Chalksounds has confirmed that the upcoming Ellis the Vacuumchild album will be called "Peace by extermination". As mentioned before, it comes out January 28. Labelmates The End Will Be Kicks have taken the easy way out and decided to give make their debut album self-titled. Again, as mentioned before, that one comes out a week earlier on January 21.
Moonbabies will be supporting Matt Sharp (ex-Weezer, The Rentals) on tour in Northern Europe:
11/27 - Frankfurt-Nachtleben (GER)
11/28 - CH-Genf-L'uisine (SWI)
11/29 - Atomic Cafe, München (GER)
11/30 - Rote Fabrik, Zürich (SWI)
12/01 - Schwimmbad, Heidelberg (GER)
The top Scandinavian videos streamed last week at on-demand video service Musicbrigade.com:
01. Nightwish - Wish I had An Angel
02. Annie - Chewing Gum
03. Ana - We Are
04. Gunther & Sunshine Girls - Teeny Weeny String Bikini
05. Alcazar - This Is The World We Live In
Requested Videos: 356,617
Total Streams: 508,460
IAT will be packing up the wife and dogs and leaving for the mountains tomorrow for a bit of R&R. No computer, no email, no nothing. Regular updates and mailorder will resume again on Wednesday, so if you've been thinking about ordering something, you should do it today before I leave.
The complete list of gigs that The Tiny will be playing while in the NY/NJ area later this month:
10/25 - tba, New Jersey
10/26 - The Knitting Factory, NYC w/The Feverfew, Sleep Station, All Rattle & Dust, Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer
10/27 - The Living Room, NYC
10/28 - ExMS showcase @ The Lion's Den, NYC w/Hell on Wheels, Prime Sth
10/29 - Pete's Candystore, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
10/30 - Barbes Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
Hammerfall is wrapping things up on their new record: http://www.hammerfall.net/scripts/news.asp?ID=144
Copenhagen Records has licensed the new album "One Day You’ll Dance For Me New York City" from Norwegian singer/songwriter Thomas Dybdahl for a Danish release on January 10.
Swedish hardcore act Between Us has gotten themselves a profile on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/betweenus
The new book "The Swing of Things" chronicling the career of Norway's A-ha is now out and comes with a bonus CD containing 12 of the band's old demos. Read more: http://www.a-ha.com/?cat=417
Splendid reviews Jens Lekman's "When I Said I Wanted to be Your Dog": http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=1097230211922136
Some new live dates for The Defectors:
11/26 - Loppen, Copenhagen (DK)
11/27 - Gimle, Roskilde (DK)
12/04 - Studenterhuset, Aalborg (DK)