New US dates for Mando Diao:
10/01 - Coney Island (Across the Pond Festival), NYC, NY
10/03 - Troubadour, LA, CA
10/04 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
10/07 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
10/08 - T.T. The Bear's, Cambridge, MA
There are new videos from Swedish hip-hop artists Peshis and Nadamas over at www.dj-silence.com. (via)
Nicolai Dunger will be releasing a new album entitled "Nicollide And the Carmic Retrebution" sometime this coming fall. More info soon? via)
Stylus reviews the new album from VVV aka Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen (Pan Sonic) together with Alan Vega (Suicide): http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3286
Dark Essence Records will rerelease Taake's "Helnorsk svartmetall" and "Nordens doedsengel" demo and rehearsal recordings on August 29. A second edition will follow later this year.
Adrian Records finally issued an official confirmation of the signing of Gustaf Kjellvander and his solo act The Fine Arts Showcase. Astute readers will note that I first posted about it a month ago. The forthcoming album "Radiola" will be mixed in October and the first single should be out in November.
Denmark's Campsite made the cut for the latest edition of Deep Elm Records comp "This is indie rock: The best bands you've never heard" which I guess is their new series to take over from where the "Emo diaries" left off. The label picked the selected artists from over a thousand band submissions. The disc comes out on November 8 and you can get the full tracklist here: http://www.deepelm.com/sum/449_sum.html
Plugged Records subsidiary Plug or Die has signed Swedish "flower-power metal" band Rise and Shine and will be releasing their third album which is currently being recorded. Listen to a sample clip of the group here: http://www.plugged.se/noise/break.mp3
European tourdates for Swedish dancepunks The Je Ne Sais Quoi:
08/23 - Magnet, Berlin (GER) w/Das Oath, The Panthers
08/24 - MuK, Giessen (GER) w/Das Oath, The Panthers
08/25 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
08/26 - Hall of Fame, Tilburg (NL) w/Das Oath, The Panthers
08/27 - Ieper Fest, Ieper (BEL)
08/28 - Rote Flora, Hamburg (GER) w/Lack
I've installed a new message board system: [click here]
I think it works a bit better than the old one, so go on over and check it out. Be social! Oh, and if you were registered for the old board, you will have to reregister. Sorry, but I figured a clean start was the way to go.
They Live By Night's self-titled debut EP on Razzia Records has been confirmed for release on September 14.
Uprise Zine is holding an entertaining contest to give away free copies of the new US edition of "Sweet sweet suicide" from Norwegian hardcore act Silence the Foe, out now on Lujo Records. Check it: http://www.uprisezine.com/contest.html
Rotten Sound and Sayyadina will tour Europe together in January. Preliminary dates posted here: http://rottensound.wotanworks.net/live.html
Denmark's Kashmir has confirmed their new album "No balance palace" for an October 10 release. The band will hit the road in November and Danish tourdates have been posted here: http://www.kashmir.dk/tour.php
European dates soon.