And speaking of Edson, here's the latest details for their upcoming German tour:
03/01 - Blue Shell, Cologne
03/02 - Clubkeller, Frankfurt
03/03 - Schilleroper, Hamburg
03/04 - Groove station, Dresden
03/05 - Tanzclub Volksbühne, Halle
03/06 - Bastard So, Berlin
03/07 - tba
03/08 - Theater am Nil, Kassel
Download "Cry! Oh Cry!" from recent Deep Elm signees Sounds Like Violence: http://anfdownloads.abercrombie.com/mp3s/snlv.mp3
Trapdoor Fucking Exit has a new malfunctioning website: http://www.trapdoorfuckingexit.com/
I guess it's not completely done yet, as the enter graphic isn't linked anywhere. Anyhow, the band is currently recording and mixing two new songs, one for a single and one for a Minutemen tribute on No Idea Records. Supposedly No Idea will have their new full-length "Be Not Content" out on February 10, but then again, we've heard it before. Wait and see? Lastly, they'll also be tagging along with True North on tour around Scandinavia in March. Dates so far:
03/17 - Blitz, Oslo (NOR) w/Kaospilot
03/18 - tba, Trondheim (NOR)
03/19 - Cafe Mic, Vänersborg (SWE)
03/20 - tba, Stockholm (SWE)
03/21 - Taj Mahal, Västeras (SWE)
03/22 - Meeths, Göteborg (SWE)
03/23 - tba, Jönköping (SWE)
03/24 - tba, Malmö (SWE)
03/25 - Ungdomshuset, Copenhagen (DK)
Umeå Punkfest has been confirmed for March 5-6 at Studion, Folkets Hus and here's the initial lineup: Discharge (UK), Disfear, Sunday Morning Einsteins, Henry Fiats Open Sore, Hetsapa, Knugen Faller, Deünga, Dieanna, Regulation, Tristess, Personkrets 3:1 and Royal Downfall. There's still two or three more bands to be added and more info can be found here: http://www.shell.linux.se/umeahc/punkfest/7/
His record won't be out over there until May, but Tiger Lou will still head to Germany for a few dates supporting Cursive in late February:
02/27 - Gebäude 9, Köln
02/28 - Molotow, Hamburg
02/29 - Maria, Berlin
03/01 - Cookys, Frankfurt
03/02 - Gleis 22, Münster
Imperial Records has signed yet another act: Eskju Divine. The group is currently recording and their debut EP will be out in May. Andreas Dahlbäck is their potential producer.
Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. Outlandish - Walou
02. Eskobar - Love Strikes
03. Safri Duo feat. Clark Anderson - All The People In The World
04. The Crash - Still Alive
05. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
06. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
07. Redrama - Hang It Up
08. Erik Faber - Century
09. Grand Avenue - Take It As It Comes
10. Maria Mena - You´re The Only One
11. Christine Milton - Superstar
12. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
13. L.O.C. - Undskyld
14. September - We Can Do It
15. Paperboys - Hey Man
16. Surferosa - Lucky Lipstick
17. Lene - Pretty Young Thing
18. Evan - Will You Love Me Forever
19. Pauline - Babylon
20. Majid - Boys And Girls
Challengers:
01. Jokeren - Havnen
02. Gluecifer - A Call From The Other Side
03. Morjac - Stars
04. Jannik - Feels Like Crying
05. Niccokick - Turn 27
06. Snook - Såpbubblor
07. David - What The Hell
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
More By:Larm performer profiles from MIC Norway: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004013012230789262073
"You Are A Dead Box" and "Failures" are the names of the two tracks that C.Aarmé just recorded with Uffe (Entombed) and Tompa (Disfear).
Will the Stratovarius drama ever end? The latest: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=18707
New bands added to the Umeå Open lineup: Jens Lekman, Laakso, Shout Out Louds, Sophie Rimheden and Miss Universum. The kickoff show for the fest will take place February 28 at Fritz's Corner with Bring Me The Fucking Riot...Man and The Janitors.
Norwegian hardcore band Kaospilot has confirmed some of the dates on their upcoming European tour with friends Angora Static:
04/02 - England, Newcastle (UK)
04/04 - Doghouse bar, Dundee (UK)
04/05 - Studio 24, Edinburgh (UK)
04/09 - Yorkshire House, Lancester (UK)
04/13 - Le Pub, Newport (UK)
04/14 - Free But, Brighton (UK)
04/23 - L'Austrasique, Nancy (FR) (only KP & True North)
Look for more dates soon. In other news, they report that guitarist Øystein has left the band and been replaced with Thomas from Lack of Zodiac and Beezewax. They are also planning on travelling to Sweden in February to record four or five songs with Carl Wikmanm for a split with Hissing Choir (ex-Pig Destroyer, Pg. 99) from the US. But that's not all - the bands plan to team up for a US tour this summer. After that, KP will return the favor and bring em over to Europe for some dates late this year. Details soon.
Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:
01. Per Gessle - Mazarin
02. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
03. José González - Veneer
04. Tomas Andersson Wij - Stjärnorna i oss
05. Moneybrother - Blood panic
06. Cornelis Vreeswijk - Cornelis Vreeswijks bästa
07. The Knife - Deep Cuts
08. Broder Daniel - Cruel Town
09. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
10. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
11. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
12. The Latin Kings - Omerta
13. Elin Sigvardsson - Saturday Night Naive
14. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
15. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
16. Miio - På vårt sätt
17. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi att vi är
18. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
19. Markoolio - I skuggan av mig själv
20. Lisa Ekdahl - En samling sånger
Aftonbladet also has Nicolai Dunger's new album up for review and preview: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,426078,00.html (in Swedish)
PopMatters has posted a pretty much spot-on review of Mando Diao, though I'd disagree a bit with the final assessment: http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/mandodiao-bring.shtml