Hemstad has posted a new song for download entitled "Sommar i Göteborg" over at their blog page: http://hemstad.blogspot.com/2005/06/midsommar-in-gothenburg.html
Pitchfork reviews Hanne Hukkelberg: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/h/hukkelberg_hanne/little-things.shtml
Photo:Henrik has updated with a new batch of pics from Hultsfred, including shots of Bergman Rock, Mattias Alkberg BD, Robyn, Timo Räisänen and The Hidden Cameras (ft. Jens Lekman as a guest member): http://www.photohenrik.com/
Download a zipped wma of a new Arch Enemy track entitled "Nemesis": http://download.fuse.tv/ma_062705a.zip
The song comes from the band's upcoming album "Doomsday machine", due out July 26 in the US and August 22 in Europe via Century Media Records.
Hypocrisy has announced that "Virus" will be the title of their new album, due out September 19 via Nuclear Blast. The first single and video will be for the song "Scrutinized".
I know I've written about a lot of bands on Denmark's PonyRec, but it's only because they're so good. It's hard not to be impressed when a label's catalogue is so diverse, yet so high quality. Anyhow, today's featured band is Tenderloud whose album "Shadow red hand" was the label's second release back in October 2004. As I've said before, it's amazing how well Danes play Americana and it's only made that much more obvious when you hear these guys. If I had never heard 16 Horsepower before I'd probably be even more blown away by this band, but they're still damn good even if they might be tad derivative. 16hp is/was the be-all-end-all for grim, American gothic-style country, so whenever I hear someone else doing something similar, it's impossible not to compare them. On the other hand, the few tracks on the album where Tenderloud embrace their own personality and turn up the pop sensibilities a notch are simply great and show amazing promise. Today's selection, the unlisted bonus track, is one of those pieces. I've got high expectations for their next album.
NOTE: All IAT mailorder requests received after 5pm PST today will not be sent out until next week as all stock is being packed for my move to Washington. Thanks for your understanding.
Famed Norwegian avant music label Rune Grammofon says that the upcoming Supersilent DVD should be ready for release in August. "1 hour and 49 minutes of prime Supersilent, captured to 16mm film in glorious black and white, directed by Kim Hiorthøy."
Also on the way from Rune Grammofon is an album featuring 22-year old guitarist Anders Hana together with drummer Morten Olsen. Look for that to come out in late autumn.
Some new live dates for Logh:
07/17 - Dour Festival, Dour (BEL)
07/26 - Cafe Trauma, Marburg (GER)
07/27 - Komma, Esslingen (GER)
07/28 - Winston, Amsterdam (NL)
07/29 - Minirock Festival, Olmen (BEL)
07/30 - Römer, Bremen (GER)
08/25 - Malmöfestivalen, Malmö (SWE)
Updated European dates for The Jessica Fletchers:
08/05 - Trinkhalle, Rheine (GER)
08/06 - Krach am Bach Festival, Beelen (GER)
08/07 - Shwimmbad Open Air, Herzberg (GER)
08/08 - Gleis 1, Eisenach (GER)
08/11 - Prager Frühling, München (GER)
08/12 - Kuckucknest, Berchtegaden (GER)
08/13 - Sublime, Aflenz (AUS)
08/15 - Old place new sound festival, Haimburg (AUS)
09/28 - Gaswerk, Winterthur (SWI)
09/30 - Abc Mixx, Luzern (SWI)
10/01 - Kulturfabrik Kofmehl, Solothurn (SWI)
Ikaros is looking to tour Europe from late August until mid-September. If you think you might be able to help out, get in touch with their booker Kevin from Underground Revolution at kevin@underground-revolution.com.
Swedish piano-based trio Eskju Divine has posted a bunch of new full-length sound samples on their website: http://www.eskjudivine.com/
Their most recent EP "Struck by the halo" is quite nice, so I'd definitely recommend checking them out if you haven't already done so.