New bands confirmed for Avrika Festival: Weeping Willows, Eskobar, Lustans Lakejer, Moonbabies, Blanka, Lolita Stasi Collective, Burst, Richard Reagh & wwnb2, Gustav & The Seasick Sailors and Chandra.
Splendid hits the nail on the head with this review of The Rasmus: http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=1080942184105998
They've already rocketed to #3 in the UK, god help us.
Details and the full tracklist for the upcoming Pan Sonic 4-CD set "Kesto": http://www.carolinedist.com/news/news.asp?id=489
It comes out May 18 and I am most definitely looking forward to hearing it.
Dialog Cet has posted the new video for "Fevers, Monkeys and a Blue Lagoon": high / low
Apparently MTV had enough after a mere 8 seconds and ZTV thought it was 'crazy'. Guess it's not seeing proper airtime anytime soon, eh?
Racingpaperplanes got a nice review in the UK's Logo Magazine: http://www.logo-magazine.com/albums/display.asp?AlbumID=2930
Happy Monday! Hope y'all had a good holiday. There's a brand new mp3 from Dialog Cet on the right. All you people into mathy, discordant indie rock should check 'em out. The new album "Like Animals" is out now on Carcrash Records, the label of Håkan from Division of Laura Lee. I should hopefully be getting some of their releases for mailorder soon, so check back if you're interested.
Don't forget about the The End Will Be Kicks contest! I'll be giving away a few copies of their new single later this month, so email contest@itsatrap.com with a subject line of "TEWBK contest" to enter. Be sure to include your name and address in the body of the message too, just in case you win.
The UpSweden music community is extending its reach to Luleå. Read more: http://www.upsweden.com/
The (International) Noise Conspiracy is touring like crazy over the next few months:
04/13 - Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR w/The Start, The Offspring
04/14 - Empire, Sacramento, CA w/Moving Units
04/15 - Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA w/The Start, The Offspring
04/16 - Veterans Hall Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA w/Moving Units
04/17 - GVC Ballroom, Goleta, CA w/Moving Units
04/18 - SDSU Open Air Theatre, San Diego, CA w/The Start, The Offspring
04/19 - Cox Pavillion, Las Vegas, NV w/The Start, The Offspring
04/20 - Mesa Amphitheatre, Mesa, AZ w/The Start, The Offspring
04/22 - TBA, Salt Lake City, UT w/Moving Units
04/23 - Climax Lounge, Denver, CO w/Moving Units
04/24 - Ranch Bowl, Omaha, NE w/Moving Units
04/25 - The Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS w/No Motiv, Chronic Future, Andrew WK
04/26 - Green Door, Oklahoma City, OK w/The Sounds
04/27 - West Texas Canyon Amph., Lubbock, TX w/The Start, The Offspring
04/28 - Verizon Wireless Theater, Houston, TX w/The Start, The Offspring
04/30 - Rialto Theatre, Tucson, AZ w/Spitafield, Engine Down, Poison The Well, Thursday
05/01 - Coachella Festival, Indio, CA
05/18 - Fabrik, Hamburg (GER)
05/19 - Rocco Festival Festival, Puttlingen (GER)
05/20 - Live music hall, Cologne (GER)
05/21 - SO 36, Berlin (GER)
05/22 - Elserhalle, Munchen (GER)
05/23 - Planet music, Wien (AUS)
05/25 - Rote Fabrik, Zurich (SWI)
05/26 - Transilvania, Milan (ITA)
05/27 - Estragon, Bologna (ITA)
05/28 - Popaganda Festival, Stockholm (SWE)
05/29 - Festimad Festival, Madrid (SPA)
05/30 - Atzavara - Palm Beach, St.Feliu de Guixols (SPA)
06/01 - Le Nouveau Casino, Paris (FRA)
06/02 - VK, Bruxelles (BEL)
06/03 - Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)
06/04 - Mean Fiddler, London (UK)
06/05 - Cockpit, Leeds (UK)
06/06 - King Tuts, Glasgow (UK)
06/07 - Hope & Grape, Manchester (UK)
06/08 - Zodiac, Oxford (UK)
06/09 - Academy, Birmingham (UK)
Warped Tour 2004:
07/28 - Hi Fi Buys Amphitheatre Lot, Atlanta, GA
07/29 - Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, FL
07/30 - Vinoy Park, Tampa, FL
07/31 - Pompano Beach Amp. Lot, Miami, FL
08/01 - Jacksonville Fairgrounds, Jacksonville, FL
08/02 - Verizon Wireless Amp. Lot, Charlotte, NC
08/03 - Verizon Wireless Amp. Lot, Viginia Beach, VA
08/04 - Nissan Pavilion Lot, Washington D.C.
08/05 - Post Gazette Pavilion, Pittsburgh, PA
08/06 - Tweeter Center @ Waterfront, Philadelphia, PA
08/07 - Randall's Island, New York, NY
08/08 - Englishtown Raceway, Asbury Park, NJ
08/10 - Hersheypark Pavilion, Hershey, PA
08/12 - Colisee Pepsi Parking Lot, Quebec City, PQ
08/13 - Parc Jean Drapeau, Montreal, QB
08/14 - TBA, Toronto, ON
08/15 - Pontiac Silverdome, Detroit, MI
08/16 - Riverbend Music Center Lot, Cincinnati, OH
08/17 - Germain Amphitheatre, Columbus, OH
08/18 - Darien Lakes PAC, Buffalo, NY
08/19 - 3 County Fairgrounds, Boston, MA
Some updated live dates for The Sounds, all of which I believe are with Division of Laura Lee:
04/19 - 9:30 Club, Washington DC
04/20 - Norva, Norfolk, VA
04/23 - Engine Room, Houston, TX
04/24 - Emo's Austin, Austin, TX
04/25 - Trees, Dallas, TX
04/26 - Green Door, Oklahoma City, OK
04/28 - E9, El Paso, TX
04/29 - City Limits, Tuscon, AZ
04/30 - Brick House, Phoenix, AZ
05/01 - Coachella, Indio, CA
05/03 - Soma, San Diego, CA
05/04 - Huntridge Theatre, Las Vegas, NV
DoLL headlines in SF, CA at Bottom of the Hill on May 5 with The Catheters and Run Run Run supporting. More dates to come.
Check out the video for "Talking to Myself" from Finland's Latebirds: http://www.latebirds.com/music_video.php3
More confirmed dates for the upcoming Cardigans US tour:
05/08 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
05/09 - Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY
05/10 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
05/11 - TT Bear's, Boston, MA
05/13 - Lee's, Toronto, ONT
05/15 - Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
05/16 - Double Door, Chicago, IL
05/17 - Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN
05/20 - Neumos, Seattle, WA
05/21 - Roseland, Portland, OR
05/22 - 330 Ritch (Popscene), San Francisco, CA
05/24 - KCRW – Morning Becomes Eclectic, Los Angeles, CA
05/25 - Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA