Pop Detective to release EP from The Dahlmanns

American power-pop label Pop Detective Records will be releasing a new EP from The Dahlmanns on May 1, the new band from Andre Dahlmann of long-running act The Yum Yums.

Yum Yums to get US release, tour

Pop Detective Records will be doing a US release the latest album "Whatever rhymes with baby" from Norwegian pop-punk act The Yum Yums. It will be out in late February and will include two live covers as bonus tracks; "New York City" by Cub and "Earthquake song" by The Little Girls. Also look for the band to tour the Northeast with labelmate/bandmate/fellow Norwegian artist Vibeke in late March.

Here's the tracklist for the new comp "Never too loud - A tribute to Backstreet Girls":

01. Cockroach Clan - Backstreet Boogie
02. Gluecifer - Going Down
03. Bazooka Boppers - Take the pain away
04. Trashcan Darlings - Never too loud
05. The Psychedelic Mormones - Any minute now
06. Bronco Busters - Hangover in Hamburg
07. Cadillac - Mad dog in Soho
08. Los Plantronics - Gypo
09. Casino Steel - Party Crashin'
10. The Carburetors - Gimme just a second
11. Jetsurfers - Hard work
12. Sideburn Satan - Awright Awright Awright
13. The Yum Yums - Blame it on Suzie
14. Ingvild Hammer/ Vidar Busk - Walking Downtown
15. The Raptorz - Rock 'n' roll christmas
16. The Beat Tornados - Speedway to heaven
17. Backstreet Girls - Jailbreak Opera (1985 demo w/Tom Kristensen on vocals)

There will be a record release party at Elm Street in Oslo on March 17 featuring Trashcan Darlings, Jetsurfers, Bronco Busters and maybe Mormones and Yum-Yums.

Stu Manx (Gluecifer, The Yum Yums) will be recording a track for an upcoming Norwegian Ramones tribute with the help of SIlver (Hardcore Superstar) on guitar and Andreas (Texas Mugshots) on drums. More info to come.

Just Add Water Records has just put out a special double disc retrospective collection from the classic garage rock act The Vikings. In case you never heard of them, they were the band that Stevie Baise started after the Devil Dogs with Knut "Euroboy" Schreiner (Turbonegro), Thomas "Happy Tom" Seltzer (Turbonegro) and Morten Henrikson (The Yum Yums). The record contains the band's one and only full-length album "Go beserk" along with an EP and two singles. Disc two consists of a full live show from the Oslo nightclub Last Train. More info: http://www.justaddwaterrecords.net/