Via pHinnWeb comes word that "Finland's premier post-Krautrock band" Circle will be putting out a new album soon called "Guillotine". Rumour has it that there will be "some hi-fi quality material combined with stuff taped with a dictation machine."
Singer/songwriter Christian Kjellvander will be supporting The Cardigans on a number of dates around Europe as he tries to reach out beyond the confines of Sweden:
11/11 - Elserhalle, Munich (GER)
11/12 - Wuk, Vienna (AUS)
11/14 - Ark, Athens (GR)
11/15 - Decadence, Thessalonika (GR)
11/18 - Den Atelier, Luxembourg (LX)
11/19 - Melkweg Max, Amsterdam (NL)
11/21 - Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg (GER)
11/22 - Columbiafritz, Berlin (GER)
11/23 - Roxy, Prague (CZ)
Violinist Tomas Ebrelius will accompany.
Bands confirmed for the next Swedish Breed Swedish rock showcase in London at Water Rats on October 31: Moody Alan, Dakkfoai, Stereo Starboy and Misdemeanor. More info: www.swedishbreed.tk
The website was down for a bit last night as my host was updating something. Hopefully we should be back to normal yet again.
This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. Outlandish - Aicha
02. Lene Marlin - You Weren´t There
03. Mew - 156
04. The Rasmus - In My Life
05. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight Prayer
06. Broder Daniel - When We Were Winning
07. Beats & Styles - Dynamite
08. Lene - It´s Your Duty
09. Kamera - Fragile
10. Junior Senior - Rythm Bandits
11. Looptroop - Don´t Hate The Player
12. Paperboys - On The Low
13. Mustasch - Black City
14. Killer - Naughty Boy
15. The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound
16. Safri Duo - Fallin´ High
17. Da D.o.n.s - She Don´t Know My Game
18. Whyte Seeds - So Alone
19. Fattaru - Bättre
20. Span - Papa
Challengers:
01. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
02. Redrama - Hang It Up
03. Turbonegro - Sell Your Body (To The Night)
04. Bosson - You Opened My Eyes
05. User - To Feel
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
Here's a new diary entry from Eskobar. It's pretty short, but they say they are now working on recording guitars for the new record and that we "will probably hear something new before this year is over."
The latest Esbjörn Svensson Trio album "Seven Days of Falling" will be getting a proper US release on January 6.
NME says The Concretes are "candy-coated girl-pop from Sweden that sounds like The Ravonettes sharing a sun-lounger with Mazzy Star" to which they reply "regardless of how crap we find that description to be: hey thanks guys, we're really glad you like it!" Did they even listen to the record or what?
Musique One Stop is updated with new pics of José Gonzales, Ambulance, Meanwhile, and Bear Quartet.
"A Fine Young Man", the debut album of Evil Tordivel comes out next week and the group is doing some shows in Norway to celebrate. Backing up ET mainman Petter Alexander Olsen as his live band will be Ivar Persson (guitar, Enslaved), Brynjulf Guddal (synth, ex-Malignant Eternal), Stig Brunstad (bass, Fredrik Saroea Band) and Olle (drums, Lorraine, Fredrik Saroea Band). Dates:
10/20 – Checkpoint Charlie, Stavanger
10/21 – Garage, Bergen
10/27 – Mono, Oslo
Updated tourdates for Logh:
10/16 - Palladium, Växjö (SWE)
10/17 - Ruds Fg, Karlstad (SWE)
10/18 - Woody west @ Pusterviksbaren, Gothenburg (SWE)
10/23 - Rio Rio, Göteborg (SWE)
10/24 - Mejeriet, Lund (SWE)
10/25 - Sunset-Mission Festival, Dresden (GER)
10/26 - Cafe Trauma, Marburg (GER)
10/27 - Clubkeller, Frankfurt (GER)
10/28 - Klüpfel, Nürnberg (GER)
10/29 - Stellwerk , Donauwörth (GER)
10/30 - Juz Degerloch, Stuttgart (GER)
10/31 - BOA, Luzern (CH)
11/01 - L'Usine, Geneva (CH)
11/02 - KTS, Freiburg (GER)
11/03 - Hirscheneck, Basel (CH)
11/04 - Chelsea, Wien (AUS)
11/06 - Workstation, Innsbrück (AUS)
11/09 - Velvet, Aviano (ITA)
11/11 - Moby Dick, Madrid (ESP)
11/13 - Meu Mercedes, Porto (PORT)
11/14 - Atholon Rock, Castellon (ESP)
11/15 - El Cortijo, Santa Christina D`aro (ESP)
11/16 - Sidecar, Barcelona (ESP)
11/17 - Centre Civic La Fonteta, St. Feliu De Godines (ESP)
11/18 - La Guintuette Pirate, Paris (FRA)
11/19 - Short Film Festival, Regensburg (GER)
11/20 - Sojo, Leuven (BEL)
11/21 - OCCII, Amsterdam (NL)
11/22 - 013 Popcentre, Tilburg (NL)
11/23 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
11/24 - Blue Shell, Cologne (GER)
11/25 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
11/26 - Cafe Central, Weinheim (GER)
11/27 - Bogen 13, Zürich (CH)
11/28 - Ilse Erika, Leipzig (GER)
Fall tourdates for Jim Stärk:
10/22 - Blæst< >Trondheim, Blæst
10/24 - Huset, Fauske
10/27 - Loftet, Sortland
10/28 - Skjalgbrygga (Hurtigrutens hus), Stokmarknes
10/29 - Bacalao, Svolvær
10/30 - Kaos (m William Hut), Tromsø
10/31 - Kroa, Narvik
11/01 - Sinus, Bodø
11/04 - Tango, Ålesund
11/05 - Jarl Hotell, Voss
11/06 - Kvarteret, Bergen
11/08 - Cementen, Stavanger
11/12 - John Dee, Oslo
11/15 - Promenadecafeen, Sandefjord
UpSweden has announced the first acts to be confirmed for the fifth annual Digital Tone Festival at Corona, Umeå Campus on November 28-29. There will a total of three stages and over 20 bands at the two-day hip-hip, electronica and dance music event. Here's what I've got so far: Chris Clark, Håkan Lidbo, Fattaru, K-Pist, Mobbade Barn Med Automatvapen, The Livestyle Club, Ingrid Contardo, and Muslaban.
Check out some profiles for the artists that Norway is pushing at the upcoming Womex world music fair in Sevilla, Spain. The list includes "kora master Solo Cissokho, psycho-Balkan outfit Wunderkammer, vibrant folk-trio Flukt, Sami singer/songwriter Niko Valkeapää, Majorstuen, Sami chanter Johan Sara Jr. and Hardanger Fiddle master Jan Beitohagen Granli."
Indieworkshop is hailing Noxagt's "Turning It Down Since 2001" as "one of the best albums of 2003."