Aftonbladet has some streaming previews of the new Magnus Uggla album: http://www.aftonbladet.se/ettor/webb/885_normal.html
Two Swedish reviews at Delusions of Adequacy today with both Laakso and Jens Lekman: http://www.adequacy.net/
Per Gessle told Aftonbladet that Gyllene Tider is working on songs in both English and Swedish and has high hopes of conquering Europe. We shall see.
Joey Jordison of Slipknot will be sitting in for Frost when Satyricon tours the US again in December, due to the former's inability to get visa clearance. Frost has a prior conviction on his record from an assault charge some ten years ago and has been repeatedly denied US access because of it. This isn't Jordison's first time filling in for another band either - some of you might recall that he filled in for a sick Lars Ulrich of Metallica at the UK's Download Festival. Could be cool - even if you're not a Slipknot maggot, it's hard to deny the guy's talent. Tentative dates:
12/02 - Slim's/The Pound, San Francisco, CA
12/03 - House of Blues/The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA
12/04 - House of Blues, Anaheim, CA
12/05 - The Marquee, Phoenix, AZ
12/07 - Trees, Austin, TX
12/08 - Engine Room, Houston, TX
12/09 - Back Room, Dallas, TX
12/10 - The Other Side, Tulsa, OK
12/11 - Pop's, St. Louis, MO
12/12 - House of Blues, Chicago, IL
12/13 - Harpo's, Detroit, MI
12/15 - BB Kings, New York, NY
12/16 - The Palladium, Worcester, MA
12/17 - Trocadero/TLA, Philadelphia, PA
12/18 - Jaxx, Springfield, VA
12/19 - tba
12/20 - tba
12/21 - tba
Check out a brand new short film from The Knife to help promote the very recent UK release of "Heartbeats": http://playlouder.com/news/+forkit/
Quite possibly one of the best band promos ever.
As mentoned back on 9/20, Nicolai Dunger is doing a short US tour with Sufjan Stevens. Complete dates:
11/11 - Ethical Society, Philadelphia, PA
11/12 - Bard College, Annondale, NY
11/13 - Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY
11/14 - Middle East (Upstairs), Cambridge, MA (2 Sets)
11/15 - La Sala, Montreal, QBC
11/16 - Lee's Palace, Toronto, ONT
11/17 - Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
11/18 - Schubas, Chicago, IL (2 Sets)
11/19 - Chapel, Madison, WI
11/20 - University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomie, WI
11/21 - 400 Bar, Minneapolis, MN
11/23 - Oberlin College, Cleveland, OH
11/24 - Black Cat, Washington, DC
New mp3 from Viola today, courtesy of the fine people at If Society. This track comes from the band's upcoming split with fellow Finns Iconcrash and is probably best described as dramatic, dark pop. As with everything If Society puts out, it's definitely interesting and worth checking out. It's always a pleasure to find a label that is unafraid to not only dabble in a number of genres, but to also do it well.
The brand new Chalksounds website is now online: http://www.chalksounds.com/
I've been lucky enough to hear both the new Carpet People demos and some rough mixes of new stuff from The End Will Be Kicks and can assure you that both will be absolutely amazing releases. Hopefully 2005 turns into the year that this label finally gets the recognition they've long deserved.
Check out the video for "1000 Sparks" from Finland's Tigerbombs: http://www.johannakustannus.fi/johannatv.php
If you like The Caesars/Caesars Palace, you should probably check these guys out.
Dark Tranquility will be touring Europe alongside German thrash legends Kreator next year:
02/02 - Rockhouse, Salzburg (AUS)
02/03 - Tvornica, Zagreb (CRO)
02/04 - Petöfi Hall, Budapest (HUN)
02/05 - Planet Music, Wien (AUS)
02/06 - Orpheum, Graz (AUS)
02/07 - VtK, Llubljana (SLO)
02/08 - New Age, Treviso (ITA)
02/09 - Rolling Stone, Mailand (ITA)
02/10 - Rockstore, Montpellier (FRA)
02/11 - Jam, Bergara (SPA)
02/12 - Arena, Madrid (SPA)
02/13 - Razzmatazz 1, Barcelona (SPA)
02/14 - Transbordeur, Lyon (FRA)
02/15 - Elysee Montmatre, Paris (FRA)
02/16 - Electric Ballroom, London (UK)
02/17 - Hof ter Lo, Antwerpen (BEL)
02/18 - O13, Tilburg (NL)
02/19 - Dütehalle/Georgsmarinenhütte, Osnabrück (GER)
02/20 - T-Club Turbinenhalle, Oberhausen (GER)
02/21 - Stadthalle, Langen (GER)
02/23 - Longhorn, Stuttgart (GER)
02/24 - Hirsch, Nürnberg (GER)
02/25 - Z7, Pratteln (CH)
02/26 - Zeppelinhalle, Kaufbeuren (GER)
02/27 - Alte Spinnerei, Glauchau (GER)
02/28 - Columbiaclub, Berlin (GER)
03/01 - Faust, Hannover (GER)
03/02 - Markthalle, Hamburg (GER)
03/03 - Musikens Hus, Göteborg (SWE)
03/04 - Betong, Oslo (NOR)
03/05 - Klubben, Stockholm (SWE)
St. Thomas has posted a few updates to his upcoming tour schedule and has also provided a glimpse into what may be his setlist for the jaunt: http://www.stthomas1976.net/thomas/
Royal Downfall spent the weekend in Skellefteå recording basic tracks for a demo of eleven new songs.
Rallypack has posted a bunch of stills from the video shoot for the new single "Traktor": http://www.rallypack.se/nyheter.html