Tiger Lou gets his chance for a big break in the US when his song "Warmth" is played during "The OC" on December 20.
Lady Godiva Operations will release a new EP from Tsukimono called "Kill Your Television" this coming January. Tsukimono is the solo alias of Swedish artist Johan Gustavsson, also in Scraps of Tape and Broken Concrete. The disc will contain five tracks "ranging from guitar improvisition to neoclassical composing and glitchmetal" and a full-length is already in the works for later in the year.
Junior Senior is currently mixing their new album at Gula Studio in Malmö, Sweden. Expect a release sometime in the first half of 2005, depending on where you are in the world.
Check out pics from the Jaga Jazzist 10-year anniversary concerts: http://www.jagajazzist.com/v2/sql/newslist.php?shownews=34
Norway's Kaizers Orchestra has signed an international record deal with Universal Germany. Pretty exciting, especially for a quirky band that only sings in their native tongue. Read more: http://www.kaizers.no/index.php3?ID=NyheterEngelsk&ID2=Vis&counter=36
The band plans to begin recording their next album early next year for a September release in Northern Europe with a wider release to follow in 2006.
Newly rescheduled dates in Italy for Hardcore Superstar:
04/28 - Transilvania Liv, Milan
04/29 - New Age Club, Treviso
04/30 - The Field, Carpaneto Piacentino
05/01 - Fabrik, Cagliari
Swedish webzine Revolver posts their top tracks of 2004: http://www.revolver.nu/chronicle.php?article_id=1064
Aversionline reviews Norwegian industrial-metal act Red Harvest: http://www.aversionline.com/reviews/1923/
Rejoice! A special holiday gift from Ulver: http://www.jester-records.com/mp3/ulver/blood/xmas.mp3
I do believe the clip is a preview of the upcoming album "Blood inside", due out early next year. Kind of harkens back to the "Marriage of heaven and hell" album to my ears, for better or worse.
Lost at Sea reviews Laakso and The Je Ne Sais Quoi:
Laakso - I miss you, I'm pregnant
Je Ne Sais Quoi - We make beginnings
Long-running Finnish rock n' rollers Hanoi Rocks have revealed that their new album will be called "Another Hostile Takeover". Look for it sometime early next year via Century Media offshoot Liquor and Poker Music.