MIC Norway takes a look at some of the festival highlights this summer: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004060211332050130922
Alpha Safari (aka Washoe), the side project of Entombed guitarist Uffe Cederlund with three ex-members of Misery Loves Co.. have confirmed that they will release an album in August on Threeman Recordings. The first single "Disappear" should already be available.
Aftonbladet has the new Hives single up for streaming: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/wm/html/0,4506,s0no040602hives_idiot,00.html
In Flames has reportedly scored the opening slot on the Metallica show at Weserstadion in Bremen, Germany on June 16.
Nothing is set yet, but Liquor & Poker Music is trying to get The Hellacopters on tour in the US with Nebula in September. More details when I get 'em.
The Shout Out Louds played Camden (UK) last night and here is their setlist:
01. A Track and a Train
02. Very Loud
03. Comeback
04. Shut Your Eyes
05. Oh Sweetheart
06. 100 Degrees
07. Please, Please, Please
08. Hurry Up Let's Go
All About Jazz reports on Finland's strong DIY spirit and their embrace of so-called forgotten formats: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=2049
Labels covered include Lal Lal Lal, Rikos Records, POK and If Society.
A brand new Peter, Björn And John mp3 is now available on the right, courtesy of the good people at Planekonomi Records. Good stuff, as always. They will be having a release party for their new EP at the Anno 1647 bar at Södermalmstorg in Stockholm this coming Friday. They will do an acoustic gig the same night as well.
The details for the annual Soundtrack of Our Lives gigs at Slussens in September have been revealed over at tsool.net.
Candlelight Records will soon start reissuing a bunch of out-of-print records from bands like Thou Shalt Suffer, Nocturnus and Aeternus in the near future. Read more: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=23177
Listen to a track from the upcoming M.I.D. record "Vet din pappa..." out in June from Second Class Kids: http://www.secondclasskids.com/records/mp3/sckids006.mp3
Now that summer has pretty much arrived, here's the Swedish student radio top 40 for the year by way of Dagensskiva:
01. (2, 10) Promoe "These Walls Don't Lie" Note: (highest chart placement, total weeks on chart)
02. (1, 8) Morrissey "Irish Blood English Heart"
03. (2, 10) Tiger Lou "Oh Horatio"
04. (1, 7) Marit Bergman Feat. Cecilia Nordlund "Adios Amigos"
05. (3, 8) Teddybears Feat. Mad Cobra "Cobrastyle"
06. (3, 7) The White Stripes "There's No Home For You Here"
07. (1, 8) Phoenix "Everything Is Everything"
08. (1, 9) The Von Bondies "C'mon C'mon"
09. (1, 8) Graham Coxon "Freakin' Out"
10. (5, 7) Infinite Mass "No.1 Swartskalle"
11. (2, 7) Jens Lekman "You Are The Light"
12. (2, 7) Franz Ferdinand "Matinee"
13. (3, 5) Strip Music "Desperation"
14. (1, 5) Belle & Sebastian "I'm A Cuckoo"
15. (1, 4) Broder Daniel "Shoreline"
16. (4, 7) The Tough Alliance "Make It Happen"
17. (5, 7) Jens Lekman "Rocky Dennis In Heaven EP"
18. (4, 5) David & The Citizens "Graycoated Morning"
19. (7, 8) Syd Matters "Black & White Eyes"
20. (2, 4) Marit Bergman "I Will Always Be Your Soldier"
21. (1, 4) Beastie Boys "Ch-Check It Out"
22. (5, 6) Laakso "Aussie Girl"
23. (2, 4) The Von Bondies "Tell Me What You See"
24. (3, 4) Shout Out Louds "Please Please Please"
25. (5, 5) PJ Harvey "The Letter"
26. (4, 6) Raymond & Maria "Ingen Vill Veta Var Du Köpt Din Tröja"
27. (6, 6) Damien Rice "Volcano"
28. (3, 3) The Embassy "Wearing Our Pop Art Hearts On Our Sleeves EP"
29. (5, 4) Sahara Hotnights "Hot Night Crash"
30. (8, 5) Pitch Black "It's All Real"
31. (4, 5) Her Space Holiday "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend"
32. (5, 3) The Latin Kings "T.L.K."
33. (7, 4) The Legends "Call It Ours"
34. (10, 7) Swan Lee "I Don't Mind"
35. (5, 3) The Streets "Fit But You Know It"
36. (9, 5) Faithless "Mass Destruction"
37. (3, 3) David & The Citizens + Mattias Alkberg "Big Chill"
38. (9, 4) Basement Jaxx "Plug It In"
39. (11, 5) Graham Coxon "Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery"
40. (9, 3) Franz Ferdinand "Take Me Out"
Download an mp3 of Mustasch's entire show from the last Umeå Open festival http://www.mustasch.net/audio/Mustasch@P3.Live-040527.mp3
Swedish act Rickshaw has announced that they will be teaming up with long-running US-based rock n' rollers Electric Frankenstein for a split 7" on Shuffle Recordings, due out sometime this coming fall. In the meantime, download the track "Point of Orange" from their CD "Sonic Overload": http://w1.312.comhem.se/%7Eu31245501/RICKSHAW%20Point%20of%20orange.mp3