Swedish act The Sonnets will be touring abroad in the new year:
01/26 - Studio 672, Köln (GER)
01/27 - Beatlemania, Hamburg (GER)
01/28 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
01/29 - Atomic Café, München (GER)
01/31 - Keep it Yours, Rome (ITA)
02/01 - Indierocket Party @ Rocket, Milan (ITA)
02/04 - Dreikönigskeller, Frankfurt (GER)
Swedish yacht-rock act The Sonnets have a new video: http://www.vimeo.com/14996262
Swedish yacht-rock act The Sonnets have a new video for the song "No Hollywood ending": http://www.vimeo.com/12534267
The official release date for the single is June 29 via .
Bloginity talks to Swedish yacht-rockers and recent signees The Sonnets: http://www.bloginity.com/entertainment/music-reviews/the-sonnets-exclusive-interview/13080/
has announced that they have signed The Sonnets. No word on any upcoming releases yet.
The Sonnets will perform at The Miller in London on April 20 followed by an acoustic session at BBC 6 Hub the very next day as part of The Gideon Show.
Dead Frog will be releasing a bunch of mp3 singles in the near future from artists such as The Callahan, Parker, Mary Celeste, Paste (SWE) and The Sonnets. Read more: http://www.deadfrogrecords.com/news-press/
The next installment of London's Swedish Breed showcase takes place November 28 at Camden Underworld and will feature The Sonnets, Itch, Ace and The Universe. Details: http://www.swedishbreed.tk/
This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. Outlandish - Aicha
02. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
03. Mew - 156
04. Lene Marlin - You Weren´t There
05. Broder Daniel - When We Were Winning
06. Beats & Styles - Dynamite
07. Redrama - Hang It Up
08. Lene - It´s Your Duty
09. Kamera - Fragile
10. The Rasmus - In My Life
11. Looptroop - Don´t Hate The Player
12. User - To Feel
13. Whyte Seeds - So Alone
14. Mustasch - Black City
15. Da D.o.n.s - She Don´t Know My Game
16. Paperboys - On The Low
17. Turbonegro - Sell Your Body (To The Night)
18. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight Prayer
19. Safri Duo - Fallin´ High
20. Span - Papa
Challengers:
01. The Sonnets - Tale Told By The Cynical
02. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Långsamt
03. Nathalie Nordnes - Only Because
04. Equicez - Barnslig
05. Baby Woodrose - Pouring Water
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
Outbreak will be having a record release show at Etrea in Eskilstuna, Sweden on May 22. The new album "Information Overload" comes out May 26 on Rockstar Records and you can download a couple preview tracks here. Crystal Committee and The Sound OE will also play.
The complete program for Norway's Norwegian Wood festival has been released. Check it:
07/12 - Number Seven Deli, Dandy Warhols, Counting Crows
07/13 - The Rasmus, The Sounds, Linkin Park
07/14 - Dadafon, Jim Stärk, Tom McRae, Ricochets, Dum Dum Boys
07/15 - Fireside, Skin, Gåte, Hellacopters, Audioslave
Read this for more information, band links, the Underwood schedule and tickets.
Göteborg rock band The Mugshots recently put up a new website along with a bunch of mp3s for you to download.
In honor of the French holiday Fete de la Musique comes the Stockholm Musikfest this weekend. Scheduled to appear are Charlie's Magazine, Kajsa Grytt, David Lindh & Hail Marys, Evolver, Jamie Meyer, Paragon, Ison & Fille, Parker, The Sonnets and much more. Admission is free.
Some of the new bands added to the Augustibuller lineup: Fireside, Gusto, Surferosa, Paris, Stabb, Sweet Addiction, Kingston Airforce and Outbreak.
There's going to be a new, small rock fest on July 5 in Kalmar, Sweden called the Slammerfestival featuring 69-Hard headlining along with The Nifters, The Stuckups, The Ghoulies and more.
Wolf has booked time at Abyss Studios with producer/engineer Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy) beginning on June 18 to record their third album. They expect to have it out around October on No Fashion Records.
Nine's new album has been pushed back to a August/September release, but Jacob Bannon (Converge) has signed on to do the artwork.
On March 28 The Knife will release the third single from their latest album "Deep Cuts". The track is called "You Take My Breath Away" and it featured guest vocals from Jenny Wilson. The b-sides will be two remixes by Emmon and Puppetmasters. A video is also on the way from Puppetmasters member Henry Moore Selder.
Division of Laura Lee will have a CD of their old material reissued in the US this spring from Lovitt Records. It's gonna be called "97-99" and Chad Clark at Inner Ear did the mastering. In the meantime, you can download a preview mp3 on this page.
