New European tourdates for Amandine:
04/12 - Magnet, Berlin (GER) w/Mixtapes & Cellmates
04/14 - Washerei P, Hall (AUS)
04/15 - Postgarage, Graz (AUS)
04/18 - Edara, Codroipo (Udine) (ITA)
04/19 - Tetris, Trieste (ITA)
04/20 - Villa Serena, Bologna (ITA)
04/21 - Flon, St Gallen (CH)
04/22 - Boa, Luzern (CH)
04/24 - Barden's Budoir, London (UK) w/The Bicycle Thieves
PopMatters on Loney, Dear's "Loney, Noir": https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/12933/loney-dear-loney-noir1/
Lambgoat reports that long-running Swedish death-metal act Entombed has signed with Candlelight for the release of their new album "Serpent saints – The ten amendments": https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=8586
Female-fronted Swedish punk act Nödslakt has posted some raging new tunes on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/nodslakt
MIC Norway reports that Bigbang has decided to relocate to the US in order to further their career: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007032113315693302357
The new Plugged Records manufactured boyband What's Up! is complete and up on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/whatsuponline
And now let us never speak of them again.
Maia Hirasawa has a nice new website: https://www.maiahirasawa.com/
Norwegian act Washington has posted a couple more new songs on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/washingtonband
Will Gambola Sing boasts a pretty amazing pedigree. They've got John Roger Olsson of IAT.MP3 artists The Grand Opening plus Jimmy Ottosson/Jimmy O of The Je Ne Sais Quoi, solo artist Mikko Singh, Joakim Labraaten of Yamon Yamon (another promising act) and Anders Ljung of Ohm. Considering the members other acts, it's not surprising that they make incredibly lush, dreamy pop music, but it is also kind of disappointing that they've decided to forego and keep it purely instrumental. What gives dudes? You've got more than one talented vocalist among you, so I wanna hear some beautiful harmonies. Aside from that one awfully minor complaint, this is some nice stuff, especially for what I imagine would be regarded as a demo. The songs and the playing is fantastic, the arrangements make great use of space and the recording sounds excellent. Definitely looking forward to hearing more down the road!
Listen to more tracks here: https://www.myspace.com/willgambolasing
Will Gambola Sing - Space is a strange place
It's amazing how little has changed between the demo version of Samuraj Cities' "All along the shoreline" (posted here in September '05) and the newer album version (posted today). The guitars still sound just as cheap and brittle as they always did, only now they're able to pile even more of 'em on top of eachother. That harsh, direct-to-tape tone is an integral part of what makes Samuraj Cities who they are and they wouldn't be nearly as good without the lo-fi DIY aesthetic. It's hard not to listen to this and think of that other "Shoreline" song from Broder Daniel - both involve heavy themes of isolation and finding your way in the world, though BD is far more agonizing and pessimistic compared to SC's philosophical ruminations. Or to take it further: Samuraj Cities ponders the possibilities of sailing up the coast while Broder Daniel is landlocked and raging at the sea. Is that relevant? I dunno, I just like to picture BD frontman Henrik Berggren on the beach in his beret, shaking his fist in the air.
Samuraj Cities - All along the shoreline
Listen to Tremendo's cover of "Wondering aloud" by Jethro Tull: https://www.tremendo.se/mp3/Wondering%20aloud.mp3
Swedish act LeGrand will release their new download-only single "Brainy" on March 28. The track comes from the band's forthcoming album "Sidewalks & stations" and you can sample it here: https://www.legrandmusic.com/
Danish rockers The Royal Highness are looking for people to help film their new video: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=21243973&blogID=243473643
Check out Differnet's excellent new video for the song "Edison": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqVpVz8zpUs
Diet Records is offering up the new Fare You Well single "Take me away" as a free download: https://www.dietrecords.se/media/Fare%20You%20Well%20-%20Take%20me%20away.rar
The band's debut album "Sounds like a seranade" will be released on April 18.