The deubt EP from Dusty Fives has been set for an Aprl 14 release via Diapazam. The video for the lead track "I Wanna be Your Cat" will be included on the disc. There will be a record release show in Borås on April 9 with labelmates Blanka.
In related news, Diapazam has signed the new band St. Elmo Red. Look for their debut EP sometime this fall.
No Fun At All is planning a one-off reunion show for April 23 in Sandviken, Sweden. Read more: http://www.burningheart.com/news/article.php?id=81
Oswald and Henke from The Peepshows will be teaming up with Tomas from Bombshell Rocks to back fellow Burning Heart artist Nikola Sarcevic (Millencolin) when he does his record release party at Kelly's in Örebro, Sweden on March 26. As mentioned before, Nikola's debut solo album "Lock-Sport-Krock" comes out March 29 from BHR.
Speaking of BHR, the label is having a logo design contest. Budding artists should go here to read more: http://www.burningheart.com/news/article.php?id=75
The Flu has added new member Gustav Svansbo on bass. His debut performance with the band will be May 8 at the Popsongs Festival in Linköping, Sweden.
Koma will be having an official release party for their new album "Tsunami" in Umeå on April 2 with US punk legends Poision Idea, Regulations and Miscounduct. It will actually be the band's very first home-town show, believe it or not. After that, they're off on tour around Northern Sweden and Finland with pals Cult of Luna or maybe Totalt Jävla Mörker. I wasn't too impressed with the band's old demo recordings, but I'm actually enjoying the new album quite a bit. They play heavy mid-tempo melodic rock akin to the Deftones, Dredg and any other similar bands that Roadrunner seems to put out these days. Not totally my thing, but not bad at all.
Infinite Mass has their new website online: http://www.infinitemass.com/
Go there to check out the new video for "No.1 Swartskalle".
Holland's Malkovich will be going into Bunt Studio in Utrecht with producers Menno Bakker and Aart Steekelenburg in a month to begin work on a new full-length album. Look it be released on August 24 from Reflections Records on CD and on vinyl from Crash Landing. There's also gonna be a limited 7" out in June on Reflections with two songs from said album and one exclusive b-side.
In other news, June 2 marks the date for the CD reissue of the band's debut 12" on Coalition Records. Same songs, but new artwork and a nice slipcase.
Oh, and the band is touring the UK, too. Dates:
03/28 - The Horseshoe, Portsmouth
03/29 - Hobgoblin, Brighton
03/30 - The Needles, London
03/31 - The Fenton, Leeds
04/01 - The Stout Fiddler, Newcastle
04/02 - The White Room, Hull
04/03 - The Old Angel, Nottingham
04/04 - tbc , Coventry
New Jam Session mp3s up on their website: http://medlem.spray.se/thejamsession/index.html
Check out a preview of the new single "Mister Cool" from Snook: http://www.grooverrecordings.com/mp3/snook/mv.asp?url=mrcoolsnippet.mp3
The full album comes out in May on Groover Recordings.
Revolver webzine talks to Gustaf Kjellvander of The Fine Arts Showcase and brother of Christian: http://www.revolver.nu/articleframeset.php?article_id=949 (in Swedish)
Fredrik might get pissed with me, but everyone pretty much already knows that he's the new Startracks signing. Some secret, eh? I'm not sure of the release date, but it's all recorded and ready to go. I also hear that UK label Must Destroy Music is out of the picture now, but I don't have details.
Finland's Velcra is going on tour with Oomp! in Germany:
04/22 - Markthalle, Hamburg
04/23 - Strasse E, Dresden
04/25 - Live Music Hall, Cologne
04/28 - Elserhalle, Munich
04/29 - Easy Schorre, Halle
05/01 - M.A.U. Club, Rostock
05/02 - Columbia Fritz, Berlin
05/04 - Batschkapp, Frankfurt
05/05 - Jolly Joker, Braunschweig
05/07 - Alte Spinnerei, Glauchau
NRK reports from the Thomas Dybdahl show at SXSW: http://www.nrk.no/musikk/3634030.html (in Norwegian)