MTVe has a little blurb about the plot for Kent's new video "Palace & main": http://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=5539
The CDS will be released on May 4 and will include the exclusive b-sides "Nihilisten" and "Alla mot alla".
Dusted reviews Finnish free-folk act Kemialliset Ystävät: http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2093
Download two tracks from Danish all-star metal act Force of Evil off their new album "Black empire": http://www.forceofevil.net/7.htm
As mentioned before, FoE features current and ex Mercyful Fate members Michael Denner, Hank Shermann and Bjarne Holm as well as Hal Patino (King Diamond) and Martin Steene (ex-Ironfire).
Reuinited Swedish hard-rockers Europe will finally get their comeback album "Start from the dark" released in the US on June 7 through Friday Music. As mentioned before, the band kicks off a US tour on April 22 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA.
Remember Novak? And maybe you've heard of the Swedish pop star Andreas Novak from the TV show Fame Factory? As you can imagine, that's a situation ripe for conflict. What's a little indie band to do? Well, they decided to just give in and change their name. The new moniker: Antennas. And today I'm proud to present to you their brand new single "Always on my mind". No, it's not that song, but they both possess that same feeling of longing and regret. It's not nearly as guitar heavy as the band's previous work, but they make up for it with amazingly lush production. Great stuff. The official CD version will be released soon on Novoton Records with remixes from Andreas Tilliander, Pro-Seed, AK and P.R.I.D.E.
I finally got around to getting those mailorder updates done. Look down to your right for new titles from Convoj and Kristofer Åström and also note that Tiger Lou has been restocked. Thanks!
Massproduktion has announced the signing of Marble, the first new act on the label since 1997. They'll be recording their debut album over the summer, but you can hear demo samples here: http://www.digfi.com/default.aspx?id=5053
Upcoming European tourdates for Music77:
05/22 - Lades, Copenhagen (DK)
05/24 - Play/Rec, Copenhagen (DK)
05/31 - 1000 Fryd, Aalborg (DK)
06/01 - Acu, Utrecht (NL)
06/03 - Occii, Amsterdam (NL)
06/04 - Vera, Groningen (NL)
06/07 - Kulturbunker Mühlheim, Cologne (GER)
06/08 - Mikrokosmos, Magdenburg (GER)
06/09 - tba, Dortmund (GER)
06/10 - AZ Conni, Dresden (GER)
06/11 - Miller Park, Minden (GER)
06/12 - Ut Connewitz, Leipzig (GER)
06/14 - tba, Kaiserslautern (GER)
06/15 - tba, St Gallen (CH)
06/18 - Open Air Festival, Hradek Nad Nisou (CZ)
The video for the new Looptroop single "Fort Europa" is available to download: http://www.looptroop.nu/videos/looptroop_forteuropa.mov
Norwegian hardcore label Lilac Sky reports that their friends The Spectacle has just finished writing the follow-up album to "Rope or guillotine" and you can listen to one of the tracks here: http://www.the-spectacle.com/mp3/01%20Snut.mp3
No word on who or when it'll be released, but I'll try to keep you posted.
Also from Lilac Sky comes word that The Birds Are Spies, They Report To The Trees just finished recording a new 7" and will be taking part in a 7" series on Ape Must Not Kill Ape Records in the near future alongside bands such as Dominic, What Price Wonderland and more.
And lastly, Lilac Sky says that Kaospilot is finally recording some new material which will end up on some sort of split with The Fiction. The band also plans to tour Japan later this summer.
Labrador Records is offering the new [ingenting] single "En bättre dag" as a free download: http://www.labrador.se/news.php3?lab=050408.025833