JR Ewing's final shows have been announced:
08/24 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
08/25 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
08/26 - Ieperfest, Ieper (BEL)
08/27 - Backstage Club, München (GER)
08/28 - Garage Club, Saarbrücken (GER)
08/29 - Batofar, Paris (GER)
08/30 - Underground, Cologne (GER)
10/18 - Garage, Bergen (NOR)
10/19 - Rokken, Volda (NOR)
10/20 - Isak, Trondheim (NOR) (all ages/early show)
10/20 - Blæst, Trondheim (NOR)
10/21 - Rockefeller, Oslo (NOR)
The band promises to mix up the set every night and will be playing songs from every one of their albums. Fellow Norwegian hardcore act Rumble in Rhodos will support.
UK label Big Scary Monsters will attempt to follow in my illustrious footsteps by releasing a comp of Swedish music entitled "Svenskt" on October 16. The lineup looks pretty damn good actually - names confirmed include Alarma Man, Audrey, David and the Citizens, Last Days of April, Logh, Molia Falls, Moonbabies, The Sound OE and, Traktor, pretty much all bands I would heartily endorse. Check out the comp's own myspace page for more: https://www.myspace.com/svenskt
Check out an ecard for the new Mixtapes & Cellmates EP "If there is silence fill it with longing": https://www.nomethod.se/Ecard/Ecard060804.htm
It's available now for order from Nomethod.
As promised yesterday, the new Johndoe single "Kjøtere" is now up for streaming: https://www.myspace.com/jhnd
Swedish singer/songwriter Sara Culler will be bring her beau David Fridlund (David & the Citizens) to Ireland to perform together at the Forfey Festival on August 26.
Contest reminder! I'm giving away random packages of promo CDs every Tuesday throughout the month of August. Click here to enter!
Going to Emmaboda? I'm not, but my associates at Tack! Tack! Tack! are. Check out the flyer: [click here]
Vendlus has announced the signing of Finland's Havoc Unit, the new band rising from the ashes of ...And Oceans. The band will be releasing a super limited picture 7" on Static Supernova containing the last-ever And Oceans track paired with the very first Havoc Unit song. After that, around September/October, Vendlus will release a 3-way split CD featuring And Oceans, Havoc Unit and The Sin:Decay, another related act. A full-length will follow later on in the not-so-distant future. Listen to samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/havocunit
US label Gigantic Music will release a double a-side 7" single from The Low Frequency in Stereo featuring the tracks "Jimmy legs" and "21". Look for it in early October.
The Cardigans maybe have cancelled their scheduled US tourdates in September, but they'll still be making it over to Brazil. Dates and details soon.
Danish label Quartermain has announced that they'll be releasing Doi's debut album "Sing the boy electric" on September 22.
Finnish act Underwater Sleeping Society will be releasing a new EP entitled "Silence teaches you how to sing" on August 30 via Siamese Sounds. The title track is actually a preview of what's to come from the band's forthcoming full-length (due out early 2007), but the other three songs contain therein are exclusive to this release. Look for samples online soon.
The Candy Mind netlabel presents a 'virtual 12" split' featuring Dorothy's Magic Bag and Liquid Stranger: https://www.candymind.com/