Surprise, surprise - the next two Broder Daniel gigs in Karlskrona and Örebro, on the 12th and 13th repectively, have been cancelled. How long until they actually just break up? The next show is schedule for March 25 at Mejeriet in Lund. We'll see if it actually happens.
Danish dancepunks The Fashion have yet another new website and have also posted the video for the track "Roller Disco Inferno": high / low
Upcoming live dates:
03/12 - Gimle, Roskilde (DK) w/Johnny Deluxe
03/18 - Musikcaféen, Aarhus (DK)
03/19 - Thisted Gym, Thisted (DK)
03/30 - Barfly, London (UK)
06/04 - Aarhus Spot Festival (date might change) (DK)
06/11 - Tåstrup Kultur Center, Taastrup (DK) w/Speaker Bite Me
06/24 - Nibe Festival, Nibe (DK)
The ever-so modest men of C.Aarmé have posted some new pics online: http://c.aarme.lofi.org/?show=photos
Danish sadcore act Amber was recently in Chicago to record with the famous Steve Albini. Check out their studio diary: http://gaffa.dk/nyheder/view.php/news_id=11752 (in Danish)
The US version of Ariel Kill Him's album "In the Pyramid" comes out today on Eyeball Records and their Swedish label Kasual reports that the band is working on a tour for June. Details soon?
Kaospilot is on their way to lining up a US tour this summer. Here's what they've got so far:
05/29 - Knitting Factory Tap Room, NYC, NY
05/30 - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
05/31 - New Jersey, NJ
06/01 - Long Island, NY
06/02 - The Zoo, Wilkes-Barre, PA
06/03 - Providence, RI
06/04 - Boston, MA
06/05 - Uconn, Storrs, CT
06/06 - Washington, DC
06/07 - All Books, Summerville, SC
06/08 - Atlanta, GA
06/09 - Nashville, TN
06/10 - Tulsa, OK
06/11 - Austin, TX
06/12 - Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ
06/13 - Che Café, San Diego, CA
06/14 - Koo's, Long Beach, CA
06/15 - Sound and Lights, Las Vegas, NV
06/16 - Biko, Goleta, CA
06/17 - Santa Cruz, CA
06/18 - Bay Area
06/19 - Bay Area
06/20 - MeowMeow, Portland, OR
06/21 - 2nd Ave Pizza, Seattle, WA
06/22 - Boise, ID
06/23 - High Life House, Denver, CO
06/24 - Omaha, NE
06/25 - Sioux Falls, SD
06/26 - Minneapolis, MN
06/27 - FSU Garage, Cedar Falls, IA
06/28 - Lemp Arts Center, St Louis, MO
06/29 - Chicago, IL
06/30 - Diaper, Michigan, MI
07/01 - Masonic Temple, Toledo, OH
07/02 - Mr Roboto, Pittsburgh, PA
07/03 - ABC No Rio, NYC, NY
If you can help out with shows, please contact kaospilotbooker@hotmail.com.
Since Startracks imprint StarEP folded some time ago, there are still a number of homeless bands out there looking for an outlet for their material. Umeå's Cobolt is one of them. They say they've got enough material for a full length and any interested parties should contact them for a sampler.
Some of the bands confirmed for the Månefestivalen in Norway at the end of May: Vidar Busk, Silver, Amulet, Tellusalie, Tommy Tokyo, Camaros, Tuna Laguna, King Midas, Peru-You and Cuban Connection. More info: http://www.maanefestivalen.no/
David Fridlund of David & the Citizens has booked his first honest-to-goodness solo date at the City Sound Festival. I hear rumors about a solo album, but there's nothing official being said yet. Other new acts added to the City Sound bill: Kingston Airforce, Granada , Sandy Mouche , Soak The Sin , Span, Speech Defect , Peggy Lejonhjärta , The 21st Century Noise , Tobias Fröberg , Bukk , Bombshell Rocks and Troublemakers.
The reunited hard rockers Europe are lining up some more European tourdates:
06/02 – Masters of Rock, Vizovice (CZR)
06/03 – Masters of Rock, Senec (SLO)
06/05 – Petofi Hall, Budapest (HUN)
06/11 – Valset Arena, Hamar (NOR)
06/12 – Sweden Rock, Sölvesborg (SWE)
07/17 – Rockperry Festival, Vaasa (FIN)
07/28 – Langelands (DK)
08/08-14 - Lorca Rock, Murcia (SPA)
08/22 – Tufertschwil, Lutisburg (SWI)
Pitchfork gives faint praise to the Shout Out Louds: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/shout-out-louds/howl-howl-gaff-gaff.shtml
Aeternus will enter Greighallen Studios in June with producer Pytten (Enslaved, Mörk Gryning) to record their new album "Revolution 9", tentatively due out late 2004 via Nocturnal Art Productions.
Reminder: my boys KVLR hit the road in Europe today. Here's the lineup of dates:
03/08 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
03/09 - Butterclub, Berlin (GER)
03/10 - Clubkeller, Frankfurt/Main (GER)
03/11 - Erdbeermund, Karlsruhe (GER)
03/12 - Bogen 13, Zürich (SWI)
03/13 - Boa, Luzern (SWI)
03/14 - Jugendhaus Komma, Esslingen (GER)
03/16 - Prager Frühling, München (GER)
03/17 - Scheune, Dresden (GER)
03/18 - Mikrokosmos, Magdeburg (GER)
03/19 - Zentrum Altenberg, Oberhausen (GER)
03/20 - 13, Tilburg (NL)