The Eskobar website now has preorder info for the new album and some thoughts from their recent promo trip to Finland in the diary section.
Ninja Massacre has announced the new release of his 4th limited edition CDR single "Brainwash on sale" for this Friday in conjunction with the start of the Umeå Open Festival. But don't despair if you can't make it - the music will also be provided online for free at www.ninjamassacre.2ya.com.
Some new Scandinavian names added to the Hultsfred lineup: HIM, The Crash, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Meshuggah, Asta Kask, Niccokick, Sugarplum Fairy and Rallypack.
Another 38 new demo reviews up at the Dead Frog Records site: http://www.deadfrogrecords.com/demos-reviews/
The full setlist from that Hives SXSW performance:
01. Abra Cadaver
02. Idiot Walk
03. Main Offender
04. No Pun Intended
05. Outsmarted
06. Die, All Right
07. Baby Your Alright
08. Antidote
09. Missing Link
10. Hate To Say I Told You So
11. Two Timings Touch And Broken Bones
More back 'n forth with Michael Monroe of Hanoi Rocks and the Mötley Crüe guys: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=20692
The lineup for this summer's big Kalas tour has been announced and it's gonna be Backyard Babies, Infinite Mass, The 21st Century Noise and Thomas DiLeva. Dates:
07/09 - Kalmarsundsparken, Kalmar
07/10 - Brunnsparken, Örebro
07/11 - Estraden, Gävle
07/16 - Hamntorget, Helsingborg
07/17 - Frihamnen (fd Bananpiren), Göteborg
07/23 - Pinneviken, Lysekil
07/24 - Mölleplatsen, Malmö
07/25 - Sparregården, Karlskrona
07/30 - Fästningen, Varberg
07/31 - Folkets Park, Norrköping
08/06 - Mariebergsskogen, Karlstad
08/07 - Universitetet, Stockholm
More info: http://www.kalas.nu
Full European dates for Backyard Babies coming soon.
In celebration of the release of KVLR's new album in the US today, I give you a new mp3 from the album. "Traitors and Thieves" is one of my favorite tracks and I hope you like it too.
I've also uploaded the first set of songs from a live Logh show. They're another one of my favorite bands who I strongly suggest checking out, especially for fans of dark, moody and evocative music. Enjoy!
Janne of Endstand reports that the band's been lying low recently after the birth of his son, but they are in fact working on new material. They plan on recording in May and the finished product should be released by Day After in late summer. They say the music is in the same vein as their last release "Hit and Run", but "with more progressed songwriting" and "less pop, more heaviness to be expected."
Samples of all the "Paradise" remixes as well as all the tracks from the new E-Type album "Loud Pipes Save Lives" are no online: http://www.e-type.se/
The UK's Heavenly Recordnings will be releasing a new Bear Quartet 7" with the tracks "Put Me Back Together" and "Ambulance". The latest album "Angry Brigade" is also getting distribution in England through Backs/Shellshock.
And in other Bear Quartet related news, there's gonna be a tribute album to the famous Swedish indierockers and you can hear Laakso's contribution right here: http://www.bearquartet.com/web_elements/audio/laakso_-_blizzard.mp3
Upcoming tourdates for Burst:
03/24 - Klubi, Tampere (FIN)
03/25 - Klubi, Turku (FIN)
03/26 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FIN)
03/27 - Semifinal, Helsinki (FIN)
04/17 - tba, Bremen (GER)
04/18 - 13, Tilburg (NL)
04/20 - Junction7, Nottingham (UK)
04/21 - The Attic, Manchester (UK)
04/22 - The Warehouse, Plymouth (UK)
04/23 - The Ocean, London (UK)
04/24 - TBA, Folkestone (UK)
04/25 - Goudvishal Festival, Arnhem (NL)
04/27 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE)
06/25-27 - Furyfest, Le Mans (FRA)
08/06-07 - Augustibuller, Lindesberg (SWE)