Hello Saferide's superb "Introducing..." album has been licensed for release in Japan via the label Handcuts. It comes out on March 14. Don't forget you can still buy it on 12" vinyl and CD from me right here.
In related news, Hello Saferide will be playing the Absolut Swedish Music Festival at The Village in Dublin on March 3 along with Moneybrother and Taxi, Taxi!. Other artists set to appear at the festival include Zeigeist, Samuraj Cities, Consequences, Juvelen, I'm From Barcelona and Salem Al Fakir.
Morningside Records has confirmed that the new Speaker Bite Me album "Action painting" will be released on March 19, on both CD and vinyl (w/free download included). The first single "Teach me tiger" will be out soon.
Disco Ensemble visits North America:
03/07 - The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA
03/09 - Drake Underground (CMW), Toronto (CAN)
03/12 - The Knitting Factory, NYC, NY
03/14 - Uncle Flirty's (SXSW), Austin, TX
Stylus reviews Danish act Moi Caprice: https://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/moi-caprice/the-art-of-kissing-properly.htm
Speaking of Moi Caprice, they'll be joining fellow Danes PowerSolo, The Kissaway Trail, Vincent Van Go Go and Funky Nashville as this year's Music Export Denmark emissaries to both Canadian Music Week and SXSW.
Finnish artist Janne Suni aka Tempest official page for responding to the recent brouhaha concerning the possibility that his music was stolen by Timbaland: https://www.fairlight.fi/tempest/
Christopher Porter interviews Micke Svanberg aka Lord Ahriman of Dark Funeral: https://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2007/01/tonights_top_stop_dark_funeral.php
He also reviews their show here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011002340.html
HUGE mailorder update today! Just got two big packages from Nomethod and Carcrash Records including restocks of Convoj (at last!), Svenson and Dialog Cet as well as new stuff from C.Aarmé, Aerial, Mixtapes & Cellmates, The Bear Quartet and more! Get shopping!
Norwegian electro act Datarock will visit the Americas in March:
03/10 - MXBeat festival, Mexico City (MEX)
03/14 - Engine Room, Houston, TX
03/15-18 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/19 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
03/23 - WMC, Studio A, Miami, FL
03/27 - Safari Sam's, Los Angeles, CA
03/29 - Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
03/30 - Pure, Philadelphia, PA
03/31 - Studio B, Brooklyn, NY
New A West Side Fabrication signing The Culture In Memoriam has posted their debut single "Destroy all facts and history" is posted on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thecultureinmemoriam
The band's new album "Abolish history - this is our story" will be out soon.
Surrounded's second album "The nautilus years", the long-awaited follow-up to 2003's "Safety in numbers" (Deep Elm), will finally be released on March 30 in GAS via MakeMyDay Records and Starkult Promotion. No word on a wider release yet. Listen to tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/surrounded
Swedish metal act Memfis, a band many compare to Opeth, will make their UK live debut at Proud Gallery in London on January 25.
Renown Norwegian noise artist Lasse Marhaug (aka Jazkammer/Testicle Hazard/etc.) will be launching his own label this year and the first release will be a 4xCD collection of all his various cassette-only release. No details yet, but soon. Upcoming live events:
01/28 - Jazkamer [full metal line-up] @ Bieanale, Berlin (GER)
02/10 - Testicle Hazard @ State51 Factory, London (UK)
Feb. - Jazkamer/Testicle Harzard Japan tour
03/10 - Skull Defekts w/Lasse Marhaug @ New Perspectives festival, Vesterås (SWE)