Swedish indie artist Bobby Baby, now living in Berlin, is collaborating with Frank Schültge Blumm (F.S. Blumm) on a new project called Bobby & Blumm. Look for an album early next year, but in the meantime, preview three tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/bobbyandblumm
Upcoming live dates around Germany for Bobby Baby in her various incarnations:

11/06 - NBI, Berlin (Bobby & Blumm)
11/08 - Schokoladen, Berlin (It's a Musical)
11/11 - Plastikk Club, Bremen (Bobby & Blumm)
11/12 - Asta Wohnzimmer, Lüneburg (Bobby & Blumm)
11/13 - Mint Music, Hannover (Bobby & Blumm)
11/14 - Haus 73, Hamburg (Bobby & Blumm)
11/22 - Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig (Bobby & Blumm)
11/29 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin w/Boy Omega (Bobby Baby)
12/02 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin (It's a Musical)
12/06 - Belleville, Berlin (Bobby & Blumm)
12/08 - Ladyfest Winterfest @ Garage Pankow, Berlin (Bobby Baby)
12/09 - Club im Park, Fürstenwalde (Bobby Baby)
12/10 - Frau Hedi, Hamburg (Bobby Baby)
12/11 - E-werk, Erlangen (Bobby Baby)
12/12 - Südstadt, München (Bobby Baby)
12/13 - Kulturhaus Abraxas, Augsburg (Bobby Baby)
12/14 - Café Central, Magdeburg(Bobby Baby)

The video for the new Boy Omega single "Suffocation Street" is now on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKGdHNA1EuA

Stereo Test Kit has confirmed that the new Boy Omega album "Hope on the horizon" will be released in the UK on October 1. The first single "Suffocation Street" will be released September 17, but it's already available for download right here: http://www.stereotestkit.com/files/sounds/boy_omega-suffocation_street.mp3
Look for more new tracks on STK's myspace page in coming weeks.

UK-based label Stereo Test Kit (Logh, Boy Omega, Audrey, etc.) has signed Band in Box and will be releasing their debut album early next year along with a split 7" in November. Listen to demo tracks: http://www.myspace.com/bandinbox

In other Stereo Test Kit news, look for Boy Omega's new record "Hope on the horizon" in early October. The first single "Suffocation Street" will come in late September, both as a limited CD and as a paid download. Tourdates will follow as well.

Updated European tourdates for Boy Omega who will be supporting Maria Taylor:

04/25 - Das Haus, Ludwigshafen (GER)
04/26 - KFZ, Marburg (GER)
04/27 - Gebäude 9, Cologne (GER)
04/28 - Rätschenmühle, Geislingen (GER)
04/29 - Treibhaus, Innsbruck (AUS)
04/30 - Chelsea, Vienna (AUS)
05/02 - Student Center Zagreb, Zagreb (CRO)
05/03 - Casa 139, Milan (ITA)
05/04 - Fri-Son, Fribourg (CH)
05/06 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER)
05/09 - The Hope, Brighton (UK)
05/10 - Metro, London (UK)
05/11 - Le Pub, Newport (UK)
05/12 - The Phoenix, Manchester (UK)
05/13 - Nice 'n' Sleazy, Glasgow (UK)
05/14 - The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle (UK)
05/16 - Stodden, Haugesund (NOR)
05/17 - Trash Pop, Kristiansand (NOR)
05/18 - Bla, Oslo (NOR)
05/19 - Fritz's Corner @ Debaser, Stockholm (SWE)
05/20 - Debaser, Malmö (SWE)
05/21 - Loppen, Kopenhagen (DK)
05/23 - Lido, Berlin (GER)
05/24 - Nato, Leipzig (GER)
05/25 - Objekt 05/Halle (GER)
05/26 - Nachtasyl, Hamburg (GER)
05/27 - Orange Blossom Festival, Beverungen (GER)

Stereo Test Kit reports that Boy Omega's new album "Hope on the horizon" is done and confirmed for release sometime around September. An EP-single will come out mid-summer to coincide with UK and European tourdates.

Got a nice-sized package today from A West Side Fabrication including various CDs from The Bear Quartet, Mattias Alkberg BD, Boy Omega and more! Go git it!

Lassus has two new tracks on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lassustheband
Both are demos of songs that will appear in new versions on the band's forthcoming debut album, due out sometime before summer. As an added bonus, the song "Tidal wave" features a guest appearance from both Gustafsson brothers aka Boy Omega and The Book of Daniel and was recorded on New Year's Eve.

Stereo Test Kit has posted sample tracks from the new Boy Omega album "The grey rainbow": http://www.stereotestkit.com/files/sounds.htm#13

Racingpaperplanes has posted a brand new demo track on myspace along with all three of his contributions to the "If we were oceans" split CD with Kristofer Åström, Two Times the Trauma and Boy Omega: http://www.myspace.com/racingpaperplanes

Stereo Test Kit's upcoming release schedule:

10/09 - We Are Soldiers We Have Guns - "To meet is murder" mini-album
10/16 - Musika 77 - "Brave you free May" album
10/23 - Pajo/Audrey - split single
11/06 - Boy Omega - "The grey rainbow" mini-album

It's been awhile, but here's some new reviews for you: [click here]
Artists covered this time around include The Charade, Lemonator, Maria Lithell, Red Moon, The Second Band, Viktor Sjöberg, Tigerbombs and the four-way split "If we were oceans" featuring Kristofer Åström, Racingpaperplanes, Boy Omega and Two Times the Trauma.

Various Artists
If we were oceans
Tract Records

Tract Records really knows how to put together a pretty good split and by doing it with four artists they really know how to maximize the releases' potential. It begins with two stellar contributed by Kristofer Åström, who gives two solid tracks (on top of the four he'd already released this year). I had come to the conclusion long ago that this man should be releasing albums whenever he wants, and this gives him the opportunity to. Stylistically, Racingpaperplanes is the perfect segue into the rest of the split, with a beautiful acoustic number right after KÅ's numbers, followed by more fleshed out efforts, but still retaining the soft, somberness. Boy Omega brings all to the table with perhaps the album's most spectacular track in "Fool around". The composition of this song is absolutely gorgeous with its subdued melody, but by contributing four songs, one feels like maybe it's a little heavy ("For I cannot breathe" could have been dropped, mainly for continuity purposes). Two Times The Trauma closes out the session with two rather moody electronic-influenced tracks and an acoustic number in the middle, yet the acoustic track makes the most sense on this album and in my eyes is the far superior of the songs.
- Matt Giordano

The new Boy Omega single "Explode" is now available for free download from Stereo Test Kit along with two previously unreleased b-sides: http://www.stereotestkit.com/
Look for the band to play the End of the Road Festival in the UK on September 16.