IAT.MP3 artist The Grand Opening on tour:
09/30 - Hus 25, Sundsvall (SWE)
10/26 - Scheune, Dresden (GER) w/Whitest Boy Alive
10/28 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
10/30 - Kulturhaus 73, Hamburg (GER)
10/31 - Bei Chez Heinz, Hannover (GER)
11/01 - Das Bett, Frankfurt (GER)
11/03 - E-Werk, Erlangen (GER) w/Samba, Kolkhorst
11/04 - Glashaus, Bayreuth (GER) w/Samba, Wolke
11/05 - B72, Wien (AUS)
11/08 - Pretty Vacant, Düsseldorf (GER)
The debut full-length "This is nowhere to be found" comes out September 22 via German label Tapete Records. Can't wait to hear it!
Updated tourdates for The Horror The Horror:
09/22 - Kammgarn, Kaiserslautern (GER) w/Crash Tokio
09/23 - Das Bett, Frankfurt (GER)
10/13 - Knust, Hamburg (GER) w/Darlo
10/14 - Mau Club, Rostock (GER)
10/15 - Amadeus, Oldenburg (GER)
10/16 - Pretty Vacant, Düsseldorf (GER)
10/17 - Trauma im G-Werk, Marburg (GER)
10/18 - Maria am Ostbahnhof (INTRO INTIM), Berlin (GER)
10/19 - Gebssude 9 (INTRO INTIM), Köln (GER)
10/20 - D:qliq, Luxembourg
10/21 - E-Werk, Erlangen (GER) w/Crash Tokio
11/24 - Flex, Wien (AUS)
11/27 - Schocken, Stuttgart (GER)
11/28 - Unperfekthaus, Essen (GER)
11/29 - Musikzentrum, Hannover (GER)
11/30 - Orangehouse, München (GER)
12/01 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER)
Dagensskiva reports that Adrian Recordings act Björns Vänner are getting back together: https://dagensskiva.com/news.asp?id=3407
Norwegian avant-metal act Van Buens Ende has posted a new song on myspace: https://myspace.com/vedbuensende
Read an interview with guitarist Carl-Michael Eide here: https://www.gutsofdarkness.com/god/document.php?doc=10bae0453569b3044fd1ef469800c302
Check out the video for "Bahamas" from Norway's Low Frequency in Stereo: https://heute.no/2004/video/bahamas_eksoportert_web.wmv
The band just signed a license deal with NY-based label Gigantic Music so I imagine their most recent album "The last tempation of..." will get a US release soon.
Aversionline gushes about Finland's metalcore scene and the latest from Breamgod: https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2006/08/finland-still-fuckin-rules.html
I'm usually not at all into this sort of macho hardcore, but I have to admit that quite a few Full House bands totally rule that sound.
Check out the Hillsboro Bandits, a Swedish act doing live-music versions of old NES tunes: https://www.hillsborobandits.tk/
This week's winner of the promopack giveaway is Tobias Volker. I'll continue to give away CDs every week throughout August, so if you haven't entered yet, now is the time.
You can now download the new Fibes! Oh Fibes! single "Get up" for free at their website: https://www.fibesohfibes.com/
The band's new album "Emotional" comes out August 30.
Check out the brand new, fan-created video for "Can I get get get" from Junior Senior: https://blog.myspace.com/juniorsenior
Norwegian band Superfamily will have their debut album "Back in Paris" released in Scandinavia beyond the borders of Norway on August 21.
Rigas sideproject Postkontoret will release their first single "Röta/oflyt" at the end of September.
Finnish label Fonal Records has added a few tracks from the forthcoming Chamellows album "Rat hearts" in their web jukebox: https://www.fonal.com/
Look for tracks from the new Risto album to be added shortly.
Those upcoming Cardigans dates in the US set for September are now officially cancelled. The official word from band management states the reason is "due to personal issues."