Swedish hardcore act Misconduct will be heading out on a 10-year anniversary tour across Europe with support from US act Burn the 8 Track. Side by Side Records will be releasing a special best-of CD for the tour that will also include various as-yet-unnamed bonus tracks. Here's the dates booked so far:
03/04 - Thrillbeats Club, Dresden (GER)
03/05 - AJZ, Leisnig (GER)
03/09 - Café Charbon, Nevers (FRA)
03/27 - JUZ Korn, Hannover (GER) (Sunday matinee)
Viola has a special online Christmas calendar counting down the days until the holiday and offering lots of special treats: http://www.ifsociety.com/viola/joulukalenteri/
Finland's Callisto has just signed a license deal with Earache Records for their album "True Nature Unfolds", originally released on Fullsteam Records back in April 2004. Look for it to be rereleased internationally around February next year. In other news, the band will be hitting the road around Europe for the next couple weeks:
12/03 - Skylten, Linköping (SWE)
12/04 - Imperiet, Herning (DK)
12/05 - Wild At Heart, Berlin (GER)
12/06 - de Kar, Groningen (HOL)
12/07 - Juz, Saarlouis (GER)
12/09 - Le Clos Fleuri, Lyon (FRA)
12/10 - Squat, Luzern (SWI)
12/11 - 13 Eins, Ansbach (GER)
12/12 - Hafenklang, Hamburg (GER)
12/14 - Piwnica, Belchatow (POL)
12/16 - Club Depo, Riga (LAT) w/Abduktio, Armageddon clock
12/17 - Fontaine´s Palace, Liepaja (LAT)
12/18 - Green Christmas, Rakvere (EST) w/Paradise Lost, Echosilence, Waterdog, Solwaig
The first confirmed dates for Audrey's upcoming European tour:
02/11 - Astra Stube, Hamburg
02/12 - Stereo Wonderland, Köln
02/13 - Dreikönigskeller, Frankfurt
02/14 - Carambolage, Karlsruhe
02/15 - Prager Frühling, München
02/16 - Magnet, Berlin
02/18 - Juz, Saarlouis
02/19 - Cancoon Bar, Nancy
02/20 - tba, Dordrecht
Otherwise, the band is currently working on new material and recording demos for an eventual full-length album.
Music Export Norway is launching a new initiative of showcase events to be held in London. The first one scheduled will feature Ephemera, Bonk and The Brimstone Solar Radiation Band at the Infinity Club on December 2. Read more: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004120112181696679331
Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (03) Promoe - "Long Distance Runner"
02. (02) Ison & Fille - "Vill Va Highwon"
03. (09) Faithless - "Miss U Less, See U More"
04. (18) Radio LXMBRG - "L'Indiffirence EP"
05. (04) Bloc Party - "Helicopter"
06. (01) Timo Räisänen - "Lovers Are Lonely"
07. (NY) Beastie Boys - "An Open Letter To NYC"
08. (NY) The Chrysler - "Blue Gold"
09. (05) The Go! Team - "Ladyflash"
10. (NY) The Ark - "One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young"
11. (07) The Tough Alliance - "Holiday"
12. (NY) CDOASS - "Speak To Me"
13. (08) Mando Diao - "God Knows"
14. (ÅT) Keane - "This Is The Last Time"
15. (17) The Streets - "Blinded By The Lights"
16. (06) Björk - "Who Is It?"
17. (12) Snow Patrol - "How To Be Dead"
18. (14) Joanna Newsom - "Sprout And The Bean"
19. (15) Embee - "Not Tonite"
20. (16) David Fridlund - "April & May"
Hot tracks outside the top 20:
Chick Habit - "Bullshit Radio"
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - "Believe I've Found"
Stellan Wahlström Drift Band - "Ocean Ave"
Leaving the chart:
(10) Ayesha - "Squaffie"
(11) The (International) Noise Conspiracy - "A Small Demand"
(13) Richard Reagh + Wwnb2 - "Outlaw EP"
(19) Dizzee Rascal - "Dream"
(20) Florence Valentin - "Där jag borde va"
Pitchfork reviews the reissue of the Sigur Ros album "Von": http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/sigur-ros/von.shtml
Gluecifer has decided to cancel all of their Spanish tourdates due to singer's Biff Malibu ongoing sickness. Biff has already been sick for over a week and his doctors have ordered him to stay in bed for awhile more before hitting the road again.
Singer/songwriter Thomas Denver Jonsson has been selected as one of Sweden's delegates coming over to the US in March for SXSW.
Sweden's Soda Magazine has published an article going over the history of The Soundtrack of Our Lives and you can read it online right here: http://www.sodamagazine.com/ (in Swedish)
How cool is this? The Knife will be doing a remix of the next Stina Nordenstam single "Parliament Square" for release in January or February via V2. They are also doing a remix of "Keep you Kimi" for Swedish electronic artist Hird for release on the lounge label DNM (Dealers of Nordic Music).
The first string of dates for the upcoming Entombed US tour with Crowbar, Pro-Pain and The Mighty Nimbus have been announced:
02/07 - B.B. Kings Blues Club, New York, NY
02/08 - Jaxx Nite Club, Springfield, VA
02/09 - Trocadero Theater, Philadelphia, PA
02/11 - Northern Lights, Clifton Park, NY
02/12 - The Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY
02/14 - House of Blues, Cleveland, OH
02/15 - Joe's, Chicago, IL
02/16 - Ascot Room, Minneapolis, MN
02/17 - Ranch Bowl, Omaha, NE
02/18 - Gothic Theater, Englewood, CO
02/19 - Lo Fi Cafe, Salt Lake City, UT
02/21 - Fat Tuesday's, Spokane, WA
02/22 - Graceland, Seattle, WA
02/23 - Sabala's @ Mt. Tabor Theater, Portland, OR
02/26 - House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA
"Lady December" is the name of the new single from The Concretes that will be released on December 8. The b-sides will include "The warrior" and their acoustic shuffle version of "Seems fine", as heard on the Swedish TV-show "Sen kväll med Luuk". The UK gets all of the songs on the "Warm Night" EP which comes out over there on December 13.
Norwegian singer/songwriter Magnet is doing a string of shows around the LA area along with some TV appearances:
12/02 - KCRW presents Magnet at The Fold @ Tangier w/Jesca Hoop
12/03 - Late Late Show w/guest host Michael Ian on CBS
12/06 - Viper Room w/Foreign Born, On The Speakers (early show)
12/09 - Listen for "Lay lady lay" during episode 5 of "The OC" on Fox
12/12 - KCRW presents Magnet at the Troubador w/Phoenix
Lawnchair Records has just put out a free downloadable EP from young singer/songwriter Pekka Pörtfors. Go here to check it out: http://www.lawnchairrecords.com/releases.php?id=26