Some of these have already been mentioned, but here's the complete list of acts from around Scandinavia heading over to Austin, TX in March for the SXSW festival: Kristofer Åström (SWE), Alamo Race Track (NL), Bettie Serveert (NL), The Defectors (DK), Demons (SWE), Division Of Laura Lee (SWE), Thomas Dybdahl (NOR), El Caco (NOR), Janne Haavisto & The Farangs (FIN), Hardcore Superstar (SWE), Hell on Wheels (SWE), The Hives (SWE), Holden (SWE), Hush (DK), The (International) Noise Conspiracy (SWE), The Jessica Fletchers (NOR), Junior Senior (DK), Kamera (SWE), The Latebirds (FIN), Randi Laubek (DK), League of XO Gentlemen (NL), Learning From Las Vegas (DK), Erja Lyytinen (FIN), Marynka and Some Lovely Girls (NL), On Trial (DK), Persil (NL), Powersolo (DK), St Thomas (NOR), Silver (NOR), Singapore Sling (ICE), Tasha's World (NL), Venus Flytrap (NL) and zZz (NL). And no matter what they say, Danko Jones is not from Sweden. Read more, get artist profiles and listen to samples: http://www.sxsw.com/music/
Swedish hip-hop is dead? Read more: http://www.svenskunderjord.com/incArtikelView.asp?id=189&sortera=senaste (in Swedish)
The complete lineup for the Sonika electro festival at Kafé 44 in Stockholm on February 27-28: Bondage Fairies, Appareil, Nadie Affecta, Lo-Fi-Fnk, Komatrohn, Saralunden, the Penelopes (F), the Light Bulb Project, Hundarna från Söder, 1999, Viperas, Autohorse, System, Inkinen and Pavan. More info: http://www.sonika.tk/
A new website and a new message from Sondre Lerche: http://www.sondrelerche.com/diary.asp?id=52
Ideal Recordings has a new website with info on new releases from Henrik Rylander, Comb & Prosperous, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, Martin Brandlmayr and Contemporary Punk Unit as well as news concerning upcoming live activities.
Notes and artwork for the two new Deathprod releases on Rune Grammofon:
"Morals and Dogma": http://www.runegrammofon.com/v2/catalog.php?shownews=38
"Deathprod": http://www.runegrammofon.com/v2/catalog.php?shownews=39
Ariel Kill Him on purevolume.com (streaming audio and downloads): http://www.purevolume.com/ArielKillHim
Satirnine will be doing some shows supporting Danko Jones in Sweden in April:
04/01 - Tivoli, Helsingborg
04/02 - Downtown, Örebro
04/03 - Trägårn, Göteborg
04/04 - Pipeline, Sundsvall
04/06 - tba
04/07 - S2, Borlänge
04/08 - Mejeriet, Lund
Logh's new 7" with a slowed down version of "Bones of Generations" and a cover of Slayer's "War Ensemble" is now available for ordering online. In other news, Trust No One Recordings, the label run by the guys in Switchblade will be releasing the vinyl version of the full-length album "The Raging Sun". They'll also be doing the third 7" from that record which will include a remix of the title track as well as an as-yet-unknown b-side.
European tourdates and summer festival appearances for In Flames:
04/16 - Lisebergshallen, Göteborg (SWE)
04/17 - Rockefeller, Oslo (NOR)
04/18 - Arenan, Stockholm (SWE)
04/20 - tba (GER)
04/21 - O13, Tilburg (NL)
04/22 - LHM, Köln (GER)
04/23 - Hof Ter Loo , Antwerpen (BEL)
04/24 - Astoria, London (UK)
04/26 - Löwensaal, Nürnberg (GER)
04/28 - LKA, Stuttgart (GER)
04/29 - Alcatraz, Milan (IT)
04/30 - Z7, Pratteln (CH)
06/10 - Sweden Rock, Sölvesborg (SWE)
06/26 - Metal Mania, Albacete (SPA)
07/08 - Gatufest, Sundsvall (SWE)
07/09 - Forestglade West, Wiesn (AUS)
07/11 - Forestglade, Imst (AUS)
07/16 - Tuska Open Air Festival, Helsinki (FIN)
The new EP "The Quiet Place" comes out March 1 on Nuclear Blast.
Lots of new audio samples up at website of Finnish avant label Fonal Records: http://www.fonal.com/sounds.html
New, updated tourdates in Sweden for Broder Daniel:
02/26 - Platens Bar, Linköping
02/27 - Arena, Karlstad
02/28 - Balders Hage, Älmhult
03/04 - The Tivoli, Helsingborg
03/05 - Palace, Kalmar
03/06 - Festival 035 @ Diezel, Halmstad
03/12 - Kino, Karlskrona
03/13 - Downtown, Örebro
03/25 - Mejeriet, Lund
03/26 - Folkets Park, Avesta
03/27 - Folkets Park, Huskvarna
Heavymetal.no talks to ex-Enslaved, Gehenna drummer Dirge Rep: http://www.heavymetal.no/show.article.asp?menuid=&artid=1046 (in Norwegian)
His new band Orcustus has released a 7" called "World Dirtnap" on Southern Lord.
Speaking of Dirge Rep, he's one of the contributors on the new Aura Noir record "Merciless" with the lyrics to the song "Funeral Thrash". Other notable contributors include Fenriz of Darkthrone and Nattefrost of Carpathian Forest who both lend a hand with "their hate and alcohol infested throats." The recording is supposedly finished and mixing should be done within the next couple weeks.