Royal Downfall reports that they are postponing their planned winter tour until next year, but are still playing the Bodø Hardcore Festival in Norway on December 6 and in Skellefteå, Sweden on December 13.
Eskobar will do a world premiere of their new single "Love Strikes" at Faddergala on November 28. The charity event, which raises money for children, will be broadcasted live in Sweden and the band says they'll probably be performing towards the end at around 9pm.
Dammit, it seems those tourdates I had posted for Randy in December aren't happening after all, but will instead be postponed until February. I'll keep you informed.
De Stijl is now booked by Beat Agency and they are also now managed by Joakim Johansson of Lucy Production.
Promoe and Cosmic from Looptroop have put up a full report from their trip to Jamaica where they recorded some tracks for Promoe's upcoming second solo album "The Long Distance Runner". They also have some new European tourdates:
11/26 - Ecochamber, Hamburg (GER)
11/27 - Cadillac, Oldenubrg (GER)
11/28 - LVC, Leiden (NL)
11/29 - Tivoli, Utrecht (NL)
11/30 - FZW, Dortmund (GER)
11/05 - Zoobizarre, Bordeaux (FRA)
12/06 - K.G.B., Barcelona (ESP)
12/07 - Hip hop Jam, Pamplona (ESP)
12/10 - Treibhaus, Innsbruck (AUS)
12/11 - Café Central, Wenheim (GER)
11/12 - Ring Di Alarm / Backstage, München (GER)
11/13 - Root Club/Altes Zollamt, Stuttgart (GER)
11/15 - Subkultur, Koblenz (GER)
Moneybrother has a newly redesigned website, soon to feature information also in English. Some of the text has also been converted to plain format from Flash (thank goodness) and there's a forum and merch info now, too.
Here's a collage of pics from Millencolin's afterparty at Café Opera following their "Best Swedish Rock" win at the Swedish Hit Music Awards.
Some new European tourdates for the Swedish hardcore band Misconduct:
03/04 - Hirscheneck, Basel (CH)
03/05 - Leoncavallo, Milano (ITA)
03/13 - tba, Nevers (FRA)
03/14 - De Kelk , Bruges (BEL)
03/20 - European Hardcore Party 11 Edt, Maastricht (NL)
03/26 - JUZ, Leisnig (GER)
03/27 - Wild at Heart, Berlin (GER)
The band also says they have plans to tour the US and Canada in April/May 2004, but nothing is confirmed yet.
Check out the Mandarin version of Lene Marlin's single "Sitting Down Here" along with commentary. (otherwise in Norweigan)
Lauri and Aki from The Rasmus talk to MTV about winning the best Nordic act award: http://www.nordic.mtve.com/features/cms/index.asp?id=1005500000000241&type=1&page=1 (text and video)
Parasol is now set to unleash Norway's Motorpsycho upon the US. Read Jim's statement of intent and look forward to a streaming showcase on the band in the near future.
P3 Musikjournalen reports that Esbjörn Svensson Trio is putting out a DVD called "e.s.t Live In Stockholm" on November 26 containing footage of their show from Cirkus in Stockholm in 2000, along with interviews and some other material.
January 20 marks the day that ex-Refused/current (International) Noise Conspiracy frontman Dennis Lyxén will release his latest solo album with Lost Patrol in the US. The album "Songs About Running Away" came out last June in Sweden on Burning Heart and will be put out by Epitaph/BHR in the States. For those that haven't heard it yet, the material is far different from Dennis' other bands as it is not political and much more in an acoustic singer/songwriter tradition.