Some new headlining gigs in the UK for The Haunted:
05/03 - Hop & Grape, Manchester
05/07 - Zodiac, Oxford
05/09 - Rio, Bradford
As mentioned before, the band will be heading over there with around the same time with Funeral for a Friend. Full dates here: http://www.cyklode.com/haunted/doc/tour.htm
Recent Imperial Recordings signees Melpo Mene have confirmed May 4 as the release date for their debut EP.
Captain Murphy has a new website design with all sorts of new tourdates and other goodies: http://www.captainmurphy.se/
Tons of new pics up at Rockfoto.nu including shots of Sugerplum Fairy, Division of Laura Lee, and all sorts of bands from the City Sound Festival.
US tourdates for Swedish thrashcore band Bruce Banner (with Deadfall):
07/23 - 924 Gilman St., Berkeley, CA w/Muga (JAP), Tomorrow (JAP)
07/24 - The Smell, Los Angeles, CA w/Harto, Slit Wrists
07/25 - Che Café, San Diego, CA
07/26 - Phoenix w/Rad Squad
07/27 - Albuquerque
07/28 - Fort Worth, TX
07/29 - Austin, TX w/Sbitch
07/30 - Memphis, TN w/Bury The Living
07/31 - St. Louis, MI
08/01 - tba
08/02 - Columbus, OH
08/03 - Pittsburgh, PA w/Caustic Christ, STFU, Strung Up
08/04 - Washington DC
08/05 - Richmond, VA w/Municipal Waste
08/06 - Philadelhia, PA w/Fighting Dogs
08/07 - ABC-No-Rio daytime show, New York City w/STFU, Strung Up
08/07 - night show in Brooklyn w/Witch Hunt, Wreckage
08/08 - tba
08/09 - Providence, RI w/Get Killed
08/10 - Boston
08/11 - Albany, NY
08/12 - Allentown, PA
08/13 - Pointless fest, Philadelphia, PA
08/14 - Pointless fest, Philadelphia, PA
08/15 - Cleveland, OH
08/16 - Michigan
08/17 - Chicago
08/18 - Milwaukee
08/19 - Minneapolis, MN
08/20 - Lincoln, NE
08/21 - Denver w/Catheter
08/22 - tba
08/23 - tba
For samples of the new album "I've had it with humanity" go here and scroll down: http://www.bustedheads.com/
US label 625 will be handling the vinyl and Busted Heads will be doing the CD. I'm not seeing an official release date yet, but I assume it'll be ready in time for the tour.
Between Us tentative summer tour schedule:
07/29 - Sweden
07/30 - Fredericia, DK
07/31 - Northeastern part of Germany
08/01 - Eastern part of Germany
08/02 - Southeastern part of Germany
08/03 - Austria
08/04 - Austria/Switzerland
08/05 - Switzerland/Italy
08/06 - Italy / Day off
08/07 - Italy/Spain
08/08 - Barcelona
08/09 - Spain/Portugal
08/10 - Spain/France
08/11 - France
08/12 - Southwestern part of Germany/Belgium
08/13 - Amsterdam, NL
08/14 - Leuwarden, NL
08/15 - Western part of Germany
08/16 - Western part of Germany
08/17 - Western part of Germany
08/18 - Northwestern part of Germany/Sweden
If you can help out, contact the band at getintothepit@hotmail.com. In other news, the band has started to work on some new songs now that the Close-Up tour is over and they hope to have a full-length ready sometime soon.
Bad Afro has signed Danish singer/songwriter Simon Beck aka Viva Vertigo. Beck enlisted the help of many fine musicians to make his new album, including Mick Grondahl from Jeff Buckley's band who recently relocated to Copenhagen. The music is described as a "wide range of sounds from the 60's to the present" and "everything from dreamy, shamelessly poppy tunes to right on guitar rock with a ghostrider touch." The first single and video will be for the title track "Viva Viva" and the record comes out May 10 in Denmark, May 24 in Europe. Read more: http://www.badafro.dk/cat_back.htm
Download the new song "Temptress" from Bianca: http://www.biancaband.com/mp3/bianca-temptress.mp3
Danish indie instrumental band Austin has broken up. Their statement:
"The only thing left to say is : You need Money to call someone Honey. And thank you for all the shows, and interest everywhere......... see you sometime out there."
Crowpath has the album of the week spot over at Lambgoat: http://www.lambgoat.com/albums/view.asp?aid=1061
Speaking of Edson, the band will reportedly be releasing some sort of "best-of" collection in the UK this summer. Otherwise, singer/songwriter Pelle Carlberg is busy working on new songs and demos.
Alright, I'm back from vacation and pretty much caught up on things. As promised, there's a slow trickle of new items coming into the mailorder so be sure to keep checking back. Also, remember that I'm open to requests if there's something that I might be able to track down for you at a cheaper import price. And with that, let's get back on track with a couple short news items...
Musique One Stop has updated with new pics of Marit Bergman, Monkeystrikes and Speedmarket Avenue: http://www.photohenrik.com/mos/