Another Monday and another new clip from David Sandström, as well as an article less of clothing: http://www.david-sandstrom.com/
Counting down until the release of the new Eskobar album "A Thousand Last Chances" on March 31, the band will be putting new samples online everyday: http://www.eskobar.nu/forums/index.php?showtopic=1792
Today's addition is "Cold Night".
Between Us has rescheduled their European tour for three weeks beginning on the last week of July. Get a hold of them if you can help out: getintothepit@hotmail.com
PopMatters writer Terry Sawyer gets it partially right by hailing Hell On Wheels' SXSW performance as "my best surprise find, a three piece outfit from Norway that, played it loud and proud." Sweden, Norway, whatever. Scroll to the bottom: http://popmatters.com/features/sxsw2004/index-2m.shtml
As hinted at before, I can now confirm the first set of dates for Jaga Jazzist's debut North American tour:
06/25 - Victoria, British Columbia (CAN)
06/26 - Vancouver, British Columbia (CAN)
06/27 - Jazz Festival Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (CAN)
06/28 - Calgary, Alberta (CAN)
06/29 - Edmonton, Alberta (CAN)
06/30 - Edmonton, Alberta (CAN)
06/01 - Saskatoon, Saskatoon (CAN)
07/03 - Minneapolis, Minnesota (US)
07/04 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, Illinois (US)
07/05 - Toronto, Ontario (CAN)
07/06 - New York, New York (US)
07/07 - Montreal Jazz Festival, Montreal, Quebec (CAN)
07/08 - Quebec city, Quebec (CAN)
07/10 - Halifax, Nova Scotia (CAN)
Damn lucky, those Canucks.
Marduk has been remastering their first four albums for possible reissue treatment at some point in the future. Details to come later.
Danish metal band Thanatos will release their new album "Undead. Unholy. Divine." on June 12 through Greece's Black Lotus Records.
New Scandinavian music reviews from German webzine Sellfish:
Headplate - Pieces
In Flames - Soundtrack to your escape
Moneybrother - Blood panic
Nikola Sarcevic - Lock-sport-krock
Panik - A page torn
Takara - Eternity - The best of 1993 - 1998
Finland's acclaimed minimalist electronic artists Pan Sonic will be releasing an all-new 4-CD box set on May 18 entitled "Kesto". The title means "strength" or "duration" which of course is entirely appropriate as the recording spans over four hours. It will be the duo's first official release since "Aaltopiiri" back in 2001.
Download "All Time High" from The Accidents: http://www.bootlegbooze.com/sounds/booze012/accidents_alltimehigh.mp3
The track comes from the album of the same name, due out April 30 from Rock Alliance/Bootleg Booze. Think garage-rock crossed with Motörhead.
Also coming soon from Rock Alliance/Bootleg Booze is the new "Come Clean" 7" from The Deadbeats. Listen to the track "Putting Out My Fire": http://www.thedeadbeats.dk/mp3/Putting%20out%20my%20fire.mp3
If you enjoyed those Hellacopters mp3s, you'll probably like this too.
Global Domination updates with another one of their ever-amusing "Name that fuckin' so-and-so" features, this time covering the blastbeat: http://www.statikmajik.com/gd/namethat/blastbeat01.php
Check out the video for "Good, Clean" from Clay Allison (ex-Soulbox Opera): http://www.magnifiction.nu/
Norway's Uncle's Institution on his 'I'm a real bad mother alone and you know it!' tour:
03/21 - Aulaen (Stud-uken handelshøgsk), Begren w/Ralph Myerz
03/25 - Garage, Oslo
03/26 - Studentsamfunnet, Halden
04/02 - Garage, Bergen
04/14 - Kroa, Volda
04/15 - Kaihuset, Ørsta
04/21 - Sinus, Bodø