Nine is heading to Finland in June for two Indie Iltamat Festival dates:
06/11 - Turku
06/12 - Helsinki
The release date for the new Kings of Convenience album has been pushed back to June 21. The first single "Misread" hits both the UK and Norway on June 8.
The latest on World Idol Kurt Nilsen's infiltration into the UK music market: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004042111264423183794
His single "She's so high" gets released over there on May 17, Norway's Constitution Day.
Check out a live video clip of the song "Bad Man In A Bad Land" from Odin Grange, the new hard-rock band that rose from the ashes of Backdraft: http://deimos.curious.be/%7eStillonline/video/backdraft.mp4
The band has also posted pictures from their recent gig at The Frontline in Gent, Belgium on March 28: http://deimos.curious.be/%7eStillonline/pictures/backdraft/index.html
Cream of the Crop summer tour dates in Norway:
05/30 - Månesfestivalen, Fredrikstad
06/30 - Kongsberg Jazz festival
07/06 - Gamle Ormelet, Tjøme
08/03 - Musikkfestuken, Bodø
08/04 - Varanger festivivalen
Gebhardt will be taking Martin Horntveth's place on these dates while he's busy with Jaga Jazzist is in US on tour. Jørgen Munkeby (ex-Jaga Jazzist, Shining) will also be joining the group on saxophone.
Nina from The Cardigans will be joining Liz Phair, Katy Rose and Charlotte Martin on the "Chicks with attitude" tour in the US this coming August. Read more: http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000491743
Mundane Sounds reviews the rerelease of Hederos & Hellberg's self-titled debut: http://www.mundanesounds.com/record_review.php?id=802
Don't forget that I have the CD available here for mailorder.
Pitchfork takes a look at new discoveries made this year by their writers, including Immortal - "Battles in the North", Maja Ratkje - "Voice" and Turid - "I Retur": http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/
Check out this Isolation Years feature/review from the new issue of Magnet: http://www.galaxygramophone.com/images/isolationyears_magnet.jpg
My Orchard will release their new album "Silhouettes" on May 19 through Massproduktion. The disc was recorded at Borderline Art Studio with the help of Christian Massana and Pär Ekberg and mixed at Silence by Björn Hansell.
Black-metal band Gorgoroth has reportedly left Nuclear Blast. It has also been reported that drummer Kvitrafn has parted ways with the group and has already been replaced by Frost (Satyricon, 1349). And if you remember, the band was recently in a bit of hot water regarding blashpemy accusations stemming from a recent show in Poland. More soon?
The new David & the Citizens "Big Chill" EP (feat. Mattias Alkberg from Bear Quartet) has been delayed a week until May 14. The reason? First off, Adrian Records honcho Magnus has fallen ill and was admitted to the hospital. Reason two: The manufacturers sent the discs to the wrong address. And three: Because of reason one, Magnus was unable to handle reason two. The good news from all of this is that the D&tC promo contest has been extended. For more details on that, go here: http://www.thecitizens.nu/
Alarma Man will be releasing a new 3-song single featuring the track "Tell me that you love me" soon. They'll also be doing a full-length album for Carcrash Records this summer.
Download a video of the Moonbabies playing their latest single "Forever Changes Everything Now" live and acoustic last week at Nalen in Stockholm: http://www.moonbabies.nu/mp3/moonbabies_nalen_2004-04-15.AVI