Pics of the Sahara Hotnights from last weekend's Umeå Open show: http://www.saharahotnights.com/pages/photos_pics.asp?i=76
Next weekend Monkeystrikes will be heading to Stockholm to make a video for the song "Angry Knees" with Henry Moore Selder. That's the title track to their new EP which comes out March 31 via Planekonomi. Full tracklist:
01. Lost on the Lawn
02. Lovecontainer
03. Angry Knees
04. Wont stop rock n´roll
Keep up on the latest from Uncle's Institution in his tour diary: http://www.unclesinstitution.com/diary.htm
NRK has posted a whole bunch of live streaming stuff from Thomas Dybdahl: http://www.nrk.no/musikk/3650662.html
Cadaver (nee Cadaver Inc.) has confirmed April 20 as the release date for their new album "Necrosis". View the cover art right here. Full tracklist:
01. Necro as Fuck
02. Decomposed Meal Skin
03. Evil is Done
04. Odium
05. Awakening
06. Goat Father
07. Unholy Death
08. The Etching
09. Cleanser
10. Heartworm
There's not really anything there yet, but Snowy Shaw (Notre Dame, ex-Mercyful Fate, King Diamond) has finally opened up his new website: http://www.snowyshaw.com/
Bands confirmed for the Groover Recordings "Jeans & Summer 2" compilation: Bishop Allen (US), The Flu, Melpo Mene, The Sunshine, Roger Manning (ex-Jellyfish), Ashley Park, Lasse Lindh and The Martial Arts.
Get a preview of the new Eskobar album with this electronic jukebox: http://www.musicbay.se/jukebox/v2/eskobar
The video for the new single "Bring the Action" has been posted online and you can check that out right here: http://www.eskobar.nu/forums/index.php?showtopic=1835
Oslo, Norway-based electronic pop band Don Juan Dracula has a new website design: http://www.donjuandracula.com/
Splendid reviews Ebon Tale: http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=1079157654409695
Norwegian all-star band Cream of the Crop (feat. members from Jaga Jazzist, Hellbillies, Motorpsycho, Askil Holm) has been confirmed as a headliner for the Kongsberg Jazz Festival on June 30.
Here's those upcoming German dates for Laakso, as well as their other confirmed summer touring plans:
04/11 - MS Stubnitz, Rostock (GER)
04/12 - Nachtcafe, Keil (GER)
04/13 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
04/14 - Objekt 5, Halle (GER)
04/15 - Fundbureau, Hamburg (GER)
04/16 - Alte Molkerei, Bocholt (GER)
04/17 - Z. Altenberg, Oberhausen (GER)
04/19 - Ut Connewitz, Leipzig (GER)
04/20 - Glad House, Cottbus (GER)
04/21 - Bar Fly, Schönebeck (GER)
04/28 - Honduras @ Hugos, Norrköping (SWE)
05/06 - Rust, Köpenhamn (DK)
05/28-30 - Popaganda festivalen, Stockholm (SWE)
06/04-05 - Spot10 Festival, Aarhus (DK)
07/15-17 - Arvika, Arvika Festival (SWE)
New names on the Arvika Festival lineup: Marit Bergman, Her Majesty, Olle Ljungström, Universal Poplab, Allied Vision, Spektralized, Sturm Café, Strip Music, Seventribe, The Accidents and C.Aarmé.
Dimmu Borgir has finally confirmed that Danish drummer Reno Killerich (Panzerchrist, Vile, Human Erupt) will be doing the pounding for the band's upcoming live dates in the US for Ozzfest and whatever else they have scheduled. Killerich recently won the 'fastest feet in the world' title at NAMM convention where he recorded some 800 bass drum hits in a minute.
Updated dates for that In Flames US tour with Killswitch Engage and As I Lay Dying:
05/03 - Clutch Cargos, Pontiac, MI
05/04 - Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
05/05 - The Quest, Minneapolis, MN
05/06 - Pop's, Sauget, IL
05/07 - The Beaumont Club, Kansas City, MO
05/08 - Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
05/10 - Showbox, Seattle, WA
05/11 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
05/12 - Roseland, Portland, OR
05/13 - Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA
05/14 - The Wiltern LG, Los Angeles, CA
05/15 - Soma, San Diego, CA
05/20 - House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
05/21 - Masquerade, Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
05/22 - House Of Blues, Lake Buena Vista, FL
05/25 - Bogarts, Cincinnati, OH
05/29 - The Medley, Montreal, QC