I am seriously stoked - radio station Indie 103.1 in Los Angeles played KVLR yesterday on the 'Dead Air' program alongside a ton of other highly respected artists like the Mountain Goats, Calexico and PJ Harvey. Not bad, eh? Now the thing to do would be to call or email the station to make sure they play it again. For info on the 'Dead Air' program, go here (full playlist should be posted soon). For contact/request info, go here.
Don't forget! Christian Kjellvander plays solo in SF tonight at the Make-out Room. If you're in the area, I expect to see you there.
Burst will be playing some UK dates in June together with Dillinger Escape Plan and Blood Valley:
06/08 - Manchester University, Manchester (UK)
06/09 - The Cathouse, Glasgow (UK)
06/10 - The Garage, London (UK)
06/11 - Phoenix Arts Center, Exeter (UK)
06/12 - Engine Room, Cardiff (UK)
Speedmarket Avenue's next single will be for the song "He's a rebel" and will include two 'home produced' tracks as b-sides. It comes out later this month and a video should be ready at about the same time.
The new Peter, Björn and John EP will be called "Beats Traps and Backgrounds". It'll be out soon on Planekonomi. The first single will be for the song "It beats me every time" which will accompanied by a video made with the help of photographer/cook Magnus Magnusson and Oscar Tillman.
Some samples and release party information for Danish singer/songwriter Simon Gylden and the new album "Go folk yourself!": http://www.morningsiderecords.dk/bandsdetail.asp?bandid=15
The new José González EP "Stay in the shade" has been cofirmed for a June 16 release through Imperial Recordings.
Also coming up from Imperial is the debut EP from Eskju Divine on June 23 and Melpo Mene's "Don't save me" EP on June 9.
Fonal Records has confirmed the new TV-Resistori album "Intiaanidisko" for a June 21 release. Check out the microsite: http://www.fonal.com/intiaanidisko/index.html
Look for a special Internet-only mix of the title-track to be released June 1.
Check out an ad for the 'Chicks with Attitude' tour with The Cardigans and Liz Phair: http://www.samborsoftware.com/cardigans.jpg
MTVE.com spotlights Sahara Hotnights this week: http://www.nordic.mtve.com/features/cms/index.asp?id=1006000000000263&type=1&page=1
Export Music Sweden will be doing some outreach into Poland in June. They'll be putting together a concert with Marit Bergman and Eskobar, among other activities. Read more: http://www.musikindustrin.nu/mi/smpage.fwx?page=198&NYHETER=4589 (in Swedish)
Splendid reviews The Legends: http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=108463706327062
They also take on Sounds Like Violence: http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=10842702191359845