The nominees for the large folk subcategory of the Danish music awards have been revealed. Here's the list for best album:
Annette Bjergfeldt - Songs For Modern Mammals
Baltinget - Classic
Haugaard & Høirup - Om Sommeren
Lars Lilholt - Nefertiti
ULC Quintet - Masquerade
Zar - Tusind Tanker
The rest: http://gaffa.dk/nyheder/view.php/news_id=11619 (in Danish)
Confirmed upcoming shows in 2004 for In Flames:
02/13 - Popstad, Jönköping (SWE)
04/16 - Lisebergshallen, Göteborg (SWE)
04/18 - Arenan, Stockholm (SWE)
06/10-12 - Sweden Rock, Sölvesborg (SWE)
07/09-10 - Forestglade West (AUS)
Tsool.net responds to the rampant speculation concerning the upcoming Soundtrack of Our Lives album delays:
"The band are great and there are no problem with any record company or whatever. It’s just the time schedule that has been broken, because of several reasons. Technical problem in the studio, missing lyrics and lack of time to sit down and go trough the whole material for the final mix to get the right TSOOL atmosphere. The guys has promised us some compensation for this and there is something coming up on this site in the near future."
Updated tourdates for Deep Elm recording artists Surrounded:
02/13 - Simplon, Groningen (HOL) w/Vladimir, 2nd place driver, Propeller
02/14 - The Lido, Margate, England (UK) w/TBM, Death of a Filmstar
02/15 - Satans Hollow, Manchester (UK) w/TBM, Death of a Filmstar
02/16 - Victoria Inn, Derby (UK) w/Death of a Filmstar
02/17 - Le Pub, Newport (UK) w/Death of a Filmstar
02/18 - 1 In 12 club, Bradford (UK) w/Death of a Filmstar
02/19 - The Acklam, Middlesboro (UK) w/Death of a Filmstar
02/20 - The Windmill, London (UK) w/Collapse, Method Sent
02/21 - tba, London (UK)
02/22 - Mister Smith's, Bournemouth (UK) w/Tex La Homa
02/23 - The Magnet, Liverpool (UK) w/Death of a Filmstar
02/24 - Soundstation, Liegé (BEL) w/Vancouver
Sondre Lerche has a new web diary entry where he talks about the new video for "Two-Way Monologue", the first single and title track from his forthcoming album.
Starmarket has finished recording fifteen new songs for their next album, tentatively titled "Don't Fear the Dark Ends". Not all of the tracks will make it on the final product and there's still no label yet, but they'll finish up with mixing later this coming spring at Studio Gröndahl.
The new RinneRadio album "Pan" will be out February 16 on Rockadillo. Read more: http://www.rockadillo.fi/news/rinneradio.html (in Finnish)
The punkrock supergroup Suicide Blitz featuring members from Defiance, Victims, DS-13, SHOS and Wolfbrigade has been added to the Umeå Punkfest lineup.
The Caesars (aka Caesars Palace) are currently working on a new album, the follow-up to the international release of "39 Minutes of Bliss (In An Otherwise Meaningless World)". It's expected to be out this summer to be followed by touring worldwide.
Some of the bands confirmed for the Mitt Sista Liv Festival in Kalmar, Sweden on July 30-31: Jens Lekman, Crime Time, Most Valuable Players, The Radio Dept. More info: http://mittsistaliv.tk/
A new issue of Aversionline means a huge batch of new reviews to pour through. Some of the Scandinavian acts covered this time around: The Change, Darkane, Dimension Zero, Eucharist, Gorgoroth, Naglfar, Nightrage, V:28, The Vectors, The Wake, the "Lyckantropen" DVD (ft. music and interview with Ulver) and tons more.
The new single and video from Mando Diao will be for the song "Paralized" which they say "is our best song, because of its simplicity. It's the only song that completely sums up the raw instincts of our band." They also are starting to confirm tourdates for Europe and will kick things off on March 5 in Paris. More details soon.
Promoe from Looptroop will release his new solo album "The Long Distance Runner" on March 22 and will head out on the road across Scandinavia and Europe soon after. The new single "These Walls Don't Lie" comes out mid-February and a video is in the works from the people at Stylewar, the same people who worked on the clip for "Fly Away".