Burst has completed work on their new album "Origo" and have confirmed that Relapse will release it on October 17 in the UK, October 24 in Europe and Japan and finally, in February 2006 in North America. Look for the band to tour the UK in October with Europe to follow in November. Dates so far:
10/24 - Star and Garter, Manchester
10/25 - Barfly, Glasgow
10/26 - Academy, Birmingham
10/27 - Barfly, London
10/28 - tba, Exeter
10/29 - Rock City, Nottingham
Norwegian singer/songwriter Kenneth Ishak of Beezewax will be doing a few selected dates on the East Coast in October and is currently seeking out booking help. If you can lend a hand in any way, please get a hold of me and I'll pass along the information. Also, if there's any drummers out there who want to play with the band on these dates, please let me know.
The video for the final Gluecifer single "Desolate city" has been posted online: http://www.bmg.no/video/Gluecifer_DesolateCity2.wmv
As mentioned before, the track appears on the soundtrack for the Norwegian movie "Izzat".
Swedish metalcore act Path of No Return will tour Scandinavia in September with pals Through The Mist Of Tears. Dates soon.
Aversionline reviews Reptiljan's "Hellbender suite", the noisier, more aggro alias of Finnish experimental artist Niko Skorpio: http://www.aversionline.com/reviews/2646/
Jens Lekman reports that he recorded a new DVD-EP this past weekend around Kullaberg, an inactive volcano and wildlife sanctuary on Sweden's southwestern coast. Songs recorded include "Your arms around me", "The rain has got to fall", and "Happy birthday to shame" along with covers of "O Caroline" by Matching Mole and "A little lost" by Arthur Russels. All material was recorded live and Sarah from El Perro Del Mar helped out with some vocals on a few songs. As to how/when this will be released, that's still undecided.
Psychopunch will soon enter the studio to record their next album "Kamikaze Love Reducer" for eventual release via Silverdust Records.
Morningside Records fall release schedule:
09/06 - Jomi Massage - From Where No One Belongs, I Will Sing...
10/04 - I Am Bones - Wrong Number Are Never Busy
10/17 - Larsen & Furious - Jane Tourist With A Typewriter
Millencolin will be releasing "Shut you out" as their next single. A new song called "Ratboy's masterplan" will be included as a b-side and will also appear on Thrasher Magazine's upcoming "Skate rock" comp. In other news, Millencolin has purchased Soundlab Studios, the studio run by Mieszko Talarczyk of Nasum who tragically passed away in the tsunami disaster. Guitarist Mathias Färm used to co-own the studio with Mieszko many years ago. And in even more news, Dan Swanö is remixing and remastering the first three Millencolin albums that he recorded ("Same old tunes", "Life on a plate" and "For monkeys") for eventual rerelease.
Swedish thrashers Diskonto have released their new album "Watch us burn" and have posted all the tracks for free download: http://www.diskonto.org/WatchUsBurn/
If you like what you hear, be sure to pick up a copy of the real thing. Sweden's Putrid Filth Conspiracy put out the vinyl and US-based label Crimes Against Humanity handled the CD.
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Tommy Nilsson - Tiden Före Nu
02. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
03. Peps Blodsband - Äntligen!
04. Laleh - Laleh
05. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
06. Musikal - Mamma Mia
07. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
08. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
09. Darin - The anthem
10. Robyn - Robyn
11. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
12. Carola - Störst av allt
13. Christian Walz - Paint By Numbers
14. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
15. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
16. Peter Jöback & Göteborgs Symfoniker - Storybook
17. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
18. Helena Paparizou - My Number One
19. Ulf Lundell - Högtruck
20. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
Hero Dishonest has posted all the details for their upcoming UK tour in late September: http://www.ifsociety.com/herodishonest/
The band is also now on myspace if you wanna be their friend: http://www.myspace.com/herodishonest
The Village Voice recounts some highlights of Norway's Øya Festival: http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/riffraff/archives/2005/08/exclusive_downl.php
The always-interesting music blog Dark Dose posts about This Empty Flow: http://darkdose.com/?p=61