Startracks reports that they've finally sealed a deal to provide Christian Kjellvander with an international release for his excellent album "Songs from a two-room chapel". Well, 97% sealed anyways. Assuming nothing goes wrong, look for it in France/Spain in October, the UK in November and the US early next year. I've been told the name of the label, but have been sworn to secrecy. Once everything's inked, you'll be the first to know.
In other Startracks news, Gustaf Kjellvander and the Fine Arts Showcase have a new, more acoustic EP coming out in September. It'll be a special release available only at shows and via the label's mailorder, but hopefully I'll be able to wrangle a couple copies for resale in the US. Look for lots of tourdates this fall as well.
Check out the video for "Shoreline" from The Flu: http://www.theflu.se/music/videos/theflu-shoreline.qt
Swedish indie-pop band Speedmarket Avenue have confirmed an August 11 release date for their new single "He’s A Rebel". It includes the two b-sides "What do you know now?" and "Talking about moving on". A video for the track will be released at the same time as well.
Sgt. Petter has set "Monkey Tonk Matters" as the title of the next album. There's no confirmed release date yet, but it should be out sometime around October. The first single will be for the song "That child" and a video is under production from 3D animators Bergen and Ana-Kata Animasjon. It will premiere on October 19 as part of the Bergen International Film Festival.
Norwegian 'thrashpop' act Surferosa will supporting the super-hyped band The Killers on their upcoming US tour from September 24 through October 13. Dates confirmed so far:
09/24 - Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
09/25 - Masquerade, Tampa, FL
09/27 - Jack Rabbits, Jacksonville, FL
09/28 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
09/30 - Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC
10/01 - The Norva, Norfolk, VA
10/03 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
In other news, the band is currently working on new material and will enter the studio on August 16 to record a new album which should be out sometime next spring.
New European tourdates for Gluecifer:
11/11 - Markthalle, Hamburg (GER)
11/12 - So 36, Berlin (GER)
11/13 - Tachock, Chemnitz (GER)
11/14 - New Backstage, Munchen (GER)
11/16 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
11/17 - Orto, Ljubljana (SLO)
11/18 - tba, Milan (ITA)
11/19 - tba, Bassano (ITA)
11/20 - Rote Fabrik, Zurich (CH)
11/21 - Schuur, Luzern (CH)
11/23 - Röhre, Stuttgart (GER)
11/24 - Batchkapp, Frankfurt (GER)
11/25 - Zeche, Bocchum (GER)
11/26 - Lintfabrik, Kontich (BEL)
11/27 - Effenaar, Eindhoven (NL)
11/28 - LVC, Leiden (NL)
The latest from renown Norwegian label Smalltown Supersound:
"Where We`re At" is a collection of present and future supersounds from Smalltown. The album contains 9 tracks from the lastest releases and from upcoming releases, and is meant as an introduction to the Smalltown Supersound label. This is also to show "where we`re at" after having split Smalltown Supersound in two; Smalltown Superjazzz and Smalltown Supersound. The Smalltown Supersound label will be presenting leftfield pop music (or our definition of pop) and the Smalltown Superjazzz presenting the jazz, (or our definition of jazz). In short time we will also put together a Smalltown Superjazzz compilation.
"Where We`re At" comes in slimline cover, and will be sold at budget price. None of the tracks are exclusive. The compilation also introduces 2 new acts; Toy from Bergen who has released one 7” on Telle Records (Royksopp, Kings Of Conveniece) and Mental Overdrive which released the first albums on the seminal R&S Records in Belgium (the label that among others discovered Aphex Twin) and was later signed to Virgin, before managing to get out of that contract to get signed to Smalltown Supersound. The other acts on the compilation are Jaga Jazzist, Kim Hiorthøy, Lars Horntveth, Sir Dupermann, Yuichiro Fujimoto, Sonic Youth/Mats Gustafsson and Martin Horntveth.
Release date is set to 4th of September.
De Stijl will be entering Gula Studion tomorrow in Malmö with producer Jens Lindgård to begin work on their second album.
It was recently reported that Denmark's Tiger Tunes had their beloved tiger-head mascot stolen while on tour. Well, the thieves have revealed themselves and are remorseful about what they've done and place the blame on cheap German beer. But that doesn't mean they didn't have fun. Check out the tiger's (mis-)adventures while in the villian's clutches: http://mitglied.lycos.de/tigerthieves/
Swedish hip-hop website Svenskunderjord is back online with a new layout, a Paragon video, a Vendetta interview and the latest scene news: http://www.svenskunderjord.com/
Heavymetal.no interviews Bård "Faust" Eithun about his short-lived collaboration with fellow ex-cons Dissection, his appearance in the upcoming Bathory tribute at Hole in the Sky and more: http://www.heavymetal.no/show.article.asp?menuid=&artid=1578
The latest Aquarius Records new release list includes Witchcraft, Es, Islaja, Meshuggah, Stilluppsteypa and tons more: http://www.aquariusrecords.org/cat/newest.html
Aversionline has switched to a more daily-updated format, thank god. As always, head over to check out good straight-up reviews from the international hardcore/punk/noise scene. Today's highlight includes a review of the latest from Swedish punks Bruce Banner: http://www.aversionline.com/reviews/1608/