Musique Machine reviews Finland's Pharoah Overlord: http://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=630
Check out a live Dark Tranquility video of the song "The treason wall" filmed during a recent show in Quebec: http://www.darktranquillity.com/media/video/ttw_montreal.wmv
Swedish alt.country singer/songwriter Thomas Denver Jonsson has posted an extended update concerning his current recording session and other future activities: http://www.thomasdenver.com/index2.html
Hooray! If you look to the right, you'll see that the time has finally come for the second installment of the IAT.MP3 series. The Grand Opening is the musical alias of Roger Olsson from Stockholm, Sweden. If you're at all into melancholic slowcore acts like Idaho, Low, Early Day Miners, American Music Club or maybe also countrymates Logh, you're sure to love the "Location" EP. I know it's probably not all that cool to admit it, but some of the music reminds me of early/mid-90s midwestern emo rock, the kind of thing I used to listen to before the genre became synonymous with garbage. Anyhow, you don't have to take my word for it - download it and listen for yourself. As always, all IAT.MP3 releases are distributed under a creative commons music license, so it's free to share. Enjoy!
Imperial Recordings (José González, Melpo Mene, etc.) is starting a new sub-label called You Know, For Kids! to re-release what they consider to be "neglected classics". First up will be the classic 1979 punk album "Manipulerade Mongon" from PF Commando. It comes out May 18.
No Privacy has split from Hard Soul Records. The band is currently wrapped up production on a new album that they recorded in their own studio for release sometime later this year.
Summer tour plans for Melody Club:
05/20 - Ågatan 29, Enköping
05/21 - Mc Evans, Borås
05/27 - Studentkåren, Gävle
05/28 - Musikfest, Aneby
06/10 - Rabarock, Järvakandi
06/11 - Göteborgstalangen, Göteborg
06/17 - Cityfest, Kramfors
06/18 - Fest i Flen, Flen
06/20 - Jahalli, Helsingfors
06/22 - Globen, Stockholm
07/02 - Olssons Brygga, Arvika
07/07 - Sundsvalls Gatufest, Sundsvall
07/08 - Peace and Love, Borlänge
07/09 - Tivolirock, Kristianstad
07/14 - Torget, Borås
07/17 - Havsbadet, Lysekil
07/23 - Rockoff, Åland
07/28 - Storsjöyran, Östersund
07/29 - Stranddagar, Karlskoga
08/10 - Göteborgskalaset, Göteborg
08/13 - Karl Oskar Dagarna, Växjö
Check out some pics from their just-finished tour with Kylie here: http://www.diary.melodyclub.com/
Every show from Jazzkammer's recent Japanese tour is now up for download: http://teks.no/lasse_marhaug/
Ikaros has a new website: http://www.ikarosmusic.com/
Head over to get all the latest tourdates with them supporting Engine Down and Further Seems Forever in Sweden.
Preview the new Jenny Wilson single "Let my shoes lead me forward" including the remixes from The Knife: http://www.jennywilson.net/flash_cds.htm
The new Magnet album "The tourniquet" has been confirmed for a May 30 release in Norway via Atlantic/Warner and will come out all over the rest of the world later on in the fall. The disc was self-produced by Magnet with the assistance of Jørgen Træen, Jason Falkner and Yngve Sætre. Tracklist:
01. Hold on
02. Duracellia
03. The pacemaker
04. Believe
05. All you ask
06. Deadlock
07. Fall at your feet
08. Blow by blow
09. Miss her so
10. Jaws
All the dates for Hammerfall's upcoming North American tour with Edguy have now been confirmed:
08/10 - Opera House, Toronto, Ontario
08/11 - Medley, Montreal, Quebec
08/12 - L´Imperial, Quebec City, Quebec
08/13 - Palladium, Worcester, Massachusetts
08/15 - Jaxx, Springfield, Virginia
08/16 - BB Kings, NYC, New York
08/17 - Trocadero, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
08/19 - House of Blues, Cleveland, Ohio
08/20 - Madison Theater, Covington, Kentucky
08/21 - House of Blues, Chicago, Illinois
08/22 - Fine Line Cafe, Minneapolis, Minnesota
08/25 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, British Columbia
08/26 - Studio Seven, Seattle, Washington
08/28 - The Pound, San Francisco, California
08/29 - The Galaxy, Santa Ana, California
08/30 - The Avalon, Los Angeles, California
08/31 - Marquee Theater, Tempe, Arizona