It's been four long years, but the Satanic Surfers are finally back. It's been confirmed that they will open for Bad Religion in Lund on May 9. There's nothing confirmed yet, but they have plans to work on new material this coming spring and summer.
Voice of a Generation will also be playing support for those upcoming Swedish Bad Religion gigs as well.
Idle Hands Records will release the new album from "We Are Everywhere" from long-running Stockholm-based rockers The Robots on April 19. When asked for their comments on their forthcoming fourth album, they had this to say:
"We deputies of the principal college of the Octopus are hereby making our stay both visible and invisible in this our world, by the grace of the powers to whom the hearts of all just men turn.
In order to draw men and women, our equals from deadly error we are now emerging from the depths of every foul human society.
With the divine knowledge derived from the cities in the deep we have been ever present through all the stages of human civilization.
We have been visible and present as well as invisible and hidden through millennia, stretching our tentacles in every direction, forming striking fists and caressing hands at our will.
Now as the world chooses a new direction Our presence remains
IN THE SIGN OF THE OCTOPUS!"
Um, yeah. Anyhow, head over to the newly redesigned Idle Hands website for more info or visit www.therobotsareeverywhere.com for mp3s and pics. The band will play a record release show at Debaser on April 2.
Attention all you Swedish music industry types: Music Guide Sweden is now accepting registrants. Go there now: http://www.musicguidesweden.com/
Trans-continental hardrockers Backdraft have reemerged anew as Odin Grange. And it kinda makes sense, especially with new vocalist/guitarist Greg Strzempka from Raging Slab. Look for the guys on tour and check out their revamped website for more info: http://www.backdraft.web.com/
David from Ariel Kill Him/ex-Leiah recently updated the diary on his website with some thoughts and comments on what he's been up to: http://www.kasualrec.com/akh/?page=diary
Tsool.net reports that Ian and Ebbot from The Soundtrack of Our Lives teamed up with Division of Laura Lee to record a cover of Minor Threat's "Don’t Wanna Hear it" for an upcoming comp. That sounds, uh, interesting?
Speaking of DoLL, here's the first track "Does Compute" from their upcoming album "Das Not Compute": http://www.epitaph.com/_lib/stream.php?f=Does+Compute.mp3&p=/6/364/4282.mp3&id=4282
Dates for Finnish electronic/world music group RinneRadio, including some Baltic dates:
03/12 - Turku (FIN)
03/13 - Tampere (FIN)
03/28 - Helsinki (FIN)
04/08 - Tornar (POR)
07/09 - Tallinn (EST)
08/07 - Leigo (EST)
08/21 - Lahti (FIN)
Surferosa is heading back to the UK for their first headlining jaunt over there. Here's all their upcoming dates:
03/24 - Gloucester, Brighton (UK)
03/25 - University SU, Lincoln (UK)
03/26 - Junktion 7, Nottingham (UK)
03/27 - Empire, Middlesborough (UK)
03/28 - Carling Academy, Birmingham (UK)
03/29 - Zodiac, Oxford (UK)
03/30 - Whiteheat Infinity, London (UK)
03/31 - Joseph Wells, Leeds (UK)
04/01 - Club Purr, Bath (UK)
04/02 - University SU, Liverpool (UK)
04/03 - Colloseum, Coventry (UK)
04/04 - King Tuts, Glasgow (UK)
04/05 - Soundhaus, Northhampton (UK)
04/06 - Metro Club, London (UK)
04/07 - Rust, Ørsta (NOR)
04/08 - Scala, Stryn (NOR)
04/09 - Opp & Ned, Oppdal (NOR)
04/10 - Grand Hotel, Åndalsnes (NOR)
Children of Bodom are heading down to Brazil for a few dates:
08/10 - DirecTV, Sao Paulo
08/11 - Garden Hall, Rio De Janeiro
08/12 - Moinho Sao Roque, Curitiba
08/14 - Lapa Multishow, Belo Horizonte
08/15 - Clube Portugus, Recife
Upcoming tourdates for The Peepshows:
07/01 - Mau Club, Rostock (GER)
07/02 - Wild at heart, Berlin (GER)
07/03 - With Full Force Festival, Roitzschjora (GER)
07/05 - Bei Chez Heinz, Hannover (GER)
07/08 - Underground, Köln (GER)
07/10 - tba, St. Niklaas (BEL)
07/13 - tba, Kassel (GER)
07/17 - tba, Wien (AUS)
07/19 - Glashaus, Bayreuth (GER)
07/23 - Kreuz, Fulda (GER) w/Voice of a Generation
07/24 - Open Air, Glaubitz (GER) w/Movement
"Funeral Song" from The Rasmus is the clip of the week over at MTV Europe: http://www.nordic.mtve.com/features/cms/index.asp?id=1006000000000239&type=1&page=1