Here's those upcoming Shout Out Louds tourdates supporting The Futureheads:
02/21 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
02/22 - The Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
02/23 - Theatre Of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
02/24 - Theatre Of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
02/25 - Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
02/26 - El Salon, Montreal (CAN)
02/27 - Lee's Palace, Toronto (CAN)
02/28 - Shelter, Detroit, MI
03/01 - Double Door, Chicago, IL
03/03 - Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
03/06 - The Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, WA
03/07 - Richard's On Richards, Vancouver,
03/08 - Doug Fir, Portland, OR
03/09 - Slim's, San Francisco, CA
03/10 - Slim's, San Francisco, CA
03/11 - Henry Fonda Music Box Theater - Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
03/12 - The Epicentre, San Diego, CA
03/13 - The Mason Jar, Phoenix, AZ
03/16 - Rhythm Room, Houston, TX
03/17 - La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX
03/19 - Gypsy Tea Room, Dallas, TX
Three new Supersilent dates:
03/09 - Paradox, Tilburg (HOL)
03/10 - Bimhuis, Amsterdam (HOL)
03/11 - V.C.A., Brussels (BEL)
Tomas Andersson Wij will be releasing a live acoustic album called "Live på Rival" this coming March on his own brand-new label Ebeneser Recordings. More info soon.
Those tough guys in The Perishers take a stand against bullies: http://www.perishers.nu/new/article.asp?id=40
Sweden's Jeremiha are the current featured unsigned act over at Soundwerkz.com.
I'm not sure if this means no ExMS showcase in NY and LA, but here's the list of bands playing the two "Nordic Nights" showcases at The Drink On 6th at SXSW:
03/17:
Ske (ICE)
Tina Dico (DK)
The Low Frequency in Stereo (NOR)
Epo-555 (DK)
Powersolo (DK)
22 Pistepirkko (FIN)
03/18:
Teitur (DK)
Magnet (NOR)
The Crash (FIN)
The Ark (SWE)
Surfer Rosa (NOR)
The Blue Van (DK)
Big Dipper has announced that they'll be releasing a new album from Norwegian garage-rockers The Launderettes on March 7. The album will be called "Every heart is a timebomb" and it was produced by Cato Thommasen and Christian Engfeldt of Cato Salsa Experience. Look for the band to tour Europe in May and then come over to the US in August.
Ellis the Vacuumchild will be throwing a release party for their new album "Peace by extermination" this coming Friday in Stockholm. Check out the flyer: http://www.deck13.nu/ellis/skivfest.gif
Magic Marker Records will be releasing Heikki's latest album "2" in the US on February 15 in a new special edition with two bonus cover tunes, one by the Triffids and one by This Perfect Day. To refresh your memory, Heikki is the sideproject of Concretes guitarist Maria Eriksson and esteemed producer/Bear Quartet guitarist Jari Haapalainen.
Adrian Recordings reports that Sharif, the very first band they ever put out, is currently working on a new album and should have something ready for release in late spring/early summer.
The Willowtip Records website has two new Rotten Sound mp3s posted: http://www.willowtip.com/
Redrama, Finland's version of Eminem, won a Border Breaker award at the MIDEM music conference for selling more records across Europe than at home. Read more: http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/news/CD09F6736B363482C2256F95002E66A9!opendocument
The new issue of Terrorizer has part 1 of a special feature on black-metal: http://www.terrorizer.com/
Patrik Jensen (The Haunted) reports that his campy retro-thrash sideproject Witchery is done with their third album. The band, which also features Sharlee D'Angelo from Mercyful Fate/King Diamond/etc., is currently unsigned and is on the lookout for a label to work with. Read more: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=32018