 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
03/12 - Creepy Crawl, St. Louis, MO
03/13 - Conservatory, Oklahoma City, OK
03/14 - Hailey's, Denton, TX
03/15 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/16 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/17 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/19 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
03/20 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
03/21 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
Swedish indie art-rock band Lassus now has a website: http://www.lassus.se/
Go there to download clips from their recent album "Stop & start, severed heart" on Villa Recordings along with a bunch of new unreleased songs.
Check out a video clip of Chronic Heist live from Debaser: http://www.zoopeople.se/chronicheist/fake_this_dream.mov
Chris Harlow of Daily Vault lists his top and bottom picks for 2005, as always focusing mostly on Scandinavian rock'n'roll: http://www.dailyvault.com/best_05-ch.html
Norway's Theatre of Tragedy has posted a soundclip on their website of the title track from their upcoming album "Storm": http://www.theatreoftragedy.com/
Fat Planet posts a track from Finnish freak-folk act Paavohharju: http://www.fatplanet.com.au/blog/2006/01/13/paavohharju-finland/
Tenderversion has posted a new free websingle from Swedish post-rock act Once We Were: http://www.tenderversion.com/mp3_singles.php
The band's debut double-album (!!!) will be released later this year.
Also on the way from Tenderversion is the much anticipated full-length from Audrey. The band will be putting the finishing touches on the recording next week and it's due out in April.
Updated UK tourdates for JR Ewing:
01/19 - Barfly, Cardiff
01/20 - Barfly, Birmingham
01/21 - Barfly, Glasgow
01/22 - Barfly Fibbers, York
01/23 - Barfly, London
01/24 - Peel, Kingston
01/26 - Cavern, Exceter
01/27 - Koko (Club NME), London
Sandy Mouche has a new website to coincide with the release of their new album "...and poems for the unborn": http://www.sandymouche.com/
Check out a live videoclip of Hardcore Superstar performing "My good reputation": http://www.hardcoresuperstar.com/downloads/reputation.wmv
Chavis Records reports that Swedish melodic rockers Violent Divine have wrapped up the recording of their debut self-titled album and will be releasing it in March. Listen to the first single "Rush you" here: http://chavisrecords.net/radio.htm
My full-length review of Thomas Denver Jonsson's latest album is now up at Indieworkshop: http://indieworkshop.com/music/2217/
Norway's Green Carnation will be touring North America with Beyond the Embrace beginning at the end of February:
02/24 - Broadway Joes, Buffalo, NY
02/25 - Valentines, Albany, NY
02/26 - Cabot St., Chicaopee, MA
02/27 - Knitting Factory, New York, NY
02/28 - Voodoo Nightclub, Akron, OH
03/01 - TNT’s, Clinton Township, MI
03/02 - Vnuks, Cudahy, WI w/Novembers Doom
03/03 - El Torreon, Kansas City, MO
03/04 - Hairy Mary’s, Des Moines, IA
03/06 - Club Vegas, Salt Lake City, UT
03/07 - The Core, Boise, ID
03/08 - The Boulevard, Spokane, WA
03/09 - Studio Seven, Seattle, WA
03/10 - Rock And Roll Pizza, Portland, OR
03/12 - The Roadhouse, Sacramento, CA
03/13 - Zen Sushi, Los Angeles, CA
03/15 - House Of Rock And Roll, El Paso, TX
03/17 - SXSW Festival, Austin, TX
03/22 - Thee Imperial, Jacksonville, FL
03/23 - Jesters, Fayetteville, NC
03/24 - Sector 7G, Augusta, GA
03/25 - The Social, Myrtle Beach, SC
03/26 - Peppermint Beach Club, Virginia Beach, VA
03/28 - The Sidebar, Baltimore, MD
03/29 - Jaxx, Springfield, VA
04/01 - The Marquee, Toronto, ON (CAN)