Swedish hip-hop producers DJ Akilles and Peldawg have remixed Jay-Z's famous "The black album" using various Swedish hip-hop beats and dubbed their version the "The blue and yellow album". Check it: http://www.bluenyellow.tk/
The new Doktor Kosmos 2xCD album "Ett enkelt svar" has been confirmed for a May 18 release via NONS. Head to their website for more info: http://www.doktorkosmos.nu/
Moonbabies have given their website yet another facelift: http://www.moonbabiesmusic.com/
They also have an e-card for the new "War on sound" EP. Check it out here: http://www.moonbabiesmusic.com/e-card/index.html
Crowpath is touring the UK with Cephalic Carnage in June:
06/27 - Rockworld, Manchester
06/28 - Joseph's Well, Leeds
06/29 - Barfly, York
06/30 - Barfly, Glasgow
07/02 - Old Angel, Nottingham
07/03 - Barfly, Cardiff
07/04 - The Garage, London
Updated tourdates for 22-Pistepirkko:
05/04 - Johnny Dee, Oslo (NOR)
05/05 - Hulen, Bergen (NOR)
05/07 - Fugl Foeniks, Etne (NOR)
05/08 - Folken, Stavanger (NOR)
05/12 - Klub Republik & Guskelov Norrköping (SWE)
05/13 - Pipeline, Sundsvall (SWE)
05/14 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE)
05/15 - Café De Luxe, Växjö (SWE)
05/17 - Voxhall, Århus (DK)
05/18 - Sticky Fingers, Göteborg (SWE)
05/19 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
05/20 - Lille Vega, Köpenhamn (DK)
05/21 - Rytmeposten, Odense (DK)
05/22 - Studenterhuset, Ålborg (DK)
06/09 - On The Rocks, Helsinki (FIN)
06/11 - Rabarock 2005, Järvakandi (EST)
06/18 - Provinssirock, Seinäjoki (FIN)
06/24 - Raumanmeren Juhannus 2005, Rauma (FIN)
06/25 - Himos Festivals, Jämsä (FIN)
07/09 - Ruisrock Festival, Turku (FIN)
07/15 - Tammerfest, Pakkahuone, Tampere (FIN)
07/17 - Ilosaarirock, Joensuu (FIN)
07/28 - Keitelejazz, Äänekoski (FIN)
07/30 - Qstock, Oulu (FIN)
Aversionline gives high praise to the new album from Des Esseintes, a new side project from Magnus Sundström aka The Protagonist: http://www.aversionline.com/reviews/2366/
Manes has posted some new mp3s for download on their website including some demo tracks and live recordings: http://www.manes.info/downloads.html
Mp3 blog Radio KRUD posts about David Fridlund: http://radiokrud.blogspot.com/2005/04/david-fridlund.html
Some nice pics of the free Hanoi Rocks show at Stockmans by way of American/Finnish expat blog Axis of Aevil: http://www.axis-of-aevil.net/photos/hanoirocks/
Pitchfork reviews the new one from The Raveonettes: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/r/raveonettes/pretty-in-black.shtml
Astralwerks will be releasing a b-sides comp from The Concretes on July 26 entitled "Layourbattleaxedown". For those that are unaware, the band has released quite a lot of material over the years and it's about time they bundled up some of the hard-to-find stuff in one place. Tracklist:
01. Forces
02. Sugar
03. Lady December
04. The Warrior
05. Miss You
06. Oh Baby
07. Sand
08. Free Ride
09. Branches
10. Under Your Leaves
11. Seems Fine Shuffle
Check out some new pics of In Flames in the studio recording their next album: http://www.inflames.com/studio_2005/index.html
Seven Feet Four has confirmed that their new EP "To kill is easy" will be released on May 30 via Tenderversion Recordings. I'm lucky enough to have already heard it and it's awesome. Samples coming soon, I promise. In other news, the band will be hitting the road next month and here's the latest confirmed dates they have so far:
05/11 - Tower, Bremen (GER)
05/12 - Winston, Amsterdam (NL) w/Since By Man
05/13 - Lintfabriek, Kontich (BEL) w/Further Seems Forever
05/15 - Substage, Karlsruhe (GER) w/Since By Man, Further Seems Forever
05/18 - ACU, Utrecht (NL) w/Funeral Diner
05/19 - AZ, Mülheim (GER) w/These Arms Are Snakes
05/20 - Magnet, Berlin (GER) w/These Arms Are Snakes
05/21 - Nexus, Conspracy Festival, Braunschweig w/These Arms Are Snakes
05/27 - Siesta Festivalen, Hässleholm (SWE)
If you live in one of those towns and want to help those dudes out, print out this flyer and post 'em around town.
This year's Where the Action Is tour will feature top Swedish acts The Ark, Hellacopters, Håkan Hellström and Moneybrother. Hard to beat that for a lineup, eh? Dates:
08/03 - Trädgårdsföreningen, Göteborg
08/05 - Mölleplatsen, Malmö
08/12 - tba, Linköping
08/13 - Sparregården, Karlskrona
08/27 - tba, Stockholm
More info: http://www.wheretheactionis.se/