Very, very sad and worrisome news from Nasum: http://www.nasum.com/
More here: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=30833
St. Thomas reports that Racing Junior has settled on August 29 as the release date for his next album with an EP to precede it some time before the summer. Otherwise, he'll be doing the usual rounds of the festival circuit in Europe along with a three-week US tour supporting Of Montreal in April.
Undertoner's picks for the top Danish albums of the year: http://www.undertoner.dk/article/articleview/895
Swedish synth-poppers Melody Club are heading to Italy for a couple gigs in mid-February:
02/17 - Zoobar, Rome (ITA)
02/18 - Rainbow Club, Milano (ITA)
David & the Citizens side-project Homeland extends holiday greetings and has posted some new demo tracks along with some news regarding the forthcoming album: http://www.homelandhome.com/
Updated 2005 tourdates for Gåte, another one of my favorites from 2004:
01/14 - Eurosonic, Groningen (NL)
01/28 - Alfreds, Hønefoss (NOR)
01/29 - Rockefeller, Oslo (NOR)
02/15 - Pumpehuset, København (DK)
02/16 - Gimle, Roskilde (DK)
02/17 - Voxhall, Århus (DK)
02/18 - Rytmeposten, Odense (DK)
02/19 - Fermaten, Herning (DK)
02/21 - Debaser Klub, Stockholm (SWE)
02/22 - Sticky Fingers, Göteborg (SWE)
Eskobar extends holiday greetings with a video clip: http://www.eskobar.nu/vid/eskobar_greetings.mov
Aversionline reviews the latest album from The Haunted: http://www.aversionline.com/reviews/1963/
Swedish webzine The Cricket has published their best-of 2004 list: http://www.thecricket.se/2004.asp (in Swedish)
A lot of typical indie picks, but some interesting Scandinavian selections as well.
Stjärna webzine interviews Swedish instrumental post-rock act Ef: http://www.stjarnaproductions.com/viewfeature.php?id=24
Madrugada has posted a video montage from their recording session in LA featuring a rough mix of a new song for audio: http://www.madrugada.net/movies/holiday_hi.mov
Check out a stream of the brand-new Dark Tranquility track "Through smudged lenses": http://www.centurymedia.de/century/mainarea/audio.aspx?id=dark_tranquillity__through_smudged_lenses.rm
The song comes from the band's upcoming album "Character", due out January 24 through Century Media.
As a special treat, Finnish electronic artist O Samuli A has posted a new track for download: http://www.kapsi.fi/~osamulia/interverkko/mp3/hannu_hanahen_hautajaiset.mp3
Swedish stoner-rock act Dozer has been selected as the support act for Mastodon's upcoming European tour. Dates:
02/09 - Cathouse, Glasgow (SCO)
02/10 - Northumbria University, Northumbria (UK)
02/11 - Academy 2, Birmingham (UK)
02/12 - Academy 3, Manchester (UK)
02/14 - Corporation, Sheffield (UK)
02/15 - Zodiac, Oxford (UK)
02/16 - Mean Fiddler, London (UK)
02/17 - Lemon Grove, Exeter (UK)
02/19 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
02/20 - Underground, Cologne (GER)
02/21 - Kato, Berlin (GER)
02/22 - Backstage, Munich (GER)
02/23 - Rocking Chair, Vevay (SWI)
02/25 - Rainbow, Milan (ITA)
02/27 - Arena, Madrid (SPA)
02/28 - Mephisto, Barcelona (SPA)
03/02 - Abbox, Brussels (BEL)
03/03 - Boule Noir, Paris (FRA)
03/04 - Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)
03/06 - Lille Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
03/07 - Kulturbolaget, Malmö (SWE)
03/08 - Klubben, Stockholm (SWE)
03/09 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
03/11 - Tavastia , Helsinki (FIN)