English translations of all the recent KVLR reviews: go here.
And a bunch of new ones:
http://www.muzic.se/reviews/cd/kvlr/kvlr/review.htm
http://www.lemanchester.com/recension.asp?id=423&kat=rec
http://www.norran.se/sektion_c.php?id=330689&avdelning_1=121&avdelning_2=152
http://www.pitea-tidningen.se/index.php?artikel=84503&option=19
http://www.alternativenation.de/reviews/index.asp?thema=Kvlr&titel=Kvlr
http://www.voidfaith.net/recension_kvlr.php
Norwegian indie/hardcore band Crash will be entering the studio on February 28 with producer Geir Luedy to record six songs for an upcoming EP called "Last Year's Ambulance". It should be out around May 1 via Sound Fiction.
The rumors are true! The Concretes are indeed getting in bed with the majors and will be releasing a new EP over in the UK with the help of EMI as the distributor. It will feature the single "Say Something New" along with three so-called lost gems: "a b-side, a lost single and a little number called Sugar that has been hiding in Seattle for way too long." It comes out on April 12. And that's not all - the much hyped band is heading over there themselves to help spread the word. Dates:
04/21 - The Zodiac, Oxford
04/22 - The 100Club, London
The latest Last Days of April tour schedule:
03/02 - Nyhetsmorgon, TV4 (SWE)
03/05 - Smedjan, Köping (SWE)
03/06 - Club Feber @ Pianobaren, Trollhättan (SWE)
03/12 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE)
03/13 - Valhall, Falun (SWE)
03/17 - Smålands Nation, Lund (SWE)
03/18 - Herrgårn, Linköping (SWE)
03/19 - Kalmar Nation, Uppsala (SWE)
03/20 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
03/24 - Din Kompis, Västervik (SWE)
03/25 - Repulik @ Bergsbron, Norrköping (SWE)
03/26 - Ungdomens Hus / Bruket, Ronneby (SWE)
03/27 - Bommens Salonger, Göteborg (SWE)
03/28 - Garage, Oslo (NOR)
03/30 - Kafé 44, Stockholm (SWE)
03/31 - Kungen, Sandviken (SWE)
04/01 - Tingshuset, Östersund (SWE)
04/02 - Pinkerton, Skellefteå (SWE)
04/03 - Club Modos, Umeå (SWE)
04/08 - Rotown, Rotterdam (NL)
04/09 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
04/10 - Ekko, Utrecht (NL)
04/11 - Zaal Comma (Entrepot), Bruges (BEL)
04/12 - Sojo, Leuven (BEL)
04/19 - Spectra, Malaga (ESP)
04/20 - Gruta 77, Madrid (ESP)
04/21 - Teatre Conino Gurillo, Castellón de la plana (ESP)
04/27 - Abart, Zurich (SWI)
04/28 - ISC, Bern (SWI)
04/29 - Garage, Saarbrücken (GER)
04/30 - Atomic Cafe, Munich (GER)
05/04 - Gebäude 9, Cologne (GER)
05/05 - Schwimmbad, Heidelberg (GER)
05/06 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
05/07 - Matrix, Bochum (Visions party)
05/08 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
Totalt Jävla Mörker's new album will be called "Människans ringa värde" and it will be released April 26 on Distortion.
The Je Ne Sais Quoi has confirmed March 18 as the date they will enter the studio to begin recording their debut full-length album. Look for a release on Coalition Records sometime around August.
Listen to the new Tobias Fröberg single "So I": http://www.silence.se/nyheter/rtsp:/real-g2.musiclink.se/silence/Tobias_Froberg-So_I/So_I.rm
Swedish singer/songwriter Johan Bergqvist is keeping a studio diary on his website as he records his new album: http://www.johanbergqvist.com/
Look for exclusive preview mp3s coming soon!
There's a new Home Groan album on the horizon! Listen to the track "Cowboys and Cactus" featuring Lars Haavard Haugen and Jaga Jazzist : http://www.homegroan.net/snd/cowboys.and.cactus.mp3
Also new at the Home Groan site are photos from various recent shows such as Øyafestivalen: http://www.homegroan.net/galleries.html
Updated tourdates for Norwegian hardcore band Kaospilot and Angora Static:
04/02 - Chillingham Arms, Newcastle (UK)
04/03 - 13th Note, Glasgow (UK)
04/04 - Doghouse Bar, Dundee (UK)
04/05 - Studio 24, Edinburgh (UK)
04/06 - tbc, Belfast (UK)
04/07 - Fred Zepplins, Cork (UK)
04/08 - tbc, Dublin (UK)
04/09 - Yorkshire House, Lancester (UK)
04/10 - Fenton, Leeds (UK)
04/11 - tbc, Manchester (UK)
04/12 - The Marrs Bar, Worcester (UK)
04/13 - Le Pub, Newport (UK)
04/14 - Free Butt, Brighton (UK)
04/15 - tba (FRA)
04/16 - Le Napoléon, Tours (FRA)
04/17 - Le Local Universel, Bordeaux (FRA)
04/18 - tba, Llodio / Bilbao (SPA)
04/19 - tba, Zaragoza (SPA)
04/20 - La Nau, La Roca del Vallès (SPA)
04/21 - tba (FRA)
04/22 - Molodoi, Strasbourg (FRA)
04/23 - L'Austrasique, Nancy (FRA)
04/24 - Erdbeermund, Karlsruhe (GER)
04/25 - HDJ, Leverkusen (GER)
04/26 - Mikrokosmos, Magdeburg (GER)
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums from Aftonbladet:
01. Sara Löfgren - Starkare
02. Per Gessle - Mazarin
03. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
04. Mikael Wiehe - Kärlek & politik
05. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
06. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
07. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
08. Carola - Guld platina & passion
09. Arns rike - Arn the gothia
10. José González - Veneer
11. Alice Babs - Alice babs bästa
12. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
13. Moneybrother - Blood panic
14. Andra generationen - Kärlekens land
15. Patrik Isaksson - Vi som aldrig landat
16. Cornelis Vreeswijk - Cornelis Vreeswijks bästa
17. September - September
18. Viktoria Tolstoy - Shining on you
19. Tomas Andersson Wij - Stjärnorna i oss
20. Miio - På vårt sätt
Peaceville Records has confirmed May 11 as the release date for "Terra Incognito", the sophomore full length release from The Great Deceiver. As mentioned numerous times, TGD features Tompa from At the Gates/Disfear on vocals and Kristian Wahlin of Diabolique/Liars in Wait on guitar. Read the full press release: http://www.digitalmetal.com/news.asp?cid=4748
Machine Head, God Forbid and Sweden's Arch Enemy will be teaming up for the "Weapons of Mass Destruction" tour across North America in April. Dates to be confirmed shortly. The bands are already confirmed for the New England Metal and Hardcore Fest at The Palladium in Worcester, MA on April 30 and May 1.