Wacky Swedish electronic act I Love You Baby!, probably the one group that really does truly sound like The Knife (circa the first album), will be touring the Baltics in a couple days:
10/05 - Depo, Riga (LV)
10/06 - Rockiklubbi, Valga (EE)
10/07 - Fontaine Palace, Liepaja (LV)
10/08 - DIY Gyvas, Vilnius (LT)
Fluxblog on an old Chamellows track: https://www.fluxblog.org/2006/10/do-you-sleep-at-night.html
Kevin from Big Scary Monsters reports back from his trip to Sweden promoting the new "Svenskt" compilation: https://blog.myspace.com/svenskt
The video for Nikola Sarcevic's new single "Soul for sale" is up on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/nikolasarcevic
Montevideo has a new website: https://www.mntvdo.com/
It looks good, but too bad it's all flash-based.
Norway's 120 Days will be coming to the US for a string of CMJ-related dates and will stick around for a few other shows while they're over. The band's complete tour schedule:
10/14 - Kulturhuset, Tromso (NOR)
10/17 - Madam Jo-Jos, London (UK)
10/20 - Iceland Airwaves Festival, Reykjavik (ICE)
10/26 - El Mocambo, Toronto, Ontario
10/27 - TBA, Montreal, Quebec
10/28 - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
10/29 - Black Cat, Washington, DC
10/31 - TBA, Boston, MA
11/01 - KEXP Live Broadcast, New York, NY
11/01 - Cakeshop (Vice CMJ afterparty), New York, NY
11/02 - Fader House (CMJ), New York, NY
11/02 - Sin-E (Vice CMJ showcase), New York, NY
11/04 - Subterranean, Chicago, IL
11/05 - 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
11/08 - Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
11/09 - Holocene, Portland, OR
11/10 - Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
11/12 - TBA, Los Angeles, CA
11/13 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
11/17 - Bla, Oslo (NOR)
12/01 - Hulen, Bergen (NOR)
12/02 - Checkpoint, Stavanger (NOR)
October's album of the month: Sonores - Elefanten
Brilliant band, brilliant album. The IAT.MP3 EP only hints at their talent, the full-length confirms it. This will definitely be one of my favorite albums released this year.
Also note that 1999's debut album is now in stock in the IAT webstore. I posted an mp3 from these guys not too long ago, but you can also check out a song in my recent podcast mix. Great band, very recommended. Look for tons more choice products to be added to the store in the next few weeks.
Sayyadina has posted a rough mix of the new song "The real" up at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/sayyadinagrindcore
The song will appear on the band's forthcoming album "Mourning the unknown", due out early 2007 via Sound Pollution/Wasted Sounds.
Finnish indiepoppers Ultrasport have a new website: https://www.ultrasport.org/
Swedish singer/songwriter Tobias Fröberg will record a few songs in LA with a gospel quartet before his current US tour ends.
They Live By Night talks about their contribution to the upcoming "Oh no... it's Christmas" compilation coming out on Razzia Records: https://theylivebynight.blogspot.com/2006/10/new-song-released-2211.html
Denmark's The Fashion has posted an update concerning the status of their upcoming sophomore album: https://www.thefashion.dk/
Sublime Exile has signed Icelandic act Pondus and has recently revamped their website so you can now listen to a new track from them, as well as other Sublime Exile artists such as Plök: https://www.subexile.com/
Jimi Tenor has a new EP on Sähko imprint Puu: https://www.sahkorecordings.com/puu-33.php