Millencolin has secured themselves an endorsement deal with Gibson Guitars.

Nikola Sarcevic (Millencolin) is taking his solo act on the road in October:

10/07 - Tower, Bremen (GER)
10/08 - Zak, Dusseldorf (GER)
10/09 - Kofmehl, Solothurn (CH)
10/10 - ISC, Bern (CH)
10/12 - Posthof, Linz (AUS)
10/13 - Condrad Sohm, Dornbirn (AUS)
10/14 - Forum, Trier (GER)
10/15 - AKW, Wurzburg (GER)
10/16 - Tacheles, Berlin (GER)
10/17 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
10/18 - Gleis 22, Munster (GER)

Millencolin will be entering Sound Lab studios on November 1 to begin work on their next record. Expect a Q208 release.

Swedish hardcore act Kvoteringen (featuring members from Totalitär, Millencolin, Krigshot and tons more) recorded some new tracks over the weekend for an upcoming 7". More details to come, but in the meantime, listen to older material here: http://www.myspace.com/kvoteringen

Millencolin frontman Nikola Sarcevic is taking his solo act to Canada:

06/01 - Call The Office, London, ONT
06/02 - The Drake Hotel, Toronto, ONT
06/03 - The Underground, Hamilton, ONT
06/04 - Café Dekcuf, Ottawa, ONT
06/05 - Club Lambi, Montreal, Quebec
06/06 - Imperial Theatre (The Casbah), Quebec

Check out the microsite for the new comp "Ge Fan I Våra Vatten", a benefit to raise money for fish/water restoration: http://www.sportfiskarna.se/gefan/
Many of the contributing acts such as Erik Ohlsson from Millencolin and Kimmo Kirvesmäki of Voice Of A Generation/The Accidents are sport fishermen themselves, so consider this a labor of love. Other contributing acts include The Hives, The Hellacopters, Millencolin, Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Backyard Babies, Moneybrother, Weeping Willows and Randy. It comes out on May 18.

Millencolin frontman Nikola Sarcevic has replenished his myspace profile with four new solo tracks from "Roll roll and flee": http://www.myspace.com/nikolasarcevic
Buy the album: [click here]

Franky Lee, the new band fronted by Mathias of Millencolin, has posted their debut single "The world just stopped" on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/frankyleeband

Millencolin frontman Nikola Sarcevic will be doing a solo tour of Australia in February:

02/21 - The Zoo, Brisbane (AU)
02/22 - Coolangatta Hotel, Gold Coast (AU)
02/24 - Annandale Hotel, Sydney (AU)
02/25 - Annandale Hotel, Sydney (AU)
02/27 - Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle (AU)
02/28 - Waves, Wollongong (AU)
03/01 - Green Room, Canberra (AU)
03/02 - The Corner, Melbourne (AU)
03/03 - Enigma Bar, Adelaide (AU)

Nikola Sarcevic
Roll roll and flee
Burning Heart Records

Millencolin (Sarcevic's band) has always been more about killer melodies than any Dostoyevsky-like lyrics, and one problem with Sarcevic's first solo album was that the lyrics appeared naïve and awkward, being laid so bare with only an acoustic backdrop. Don't get me wrong, I've always liked Millencolin's lyrics - they work well with the music - but in a The Descendents sort of way, not in a The Mountain Goats way. This time around, Nikola Sarcevic's lyrics have really improved. The overtly simple rhymes from "Lock-sport-krock" shine with their absence. The music itself has also improved, the album feels much more “natural” and less stilted this time around. It's still of the same singer/songwriter school as his debut though, but just much more solid and … better! Hopefully Sarcevic will bring along all this progression to the next Millencolin album.
- Simon Tagestam

MP3: Nikola Sarcevic - Love is trouble

I hereby decree that the 2006 most improved artist award goes to Nikola Sarcevic for his album "Roll roll and flee". The Millencolin frontman's first solo album "Lock-sport-krock" in 2004 sounded like little more than a few leftover songs from his main band, slowed down and performed acoustically. It felt much more like a vanity project as opposed to an artist struggling to break free from the expectations and constraints of his regular band. However, all that has changed with the new record - Nikola has finally discovered the nuance required to take his material to the next level. He sounds much more comfortable performing in a country/folk idiom, never forced or contrived. I can't say whether or not he'll have a strong solo career ahead of him like his peer Kristofer Åström (who released his first solo record "Go, went, gone" in 1998 after four albums with Fireside), but listening to songs like the one I've posted today, it's not hard to imagine. I'm impressed.

Nikola Sarcevic - Love is trouble

Profile: Franky Lee

Millencolin frontman Nikola Sarcevic has posted a brand new solo track on his myspace profile: http://www.myspace.com/nikolasarcevic

Nikolai Sarcevic of Millencolin will release his new solo album "Roll roll and flee" on October 23. Head to myspace for tourdates: http://www.myspace.com/nikolasarcevic

Franky Lee, the new solo/sideproject of Mathias from Millencolin, finally posted a song on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/frankyleeband