Havoc Records has posted a preview of the title track from the upcoming Skitsystem album: https://www.havocrex.com/mp3/Skitsystem_stigmata.mp3
There's been a slight delay in getting this out on time, but it's on the way. The band also plays the UK next week:
02/20 - Engine Room, Brighton
02/21 - Grosvenor, Brixton
02/22 - The Fenton, Leeds
02/23 - The Indian Queen, Boston
02/24 - The Junction, Bristol
02/25 - The 1in12, Bradford
02/26 - Matilda Centre, Sheffield
In other Havoc-related news, head to their website for prelimary US tour dates for Victims: https://www.havocrex.com/tours/
Finally, the full tracklist for the upcoming Danish Depeche Mode tribute "DMDK":
01. Tiger Baby - Strangelove
02. Figurines - Dreamning of Me
03. Marie Frank - It's No Good
04. The Gospel - Personal Jesus (Kira Skov)
05. epo-555 - Stripped
06. Diefenbach - Policy of Truth
07. Mikael Simpson - Det er lige meget
08. Track 72 - Monument (Tue Track feat. Mark Linn)
09. Moi Caprice - Any Second Now
10. Lake Placid - Everything Counts
11. Sterling - Nyt liv
12. Jet - Just Can't Get Enough (Anders Remmer)
More details: https://www.bonnieramigo.dk/index.php?newsid=16 (in Danish)
Tias Carlson will support Christian Kjellvander on tour in Europe. Here's the latest updated dates:
03/02 - Fzw, Dortmund (GER)
03/03 - Römer, Bremen (GER)
03/04 - Café Zapata, Berlin (GER)
03/05 - Scheune, Dresden (GER)
03/06 - B 72, Wien (AUS)
03/07 - Orangehouse, München (GER)
03/08 - Salzhaus, Winterthur (CH)
03/09 - ISC, Bern (CH)
03/10 - Merkker Club, Olden (CH)
03/11 - Bikini Test, La Chaux-de-Fonds (CH)
03/12 - Schüür, Lüzern (CH)
03/15 - Barfly, London (UK)
03/17 - Fleche d'or, Paris (FRA)
Via Lupatarkastaja, here's a free downloadable album from Finnish act Plan E: https://www.plan-e-tarium.com/html/download.html
Follow the first link for a hesitant assessment of the music.
Norwegian "future jazz" label Jazzland Recordings details some of their upcoming activities planned for 2006: https://www.jazzlandrec.com/newspage.php?page=details&id=58&view=
Indieworkshop reviews Swedish electronic/post-rock trio Midaircondo: https://indieworkshop.com/music/2287/
Check out the video for "Seer believer" from Norwegian melancholy rockers The White Birch: https://thewhitebirch.one.no/video/SeerBeliever900K.mov
Montt Mardié has posted the new single "Les tres bien la club" plus the b-side "Pardon, let's dance" for free download: https://www.monttmardie.com/
Sweden's Willowtree is now on myspace and has posted a few new tracks from their forthcoming album for preview: https://myspace.com/willowtreesthlm
Rounder, Nicolai Dunger's new US label, has posted the video for the single "Hunger": https://www.rounder.com/?id=artistVideo.php&musicalGroupId=7614
The latest top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (04) Dub Sweden - "We're so loud"
02. (03) Arctic Monkeys - "When the sun goes down"
03. (16) Firefox AK - "Madame, Madame!"
04. (NY) Hard Fi - "Cash machine"
05. (NY) Danko Jones - "Baby hates me"
06. (NY) Depeche Mode - "Suffer well"
07. (ÅT) Maxïmo Park - "I want you to stay"
08. (06) Youngblood Brass Band - "Nuclear summer"
09. (02) Timo Räisänen - "Fear no darkness promised child"
10. (10) Architectures In Helsinki - "lt'5"
11. (01) Martha Wainwright - "Bloody mother f***ing a**hole"
12. (09) Sandy Mouche - "Spiderweb suit"
13. (14) SwingFly - "Something got me started"
14. (NY) The Concretes - "Chosen one"
15. (11) Cat Power - "The Greatest"
16. (05) We Are Scientists - "The great escape"
17. (08) Alf - "Manchester man"
18. (NY) Robyn - "Crash and burn girl"
19. (NY) Graham Coxon - "Standing on my own"
20. (NY) I'm From Barcelona - "We're From Barcelona"
Leaving the chart: Mylo, The Bravery, Tim Neu, Stars, Irene, Loney Dear, Hello Saferide and Sway.
Check out the new e-card/microsite promoting Norwegian hard-rockers WE: https://www.cosmicbikerrock.com/
The band's most recent album "Smugglers" keeps getting wider release in new territories all the time, with GAS on April 21 to be followed by Sweden on May 17. These guys are IAT approved - "Catch electrique", the first single from "Smugglers", was included on "It's a trap! reader's companion volume one".
Pitchfork reviews the self-titled album from half-Norwegian electronic duo Toy: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/t/toy/toy.shtml
Norwegian label Duplicate Recordings has announced their plans for 2006. First up will be a new Beyond Dawn single/EP featuring a new version of The New Men's "Strange relief" remix from the "We're down with species of any kind" 2xLP along with a few unreleased b-sides and one brand new track. The previously announced 3xCD Beyond Dawn retrospective has now been scaled back to a more manageable 2xCD set - one disc of album tracks and one disc of unreleased gems. I'm definitely looking forward to that one as BD has long been one of my favorite bands. Also on the way is "Paralympik sessions" from Norwegian death-grind act Endwarfment which should ready soon along with new stuff from thrashers Warbastard and Infernö. Those latter two are planned for a 06.06.06 release, of course. There might also be a new 7" from Audiopain, but details are still being worked out.