Upcoming UK dates for hyped band The Concretes:
06/21 - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
06/22 - Hop & Grape, Manchester
06/23 - King's College, London
06/25-27 - Glastonbury Festival, Somerset
The group's new single "You Can't Hurry Love" comes out June 14 and the video should be online soon.
Bergen, Norway-based act Annie has finished her album debut, to be released on 679 Recordings in September. The first single "Chewing Gum" was produced by Richard X and will be released as a limited edition 7" in the very near future.
No big surprise here: acclaimed twee band Suburban Kids with Biblical Names has signed with acclaimed twee label Labrador. Check out the track "Rent a wreck" from their upcoming EP: http://www.labrador.se/mp3/SKWBN-rent_a_wreck.mp3
Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. Promoe - These Walls Don´t Lie
02. The Rasmus - Funeral Song
03. A-Teens - I Promised Myself
04. HIM - Solitary Man
05. Eskobar - Bring The Action
06. C21 - All That I Want
07. Christian Walz - Maybe Not
08. Petter - Repa skivan
09. Kashmir - Aftermath
10. Venke Knutson - Scared
11. Blue Foundation - End Of The Day
12. Infinite Mass - No.1 Swartskalle
13. Tungtvann - Slepp Dae Laus
14. Winta - I Want You
15. Grand Avenue - This Is Not An End
16. Elastinen - Syljen
17. Paleface - Colgate Soulmate
18. Whyte Seeds - Black Key Song
19. Bergman Rock - Jim
20. Elin Sigvardsson - A Person Called She
Challengers:
01. 21st Century Noise - It´s Alright It´s Ok
02. Nightwish - Nemo
03. Jens Lekman - You´re The Light
04. Boy - Superstar
05. Slaptones - Probably Not
06. The Raveonettes - Heartbreak Stroll
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
Satyr of Satyricon comments on the passing of Quorthon from Bathory: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=23527
Check out an mp3 for "Passion (I love you)" from Paste: http://www.deadfrogrecords.com/playlist/Paste-Passion.mp3
Music for Nations, home of bands such as Opeth, Hardcore Superstar and countless more, has closed. The company's vast back catalogue will be handled by parent company Zomba Records Group going forward. As for the fate of band's currently on their roster, wait and see.
Digfi has a special studio session with David Sandström: http://www.digfi.com/default.aspx?id=5726
Howlin' Pelle from The Hives will be guesting with a reunited MC5 for two dates in Japan. The Hellacopters' Nicke Andersson will be guesting on some European tourdates, as he has done before.
Some pics from The Defectors' recent European tour: http://www.thedefectors.com/PixMay/Album.htm
Looks like Swedish metalcore act Face Down is active once again and ex-Haunted vocalist Marco Aro is back and not retiring from music as he once said. The band, who previously released two albums in the mid-90s, have reportedly signed a deal with Sound Pollution imprint Black Lodge Records.
Sator checks in with a studio report and commentary on every track set to appear on the new album: http://www.sator.se/studio04/studio04.htm
Paddington DC now has a website online: http://www.paddington-dc.tk/
The upcoming EP on Planekonomi has been delayed and will be out after summer.
The Ricochets are starting to put together a full European tour for September/October. Here's what they've got so far:
09/18 - In The City, Liverpool (UK)
10/01 - Flex, Vienna (AUS)
10/03 - Exil, Singen (GER)
10/04 - Nachtleben, Frankfurt Main (GER)
10/05 - Ziegel Rote Fabrik, Zürich (SWI)
10/06 - Fisherman's Cafè, Langenau (GER)
10/07 - ISC, Bern (SWI)
10/08 - Groovestation, Dresden (GER)
10/09 - Atomic Cafè, München (GER)
10/10 - Mudd Club, Berlin (GER)
As mentioned before, their albums "The Ghost of Our Love" and "Slo-mo Suicide" will be released across Europe in a special bundled edition on August 30 via Glitterhouse.
The latest newsletter from Music Export Finland: http://www.musexfinland.fi/index.php?page=news&id=39