Just Add Water Records has just put out a special double disc retrospective collection from the classic garage rock act The Vikings. In case you never heard of them, they were the band that Stevie Baise started after the Devil Dogs with Knut "Euroboy" Schreiner (Turbonegro), Thomas "Happy Tom" Seltzer (Turbonegro) and Morten Henrikson (The Yum Yums). The record contains the band's one and only full-length album "Go beserk" along with an EP and two singles. Disc two consists of a full live show from the Oslo nightclub Last Train. More info: http://www.justaddwaterrecords.net/
Speaking of Turbonegro, head to their purevolume page to check out another song from the new album: http://www.purevolume.com/turbonegro/
Upcoming German dates for Totalt Jävla Mörker:
04/21 - Hafenklang, Hamburg (GER)
04/22 - Ex-Haus, KRAK-Fest, Trier (GER)
04/23 - AZ Conni, Dresden (GER)
04/24 - Cafe Panama, Fulda (GER)
04/25 - Tommy-Weissbecker-Haus, Berlin (GER)
04/26 - tba (GER)
04/27 - Pro Vino, Augsburg (GER)
04/28 - Arena, Vienna (GER)
04/29 - Alte Sachfabrik, Passau (GER)
04/30 - Talschock, Chemnitz (GER)
Vocalist Anders is unable to come along due to personal reasons, so Sylen from Human Waste will be filling in.
Tonight Records will be releasing a free websingle for the new Tobias Bernstrup song "SUV" on April 20. The track comes from his upcoming album "Killing spree".
Finnish all-stars Markus (Latebirds), Knipi (Egotrippi), Rikki London (Johnny Thunders, Flaming Sideburns) and Heikki Tikka (Hearthill, Mummypowder) are collaborating in a new band called The Tunes. They recently released an album called "Bright yellow sun" and you can find out more at their website: http://www.grandpop.net/tunes.html
Speaking of the Latebirds, the band just finished mixing their new album "Finsomnia" at East Iris Studios in Nashville, TN with producer/engineer Charlie Brocco on the boards. Guests on the record include Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), Wayne Kramer (MC5), Ken Stringfellow (Posies, REM, Big Star) as well as several guys from Wilco. The first single is due in May, the album in August.
The new Svenska Akademien album "Resa sig opp" comes out May 25. The first single "Du will så du kan" will be released for free online soon.
It's a bit late for some of the shows, but Norwegian singer/songwriter St. Thomas is on tour in the US right now doing a bunch of dates with Of Montreal. Details: http://www.stthomas1976.net/thomas/
Sondre Lerche recently recorded three new songs in LA with acclaimed producer/musician/artist Raphael Saadiq. No word on where they will end up yet, but I'll let you know. Read more about it here: http://www.sondrelerche.com/diary.asp?id=67
Jens Lekman recently posted a new blog entry about his upcoming tour plans, his lovelife, Australian music and more: http://www.geocities.com/glovecompart/smalltalk.html
Quit Your Dayjob is currently at Mission Hall Studios recording a new album tentatively slated for an August release.
Danish pyschobilly act PowerSolo will support the Blues Explosion for a few dates around Scandinavia:
04/29 - Sticky Fingers, Göteborg (SWE)
04/30 - Mondo, Stockholm (SWE)
05/01 - Rockefeller, Oslo (NOR)
05/03 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
Finnish hardcore act On a Solid Rock has broken up: http://www.onasolidrock.cjb.net/ (in Finnish)