Updated dates for We Are Soldiers We Have Guns:
02/12 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
02/13 - D:qliq, Luxembourg (LUX)
02/14 - Vera, Groningen (NL)
02/15 - Café de Vrijheid, Dordrecht (NL)
02/16 - Vortex, Siegen (GER)
02/17 - Cafe Glocksee, Hannover (GER)
02/18 - Clubkeller, Frankfurt (GER)
02/19 - Spinnerei, Traun (AUS)
02/20 - Herbert, Baden (CH)
02/21 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig (GER)
02/22 - NBI, Berlin (GER)
Discobelle has the new Boeoes Kaelstigen single "Transpole": http://www.discobelle.net/2008/12/18/boeoes-kaelstigen-toppola/
Labrador is offering up The Sound of Arrows' new single "M.A.G.I.C." as a free download: http://www.labrador.se/M.A.G.I.C..mp3
The official release date of said single in January 28 with the full-length album "Puzzles & wonders" following on March 25..
New tourdates for Lapko in northern Europe:
01/18 - Elfer Music Club, Frankfurt (GER)
01/19 - Schocken, Stuttgart (GER)
01/20 - B72, Vienna (AUS)
01/22 - Rote Fabrik, Zurich (CH)
01/23 - Cafe Mokka, Thun (CH)
Rumraket is offering a new 4-song live EP from Slaraffenklang, a collaborationg between Danish acts Efterklang and Slaraffenland, as a free download: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=48345632&blogID=457285946
Knoppar is selling a new, limited Christmas single from Hajen with the proceeds going to charity: http://knoppar.blogspot.com/2008/12/hajens-julsng.html
If you haven't downloaded the new They Live EP I posted yesterday, you're blowing it.
Here's an ecard for the new Emperor "Live inferno" CD/DVD: http://www.candlelightrecords.co.uk/digital/ecard/emperor/EmperorLiveInferno_Ecard.html
Download this track and load it into your mp3 player. Put it on and take a walk downtown. Watch as the color drains from the scenery, as the faces around you dissolve into emptiness. Watch as every movement, even the most benign, takes on new, sinister connotations. Eventually, the paranoia will give way and then you will be left with nothingness. A blank slate; a total loss.
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Lost & losing
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Pust
02. D.D.E. - Frelsesarmeens juleplate
03. Vamp - St. Mandag
04. Erlend Bratland - True Colors
05. Solveig Slettahjell/Gustavsen - Natt i Betlehem
06. Madcon - An Inconvenient Truth
07. The September When - Judas Kiss
08. Karpe Diem - Fire vegger
09. Marit Larsen - The Chase
10. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix Junior Nordic
11. Ole Ivars - Platina
12. Odd Børretzen/Lars Martin Myhre - Syv sørgelige sanger og tre triste
13. Åge Aleksandersen & Mikael Wiehe - To stemmer - 14 akustiske sanger
14. Celine - Jul på Røros
15. Oslo Gospel Choir - En stjerne skinner i natt
16. Grethe Kausland - Jazz My Way
17. Radka Toneff - Butterfly
18. Klaus Sonstad - Indianer Cowboy
19. Odd Nordstoga - Pilegrim
20. Torstein Sødal - Torstein Sødal
Suburban Kids with Biblical Names are streaming a new (Swedish-language) track at their new homepage: http://www.labrador.se/skwbn/
Check out a new video from Swedish psychrock artist ST Mikael: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNFFyu6SFIU
Swedish indie act AK-momo is working with UK-based label Peace Frog for their next set of releases. Look for the single "Greasy spoon" on March 2, followed by the album "Return to NY" on March 16 and another single called "Women to control" on May 4.
Music Export Norway has worked out a deal with instrument rental service FX Group to get 50% off in UK: http://www.musicexportnorway.no/music-export-norway-signs-deal-with-uk-rental-company.4538411-32166.html