Tiger Lou is making headway down in Australia. The single "Sell out" has been sent to radio and TV and the album "Is my head still on?" gets a proper release on September 19. Will a tour follow?
It has been revealed that the Motorpsycho song that The International Tussler Society covers on the new album is "Skies Are Full of ... Whine?". It's also been reported that the vinyl edition will be a double 12" set with three sides of music and one etched side. Cool!
Preview the new album and rock opera "Junk" from Brainpool: http://www.brainpool.nu/listen.html
P3 Live will be broadcasting the live debut on August 19 as well.
New European tourdates for The (International) Noise Conspiracy:
08/27 - Reading Festival, Reading
08/28 - Leeds Festival, Leeds
09/03 - Heartattack Tour, Oslo
09/04 - Mark, Athens
09/09 - Enzimi, Rome
09/10 - Hovet, Heartattack Tour, Stockholm
09/12 - Jahalli Arena, Heartattack Tour, Helsinki
10/28 - So 36, Berlin
10/29 - Conne Island, Leipzig
10/30 - Flex, Vienna
10/31 - Backstage, Munich
11/02 - E-Werk, Erlangen
11/03 - La Laiterie, Strassbourg
11/04 - Le Ninkasi, Lyon
11/05 - Tournefeuille, Toulouse
11/06 - Salle Olympic, Nantes
11/08 - Le Trabendo, Paris
11/09 - Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, Lille
11/10 - Melkveg, Amsterdam
11/11 - Matrix, Bochum
11/12 - Schlachthof, Bremen
11/13 - Halle 2, Mannheim
11/14 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden
11/25 - Islington Academy, London
11/26 - Hope and Grape, Manchester
11/27 - Rescue room, Nottingham
11/28 - Leadmill, Sheffield
11/29 - Kings Tuts, Glasgow
11/30 - The Cockpit, Leeds
It had to happen eventually - Norwegian black-metal tourism: http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/english/article261742.ece
Atlanta alt-weekly Creative Loafing interviews the participants on the Liz Phair 'Chicks With Attitude' tour, including Nina Persson of The Cardigans: http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2004-08-05/vibes_feature.html
Swedish budget hip-hop label and Streetzone offshoot Pay Per Bag has a long list of new releases coming out:
Headtag - The Shindig
Mystrow - Chester Copperpot
Robert Valsinger - Robert Valsinger
Fit Machine - From Inside The Machine
Planeten Jorden - Frihetssånger I Retro Adidas
Mekano - Double Cream
Tank Marwin - Tank You
Kamphundar - Kamphundar
As always, they'll be packaged simply and will cost 99sek. More info: http://www.payperbag.com/
Nasum's Jon Lindqvist will be filling in for Entombed/Disfear guitarist Uffe Cederlund at the latter's upcoming appearance during Pointless Fest on August 12-15 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After that, he'll be heading back to the States again to tour with his other band Victims.
Carcrash Records will be released a limited edition vinyl version of C.Aarmé's amazing self-titled debut album in a few weeks. White vinyl and only 500 copies, so act fast if you want a copy.
Baby Woodrose is releasing a new album called "Dropout!" on September 20, but it's not a proper full-length. Rather, it's a tribute to the garage=rock groups of the 60s that have influenced the band over the years. Four of the tracks were recording during the sessions for the last album "Money For Soul" and the rest of the lot were done when the project idea was finalized. Tracklist:
01. Can’t Explain (Love)
02. I Lost You In My Mind (The Painted Faces)
03. Who’s It Gonna Be (The Lollipop Shoppe)
04. I Don’t Ever Wanna Come Down (The 13th Floor Elevators)
05. The World Ain’t Round, It’s Square (The Savages)
06. Dropout Boogie (Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band)
07. I’m Going Home (The Sonics)
08. This Perfect Day (The Saints)
09. Not Right (The Stooges)
10. A Child Of A Few Hours (The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band)
The first single will be for the song "Can't explain".
Motorpsycho country side-project The International Tussler Society have lined up a bunch of European tourdates:
08/21 - Ringnes Festivalen, Skotbu (NOR)
09/11 - Samfundet, Trondheim (NOR)
09/18 - Rockefeller, Oslo (NOR)
09/21 - Kvarteret / Teglverket, Bergen (NOR)
10/05 - Fabrik, Hamburg (GER)
10/06 - Hundertmeister, Duisburg (GER)
10/07 - Prime Club, Köln (GER)
10/08 - Vera, Groningen (NL)
10/09 - Kamp, Bielefeld (GER)
10/10 - Tivoli, Utrecht (NL)
10/11 - Faust, Hannover (GER)
10/12 - Star Club, Dresden (GER)
10/13 - SO36, Berlin (GER)
The Japanese magazine Afterhours interviews Joakim Haugland, the man behind label Smalltown Supersound: http://www.smalltownsupersound.com/Multimedia/Interviews/2004.08.03.Afterhours.htm
North Post Records says the new Rentokiller CD is ready and being sent off to get pressed this week.
Burning Heart has a round-up of some of the great reviews C.Aarmé is getting in the US: http://www.burningheart.com/news/article.php?id=115
Rolling Stone reviews The Concretes: http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album?id=6086784