Sondre Lerche is doing a huge US tour this fall:
09/24 - Open Air Theatre, San Diego, CA
10/25 - Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA
10/26 - Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
10/14 - Bowery Ballroom, CMJ New York, NY
10/19 - Southpaw Brooklyn, NY
10/20 - Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ
10/22 - Aldrich Cont. Museum Ridgefield, CT
10/23 - Ironhorse Northamton, MA
10/24 - Paradise Lounge, Boston, MA
10/25 - TLA, Philadelphia, PA
10/26 - Iota, Arlington, VA
10/28 - Club Cafe, Pittsburg
10/29 - Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
10/30 - The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON (CAN)
11/01 - Intersection, Grand Rapids, MI
11/02 - Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
11/03 - Double Door, Chicago, IL
11/05 - Fine Lane, Minneapolis, MN
11/06 - Maintenance Shop, Iowa City, IA
11/08 - Birdy's, Indianapolis, IN
11/10 - Uncle Pleasants, Louisville, KY
11/11 - Blue Cats, Asheville, NC
11/12 - Smith's Olde Bar, Atlanta, GA
11/14 - 3rd & Lindsley, Nashville, TN
11/15 - 3rd & Lindsley, St. Louis, MO
11/16 - Vino's, Little Rock, AK
11/18 - Rythm Room, Houston, TX
11/19 - Parish, Austin, TX
11/20 - Gypsy Tea Room, Dallas, TX
11/22 - Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO
11/23 - 32 Bleu, Colorado Springs, CO
11/26 - Richard's on Richard's, Vancouver, BC (CAN)
11/27 - Crocodile, Seattle, WA
11/28 - Dante's, Portland, OR
11/30 - Slim's, San Francisco, CA
12/01 - Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
12/03 - Canes, San Diego, CA
Upcoming tourdates for Paatos:
10/09 - Spirit Of 66 (Festival), Verviers (BEL)
10/10 - Cafe Cairo, Würzburg (GER)
10/11 - De Boerderij, Zoetermeer (NL)
11/15 - Exo 7, Rouen (FRA)
11/16 - Ubu, Rennes (FRA)
11/17 - Theatre Barbey, Bordeaux (FRA)
11/19 - Hard Club, Oporto (POR)
11/20 - Paradise Garage, Lisbon (POR)
11/22 - Ramier, Toulouse (FRA)
11/23 - Portail Coucou, Salon De Provence (FRA)
11/25 - Horus, Rome (ITA)
11/26 - Transilvania, Reggio Emilia (ITA)
11/27 - Z7, Pratteln (CH)
11/29 - Universal DOG, Lahr (GER)
11/30 - Hirsch, Nürnberg (GER)
12/01 - Batschkapp, Frankfurt (GER)
12/02 - Faust, Hannover (GER)
12/03 - Kulturfabrik, Krefeld (GER)
12/04 - Ten Weyngaert, Brusseles (BEL)
All shows from November 15 on are as support for The Gathering.
Notre Dame has parted ways with label Osmose Productions. Hopefully they'll be signing a new deal shortly, maybe even one that will get their CDs into US stores. Until then, the release of the long awaited "Creepshow Freakshow Peepshow" DVD remains in limbo.
Mando Diao recently did a studio session with the UK's XFM and you can listen right here: http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=39113
Lullacry is currently in the studio working on a new album and you can read all about it right here: http://www.lullacry.com/diary.php
Check out an excerpt from Stephan Mathieu's new one-track album "On tape": http://www.hapna.com/ontape.mp3
Fun has posted a diary from their recently completed European tour: http://www.noisecorewalze.com/text_template.php?text=spekulaatio_tour
Not only are they featured on the upcoming "IAT reader's companion" compilation, but their album "Szklarska poreba" is fast becoming one of my favorites for the year.
The Uncritical mp3 blog has posted a couple tunes and commentary on Sophie Rimheden: http://uncritical.blogspot.com/2004/09/set-by-desert-sunsets.html
Head on over to Svenksunderjord.com for a new video from Göteborg hip-hop group Caine.
