TV Off - Music machine (video)
Finnish indie duo TV Off have a new video for the song "Music machine": http://vimeo.com/5206993
Shout Out Louds recording a new album in August
Shout Out Louds will be going back into the studio in August to record their next album.
New website for the Finnish Music Information Centre
The Finnish Music Information Centre has given their website a nice revamp: http://www.fimic.fi/
The Silent Ballet reviews Kebnekajse
The Silent Ballet reviews the new self-titled album from Swedish folk-rock act Kebnekajse: http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/2470/Default.aspx
DOA reviews Jeniferever
Delusions of Adequacy review Swedish postrock act Jeniferever and their new album "Spring tides": http://www.adequacy.net/2009/06/jeniferever-%E2%80%93-spring-tides/
Fever Ray - Triangle walks (video)
The video for the new Fever Ray single "Triangle walks" is now online: http://vimeo.com/5215214
New [ingenting] album coming on September 9
The new [ingenting] album "Tomhet, idel tomhet", their third overall, will be released on September 9 via Labrador Records. The Bear Quartet's Jari Haapalainen produced and the first single "Halleluja!" is already out to radio. Full tracklist and details at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/nadazipp
Siena Root confirm new album, US label signing
Swedish hard-rockers Siena Root will release their fourth album "Different realities" on August 29 via Transubstans Records. Get a preview at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqsyMuqEs9g
In other news, US label Rockadrome has licensed the band's debut "A new day dawning" for release on June 30 and will be following up with "Different realities" this fall. Upcoming tourdates:
07/08 - MUZ, Nürnberg (GER)
07/09 - Wild at Heart, Berlin (GER)
07/10 - Spatz, Waltershausen (GER)
07/11 - Stoned from the Underground, Erfurt (GER)
08/07 - Sauzipf Rocks Festival, Döbriach (AUS)
08/08 - Yellowstock Summer Festival (BEL)
Death By Kite minus one
Bassist Sidsel Marie Hermansen has parted ways with Danish noisepop act Death By Kite citing the desire to focus on other projects. No replacement has been announced just yet.
Peter Bjorn and John live @ Spin
Check out Peter Bjorn and John doing a 5-song live set for Spin at their office: http://www.spinmagazine.com/articles/watch-peter-bjorn-and-john-rock-spins-offices
TSOOL to offer new free single download
The Soundtrack of Our Lives will be posting their new single "Babel on" as a free download this Sunday, June 21 via myspace: http://www.myspace.com/officialtsool
The b-side "Swim like a bird" will be available on June 24.
A West Side Fabrication says new Mattias Alkberg single soon
A West Side Fabrication confirms that the new Mattias Alkberg solo single will be out soon and is called "Jag bara tänkte, liksom, att", with the album "Nerverna" to follow later (this fall?). As for the sound, the label describes it as "music for backslickers in leather jackets with blue jeans on." Has Mattias gone raggare? Wait and see...
Metal Nightmare interviews Vanhelgd, Tribulation
Recently spotlighted Swedish metal act Vanhelgd and the also-excellent up-and-coming youngsters Tribulation (their new album "The horror" is 100% killer) are both interviews in the latest issue of online fanzine Metal Nightmare: http://www.metalnightmare.com/issue_twenty_six/issuetwentysix.html
Bloodlights - Perfect but the opposite
Norway's Bloodlights have posted a new song called "Perfect but the opposite" at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/bloodlights
Apparently the band is currently working on getting a new label to release their next album.
Nitad giveaway reminder
Reposting just in case you missed it: I still have a small stack of Nitad's excellent CD "Ibland kan man inte hindran sig själv" to give away and all you gotta do to get one is email nitad-contest@itsatrap.com. Give your address, get a CD, you dig? It's a killer disc too- besides the album, it also has all of the band's previous EP tracks tacked on as a bonus. Can't go wrong! Also, don't forget to check out the band at No Way Fest in Richmond, VA this weekend! Tons of great bands, don't blow it.
UPDATE: still have one more left, so enter now! Thanks to everyone who entered! All discs are now spoken for.