The (International) Noise Conspiracy have been forced to cancel their UK show on November 25 due to a member attending a funeral in Umeå. The band will instead play an abbreviated set at The Mean Fiddler on November 27 instead of the previously scheduled Nottingham show. Full UK dates:
11/26 - Hope and Grape, Manchester
11/27 - Frog Club @ The Mean Fiddler, London
11/28 - Leadmill, Sheffield
11/29 - Kings Tuts, Glasgow
11/30 - The Cockpit, Leeds
12/01 - Whelans, Dublin
12/02 - Academy, Liverpool
Neumu reviews The Legends as well: http://www.neumu.net/fortyfour/
The final dates for Nicke from Backyard Babies DJ tour:
11/24 - KingsandQueens, Munich
11/25 - Cobra Bar, Hamburg
11/27 - Matrix, Bochum
11/28 - Thunder Road House, Eindhoven
11/29 - Cobra Bar, Hamburg
Dark Tranquility has revealed the tracklisting for their new album "Character", due out January 24 via Century Media:
01. The New Build
02. Through Smudged Lenses
03. Out of Nothing
04. The Endless Feed
05. Lost to Apathy
06. Mind Matters
07. One Thought
08. Dry Run
09. Am I 1?
10. Senses Tied
11. My Negation
View the cover art here: http://www.darktranquillity.com/misc/charcover.html
Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (16) Timo Räisänen - "Lovers Are Lonely"
02. (08) Promoe - "Long Distance Runner"
03. (02) The (International) Noise Conspiracy - "A Small Demand"
04. (11) Bloc Party - "Helicopter"
05. (04) The Go! Team - "Ladyflash"
06. (01) Bergman Rock - "I'm A Crab"
07. (10) Björk - "Who Is It?"
08. (NY) Radio LXMBRG - "L'Indiffirence EP"
09. (NY) Ison & Fille - "Vill va Highwon"
10. (05) The Tough Alliance - "Holiday"
11. (09) Mando Diao - "God Knows"
12. (NY) Faithless - "Miss U Less, See U More"
13. (NY) Ayesha - "Squaffie"
14. (NY) Keane - "This Is The Last Time"
15. (03) Embee - "Not Tonite"
16. (NY) Snow Patrol - "How To Be Dead"
17. (NY) Joanna Newsom - "Sprout and the Bean"
18. (ÅT) Richard Reagh + Wwnb2 - "Outlaw"
19. (15) Doktor Kosmos - "Distance Equals Rate Times Time"
20. (17) Peter Bjorn And John - "Teen Love"
Hot tracks outside the top 20:
Dizzee Rascal - "Dream"
Florence Valentin - "Där jag borde va"
Sophie Rimheden/Håkan Lidbo - "Shout"
Leaving the chart:
(06) Phoenix - "You Can't Blame It On. (Anybody)"
(07) Ed Harcourt - "Born In The '70s"
(12) Sahara Hotnights - "Who Do You Dance For?"
(13) Kanye West - "Jesus Walks"
(14) 22-20s - "Shoot Your Gun"
(18) The Hellacopters - "Turn The Wrong Key"
(19) The Streets - "Blinded By The Lights"
(20) Starmarket - "Cologne"
Due to his inability to tour, Maniac has been given the boot from Mayhem and replaced with Attila, the guy who did the vocals on the now-classic album "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas".
Rockfoto.nu has posted new pics of The Solution, Di Leva, Rallypack and more.
E-Type will be releasing a special double a-side single in December featuring the songs "Predator" and "Far up the air". More info to come.
Peggy Lejonhjärta has uploaded a number of mp3 samples from the album "Viskningar och Rop" for your perusal: http://www.peggylejonhjarta.com/musik.html
Awww shucks, Fuck for Forest lost their court battle: http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/english/article303392.ece
Check out some videos from Finland's Mother Goose:
01. No tits
02. Snow dome
The next "Sweden Made Me" Swedish music DJ night has been announced for November 26 at the Penthouse Bar in Brighton. More info: http://www.swedenmademe.com/
Skratch Magazine interviews Swedish punks C.Aarmé: http://www.epitaph.com/news/article.php?id=1838
The band is currently writing new material and working on tour plans.