Hello Saferide has announced that her debut full-length "Introducing: Hello Saferide" will be released in September via Razzia Records. The first single will be for the track "If I don't write this song, someone I love will die".
"It's not the fall that hurts" will be the next single from The Caesars off their most recent album "Paper tigers".
Bergen, Norway is the new Seattle? The London Times thinks so: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14932-1732509,00.html
This week's MTV UpNorth video chart:
01. Midnight Monkeys - Monkeys On Attack
02. Apulanta - Pahempi Toistaan
03. TwoPointEight - Red Eye
04. Darin - Why Does It Rain
05. Östermalm - Le Åt Allt
06. Division Of Laura Lee - Dirty Love
07. Peshi - Hush Hush
08. Lene Marlin - How Will It Be
09. Laleh - Live Tomorrow
10. Hellacopters - Everything's On TV
11. Firefox - What's That Sound
12. Röyksopp - Only This Moment
13. Svenska Akademin - Du Vill Så Du Kan
14. Alcazar - Start The Firt
15. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo Fiction
16. Marion Raven - Break You
17. JR Ewing - Fucking & Champagne
18. Madrugada - Stories From The Streets
19. Oscar Sharp / Melo - Runaway
20. David Sandström - Here Is For Summer
Challengers:
01. The Je Ne Sais Quoi - Station To Station
02. Prominent - Lucky Day
03. Isolation Years - Yellow Cross On Blue
04. The Rasmus - No Fear
05. Him - Wings Of A Butterfly
Go here to vote for your favorite: http://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=4753
Norwegian singer/songwriter Robert Post will support Scottish act Texas on tour in the UK:
09/29 - Carling Academy, Glasgow
09/30 - Carling Academy, Glasgow
10/01 - Usher Hall, Edinburgh
10/04 - City Hall, Newcastle
10/05 - University, Liverpool
10/06 - Carling Academy, Birmingham
10/10 - Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
10/11 - Carling Apollo, Manchester
10/13 - City Hall, Sheffield
10/14 - Forum, London
Check out the video for his single "Got none": http://www.universalmusic.no/video/RobertPostVideo.wvx
Bootleg Booze will be releasing the vinyl edition of the new album "Poison chalice" from punk rock n' rollers The Accidents. As mentioned before, the band signed to Burning Heart after releasing their debut "All time high" with Bootleg Booze last year. Look for it October 10.
The Acid House Kings' most recent album "Sing along with Acid House Kings" will get a US release on September 13 via Twentyseven Records. The first 1000 copies will include the karaoke-DVD, just like the Swedish version.
Bodies Without Organs have signed a new international record deal with EMI and will try to conquer England next. "Sixteen tons of hardware" will be their first single in the UK, due out in October. Read more: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,685637,00.html (in Swedish)
Arch Enemy will tour Europe with fellow Swedes Dark Tranqulity as support:
09/26 - Academy II, Manchester (UK)
09/27 - Coal Exchange, Cardiff (UK)
09/28 - Wolfrun Hall, Wolverhampton (UK)
09/29 - QMU, Glasgow (UK)
09/30 - Forum, London (UK)
10/02 - Bataclan, Paris (FRA)
10/03 - Patronat, Haarlem (NL)
10/04 - Live Music Hall, Köln (GER)
10/05 - Effenaar, Eindhoven (NL)
10/06 - Longhorn , Stuttgart (GER)
10/08 - Ternat Rock Festival, Ternat (BEL)
10/10 - Markthalle, Hamburg (GER)
10/11 - Columbia Club, Berlin (GER)
10/13 - Rockefeller, Oslo (NOR)
10/14 - Karen, Gothenburg (SWE)
10/15 - Klubben, Stockholm (SWE)
10/16 - Pumpehuset, Copenhagen (DK)
I've made no secret of my admiration for the band Amandine. My curiousity was piqued back in March when the band signed with UK-based label FatCat Records back in March and I've been keeping an eye on them ever since. Lucky for me, my intuition has paid off because their debut album "This is where our hearts collide" is a fine piece of work. It's the perfect album to usher in the autumn season - subdued and downtrodden, but still full of hope and beauty. The sound is very much country-influenced, but it's not by the books. They definitely take cues from folks like Will Oldham and Songs: Ohia, but Amandine doesn't seem nearly as inconsistent. All of their material is quite strong, which is why I let the band themselves pick a track for posting today. "Blood & marrow," they say is, "just a simple and soulful song with kind of a rough edge to it. One of [our] personal favourites off the album. The best part of the song, and I think we all agree on this, is when the drums and the bass kick in in the beginning of the second verse. Gives me goosebumps every time, especially when we do it live." Listen for yourself and I think you'll agree.
CDs from The Psyke Project are now available in the mailorder: [click here]
If you like heavy music, you better not miss out on this record. Already one of 2005's best releases. I've also added a number of mp3s to the store, should you want to try before you buy.
We're still stuck in the summertime lull, but I've managed to get a couple new reviews posted anyway: [click here]
The National Anthems are currently mixing their new album "Paradoxical" with engineer Rikard Löfgren at Tigra Studios. The record is due out in November.
The Spectacle and Requiem will tour Europe together for the next two months. Dates here: http://www.the-spectacle.com/