Randy finally has a new website: https://www.randytheband.com/
Psychopunch reports that their new album "Kamikazee love reducer" is done and ready for release on January 20 via Silverdust Records. Tracklist:
01. Poison alley groove
02. Overrated
03. Everlasting
04. On the stereo
05. When this world is dying
06. Two empty hands
07. Someone like you
08. Like a fake heart love reaction
09. Comin´ right through
10. The black river song
The band also recorded five extra tracks which I'm sure will end up somewhere eventually.
José González's excellent "Stay in the shade" EP will see a US release in January, hopefully to add some extra fuel to his upcoming debut US tour which will coincide with an appearance at SXSW in March. For those of you impatient folks out there, I hear that the EP might be available earlier on iTunes if you don't want to pay top dollar for an import.
Download a new track from Finland's Since November: https://www.kolumbus.fi/tomi.makila/manual.mp3
SN is the band of Tomi Mäkilä (ex-The Crash). (via)
Jaga Jazzist has posted a scan of the interview from XLR8R magazine that they did with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez from Mars Volta for your reading enjoyment: https://www.jagajazzist.com/v2/pdf
Norway's Enlightenment Records will be doing a limited CDR version of the new record from Angora Static. The vinyl version will be released via Lilac Sky.
New tourdates for Holiday with Maggie:
12/01 - Milk (Rock in Genova), Genova
12/02 - Bloom, Mezzago (mi)
12/03 - Transilvania, Bassano del Grappa
12/04 - Schlachthaus, Dornbirn
12/05 - 13eins (tbc), Ansbach
12/06 - Tikor (tbc), Erfurt
12/07 - Wild at Heart, Berlin
12/08 - Aquarium, Dresden
12/09 - JUZ, Neuburg an der Donau
12/10 - Q Bar, Merzig
12/11 - Caveau, Mainz
12/12 - Blue Shell, Köln
12/13 - B58, Braunschweig
12/14 - JUZ, Alfeld
Fuzzorama Records has announced the signing of Swedish stoner-rock acts Blowback and Asteroid. Look for a split release from the two to be released in March.
Tentative dates for the US tour of Swedish crust-punks Imperial Leather:
12/27 - Mr Roboto, Pittsburgh, PA w/Behind Enemy Lines, Officer Down
12/28 - Milwaukee, WI
12/29 - Minneapolis, MN
12/30 - Profane Existence 16th anniversary, Minneapolis, MN
12/31 - Minneapolis, MN
01/01 - Des Moines, IA
01/02 - Chicago, IL
01/03 - Cincinnati, OH
01/04 - Huntington, WV
01/05 - Richmond, VA
01/06 - Tony's Fest, Philladelphia, PA
01/07 - Providence, RI/Boston, MA
01/08 - Providence, RI/Boston, MA
01/09 - Brooklyn, NY
Swedish hip-hop artists Timbuktu (w/Damn!), Chords, Spotrunnaz and Looptroop will all be doing a one-off gig together in NYC on December 12 at Joe's Pub. Swedish hip-hop in New York? Good luck!
IAT favorite Björn Kleinhenz is going on tour in Germany:
12/06 - Gleis 22, Münster w/Daniel Benjamin
12/07 - Merlin, Recklinghausen
12/08 - Juz, Leer w/Daylight Saving, Enno Bunger
12/09 - Jfz der Club, Haldensleben
12/10 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg w/Tiger Lou
12/11 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig
12/12 - NBI, Berlin w/Rainer Maria
12/13 - Gasthaus Vorstadt, Wien
12/15 - Südstadt, München
12/16 - salon elitaer, Kassel w/Daniel Benjamin
12/18 - Kuppel, Basel
12/19 - Club Carambolage, Karlsruhe
Don't forget you can download his free EP right here and you can also buy his records in the IAT webstore.
Defleshed is breaking up. Read the press release: https://www.digitalmetal.com/news.asp?cid=6957
A-ha on tour in the UK:
12/03 - NEC, Birmingham
12/04 - Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow
12/06 - MEN, Manchester
12/07 - Wembley Arena, London
12/09 - Nottingham Arena, Nottingham
12/10 - Brighton Centre, Brighton
12/11 - Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff
I packed up all my stuff and moved across town into my new house last Thursday evening. That meant I had to miss Regulations, but I am very happy to be in my new place. Got my Internet access up and running Friday and spent the weekend unpacking. Good times, right? I've been going pretty much non-stop the entire time and I'm a bit frazzled, so I'm going to let Simon Tagestam handle today's mp3 post:
Being Swedish, it's hard to try and get people to listen to stuff that's sung in Swedish, since I realise that a lot of the appeal for me is usually about understanding what's sung. But now with Avi posting a track with the real king of Sweden (and with the success of the awful Dungen and the boring Sigur Rós) I feel confident enough to share this song with you. It's a track that I've been listening to over and over again everyday, everywhere for the last couple of weeks (I can prove it!). The song has the same impact on me as when I heard aforementioned Håkan Hellström for the first time, that is – it makes me want to go get drunk and go out and smash things up (figuratively speaking, of course), and perhaps dance a little bit. The song got such a dazzling energy that it almost makes me exhausted listening to it. Bom Bom, who made this masterpiece, are currently based in Gothenburg and London, and at the moment there's nothing I want to do more than to catch these boys in concert. Their other songs that I've heard all sound groovy, but "Pop i kras" is the catchiest one of them, and being a sucker for catchy songs, it's the one I like the most. You can download a bunch of their songs on their website (beware, it's all in Swedish, but it's still pretty easy to find the mp3s). Be braver than I am, and listen to some great music sung in a language you don't understand!