Apparently interest is growing in the Shout Out Louds abroad. Their recent (and second) string of NYC dates apparently went even better than the first. Read more: http://www.jenyk.com/bandphotography/shoutoutlouds2.htm
The new Whyte Seeds single will be "Black Key Song" and it'll be out March 29. A video for the track will be coming, too. Upcoming dates for the band around Europe with Tigerbeat:
02/21 - Bad Bonn, Dudingen (SWI)
02/22 - Albani, Winterthur (SWI)
03/10 - Loppen, Copenhagen (DK)
03/11 - Garage, Oslo (NOR)
03/12 - Hulen, Bergen (NOR)
03/15 - Tavastia, Helsinki (FIN)
03/18 - O-Baren, Stockholm (SWE)
Besides the already announced Roskilde Festival appearance, The Ricochets say they'll be doing a bunch of other festival appearances this summer as well as a big European tour this fall. Look for dates in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and France to be announced shortly.
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. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
05. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
06. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
07. Arns rike - Arn the gothia
08. Carola - Guld platina & passion
09. Alice Babs - Alice babs bästa
10. José González - Veneer
11. Moneybrother - Blood panic
12. Patrik Isaksson - Vi som aldrig landat
13. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
14. Tomas Andersson Wij - Stjärnorna i oss
15. Viktoria Tolstoy - Shining on you
16. Nicolai Dunger - Here's my song you can have it....
17. September - September
18. Mauro Scooco - La dolce vita
19. The Knife - Deep Cuts
20. Cornelis Vreeswijk - Cornelis Vreeswijks bästa
Broder Daniel swears that the next show on February 26 in Linköping will go down as planned. We shall see. As for their missed Popstad performance, they'll be doing a make-up show at Teaterladan in Huskvarna on March 27.
Häpna Records, the home of artists Sagor & Swing, Tape and Hans Appelqvist, will be holding a festival in Stockholm on April 23-24. Confirmed to play so far are David Grubbs, Marcus Schmickler (Pluramon), Andreas Tilliander and Mats Gustafsson.
Dark Tranquility will be releasing a special 2xCD collection of rare recordings from the band's vaults. "For many years, we've received lots of questions regarding the possibility of our pre-album material ever being released on CD," they posted on their website, "and we're very happy to provide old and new fans that are interested in the first chapter of our history with a viable alternative to forking out a small fortune on eBay for a worn-out original copy of the demo or 7" EP." The band recently recovered the original DAT tapes contain their "Trail Of Life Decayed" demo (1991) and "A Moonclad Reflection" EP (1992) and have had them remastered. They are also throwing in a couple rare and never-released tracks from the group's recording sessions for the past three albums. And that's not all - they second CD will contain the entire audio portion of the recently issues "Live Damage" DVD. Full tracklist:
Disc 1 (Rare Material):
01. Static
02. The Poison Well
03. Misery In Me
04. Cornered
05. In Sight
06. No-One
07. Exposure
08. Yesterworld
09. Unfurled By Dawn
10. Midwinter/Beyond Enlightenment
11. Vernal Awakening
12. Void Of Tranquillity
Disc 2 (Live Material):
01. The Wonders At Your Feet
02. The Treason Wall
03. Hedon
04. White Noise/Black Silence
05. Haven
06. Punish My Heaven
07. Monochromatic Stains
08. Indifferent Suns
09. Format C: For Cortex
10. Insanity's Crescendo
11. Hours Passed In Exile
12. The Sun Fired Blanks
13. Damage Done
14. Lethe
15. Not Built To Last
16. ThereIn
17. Zodijackyl Light
18. Final Resistance
19. Ex Nihilo
As for the packaging, there will be a 20-page booklet with pictures spanning the band's career as well as liner notes from Chris Dick of digitalmetal.com. Look for it May 31 from Century Media.
Meshuggah has parted ways with bassist Gustaf Hielm and have replaced him with Dick Löwgren (ex-In Flames, Arch Enemy). Gustaf's statement:
"I'm saddened that they don't want me in there anymore but this is the second time I'm asked to leave so I can handle it by now. And most important, I'm still playing! That will never go away.
As for Meshuggah, I'm glad I got to be in what I consider THE metal band and I wish them and their new bass player the best of luck."
