New tourdates in the UK and France for Finland's The Rasmus:
04/23 - Printemps De Bourges, festival, Bourges (FR)
04/24 - Elysée Montmartre, Paris (FR)
04/26 - Academy 2, Birmingham (UK)
04/27 - Cathousem Glasgow (UK)
04/28 - Academy 3, Manchester (UK)
04/29 - Mean Fiddler, London (UK)
05/30 - Pinkpop (NL)
06/04 - Rock Im Park (GER)
06/06 - Rock Am Ring (GER)
Check out the video for "Uprising" from First Floor Power: http://www.silence.se/video/first_floor_power/FFP%20Uprising.mov
Nicolai Dunger's latest album will get released in Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy on March 29 with other territories to follow. He'll be heading over to Germany on February 16-18 to do promo work, including various radio shows and more. Details here: http://www.nicolaidunger.com/newsback.asp
Former indie queen Marit Bergman is back in business and got her website online again. Her new single "Adios Amigos" is a duet with Cecilia from Monkeystrikes and should be out real soon. The major label debut album follows on March 17 and the tour will kick off on the 31st. More details soon.
Upcoming live dates for Promoe from Looptroop:
03/24 - Konrad (Link Up), Västerås (SWE) (release party and tour premiere)
03/26 - Kompaniet (Fatmilk), Göteborg (SWE)
03/27 - Umeå Open, Umeå (SWE)
03/28 - Kägelbanan, Stockholm (SWE)
03/29 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
03/30 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
03/31 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
04/01 - Echo Chamber, Hamburg (GER)
04/03 - Waterfront, Rotterdam (NL)
04/04 - Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)
04/05 - Cooky's, Frakfurt (GER)
04/06 - Manufaktur, Schorndorf (GER)
04/07 - Szene, Vienna (AUS)
04/08 - Remise, Wil (CH)
04/11 - L'usine, Genf (CH)
04/12 - Treibhaus, Innsbruck (AUS)
04/13 - Orangehouse, Munich (GER)
04/14 - Studio 672, Cologne (GER)
04/15 - Cafe Central, Weinheim (GER)
04/16 - Charlatan, Gent (BEL)
04/17 - Grand Mix, Tourcoing (FR)
04/18 - Exhaus, Trier (GER)
Except for the release party, all shows will be supporting Atmosphere.
Rune Kristoffersen of Rune Grammofon is the winner of this year's Ballade Prize which goes to people who help promote Norwegian music of high quality. Read more: http://www.panorama.xio.no/vis.php?kat=3&did=2350 (in Norwegian)
Gaffe reports on "donkey punk"-trio PowerSolo and their new album "It's Raceday ... And Your Pussy Is Gut!!!" coming out on Crunchy Frog on March 8: http://gaffa.dk/nyheder/view.php/news_id=11643 (in Danish)
Last Days of April is currently working on an animated video clip for "It's On Everything", the first single from their new album "If You Lose It". Look for it to hopefully be done sometime later this month.
Empire Dogs have rescheduled their previously cancelled shows in London for March 1-3. Details forthcoming. The first single from the new album is due out mid-March, the record itself in April.
Supertanker.tk is reporting that Under Byen composer Katrine Stochholm is working on a solo album with Howe Gelb of Giant Sand. It's said to feature some of the same "dreamy" qualities as UB and is expected out sometime this spring. Head over to get more details, as well as the latest round-up of Danish music news.
Dolores Recordings is looking for fan-art and pictures for the new Håkan Hellström record. Read more: http://www.doloresrecordings.com/nyheter.htm (in Swedish)