The new Thomas Denver Jonsson album "Barely touching it" has been confirmed for a September 30 release via Kite Recordings.
New German tourdates for The Rasmus:
10/17 - Markthalle, Hamburg
10/30 - Live Music Hall, Köln
11/11 - Kaufleuten, Zürich
11/12 - Planet Music, Wien
11/17 - Backstage, München
11/18 - Zeche, Bochum
11/20 - Postbahnhof, Berlin
More soon.
The next single from Swedish new-wave act Paris will be for the song "Captain Morgan". A video is currently under production.
Belpid Records will be releasing the new Magnus Bergman single "Duellera" on August 5. Listen to a sample here: http://www.belpid.com/m/01_mb_duellera.mp3
The track comes from the album "Reflektor", due out later this year.
Peaceville has confirmed the signing of Norwegian metal act Madder Mortem. Look for the already-finished album "Desiderata" to be released this fall.
The video for the new Nightwish single "The siren" has been posted online: http://www.nuclearblast.de/media/video/NB_1398.ram
Check out the video for "The new build" from Dark Tranquility: http://www.darktranquillity.com/media/download/dt_tnb.mov
Pitchfork reports on The Concretes recording a new album with Saddle Creek engineer-in-residence Mike Mogis: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-07/27.shtml#concretes
The Mystical Beast posts a short quip about the Moonbabies and their new EP "War on sound": http://mysticalbeast.blogspot.com/2005/07/three-covers-three-moonbabies-snow.html
I agree with his assessment that Moonbabies are a group just aching to break. They're certainly good enough - I guess it's just a matter of waiting for the "right" people to notice.
Stylus reviews that new Concretes b-side collection: http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3223
Stylus also reviews the Shout Out Louds: http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3224