The new Pelle Carlberg album "In a nutshell" will be released in March.
Katatonia's most recent album "The great cold distance" has been remixed for 5.1 sound and will be reissued in a special 2CD digipack with the new mix on disc one and the original on two with two bonus tracks ("Displaced" and "Dissolving bonds"). It will be out on March 12.
The latest news from Ny Våg, including official confirmation of the upcoming Final Exit reunion at this year's Umeå Open: https://www.nyvag.com/news.htm
Check out a new song from My Darling You!: https://www.mydarlingyou.com/musik/My%20darling%20YOU!%20-%20I%20had%20beautiful%20strength%20&%20armored%20heart.mp3
Denmark's Morningside Records has confirmed the release of Speaker Bite Me's new record for March 19.
Loney, Dear on tour in the US supporting Of Montreal:
03/10 - Irving Plaza, NYC
03/11 - Avalon Ballroom, Boston, MA
03/16 - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
03/17 - Pabst Theathe, Milwaukee, WI
03/18 - Schubas Tavern, Chicago, IL
03/19 - Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
03/20 - Southgate House, Newport, KY
03/21 - Mercy Lounge, Nashville, KY
03/22 - Gray Eagle Tavern, Asheville, NC
03/23 - Banana Joes, Columbia, SC
03/29 - Abbey Road, Gainesville, FL
03/30 - Studio A, Miami, FL
03/31 - The club at firestone, Orlando, FL
04/01 - Freebird live, Jacksonville, FL
04/02 - The Moon, Tallahassee, FL
New tourdates for Lo-Fi-Fnk:
01/05 - Rote Sonne, München (GER)
01/06 - Laderaum/Badeschiff, Wien (AUS)
01/11 - Usva - Eurosonic Festival, Gronigen (NL)
01/12 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER)
01/13 - Hotel Shanghai, Essen (GER)
01/14 - Astra Strube, Hamburg (GER)
01/15 - Spandau, Hannover (GER)
01/16 - Cafe Cairo, Wurzburg (GER)
01/17 - Intro Intim, Köln (GER)
01/18 - Intro Intim, Berlin (GER)
01/19 - Radost FX, Prag (CZ)
01/20 - Glashause, Bayreuth (GER)
01/21 - Fri-Son, Fribourg (CH)
01/24 - Rotown, Rotterdam (NL)
01/25 - Poptrash @ Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)
01/26 - Ekko, Utrecht (NL)
01/27 - De Nachten, Antwerpen (BEL)
02/03 - Kernfamiljen/Rust, Köpenhamn (DK)
02/09 - Bylarm, Trondheim (NOR)
02/10 - Bylarm, Trondheim (NOR)
02/13 - Barfly, York (UK)
02/14 - Barfly, Liverpool (UK)
02/15 - Barfly, Cardiff (UK)
02/16 - FABRIC, London (UK)
02/17 - Arches, Glasgow (UK)
02/18 - Medicine, Birmingham (UK)
02/20 - tba, Doncaster (UK)
02/21 - Social Live Nation, London (UK)
02/22 - Roadhouse High Voltage, Manchester (UK)
02/23 - Charlotte, Leicester (UK)
02/24 - Pod, Dublin (UK)
Logh's forthcoming album "North" will be released in Europe via Bad Taste in the last week of March with other territories to follow shortly thereafter. Look for the band to tour heavily, beginning with Europe/UK in February, Scandinavia in April, more Europe in May and maybe even the US, Japan and/or Australia if they can make it happen.
New European tourdates for Irene:
01/23 - Trabendo, Paris (FRA) w/I'm From Barcelona
01/24 - Academy 3, Manchester (UK) w/I'm From Barcelona
01/25 - ULU, London (UK) w/I'm From Barcelona
02/19 - Nachtcafe, Kiel (GER)
02/20 - Grüner Jäger, Hamburg (GER)
02/21 - Schocken, Stuttgart (GER)
02/22 - tba, Berlin (GER)
02/23 - Ilses Erika, Leipzig (GER)
02/24 - Atomino, Chemnitz (GER)
Look for Spanish tourdates in April to be confirmed soon.
Semi-legendary Swedish Kraut/noiserockers Audionom have reformed and are working on a new album for Ideal Recordings. Look for their "Retrospektiv" album to get a US release via Kemado in February.
Upcoming dates for Finland's I Walk the Line:
01/03 - Bar Mary, Porvoo (FIN)
01/11 - Dynamo, Turku (FIN)
01/12 - Tavastia - R'n'P Festival!, Helsinki (FIN)
01/13 - Monari, Lappeenranta (FIN)
01/18 - Crowbar, Tokusima (JAP)
01/19 - Hoshizora Jet, Matsuyama (JAP)
01/20 - Artin, Fukuoka/Ropponmatsu (JAP)
01/21 - Megahertz, Fukuoka/Kokura (JAP)
01/22 - Free People, Osaka (JAP)
01/26 - Bar, Yokohama (JAP)
01/27 - Jam, Tokyo/Shinjuku (JAP)
01/28 - East, Kyoto (JAP)
02/28 - Lepakkomies (Club Bonga Bonga), Helsinki (FIN)
03/04 - Klubi, Tampere (FIN)
03/09 - Annie's Social Club, San Francisco, CA
03/10 - 418 Club, Santa Cruz, CA
03/11 - tba, Long Beach, CA
03/12 - Divebar, Las Vegas, NV
03/13 - tba, Tempe, AZ
03/14 - Lucky Devil's, El Paso, TX
03/15 - Gearhead SXSW Showcase, Austin, TX
03/19 - 3 Kings Tavern, Denver, CO
03/20 - tba, Fort Collins, CO
03/22 - Wilhelmina's, Sacramento, CA
05/03 - Römer, Bremen (GER)
05/05 - Goldene Krone, Darmstadt (GER)
05/06 - Alte Mälzerei, Regensburg (GER)
05/08 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
05/15 - Bla, Bonn (GER)
05/17 - Wild At Heart, Berlin (GER)
05/18 - Volksbad, Flensburg (GER)
05/19 - Musikcafeen, Aarhus (DK)
The Tiny's sophomore album "Starring: someone like you" is now officially confirmed for a US release on January 23 via Eyeball Records.
Norwegian electronic act Frost has posted some new songs myspace: https://www.myspace.com/frostnorway
Their new album "Love revolution" will be out March 26.
Fang Bomb's excllent "Fugelsang, astronaut" 7" split was recently added to my mailorder and the label has also posted a free track as a bonus download, now that Christer Fuglesang has returned to Earth: "In glorious strength, Fuglesang the Conqueror"
The artist is being kept secret, but it has been revealed as a Stockholm-based composer/orchestrator.
Norwegian label Dead Letter Records has signed The Rooph and will be releasing their debut album "The rats of October philharmonics" on January 29. The band is described as Fireside with a touch of Placebo or Interpol. Listen here for yourself: https://www.myspace.com/therooph