New dates for Danish rockers On Trial:
01/17 - Demo Bar, Halden (NOR)
01/18 - Kaos, Tromsø (NOR)
01/19 - Garage, Oslo (NOR)
01/25 - Tommy Weisbecker Haus, Berlin (GER)
01/26 - Museums Keller, Erfurt (GER)
01/27 - Kanonenhaus, Altenburg (GER)
01/29 - Kulturforum, Mittelsinn (GER)
01/30 - tba
01/31 - Kult Kafe, München (GER)
02/01 – ISC, Bern (CH)
02/02 – Zero Music Club, Bergamo (ITA)
02/03 - Sonar Club, Siena (ITA)
02/04 - Bikini Test, La Chaux-de-Fonds, (CH)
02/05 – tba, Nürnberg (GER)
04/20 - Roadburn Festival
05/26 - Sense-O-Rama Festival, Berlin (GER)
05/27 - Swamproom Happening, Hannover (GER)
Norwegian powerpoppers Beezewax are doing a few European shows in February:
02/16 - The Lido, Margate (UK)
02/22 - Zero, Tarragona (ESP)
02/23 - Wah Wah, Valencia (ESP)
02/24 - Less Basses (mini festival), Barcelona (ESP)
Swedish singer/songwriter Sofia Talvik has hew new album "Street of dreams" up on last.fm for streaming: https://www.last.fm/music/Sofia+Talvik/Street+of+Dreams
MIC Norway previews some of 2007's most anticipated new releases: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007010515360267695582
Fläskkvartetten will release their new album "Voices of Eden" on January 31. As always, the record will feature a host of high-profile guest vocalists including Andreas Mattsson, Anna Ternheim, Titiyo, Johan Renck (Stakka Bo), Theodor Jensen (The Plan) and, on the new single "This one's for you", Robyn. That song comes out January 10.
Norwegian metalcore act Purified in Blood has officially broken up: https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=8080
Some new Hell On Wheels dates:
01/11 - Apparatet, Kobenhavn (DK)
01/12 - 1000FRYD, Aalborg (DK) w/The Kissaway Trail
01/13 - Fabrikken, Aarhus (DK) w/Shout Wellington Airforce
01/21 - Ziegel oh lac, Zurich (CH)
01/22 - Alte Mälzerei, Regensburg (GER)
01/23 - B72, Vienna (AUS)
01/24 - SC Teatar & TD, Zagreb (CRO)
01/25 - Weekender Club, Innsbruck (AUS)
01/26 - Q Bar Berg/Drau (AUS)
01/27 - Berghammer, Sigharting (AUS)
New dates for Finnish doom metallers Callisto:
01/19 - Kuudes linja, Helsinki (FIN)
02/18 - Romeijn, Leeuwarden (HOL)
02/19 - Bitterzoet, Amsterdam (HOL)
02/20 - tba
02/21 - Ex-Haus, Trier (GER)
02/22 - Orange House, München (GER)
02/23 - tba, Bolzano (ITA)
02/24 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
02/25 - tba
02/26 - Knaack, Berlin (GER)
03/09 - El Mocamb (Canadian Music Week), Toronto (CAN)
03/11 - Sin-é, NYC
03/14 - SXSW, Austin, TX
Turbonegro is apparently in Portland mixing their new album: https://blog.myspace.com/turbonegro
Updated tourdates for Peter Bjorn and John:
01/10 - Lido, Berlin (GER)
01/11 - Eurosonic Festival, Groningen (NL)
01/12 - Botanique, Brussels (BEL)
01/13 - La Maroquiniere, Paris (FRA)
01/14 - MOD, Hasselt (BEL)
01/15 - Passagen, Cologne (GER)
01/29 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
01/30 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
02/01 - The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA
02/22 - Perth International Arts Festival, Perth (AU)
02/24 - Laneway Festival, Melbourne (AU)
02/25 - Laneway Festival, Melbourne (AU)
02/27 - Corner, Melbourne (AU)
03/01 - The Republic Bar, Hobart (AU)
03/02 - Newton, Sydney (AU)
03/03 - Laneway Festival, Brisbane (AU)
03/04 - Laneway Festival, Brisbane (AU)
03/07 - Liquid Room, Tokyo (JAP)
03/09 - Club Quattro, Osaka (JAP)
I'm not feeling inspired by my back-catalogue this week, so I've preempted my usual Friday oldie post with something that's a little bit old and a little bit new. Nisse Hellberg has been around a long while, both as the frontman for Wilmer X and also as a solo artist, among other various projects. I was looking for something to put on the stereo when my dad was visiting over the holidays and figured that his latest album "Snackbar blues". It's total dad-rock - a little rockabilly, a touch of blues, all well-played and inoffensive. Thing is, I find myself listening to the damn thing over and over, long after my dad's gone home. It took me awhile to figure it out, but it finally dawned on me: Nisse Hellberg reminds me a heckuva lot of Dave Alvin from The Blasters. It's classic, rootsy rock'n'roll from a guy whose old band first gained acceptance from the punk-rockers before making any inroads to the mainstream. That's kind of the way it happened, right?
The song I've posted today is cover of "Trettifyran", originally done by Olle Adolphson (that's the little old part). At first I thought it was a Swedish version of "Waitin' for the axe" by BR5-49, but I guess that only goes to show what I know. Not very much, huh? Dad-rock or not, this I like.
Nisse Hellberg - Trettifyran
Abbath's new band I picks up pretty close to where Immortal left off and I think that's great. See, unlike most black-metal purists, I've always felt that the each of the band's albums was better than the one that preceded it. Besides being recorded terribly, early material such as "Pure holocaust" and "Battles in the north" just aren't that good. The promo photos? Still undeniably classic. But the music? Eh, I rather listen to Darkthrone if I want to stay tr00 and kvlt. I however, is something different. The cold darkness of black-metal remains, but the music is far more rooted in thrash and other, more classic heavy metal styles. Just listen to that song I've posted today and tell me that opening riff doesn't remind you of "Bark at the moon". Sure, it starts to sound a lot more like Bathory once the drums and ominous keyboards come in, but that too is a good thing. Abbath's croaking vocal style might be too much for some to take, but I think it just adds to the atmosphere he's trying to create. It's supposed to sound evil, y'know? Thrash on.
I - Far beyond the quiet
Not only does Supersci have a brand new website, he also has a new track posted from his forthcoming mix tape: https://www.flyphonic.com/supersci/
The second single from Miss Li's debut album "Late night heartbroken blues" will be for the song "High on you". Listen at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/experiencemissli