Remember that item I posted about The Haunted being upset with their label Earache? Well, it seems that singer Marco Aro is calling that whole interview "total bullshit". Read more. (from Blabbermouth)
Katatonia has put up a third and final sample from their forthcoming album on their website. This one's called "Ghost of the Sun". I managed to track down a copy of the three-song promo they released and can report that it definitely sounds good. I'm excited to hear the full-length when it finally comes out on March 24.
The new video for HIM's "Funeral of Hearts" premieres February 28 on Viva, Viva Plus and MTV Central. TV4 in Finland will debut it March 4 on 4POP along with a 'Making of the Video' program.
Listen to P3 between 8 and 9pm on March 4 to hear The Sonnets perform a few live acoustic tracks and do an interview.
Promopop will be holding a showcase event at Lava/Kulturhuset in Stockholm on April 26. The bands scheduled to perform: Wendy, By Heart, The Alpine (DK), Planet Superfly, The Leeches, and Paris.
a-ha has announced the title of their new double live album will be "How Can I Sleep With Your Voice in My Head". It doesn't come out until March 24, but you can listen to preview snippets here. The tracklist:
CD1
Forever Not Yours
Minor Earth Major Sky
Manhattan Skyline
I’ve Been Losing You
Crying In The Rain
The Sun Always Shines On TV
Did Anyone Approach You?
Swing Of Things
Lifelines
Stay On These Roads
Hunting High And Low
Take On Me
Living Daylights
Summer Moved On
CD2
Scoundrel Days
Oranges On Appletrees
Cry Wolf
Dragonfly
Time and Again
Sycamore Leaves
Video track: tour diary
Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:
01. Emil Sigfridsson - Tillbaka till igår
02. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
03. The Sounds - Living in America
04. Barbados - Rewind
05. Robyn - Don´t stop the music
06. Kikki Bettan Lotta - Live från Rondo
07. v/a - Fame Factory volym 3 final 2002
08. Thomas Rusiak - In the sun
09. A Teens - New arrival
10. Melody Club - Music machine
11. The Knife - Deep Cuts
12. Slaptones - Simplify
13. Magnus Uggla - Klassiska mästerverk
14. The Haunted - One kill wonder
15. Christian Kjellvander - Songs from a two-room chapel
16. Helen Sjöholm - Visor
17. Björn Skifs - Ingen annan
18. Nicke & Nilla - Pannkakor med sylt
19. Johannes Kotschy - And that's why I love you
20. Eric Gadd - Life support
This week's Swedish college radio chart (from Dagensskiva):
| 01. (01) The Donnas "Take It Off" 02. (02) Placebo "The Bitter End" 03. (05) Shout Out Louds "100 Degrees" 04. (NY) Missy Elliott Ft. Ludacris "Gossip Folks" 05. (NY) Satirnine "Hey No Hell" 06. (04) Isolation Years "Open Those Eyes" 07. (NY) Liam Lynch "United States Of Whatever" 08. (08) Aimee Mann "Pavlov's Bell" 09. (03) Håkan Hellström "Den fulaste flickan i världen" 10. (07) Christian Kjellvander "Broken Wheels" | 11. (10) Coldplay "Clocks" 12. (ÅT) Whyte Seeds "Slow Motions" 13. (14) Laakso "Long Beach" 14. (18) Kristofer Åström & Hidden Truck "One Good Moment" 15. (NY) The Dysfunctionals "Payback Time" 16. (15) Pearl Jam "Love Boat Captain" 17. (ÅT) Ed Harcourt "All Of Your Days Will Be Blessed" 18. (06) Caesars Palace "Candy Cane" 19. (11) Ben Harper "With My Own Two Hands" 20. (12) Erlend Öje "Sudden Rush" |
Leaving the chart:
(09) The Cardigans "For What It's Worth"
(13) Fireside "Throw It Away"
(16) Mull Historical Society "The Final Arrears"
(17) Reef "Give Me Your Love"
(19) Eminem "Sing For The Moment"
(20) Her Majesty "I'm Fire C'mon!"
"Sweden's most requested demoband" Florence Valentins will be putting out an EP on April 14 called "Allt Dom Bygger Upp Ska Vi Meja Ner". The band plans to play a number of festival gigs this summer, too.
Gloria has a new album called "People Like Me And You" coming out on March 24. The first single will be a cover of the Talking Heads song "This Must Be The Place".
After touring the US for four weeks together, Cato Salsa Experience and The Soundtrack of Our Lives will play together again - this time in Malmö on March 7 and Lund on the 8th.
Stratovarius has announced they will be filming their upcoming show in Milan, Italy for release on a future DVD. The band also says they will be performing a 'secret' show in their native Finland sometime before their next tour. Look for details to be announced on their webpage.