Mp3 blog The Big Ticket has posted the new Concretes single along with something from the new Kings of Convenience: http://the-big-ticket.blogspot.com/2004/09/really-getting-into-swing.html
Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. The Rasmus - Guilty
02. Snook - Mister Cool
03. Johnny De Luxe - Drømmer jeg
04. Kemopetrol - My Superstar
05. Saybia - Brilliant Sky
06. The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk
07. Beats And Styles - Dance Dance Dance
08. Ayesha - Fire
09. The Confusions - Window
10. Melody Club - Take Me Away
11. Sondre Lerche - Days That Are Over
12. The Solution - I Have To Quit You
13. Moder Jords Massiva - Out of My Hands
14. Empire Dogs - Oh Lord
15. Tiger Lou - Sell Out
16. Erik Faber - Yesterday´s Call
17. Venke Knutson - Kiss
18. Maria Arredondo - Mad Summer
19. Kleen Cut - Hands Up
20. The Concretes - You Can't Hurry Love
Challengers:
01. Maria Mena - Just A Little Bit
02. Christian Walz - Wonderchild
03. Brimstone Butterfly - Tunnelvision
04. Tungtvann - Plan B
05. Ana - We Are
06. Lake Placid - Is This Love
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
Here's this week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:
01. Johnny Deluxe - Drömmer jeg? (DK)
02. Nine - Anxienty report (SWE)
03. The Rasmus - Guilty (FIN)
04. Petter ft. AFC - Repa skivan (SWE)
05. Gimmel - Pisaroita ja kyyneleitä (FIN)
06. Ville Pusa - I dina ögon (FIN)
07. Sahara Hotnights - Hot night crash (SWE)
08. Marit Bergman - I will always be your soldier (SWE)
09. Sondre Lerche - Days that are over (NOR)
10. Björk - Oceania (ICE)
Challengers:
11. Nightwish - Wish I had an angel (FIN)
12. Annie - Chewing gum (NOR)
13. Snook - Mister Cool (SWE)
Upcoming tourdates for September Malevolence:
09/30 - Internationelt Hus, Odense (DK)
10/01 - Roast n Beerz, Veile (DK)
10/02 - tba, Drammen (NOR)
10/03 - tba, Oslo (NOR)
10/10 - Sunday..., Stockholm (SWE)
10/12 - tba, Helsinki (FIN)
10/13 - Ilusioon, Tartu (EST)
10/14 - Depo, Riga (LAT)
10/15 - Galera, Kaunas (LIT)
10/16 - Club Diuna, Warsaw (POL)
10/17 - Club Mechanic, Gdansk (POL)
11/10 - AZ Conni, Dresden (GER)
11/11 - tba (GER)
11/12 - Subkultur Festival, Cottbus (GER)
11/13 - Kastanie 85, Berlin (GER)
11/14 - tba (GER)
11/15 - Sunny Red, München (GER)
11/16 - tba (GER)
11/17 - Clubkeller, Frankfurt (GER)
11/21 - Porslinan, Kalrskrona (SWE)
All dates in Germany are together with Seidenmatt.
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
02. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
03. Gyllene Tider - Finn 5 Fel
04. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
05. Stefan Sundström - Hjärtats melodi
06. Alcazar - Dancefloor - Deluxe
07. Raymond & Maria - Vi ska bara leva klart
08. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
09. Shirley Clamp - Den Långsamma Blomman
10. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
11. Melody Club - Face the Music
12. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
13. Sandelin & Ekman - I stereo
14. Caj Karlsson - Gud straffar somliga med en gång
15. Teddybears Sthlm - Fresh
16. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
17. Gyllene Tider - Gt 25 - Samtliga Hits!
18. Nic & the Family - Hej hej skiva
19. Di Leva - Tiden faller
20. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
Via pHinnWeb comes word that J-P Parikka's 12-track album "Finish Dynamics" can be downloaded for a voluntary donation towards an African school right here: http://www.faventia.de/index.php?id=281
The site is in German, but hopefully it shouldn't be too hard to figure out.
The Concretes will be touring the UK as support for The Thrills:
11/17 - Northumbria University, Newcastle
11/18 - Academy, Glasgow
11/20 - Octagon, Sheffield
11/21 - Academy, Bristol
11/22 - University Great Hall, Exeter
11/24 - Brixton Academy, London
In other news, the group's new single "Seems fine" will be released in four different formats. First, a three-track CD including the video by director Johan Renck, the Wernham Hogg Remix of "Chico" by The Avalanches and a cover of "Just Locals", originally by The Bear Quartet. Next is a two-track CD without the remix. Third is a two-track 7" on red vinyl, again without the remix. And for completists, there will also be a one-sides etched 7" with only the remix. Pretty snazzy, eh?