Kamikatzee have finished work on a new 7" EP called "Jag är defekt" to be released sometime soon. Look for a split with Disco Volante on Italian label One Chord later this year as well.
Updated José González tourdates:
03/11 - Concert Hall (Mosaic Music Festival), Singapore
03/13 - Duo Music Exchange, Tokyo (JAP)
04/26 - Marfa Ballroom, Marfa, TX
04/29 - Coachella, Indio, CA
05/01 - Ladies Literary Club, Grand Rapids, MI
05/02 - Courtyard Café, Urbana, IL
05/03 - UW Madison Memorial Terrace, Madison, WI
05/04 - Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN
05/05 - The Smokebrush, Colorado Springs, CO
Sugarplum Fairy has lined up a pair of Spanish dates:
04/12 - La Dos, Barcelona
04/13 - Moby Dick, Madrid
Updated tourdates for Swedish post-rockers Scraps of Tape:
03/21 - Fundbureau, Hamburg (GER)
03/22 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
03/23 - AZ Conni, Dresden (GER)
03/24 - Rozchulantyna, Krotoszyn (POL)
03/25 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
03/26 - GimNet Club, Varadzin (CRO)
03/27 - SC Teatar & TD, Zagreb (CRO)
03/28 - Feierwerk, München (GER)
03/29 - Kubus, Gossau (SUI)
03/30 - tbc, Bellinzona (SUI)
03/31 - Honest Rock Festival, Visé (BEL)
04/01 - Integendeel, Nossegem (BEL)
04/02 - Café Bitterzoet, Amsterdam (NL)
04/03 - Le Tunnel, Metz (FRA)
04/04 - Divan Du Monde (TenderVersion showcase!), Paris (FRA)
04/05 - DB Studios, Utrecht (NL)
04/06 - The Cavern, Exeter (UK)
04/07 - tba, tba (UK)
04/08 - tba, Manchester (UK)
04/09 - tba, tba (UK)
04/10 - The Brudenell, Leeds (UK)
04/12 - Clubkeller, Frankfurt (GER)
04/13 - Blue Shell, Cologne (GER)
04/14 - Out Of The Crowd Festival, Alzette (LUX)
04/21 - Berg 211, Göteborg (SWE)
06/17 - O-East, Zankyo Festival, Tokyo (JAP)
06/18 - Sansui, Osaka (JAP)
06/19 - Crazy Mama 2, Okayama (JAP)
06/20 - Decatant Delax, Fukuoka (JAP)
06/22 - Hellava Rounge, Kobe (JAP)
06/23 - Woope's, Kyoto (JAP)
06/24 - Rock 'n Roll, Nagoya (JAP)
06/26 - Junk Box, Niigata (JAP)
06/27 - Junk Box, Sendai (JAP)
06/28 - Shelter, Tokyo (JAP)
The new Death Breath EP "Let it stink" has been delayed, but the tracklist details have been revealed: https://www.digitalmetal.com/news.asp?cid=8046
The winners of the 2007 Swedish Dee Jay Awards:
Prime Cuts
Artist/group: Eric Prydz
Club: Grodan Cocktail Club
DJ: Özgur Can
Producer/remixer: Eric Prydz
12": Eric Prydz - Proper Education
Label: Pryda
Urban Cuts
Artist/group: Ison & Fille
Club: Club Monday
DJ: Viet-naam
Producer/remixer: Freddie Cruger
12": Promoe - Songs Of Joy
Label: Raw Fusion
Best nightclub: F12 Terrassen
Musik Enligt Jerry is premiering the new They Live by Night video for the single "Factory": https://musikenligtjerry.blogspot.com/2007/03/vrldspremir.html
Do I hear double-bass?
Kristofer Åström's new single "Just a little insane" is now streaming on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/kastrom
It's a great little country number - reminds me a bit of Merle Haggard or Lefty Frizzell actually. FYI, the gravelly guest vocals at the end are courtesy of Mattias Hellberg.
MIC Norway reports that Serena Maneesh will be opening a string of Australian and Japanese dates for Nine Inch Nails: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007030613161875360036
MP3: Säkert! - Sanningsdan
It was never a matter of if I was going to post something from Säkert!, the Swedish-language project of Annika Norlin aka Hello Saferide, only a matter of when. Naturally, I am predisposed to enjoy the record - how could I not? I'm obviously a big enough fan of Hello Saferide that I decided it was worth a couple thousand dollars to press her debut album on vinyl and promote it in the US. Factor in that Annika is backed on the record by some of Umeå's best musicians and I'm sold before I've heard a note. It's no secret that I hold Norrland's capital city near and dear to my heart - my label's first release was from KVLR, another band from that same city. So what do you get when you have Henrik Oja from The Spacious Mind plus Mats Hammarström and Daniel Berglund from Isolation Years all making music together? Hopefully you've heard the brilliant debut single "Vi kommer att dö samtidigt" already; if not please recitify that right away. Um, can you say pop hit of the year? It's good enough that it's already inspired an English cover version from The Animal Five. I'm a bit torn on which track is the runner-up - it was either "Allt som är ditt" or today's mp3 post "Sanningsdan". The former is a fantastic song, but it's also a bit more downbeat (it reminds me a lot of something from Johndoe's "Dødvinkel", one of my favorite albums from 2006), so I've gone with the latter. It's a duet with Martin Hanberg of Vapnet and it practically stands up and demands a video treatment. It also demands repeat plays with the way it stops, restarts and fades out. So infectious! I wish I could tell you what it's about, but I can't so I won't. Just enjoy the song.
Buy the self-titled album: [click here]
Säkert! - Sanningsdan (ft. Martin Hanberg)
More Hello Saferide-related news: Not only will she play two gigs at Water Rats in May (see the concert listings on the bottom-right) and at The Great Escape Festival, but she's also releasing a single on Regal/Parlophone on May 14 featuring "The quiz" b/w "I was definitely made for these times". It will be available on both 7" vinyl and CD. The album "Introducing..." is also getting a Japanese release on March 14.
US label Alternative Tentacles, best known for being the label founded by Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra, has reissued The (International) Noise Conspiracy's "Live at Oslo Jazz Festival" album in the US. I think it's probably the best record they've ever done, so track it down.
White Heat talks to renown Norwegian freejazz act Supersilent: https://www.white-heat.com/?page=articles&id=17
Watch Pelle Carlberg perform a cover of "Rocket man" from his recent Italian tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6zOAwbOrgc