Presenting: No Favours

No Favours = Victoria Skoglund (Audrey, Mire Kay) + Anna Jonsson (Kamikatze) and their friend Stefan Holmberg on bass. Look for their debut self-titled album to be released this fall via Punks Only/A Tenderversion Recording/Instigate Records.

Tenderversion signs Audrey offshoot Mire Kay, more

A Tenderversion Recording has announced the signing of Mire Kay, the new duo formed from Emelie Molin and Victoria Skoglund of Audrey. Look for them to record their debut EP later this month with a release planned for March/April. Also in the works from TVR is a new full-length from Solander -- keep an eye out for that one to surface somewhere in the neighborhood of April/May.

Audrey - Black hearts (video)

Check out Audrey's new video for the track "Black hearts": http://vimeo.com/5215366

Audrey to tour Europe, Japan

Updated Audrey tourdates:

04/07 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
04/08 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
04/09 - Treibhaus, Luzern (CH)
04/10 - Keller Club, Stuttgart (GER)
04/11 - White Rabbit, Freiburg (GER)
04/12 - Cat Café, Ulm (GER)
04/15 - Mobydick Club, Madrid (ESP)
04/17 - Sidecar Club Factory, Barcelona (ESP)
04/18 - Les Femmes S'en Melent Festival, Toulouse (FRA)
04/22 - Shangri-la, Osaka (JAP)
04/23 - Apollo Theater, Nagoya (JAP)
04/24 - Force, Hamamatsu (JAP)
04/25 - Arabaki Rock Fest, Sendai (JAP)
04/26 - Arabaki Rock Fest, Sendai (JAP)
04/27 - O-Nest, Tokyo (JAP)

Audrey to get Japan/UK release

Audrey's latest record "The fierce and the longing" will be released in Japan on March 11 via Zankyo Records and the band will be heading over in April to play at the Arabaki Rock Fest in Senda. Look for more shows to be announced soon. In other news, keep an eye out for their album to get a proper UK release as well sometime this spring. More details tba.

Interview: Audrey

Top 10s for 2008: It's a Trap! (albums)

Audrey has run into some problems with their booking agent on their current European tour and have been forced to cancel a few shows. Read more at their website: http://www.audrey.se/

Audrey are restarting their tour diary: http://meandmybandaudrey.blogspot.com/

New fall dates for Audrey:

10/27 - Bassy, Berlin (GER)
10/28 - Piwnica 21, Poznan (POL)
10/29 - Bezsennosc, Wroclaw (POL)
10/30 - Jadlodajnia Filozoficzna, Warszawa (POL)
11/13 - Le Cri de la Mouette, Toulouse (FRA)
11/14 - Tanned Tin Festival, Castellon (ESP)
11/16 - Cat, Ulm (GER)
11/20 - Feinkostlampe, Hannover (GER)
11/21 - Arenbergschouwburg, Antwerpen (BEL)

Utilizing new Last.fm technology, here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Juvelen
02. Laakso
03. Kleerup
04. Pelle Carlberg
05. Håkan Hellström
06. Audrey
07. Fleet Foxes
08. Jens Lekman
09. Detektivbyrån
10. Christian Kjellvander

See, now that's more like what I would expect! Do you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod? Please join us and make your playlist count! Go here to learn more: http://www.last.fm/help/

New Audrey tourdates:

07/20 - PMK, Innsbruck (AUS)
07/21 - La Fortezza Delle Donne - Festival, Mirandola (ITA)
07/22 - Villa Merkel, Esslingen (GER)
07/24 - Cafe Panam, Leipzig (GER)
07/25 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
07/26 - L*Abore Festival, Hauptmannsgrün (GER) w/Scraps of Tape

Expect the band to be back on the road this fall too.

Audrey is blogging while on tour: http://meandmybandaudrey.blogspot.com/

The Social Services, one of my favorite new Swedish pop acts, has signed with UK-based label Stereo Test Kit (Dear Euphoria, Band in Box, Audrey, etc.). Look for their debut single in July with a full-length album to follow in August.

Swedish label TenderVersion (see here and here for recent interviews) has a new website (finally!): http://www.tenderversion.com/
Go there for info on new releases from September Malevolence, Audrey and more.