Hell on Wheels has recorded a cover of "The Holiday Song" by The Pixies for inclusion on an upcoming tribute comp. Other bands set to appear on the comp include Hamell on Trial, Nathan Larson and Doktor Kosmos.
Sympathy For The Record Industry will reissue the long out of print Turbonegro "(He's A) Grunge Whore" 10" on July 13. It originally came out under the name "Stierkampf" in 1993 and features a cover of Black Flag's "Six Pack" featuring Eugene Chadbourne.
Finnish black/death metal act Shadow Cut has signed with Firebox Records. The band, which features drummer Repe F.W. Misanthrope of Impaled Nazarene and bassist Mitja Harvilahti from Moonsorrow will enter the studio later this year with producer Trollhorn (Finntroll) and the debut album should be out early next year. To hear some demo cuts, go here: http://koti.mbnet.fi/javaisa2/hearing.html
JR Ewing is back from their European tour and says that they'll be taking the rest of the year off to concentrate on their next album, which they say will "be the best thing to come out of Scandinavia in years (maybe ever)." Wait and see...
Check in with Johndoe's studio diary as they record their new album in Stockholm: http://www.johndoe.no/dagbok.html
The Unisex will play a one-off gig at Camden's Barfly on July 13 before heading back to Sweden to finish recording their new album and to play a few festival dates. Fans in Oxford interested in travelling to see the guys play can buy a special package deal here: http://www.oxfordmusic.net/product.php?id=22&cat=s
The full line-up and schedule for the En ljummen i gräset Festival at Vintervikens trädgård has been announced:
07/24: Differnet, Loney, Dear, K (Krister Linder/Dive), The Fine Arts Showcase, EF, The Sorayas, Deltahead, Cirera, Walter Sound System
07/28: Jens Lekman, Britta Persson, Natasha Lea Jones (UK)
07/31: Popundret, richard reagh&wwnb2, QOPH, Namur, I Love You Baby, The Bright And Shiny, Thomas Denver Jonsson, Tony Clifton, Walter Sound System
08/07: The Deportees, Paatos, Montys Loco, Empire Dogs, The Tiny, Plod, Dexter's Moon, Walter Sound System
08/11: Heikki, Hip Whips
08/14: First Floor Power, Ane Brun, Rundfunk, Tobias Fröberg, Fire fox, The Sunshine, Le Muhr, Un Rodo Cora
More info: http://www.ljummen.com/
Dead Frog Records has now opened an online store and is offering special deals until September 30: buy two albusm, get one EP free or buy three albums, get two EPs for free. Not bad! Check it out: http://www.deadfrogrecords.com/shop/
DFR also sends word that they've solified the lineup for their label festival at Mosebacke in Stockholm on August 26. Mary Celeste, Parker and Waver will play and tickets can be had from here: http://www.deadfrogrecords.com/festival/
The July edition of Aversionline is now up and features 120 new reviews of all sorts of punk/hardcore/metal stuff from around the globe such as 7th Legion, Abnormi, After Forever, Atrox, Bloodshed, Face Tomorrow, Helion, Hollydrift, Katatonia, Lähdön Aika, Manes, MindGrinder, Morning After, Razor Crusade, Regulations, Sunday Morning Einsteins, Susperia, Under Her Black Wings, Unmoored and tons more. There's also a new spin-off site called Fall of Because dedicated solely to experimental noise. Tons of reviews, a few interviews and the promise of much more to come.
There's a documentary on Jimi Tenor in the works. Read more: http://www.jimitenor.com/fve_documentary.html
Splendid reviews Noxagt: http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=1088176789250557
The new E-type single "Olympia" will be released on July 14 and will contain the radio edit as well as an extended version. In countries othat than Sweden, "Camilla" will be released instead. The 'sports edition' of "Loud pipes save lives" will be released on August 4 and will contain two bonus tracks, "Olympia" and "Campione".
Apparently, a young activist couple engaged in a live sex act during a show in Norway by the band The Cumshots. They say they are part of the environmental group Fuck For The Rainforest? Mmmkay, whatever you say guys. Read more: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=24464
More here: http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/english/article250240.ece