Tag: News

It's a Trap! Clubnights update

It's a Trap! Clubnight update! First, We are the Storm's gig on September 24 has been cancelled, but don't worry -- bigger, better things will be happening for the band to come. Details shortly! Secondly, Like Rats From A Sinking Ship have been forced to cancel our October show, but again, there's no need to worry! Excellent Swedish noiserockers Tennis Bafra will be taking their place! Third, we'll be hosting Deathcrush from Norway in November along with Danish duo Fossils as support! Awesome! Be there!

Sjöarna - Kolsnaren (video)

Sjöarna = A new Swedish band featuring Pelle Lindroth (Parken), Andreas Söderström (ASS), Cecilia Österholm and Henrik von Euler (Rigas). Look for their debut album to be released on October 19 via .

John Roger Olsson/The Grand Opening solo tour in October

John Roger Olsson will be embarking on his first-ever solo tour as The Grand Opening this coming October, offering audiences the rare opportunity to see him perform unaccompanied:

10/21 - Nacht der schwedischen Songwriter, Sylt (GER) w/Christian Kjellvander, The Late Call
10/22 - Nacht der Gix, Elmshorn (GER) w/Christian Kjellvander, The Late Call
10/23 - Seminarturnhalle, Stade (GER) w/Christian Kjellvander, The Late Call
10/24 - Subrosa, Dortmund (GER)
10/25 - Brückenkopf, Hanau (GER)
10/26 - Verve, Bielefeld (GER)
10/27 - Mudd Club, Strasbourg (FRA)
10/28 - Café Camera, München (GER)
10/29 - Peng, Mainz (GER)

Rigas - The last dance of the unforgiven (video)

The first cut from the new Rigas album "Bring the dead", due out September 28 via .

An act of love and violence for free

Swedish rockers The Open Up and Bleeds are giving away their album "An act of love and violence" as a free download via : http://claudiomarino.com/soz/soz-009.php

Duplicate offers up free sampler

Norwegian label has a new digital sampler available for free download: http://duplicate-records.com/sampler.htm
Featured acts include recent stuff from Virus, Execration, Solstorm and more as well as a few tracks from up-and-coming bands such as Repellent and Viðr who will have new releases on the label in 2012.

Livstid - Du e feig

The first taste of Norwegian crusties Livstid's debut album, due out October 21 via .

MSN reviews Opeth

Quite possibly the first online review of the new Opeth record "Heritage" over at the MSN Headbang blog: http://t.co/PIxvAxa

Desperat to join Mob 47 for Japan tour

Desperat will be joining Mob 47 on their upcoming Japanese tour in October, which of course makes perfect sense as they share multiple members: http://desperathardcore.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/4-sma-ratter-japan-tour-2011/

The return of Damn Seagulls

Finnish act Damn Seagulls are back with a new (old) drummer, new music, and new live dates. More here: http://www.fullsteamrecords.com/sitenews/view/-/nid/426/ngid/3

Vånna Inget LP on the way plus tour update

has confirmed that Vånna Inget's debut LP "Allvar" will be released in mid-September and apparently will be doing the CD version. Look for the band on tour in October:

10/07 - Mejeriet, Lund (SWE)
10/08 - Grüner Jäger, Hamburg (GER)
10/09 - help wanted (GER)
10/10 - help wanted (GER)
10/11 - AK44, Giessen (GER)
10/12 - help wanted (GER)
10/13 - tbc, Dresden (GER)
10/14 - Cortina Bob, Berlin (GER)
10/15 - Bastard Club, Osnabrück (GER)

The Floor is Made of Lava summer downloads

The Floor is Made of Lava has just posted the last addition to their free summer download series and will be leaving them up for only two more weeks if you want to grab 'em: http://www.thelava.dk/summerdownloads/

Spiders EP gets picture disc repress

is reissuing the Spiders debut 10" EP as a limited picture disc -- act fast if you want one because they are sure to disappear fast: http://www.crusherrecords.com/?p=358

When Saints Go Machine - Kelly (video)

The NY Times has the premiere of the new When Saints Go Machine video "Kelly" plus a short interview: http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/now-playing-the-world-premiere-of-when-saints-go-machines-new-video/

Teitur - You never leave L.A. (video)

A brand new video from Teitur, six months in the making based on drawings he did for the dog character of his album "Let the dog drive home".