Nervous Nellie on tour in Germany:
12/09 - Indiego Glocksee, Hannover
12/10 - Moby Dick, Rottenburg
12/11 - Moby Dick, Rottenburg
12/12 - Bastion, Bochum
12/13 - Blue Shell, Köln
12/14 - Spartacus, Potsdam
12/15 - Magnet Club, Berlin
12/16 - Gladhouse, Cottbus
12/18 - Ut Connewitz, Leipzig
12/19 - Ms Stubnitz, Rostock
Jon Nödtveidt of the recently reuinited/reformed Dissection talks to Metal-Rules: http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=29
New mp3 today from Finnish garage-pop duo Tigerbombs. As I said in my review, these guys aren't exactly reinventing the wheel or anything, but that doesn't stop them from churning out a solid number of golden pop hits. Like the single "1000 sparks", this track is fueled by an energetic classic organ line and a huge chorus. I love that vocal break at the end with the crazy ascending melody that leads into the final chorus. The album may lose a bit of steam when taken as a whole, but that's because this is really the kind of stuff that's dying to be heard as a radio single. So yeah- check it out and inject a bit of sunshine into your cold December day.
Elsewhere in the blogosphere, the always excellent mp3 blog Tofu Hut published an interview with little ol' me today: http://tofuhut.blogspot.com/2004_12_01_tofuhut_archive.html#110232965524551347
Regular readers of said site probably already have been following my feedback to the site's most recent mixtape feature. Be sure to head on over and check it out and don't miss out on John's amazingly vast blogroll on the right. Incredible.
Wichita Linemen have changed their name to Amandine and now have a new website as well: http://www.amandinemusic.com/
New tourdates for Norwegian singer/songwriter St. Thomas:
01/05 - Po Na Nas, Brighton (UK)
01/06 - The Water Rats Theatre, London (UK)
01/07 - The Water Rats Theatre, London (UK)
01/08 - Joseph's Well, Leeds (UK)
01/10 - Small Music Theatre, Athens (GRE)
01/11 - Chasomeri, Patra (GRE)
Labrador Records has announced the signing of Sambassadeur. No word on what's up with any sort of album release or anything, but you can download the track "Between the lines" right here: http://www.labrador.se/mp3/sambassadeur-between_the_lines.mp3
A ton of Norway's best bands will be contributing tracks to an upcoming Joachim "Jokke" Nielsen tribute comp coming out on would've been his 41st birthday, September 8, 2005. Check out the tracklist here: http://www.jokke.nu/article.php?x=5010
I don't know anything about him, but Google brings up the description "Norway's musical answer to Charles Bukowski".
Hybris Records, home of hyped twee act El Perro Del Mar, will be releasing a split CDR from new artists Vapnet and Compute early next year.
Stockholm-based newspaper City's gift guide for CDs in a multitude of genres from both Swedish and international artists: http://www.city.se/ArticlePages/200412/06/20041206115400_037/20041206115400_037.dbp.asp
Havoc Records has started booking a spring tour for Finnish punks Riistetyt. The label will be doing reissues of various 80s releases from the band in limited 500-copy editions for tour and will also have a new 7" and CD comp featuring recent recordings for sale. Tentative schedule so far:
03/11 - Detroit/Michigan
03/12 - Cleveland
03/13 - Buffalo
03/14 - Albany
03/15 - Boston
03/16 - Providence
03/17 - CT or NJ or NYC
03/18 - Philly or NYC
03/19 - NYC
03/20 - Baltimore
03/21 - DC or Virginia
03/22 - Pittsburgh
03/23 - Columbus or Cincinnati
03/24 - Indianapolis
03/25 - Chicago fest
03/26 - Chicago fest
03/27 - Minneapolis
03/28 - ND or off
03/29 - Montana or off
03/30 - Seattle w/Nightmare
03/31 - Portland w/Nightmare
04/01 - Bay Area, w/Nightmare
04/02 - Bay Area or Santa Cruz
04/03 - Bay Area or So Cal
04/04 - So Cal
04/05 - So Cal/San Diego
04/06 - Phoenix
04/07 - off
04/08 - Austin
04/09 - Dallas
04/10 - St. Louis
Entombed's new live album "Unreal estate" has been confirmed for a US release on February 22 via Candlelight Records. As mentioned before, the recording is from the band's collaboration performance with the Swedish Royal Ballet way back on March 1, 2002. The disc will come with a thick booklet of pictures from the performance and rehearsals, but sadly there's still no word on a DVD. Anyhow, I've heard the music and can report that it sounds absolutely killer.
Every so often I dabble a bit with news from the Dutch music scene, but hopefully I won't have to anymore now that there's Think Small: http://www.thinksmall.nl/english.php
Sure, it's not all 100% Dutch indie music, but it is a great gateway into the music from that part of the world. Definitely recommended.