Musical Bear spotlights a number of recent releases from Norway's Jester Records: http://www.musicalbear.com/music/review/album/jester_records/bogus_blimp_rdtr_upland_obliterate/when_whenever
Hyped post-punk act CDOASS has confirmed that their new album "Extra fingers" will be released on April 13 and will be preceded by a new single. Upcoming live dates:
02/24 - Gump, Göteborg
02/25 - Accelerator @ Debaser, Stockholm
02/26 - Culturen, Västerås
03/04 - Republik, Norrköping
03/07 - Barfly, London (UK)
03/08 - Metro, London (UK)
03/09 - Death Disco @ Notting Hills Arts Club, London (UK)
03/11 - 035-festivalen, Halmstad
03/18 - tba, Eskilstuna
03/26 - Happy Happy Oh @ Inkonst, Malmö
04/08 - Kåren, Örebro
04/21 - Herrgårn, Linköping
04/22 - Pang Musik, Uppsala
04/23 - Perrong 23, Hässleholm
04/30 - Pipeline, Sundsvall
05/04 - Up For A Bit With @ Södra Teatern, Stockholm
05/13 - Tingshuset, Östersund
05/14 - Scharinska, Umeå
Blackstarfoundation reports that Meleeh are currently in the studio and should have their debut album ready for a May 1 release.
Download "Birthday Song Part II" from the Stellan Wahlström Drift Band: http://www.belpid.com/swdb.shtml
The track comes from the band's new album "The Excitable Gift", out now via Belpid Records.
On-demand video site Musicbrigade is currently hosting a Logh spotlight with a few clips from the upcoming album/DVD "A sunset panorama": http://www.musicbrigade.com/
Swedish thrashers The Haunted will join Machine Head, Devildriver and It Dies Today for a US tour in May. Dates soon.
Alamaailman Vasarat reports that their new album "Kinaporin kalifaatti" with Tuomari Nurmio (and Tohtori Hillilä) is now ready for release. The disc features eleven new tracks along with a bonus five-song DVD entitled "Palataan Aasiaan" and will be officially released on March 9.
Via ScandinavianMetal.info comes word of a new track for download from Saturnus, a group described as Denmark's answer to My Dying Bride. Check it: http://www.saturnus.dk/index/saturnus_murky_waters.mp3
Finnish music blog Lupatarkastaja posts about the "Metal on metal - Finnish underground metal compilation": http://lupatarkastaja.blogspot.com/
I can't understand a word of course, but there are links for audio samples and band websites.
The Bear Quartet report that they are working on new material and should have a new album ready for release sometime after summer with nine new tracks. They say the stuff they're writing is a combination of electronics and punk along with their usual excellent sense of melody.
Check out a stream of the brand new Span single "Cut like diamonds" right here: http://193.71.196.157:8080/ramgen/universal//Span-cut_like_diamonds_full.rm
The new album "Vs. Time" is due out late March/early April.
The Defectors will play a few gigs in France this coming May:
05/13 - Bourges
05/14 - Rennes
05/15 - Dijon
More details tba.
International mp3 blog Red Lotus Radio has a few tracks from Múm this week: http://redlotusradio.blogspot.com/
Plugged Records has announced that it will release the new single "A Different Kind Of Love" from Caroline W. aka Caroline Wennergren on March 7, two days after she trys out for the European song contest. More info about her here: http://www.carolinew.net/