Check out the video for "Solitary Man", the new single from HIM: http://www.viva.tv/player/frameset.php?id=10196&focus=off
US/North American tour dates for acclaimed Finnish house artist Luomo aka Vladislav Delay:
03/05 - The Abbey Pub, Chicago, IL
03/06 - Ultra Festival, Bay Front Park, Miami Beach, FL
03/08 - Privilege "Tonic Treatment w/Matthew Dear", Miami Beach, FL
03/09 - XLR8R Party at Goddess, Miami, FL
03/10 - Emos, Austin, TX
03/11 - Element Bar, Toronto, Canada
03/13 - Panacea, Detroit, MI
03/15 - Sullivan Room, NY, NY
03/16 - Orange @ The Kells, Boston, MA
03/17 - Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
03/18 - tba, San Francisco, CA
03/19 - Green Galactic @ Melrose Lightspace, LA, CA
03/20 - Holocene, Portland, OR
Preview the track "Cheap Cigar" from Finland's And the Lefthanded: http://stream.nyt.fi/audio/and_the_lefthanded-cheap_cigar.ram
The song appears on their new album "In the Kingdom of Shadows".
The Mindspell webzine loves KVLR: http://www.mindspell.org/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=546
So does Folkbladet: http://www.folkbladet.nu/index.asp?vf=1&x=23154 (in Swedish)
And howabout that, so does Germany's Sweet Jane Music: http://www.obrac.de/sweetjanemusic/review.php?datensatz=291 (in German)
And a 8 out of 10 from in-your-face.de: http://www.in-your-face.de/review_1773.htm (in German)
Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's Swedish student radio chart:
01. (13) Phoenix "Everything Is Everything"
02. (NY) Marit Bergman feat. Cecilia Nordlund "Adios Amigo"
03. (NY) Promoe "These Walls Don't Lie"
04. (NY) Josh Rouse "Come Back (Light Therapy)"
05. (02) Tiger Lou "Oh Horatio"
06. (19) Damien Rice "Volcano"
07. (01) The Von Bondies "C'mon C'mon"
08. (07) The Legends "Call It Ours"
09. (12) John Frusciante "Song To Sing When I'm Lonely"
10. (05) Jens Lekman "Rocky Dennis In Heaven EP"
11. (NY) Laakso "Aussie Girl"
12. (06) Peaches feat. Iggy Pop "Kick It"
13. (17) Paris "Hey Sailor!"
14. (16) N.E.R.D. "She Wants To Move"
15. (NY) Swan Lee "I Don't Mind"
16. (04) David & The Citizens "Graycoated Morning"
17. (03) Belle & Sebastian "I'm A Cuckoo"
18. (11) Organism 12 "Sångfågel"
19. (NY) Dave Clarke Feat. (Chicks On Speed "What Was Her Name?"
20. (NY) Missy Elliott "I'm Really Hot"
Leaving the chart:
08. Broder Daniel "Shoreline"
09. Björns Vänner "Alexander Lukas"
10. Shout Out Louds "Please Please Please"
14. Timbaland & Magoo "Indian Flute"
15. Grandaddy "I'm On Standby"
18. The Thrills "Don't Steal Our Sun"
20. Nicolai Dunger "Here's My Song You Can Have It (Album Sampler)"
A bit of Planekonomi news...
Monkeystrikes is getting ready to shoot a video for the first single "Lost on the Lawn" from their debut EP "Angry Knees". Henry Moore Selder (The Hives, The Knife, Jimi Tenor) will direct. Also, on the same day the EP is released on March 31, the band will hit the road for a couple weeks. Dates and details soon.
The next Mattias Alkberg BD single from his album "Tunaskolan" will be "Don Quixote" and it will be released in April. As for the album track "Levande Begravd" ("buried alive"), look for a special limited edition 7" of that coming soon from Hot Stuff. It's a cover of Swedish punk legends Liket Lever just in case you were unaware (like me).
Lastly, the label would like to welcome Stockholm-based band Stella Rocket to the family. Their debut album was produced by the ever-talented Jari Haapalainen of Bear Quartet and will be out soon. In case you didn't know, Jari's previous credits include bands such as The Concretes, Laakso and Moneybrother.