Some little news tidbits from St. Thomas on his recent tour activities and such: http://www.stthomas.no/
Check out the video for "You Give Me Heartattacks" from Sounds Like Violence: http://www.hisandhearse.com/deepelmvideo/slv_heartattacks.mov
Supersilent's concert in Oslo this coming August will be filmed for an eventual DVD release on Rune Grammofon. Kim Hiorthøy will direct and it should be out sometime early next year.
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums:
01. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
02. Shirley Clamp - Den Långsamma Blomman
03. Di Leva - Tiden Faller
04. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
05. Peter Jöback - Det Här Är Platsen
06. Gyllene Tider - Gt 25 - Samtliga Hits!
07. Jimmy Jansson - Flickan Från Det Blå
08. Sahara Hotnights - Kiss & Tell
09. Teddybears Sthlm - Fresh
10. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
11. Petter - Ronin
12. Infinite Mass - 1991
13. Svenska Akademien - Tändstickor För Mörkrädda
14. Christian Walz - Paint By Numbers
15. Da Buzz - Dangerous - The Album
16. Kristofer Åström - Loupita
17. Abba - The Definitive Collection
18. Lill-Babs - I Lyxförpackning - Det Bästa
19. Fredrik Kempe - Boheme
20. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
Finnish goth-metal act The 69 Eyes will see their Helsinki Vampires DVD reissued throughout Europe on July 12 via Nuclear Blast.
Finland's up-and-coming girl rockers Bitch Alert are doing a slew of UK shows beginning at the end of the month:
06/28 - Barfly, London
06/29 - Barfly, Cardiff
06/30 - Barfly, Liverpool
07/02 - Barfly, Glasgow
07/03 - Newport
07/04 - Stoke on Trent
07/05 - Academy, Birmingham
07/06 - Academy III, Manchester
07/07 - University Academy II
07/08 - Zodiac, Oxford
07/10 - Ifor Bach, Cardiff
07/11 - Fleece, Bristol
07/12 - Cox's Yard, Stratford
07/13 - Roadmender, Northampton
07/15 - The Charlotte, Leicester
07/16 - Leadmill, Sheffield
07/17 - Rock City, Nottingham
07/18 - Cockpit, Leeds
07/20 - Bar Academy, Birmingham
07/21 - Little Civic, Wolwerhampton
07/22 - The Garage, London
07/23 - Chinnerys, Southend
07/25 - Wedgewood, Portsmouth
07/27 - King Tuts, Glasgow
07/29 - The Venue, Edinburgh
Read more about em here: http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainframe?readform&0D1904F520A147FBC2256EA700437416
In honor of the upcoming Euro 2004 football championships, Voice of a Generation are having a special contest. Go here: http://www.burningheart.com/voice/frames/euro2004.htm
PopMatters reviews the new Division of Laura Lee: http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/d/divisionoflauralee-dasnot.shtml
Chalksounds is having a special summertime sale and is taking 35% off every single release until July 4. Check it: http://www.chalksounds.com/
Don't forget that people in the US can buy a number of those Chalksounds releases directly from me without having to pay those huge shipping fees. And I'll match those prices, of course.
Lambgoat reviews Swedish hardcore band Path of No Return: http://www.lambgoat.com/albums/view.aspx?id=1151
Kingblind has linked a live bootleg of The Hives playing their new single "Walk Idiot Walk": http://www.kingblind.com
US tourdates for Väsen are starting to come together:
09/15 - venue tba, Lafayette, Indiana
09/16-17 - Lotus World Music & Arts Festival, Bloomington, Indiana
09/19 - Nordic Roots Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota
09/20 - venue tba, Bellefontaine, Ohio
09/22 - Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
09/23 - Center for Cultural Exchange, Portland, Maine
09/24 - College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine
09/25 - The Barnstormers summer theater, Tamworth, New Hampshire
Swedish hard-rockers the Diamond Dogs have a bunch of international tour plans in the works. First of all, they'll be hitting Spain with Atom Rhumba from June 17-21 as part of the Azkena Rock Parties, their equivilent of the Kalas Tour. Next up will be a trip back to England supporting legendary punk-rockers The Damned. Dates are set for July 25-30, but I don't have any more details than that yet. There's also word of another UK tour with Nazareth in September, but that's still in the planning stages. More info when I get it.