Check out the x-rated version of the new Hellacopters video for "Everything's on TV": http://www.hellacopters.com/site/video/THE%20HELLACOPTERS-Everythins%20On%20TV-2.mpg
Those of you who can only watch the clean version for whatever reason can peep it here: http://www.hellacopters.com/site/video/THE%20HELLACOPTERS-Everythings%20On%20TV-1.mpg
Summer tourdates for Purified in Blood:
06/24 - Herne Pressure Fest (GER)
06/27 - Rockfabrik, Augsburg (GER)
07/09 - Quart Fest, Kristiansand (NOR)
07/11 - Alter Stadtbahnhof, Schweinfurt (GER)
07/12 - Remise, Will (SWI)
07/13 - tba
07/14 - Kuckucksnest, Berchtesgarden (GER)
07/15 - Fluff Fest, Pilzen (CZ)
07/16 - TJ's, Newport (UK)
07/18 - London (UK)
07/19 - Leeds (UK)
07/20 - Ledegem (BEL)
07/23 - Slottsfjell festival, Tønsberg (NOR)
07/26 - Kafe 44, Stockholm (SWE)
07/27 - tbc, Örebro(SWE)
07/28 - Fredericia Hardcore Fest, Fredericia (DK)
08/02 - Toulouse (FRA)
08/03 - Barcelona (SPA)
08/04 - Bilbao (SPA)
08/05 - Lisbon (POR)
08/06 - Gijon (SPA)
08/07 - Girona (SPA)
08/11 - Øyafestival, Oslo (NOR)
In case you didn't already find out, Sator was the secret band at Hultsfred Festival this year. Various guests joined the band on stage including Moneybrother, Joppe Pihlgren (Docenterna), Nix Wahlberg (Nomads), Nina Natri (Fidget), Kent Norberg (Sator), Maria Andersson (Sahara Hotnights), Robert "Strängen" Dahlqvist (Hellacopters), Patrik Arve (Teddybears Sthlm), Bo Sundström and José González.
Finnish noisy indierock act Mother Goose has posted some "audio rarities" for free download: http://www.mothergoose.fi/docs/audiorarities.htm
Ape Must Not Kill Ape and Leaves Records are teaming up to release the debut full-length album from Suis La Lune, the former will handle the CD version and the latter the vinyl. The band's sound is described a mix of screamy hardcore like Funeral Diner mixed with softer moments ala Rites of Spring/Small Brown Bike.
Imperial Recordings artist Martin McFaul is currently recording his debut full-length at Svenska Grammofon Studion, the studio owned by Kalle of The Soundtrack of Our Lives. It's due out in October.
From the Ashes on tour in Spain:
07/04 - Barakaldo (Basque Country) w/Spandau Bullet, Third World's Mourning
07/05 - tba
07/06 - tba
07/07 - Tarragona w/Caustic
07/08 - Kaos Y Semen Festival, Donosti (Basque Country)
07/09 - Madrid w/Kaothic
Norwegian girl-rockers Furia have signed a European record deal with EMI. The album "And then we married the world" will be released in Germany on August 22 and will be followed by the international release of a new album sometime early next year.
Here's this week's MTVe UpNorth video chart:
01. DAD - Scare Yourself
02. Darin - Why Does It Rain
03. Robyn - Be Mine
04. Ane Brun / Ron Sexsmith - Song No. 6
05. Sara Nunes - Simon Can't Sing
06. Looptroop - Fort Europa
07. Lene Marlin - How Will It Be
08. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo Fiction
09. Midnight Monkeys - Monkeys On Attack
10. Paperboys - Wiggle It
11. Paris - 60 Minutes
12. Beezewax - I'm Not Where I'm Supposed To Be
13. Soak The Sin - Hands Up
14. London MC - What Is My Name
15. Håkan Hellström - Dom Kommer Kliva På Dig Igen
16. Hellacopters - Everything's On TV
17. Laleh - Storebror
18. Jim Stärk - Going Down That Lonely Road
19. Cheek - Liiku
20. Anna Ternheim - Shoreline
Challengers:
01. Da Fugitivz - It's All Good
02. Maria Arredondo - Cross Every River
03. Span - The Outside
04. The Maryonettes - Make My Last
05. Amerika - Big City Boy
Go here to vote for your favorite.
Finnish mp3 blog Lupatarkastaja posts some new tracks from Jyväskylä-based dark metal act Obscurant: http://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2005/06/17/obscurant-first-degree-suicide-mp3/
Pitchfork interviews hyped Norwegian pop princess Annie: http://pitchforkmedia.com/interviews/a/annie-05/
Look for Vladislav Delay to release a new album entitled "Four corners" in late August. A new Luomo album should be out next year.
Duplicate Records has posted a new EP from Norwegian avant-pop act Two Trains for free download: http://www.duplicate-records.com/twotrainsfeelfree.htm
Two Trains features members from Beyond Dawn and have a similar dark pop sound.