Norwegian experimental electronic act Jazzkammer has been confirmed for No Fun Fest 2005 to be held March 18-20 at the Hook in Brooklyn, NY. Other acts playing include Whitehouse, Consumer Electronics, Sudden Infant, Metalux, Runzelstirn and Gurgelstock, Pengo, Monotract and tons more. Lasse Marhaug of Jazzkammer will also be making a guest appearance with Peter Rehberg (Pita) as part of the Total Acid Ensemble who will themselves be playing with drone giants SUNN O))). 3-day passes go on sale mid-January, single day tickets will be available in February. More info: http://nofunfest.com
Teddybears STHLM and Promoe are being sent to France by Export Music Sweden to play the Transmusicales in Rennes this weekend. This is the fourth time that ExMS has held showcase events at the annual industry conference.
Henrik Bjornsson from Iceland's Singapore Sling answers 'pointless questions' for Splendid: http://www.splendidezine.com/departments/pq/singaporesling.html
Mates of State (US), The (International) Noise Conspiracy and Isolation Years are the first acts confirmed for next year's Umeå Open.
Keyboardist Calle has left synthpop group Alice in Videoland citing the always-classic "personal reasons" as his explanation. He may still collaborate with the band in the future, but his full-time position will be taken over by long time friend and supporter Dominique Kalamajski.
DigitalMetal interviews Finnish old-school death-metal supergroup Chaosbreed: http://www.digitalmetal.com/interviews.asp?iID=3557
They also review the new Nasum disc: http://www.digitalmetal.com/reviews.asp?cid=6138
HIM frontman Ville Valo has been diagnosed with acute laryngitis and has been forced to postpone their SF and LA shows for February 26 and 27 respectively.
Vintersorg has plans to record a new album early next year. The group also plans to do MCD "that takes a look back to the past, while remaining innovative and inspiring" sometime soon as well.
Coming up in the near future from Duplicate Records will be a 7" called "Husk, Du Skal Dø" from Norwegian one-man black-metal act Sarath and a rerelease of Beyond Dawn's excellent "In Reverie" EP which orginally came out in 1999 on Eibon. In other news, the label is offering a special 10% off anti-Christmas price on all mailorder through January 1. Head over to their website and sign up for the newsletter to get the latest details: http://www.duplicate-records.com/
The new issue of Lowcut Webzine is online and features interviews with Wild Evil Entertainment Dept. (DK), The Blue Van (DK) and Local Oafs (SWE), a tour report from The Defectors (DK), tons of reviews and more: http://www.lowcut.dk
Carcrash Records, home of excellent art-damaged acts like Dialog Cet and Svenson, now has a new website online: http://www.carcrashrecords.com/
Coming up next for the label will be Alarma Man's debut full-length in February and Log Cabin's next album sometime later on.
Vidar Busk will be recording his sixth album this coming winter for release sometime next year. Look for a full tour to follow in summer 2005.
The State Of Floral Beings will release their new single "Dirtnap" on December 7 via Trewetha Records. The b-sides will include the exclusive track "Rezomatic" and a remix of the title cut by Haakan. Look for the new full-length album "We Know You Love Us And That´s Why We Do This" in January.
Colony 5 has announced that their new single "Plastic world" will be released on March 26 next year. As for the new album, it's still untitled, but is said to include thirteen songs and will be released one month later.