Here's an article from the Richmond, VA Times-Dispatch giving preview to Tiger Lou's impending US solo tour which kicks off next week. As mentioned before, updated tourdates are available on tourmate Rachel Jacob's website.
Burning Heart has announced that the long-awaited Refused "Refused Are Fucking Dead" DVD career retrospective will be out this spring. It will contain all sorts of never before seen material along with the group's videos and more. Also in the works from the defunct band is a DVD Audio 5.1 surround sound remix of the now-classic album "The Shape Of Punk To Come", out early next year on Epitaph in North America. Burning Heart will follow with a European release again in the spring. And that's not all - there will also be a new digipack edition of the album bundled along with remastered versions of earlier works "Songs To Fan The Flames Of Discontent" and "The EP Compilation" out on both labels next year. More details and exact release dates coming soon.
The long awaited debut album from Bob Hund's English-language alter ego Bergman Rock is officially set for a December 23 release.
Yann of Sick & Tired Webzine recently interviewed Magnus and Bengt from The Cardigans after their recent show in Stuttgart, Germany on November 8. Check it out: http://perso.sickandtired.mageos.com/stuttgart.htm
A recording of Norweigan improv/experimental act Supersilent's concert at Jazzfestival Saalfelden in Austria on 08/30 will be broadcasted on Deutschlandfunk this coming December on the 29th. More info: http://www.dradio.de/dlf/
In other Supersilent news, the band will be performing in Dresden, Germany on December 13. Details: http://www.scheune.org/
Lead vocalist Legion has left Marduk. All upcoming shows including the Blackest of the Black Festival in London and the 2 shows booked in Greece are cancelled. A replacement has already been found and will be announced shortly.
Röyksopp is pretty stoked - their music is being used in the Apple Computer OS. Read more. (in Norweigan)
MIC Norway has posted a new profile on alt-country artist Sergeant Petter: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2003111913042725139391
DigFi.com has posted an interview with Radio Dept. singer/songwriter Johan Duncanson. (in Swedish)
Swedish thrashers Wolf have completed recording their new album "Evil Star", due out February 24 on MNW/No Fashion Records. The album was recorded at Abyss Studio with owner/Hypocrisy frontman Peter Tägtgren. Look for a single and video and even a collectors 7" release sometime early next year.
Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt on the groups recent show cancellations in Santiago, Chile:
We are very sorry for this, but I want to stress out that situation was out of our hands. We went to Mexico in order to do that gig + go to Santiago for another two. We we're all very excited about this!! Please don't think that we deliberately wanted this. Would you travel for 15 hours just to cancel gigs??
Reason is the sheer incompetence of the Mexican and Chilean promoters. I believe they're called Dilemma Productions. They had given us a flight routing to Chile that was impossible for us to make. We had a contract for a straight flight there. On the day of the gig in Mexico, Dilemma revealed that we we're on a flight bound for Costa Rica at 5 in the morning where we would have to spend 12 hours in a transit hall. And they wanted us to leave instantly after the Mexico city gig. Dilemma deliberately kept the flight details a secret until the very last minute thinking that the stress factor might have us go regardless of what kind of trip it would be.
On top of this we never got paid the money for the 3 gigs. We're told it was being paid but never saw a receipt.
The return flight would have us getting off in Lima/Peru to change flights. The leeway to next flight would have been less than an hour to get 9 people + 20 or so items through customs and checked in to the next flight. This is obviously impossible!
We always intended to go to Chile. I hope you understand this! Dilemma offered to try and fix new tickets during Sunday morning. They got back to us saying we've got tickets Monday morning. Fine!! So, as we're getting ready to go, Dilemma calls yet once again saying that now, all of a sudden we DON'T have the tickets anymore...that they're sorry!
I am so sorry that Dilemma Productions have made this mess. As always, we'll take the blame personally anyways, but we want you to know that this was out of our hands and that we ALWAYS intended and really looked forward to going to Santiago and Chile.
We sincerely hope that we can make this up to you in a near future.
Best regards,
Mikael, on behalf of Opeth
Startracks passes along word that the Fireside song "All You Had" will featured on tonight's episode of "Tru Calling" on Fox at 8pm/7pm Central. Check local listings.
Via DJ Martian, comes this link for a review of Icelandic dark IDM artist Einóma's new album "Milli Tonverka".
Okay, I'm kinda late on picking up this piece of news, but Bastad, Sweden's Sounds Like Violence has signed with US label Deep Elm. Download some samples from their demo here: "Heartattacks" / "Afasi" / "Cry Oh Cry" / "Perfect"
Busted Heads distro/record label is back up and running again after Christoffer Jonsson made his move to Stockholm. That means the new album "Still Ill" from The Vectors is also now available and can be ordered from the BHR website.