Via Largehearted Boy, the Minneapolis City Pages lists eighteen thoughts concerning The Hives: http://citypages.com/databank/25/1238/article12411.asp
Rickshaw will enter Glam Recordings studio at the end of September to record three brand new tracks and a Duster 69 cover for splits with both Electric Frankenstein and Duster 69. Other upcoming releases on the horizon include a contribution to the "A Punk-Tribute to The Beatles" four-band 7" EP from 442eme Rue and a full-length album sometime early next year.
Here's the full tracklist for the new Giant Robot EP coming out soon:
CD:
01. Get Up (DJ Slow RMX)
02. Get UP (Blockbuster Mix)
03. Death By Water (Ercola Remix)
04. Get Up (album version)
Vinyl:
A1. Get Up (DJ Slow RMX)
A2. Get Up (Blockbuster Mix)
A3. Get Up (album version)
B1. Death By Water (Ercola Remix)
B2. Eyes on the Price (kiki & silversurfer rmx)
The CD version will also contain the videos for "Get Up", "Public = Shopping" and "Instrumental Comfort".
Swedish post-rockers September Malevolence will be recording a new track this weekend for a split 7" with Isles that will be released in conjunction with the two band's European tour in October. Dates for that coming soon. Otherwise, the band will also be recording their debut full-length between now and then. As for the future, look for a German tour with instrumental act Serdenmatt in November.
Finnish CDR label 267 lattajjaa has sent out an open call for contributors to a comp paying tribute to J.O. Mallander's 'all-time classic tracks' "1962 / 1968" aka "Kekkonen". Read on:
The style is completely free, you can do it accapella, electronic, or with/without any instruments you like, just use the original lyrics if possible (instrumentals are also ok). Everyone submitting a version will get one free copy of the finished record (format is cdr). If you're interested then contact me at: hhaahti @ dlc.fi
For more info on the label see this short interview here: http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/ls_home.html
Schwegweb interviews Dimmu Borgir about touring with Ozzfest, black-metal in the US and more: http://www.schwegweb.com
Entombed will finally be releasing "Unreal Estate" sometime early next year through their own label Threeman Recordings, shortly followed by a US release on Candlelight. As mentioned ages ago, "Unreal Estate" is the 45-minute piece the band composed and performed at the Royal Opera Hall in Stockholm with accompaniment by 30 ballet dancers as a special commissioned work. Of course, I'd like to see video footage of the event on DVD of the event, but whatever - I'll take what I can get.
Check out the video for "They do it" from Swedish electropop act Vacuum: http://www.subspace.se/news/vacuum_video_popup.asp
Here's an e-card for Lazyboy and their new single "Fact of Life": http://www.musicbay.se/jukebox/universal/lazyboy_dk/popup.html
As mentioned here before, Lazyboy is the new project from Sören Rasted of Aqua.
Check out the video for "Speedway VM" from Rallypack: http://www.rallypack.se/speedway.wmv
Randy has started work on writing new material for their next album. No word on when they'll begin recording, but I'll keep you posted.
Denmark's Düreforsög has made their entire new album "Escho Live" available for free download from their website: http://www.dureforsog.com/
Lasse Marhaug (Jazzkammer) has two new releases out. First up is a solo CDR called "Evil Has No Laundry" from Synesthetic Recordings. It consists of a single track from the "Nothing But Sound From Now On" sessions in 2001 and comes on a credit-card size disc. Second is a DVD comp from [ohm] Records called "Nor-Noise" that features interviews with scene luminaries such as Otomo Yoshihide, Tore H. Bøe, Franscisco López, Helge Sten (aka Deathprod), Maja Ratkje, Masami Akita and more. It will also come with a comp of Norwegian noise artists such as Jazzkammer, Crazy River, Norwegian Noise Orchestra, Fe-Mail and more, all totally exclusive tracks. The official release for that one isn't until September, but Lasse is offering it for mailorder now.