Bedroom Records has announced that the new Happy Go Luckys EP "The snowball parade" is done and will be ready for release soon. Also on the way is a new EP from Holding a Peach and the final edition of the All Of My Brother's Girlfriends seasonal series with a blowout double-album on one CDR with two covers. Bedroom will also reissue AOMBG's 2nd cassette-only album on CDR with new artwork by Tommy, the same guy who did the art for the Mexicos. Lastly, Erik Halldén is working on a new album called "Memories, oh, the memories" with pianist/composer André Inge and Irene will be releasing a debut album soon, too.
Finland's HIM has set August 9 as the date for the release of their brand new single "Killing loneliness", the first from the band's forthcoming album "Dark light" which is due out September 26. In other news, the band will be doing a short set of club dates before the big album release and subsequently larger follow-up tour:
08/29 - Circus, Stockholm
09/02 - Zirkus Krone, Munich
09/05 - Le Trabendo, Paris
09/08 - tba, Hamburg
09/12 - Rolling Stone, Milan
09/14 - Apolo, Barcelona
09/19 - Shepherds Bush Empire, London
09/22 - Paradiso, Amsterdam
Gluecifer has recorded a new tune entitled "Desolate city" for use on the soundtrack for the upcoming Norwegian film "Izzat". Guitarist Captain Poon is assembling said soundtrack and it will supposedly feature "all important Norwegian rockbands from the last two-three decades."
Dub Sweden is working on a new album with producer Anders Lind, due out sometime around August or September.
Cold Meat Industry has posted details and samples for new releases from industrial act Irm and Sanctum neoclassical electronic sideproject Parca Pace: http://www.coldmeat.se/
The Candy Mind netlabel has posted a new EP from Swedish 8-bit electronic act Goto80: http://www.candymind.com/candy007.html
Global Domination interviews Johan Lindstrand, ex-vocalist for The Crown, now with One Man Army and The Undead Quartet: http://www.statikmajik.com/gd/interviews/oma_johan.php
Download a preview from the new CD "Electric violence" from Next Life, a Vietnamese/Norwegian duo from Oslo, due out soon via Cock Rock Disco: http://www.b-o-r-g.org/borg_media/NEXT%20LIFE/NEXT%20LIFE%20the%20mirror.mp3
CRD is the label of renown cut-up artist Jason Forrest. Are Mokkelbost (Arm/Single Unit) did the cover art.
Check out some pics of David & the Citizens recording their new album out in the Swedish countryside: http://www.homelandhome.com/pictures_citizens1.html
Stylus reviews the new album from Eric Malmberg, ex-member of Sagor & Swing: http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3095
Here's this week's MTVe UpNorth video chart:
01. DAD - Scare Yourself
02. Darin - Why Does It Rain
03. Looptroop - Fort Europa
04. Smak - Nousen
05. Robyn - Be Mine
06. Ane Brun / Ron Sexsmith - Song No. 6
07. Paris - 60 Minutes
08. Sara Nunes - Simon Can't Sing
09. Paperboys - Wiggle It
10. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo Fiction
11. Diefenbach - Favourite Friend
12. Beezewax - I'm Not Where I'm Supposed To Be
13. Soak The Sin - Hands Up
14. Lene Marlin - How Will It Be
15. Midnight Monkeys - Monkeys On Attack
16. Eskobar - Even If You Know Me
17. London MC - What Is My Name
18. Håkan Hellström - Dom Kommer Kliva På Dig Igen
19. Anna Ternheim - Shoreline
20. Don Diego - Om Ni Undrar
Challengers:
01. Hellacopters - Everything's On TV
02. Laleh - Storebror
03. Jennie Löfgren - Gonna Make You Smile
04. Jim Stärk - Going Down That Lonely Road
05. Cheek - Liiku
Go here to vote for your favorite.
MIC Norway has launched a new site promoting Norwegian music with a North American target audience: http://www.musicfromnorway.com/
It's interesting for me to note how long its taken for other Scandinavian music sites to pop up since I first started this thing some three years ago. There's been quite a few new niche sites starting to gain traction, especially in the past year. I guess I have to work harder, eh?
The second single from the new Monkeystrikes album is the song "Let's go to Hawaii" and you can download an mp3 here: http://www.monkeystrikes.com/letsgo.mp3
Look for a video to hit the air shortly, too.
Check out the video for "Later that night" from Path of No Return: http://pathofnoreturn.com.loopiadns.com/PONR-Later_that_night-video.html
Pitchfork reviews Finland's Islaja: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/i/islaja/palaa-aurinkoon.shtml