Witchery is finally coming back to life according to a recent posting from guitarist/songwriter Patrik Jensen. Now that work with The Haunted's (Jensen's other band) new album is done, there's time for the guys to release a new album which is currently being mixed and mastered. No word on a title or label, but they hope to have it out by the end of the year. I'm sure we'll hear more soon.
JR Ewing pays tribute to their good friend Aaron Rudra: http://www.v8.no/thejrewing/news.htm
The first set of confirmed dates for Tiger Lou's upcoming tour of Northern Europe:
11/01 - Bla, Bonn
11/02 - Ex-Haus, Trier
11/03 - Gleis 22, Münster
11/04 - Molotow, Hamburg
11/05 - Juz, Leer
11/06 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg
11/07 - Scheune, Dresden
11/08 - Chelsea, Vienna
11/09 - Rote Fabrik, Zürich
11/10 - Orangehouse, München
11/11 - Mokka, Thun
11/13 - Silverwing Uncle Sallys Party, Berlin
The If Society website now has videos from both Hero Dishonest and Echo is Your Love: http://www.ifsociety.com/media.php
Embee from Looptroop has confirmed a November 17 release date for his debut solo LP "Tellings From Solitaria". As mentioned before, it contains a ton of top-notch guests such as Timbuktu, José González, his mates from Looptroop, Rico Wondahman, Rantoboko, Bless & Daniel Lemma and the Reinis Zarins Jazz Quartet. The first single will be for the song "Not Tonite" with Vanessa Liftig.
Elin Sigvardsson won't release her next album until January 26, but there will be a single out sometime this fall. Otherwise, she plans to fly to Chicago and travel a bit in the US for a few weeks. Read more: http://www.elinsigvardsson.com/php/Brev.php?id=35
Alice in Videoland reports that they are currently at home in Malmö working on a new album. If synthpop takes off this time around, they better hurry up to have something out soon.
Swedish hard rockers Hell n' Diesel will be entering Ljudhavet Studios in Stockholm with engineer Henrik Edenhed in mid-October to record an as-yet-unnamed new single.
Finnish electronic artist Jimi Tenor is playing in the UK later this month:
09/15 – Jazz Café, London
09/16 – Arches, Glasgow
09/17 - Crawdaddy, Dublin
09/18 - Toucan, Cardiff
Check out the video for "Uhr-Nazuur" from classic old-school Swedish death-metal act God Among Insects: http://www.filmerna.com/gai.htm
High Bias on the latest from Entombed: http://highbias.com/reviews/20040912_short1.html#Entombed
The UK's Tangents webzine likes Stella Rocket: http://www.tangents.co.uk/tangents/main/2004/sept/singles.html
The North American release of "Once" from Finland's Nightwish will have bonus materials not included on the original European release: the b-side to the "Nemo" single "White Night Fantasy" and the video for "Wish I Had An Angel". The artwork will also be slightly different and you can check it out here: http://www.nightwish.com/pics/nightwish_newcover.jpg