Also new from Dust Music are recent signees DeltaHead. They are said to play Mississippi Delta-style blues with tons of energy and their own personal charm. The new EP "Peace and junk dreams" comes out soon.
Listen to "So I drive fast" from Dead Frog Records artist Kordon: https://www.deadfrogrecords.com/playlist/Kordon-SoIDriveFast.mp3
The new "Daddy can dance" single from Captain Murphy will include the b-sides "Got to move" and "Sailor behaviour".
Indieworkshop.com covers the US release of "Long Gone Before Daylight": https://indieworkshop.com/reviews/854/
Listen to the new David & the Citizens track with Mattias Alkberg (Bear Quartet) "Big Chill": https://www.groove.se/sidor/streaming_david_bredband.rm
Entertainment Weekly says that The Hives reportedly got 77 million kroner for a three-album deal from new label Interscope. That's about $10 mil. in US dollars. Insane!
Download the b-side "Baby Doll" from (International) Noise Conspiracy: https://media.epitaph.com/epicenter/core/70/295/3413.mp3
Swedish 'melancholy post-rock' band Paatos will release their new Steven Wilson-produced (Porcupine Tree) album "Kallocain" on June 8 in the US via InsideOut Records. The UK gets the album a day earlier through SPV. The label says the band will appeal to fans of acts like Sigur Ros and the group cites influences from other groups like Bjork, King Crimson and Portishead. There will be a special free record release show on May 26 at Lydmar Hotel in Stockholm. (alerted via DJ Martian)
Dutch hardcore band Born From Pain and Norrland's David Sandström have been added to the Augustibuller Festival lineup. They also announced the newcomer/Havajiscenen lineup of unsigned bands: 21st Impact, Phony Phokes, Girl with a monkey, Alien She, Starfuck, The Idle Hands, Dwine, Tony Clifton, Marble and Dog Almighty.
Former convict and Emperor drummer Bård "Faust" Eithun will be playing live with Italian black-metal act Aborym on May 30 at Transylvania Live in Milan, Italy. Whether or not this is a full-time gig remains to be seen.
The latest Scandinavian music reviews from German webzine Sellfish:
Death Before Disco - Party bullet
Face Tomorrow - The closer you get
Therion - Lemuria / Sirius b
Carnal Forge has been forced to cancel their upcoming European tourdates with Misery Index. Their explanation:
Due to reasons beyond our control, bookings and preparations for the touring set-up have been screwed up, resulting in economic difficulty as well as an unsolvable schedule. This has resulted in it being impossible for Carnal Forge to go ahead with the tour. There comes a time when you either continue or pull the plug and that time was now. We really tried to solve it, but alas. Apologies to everyone, even though this was beyond us.
Download some new demo tracks from Finland's Kalmah: https://www.kalmah.com/downloads.htm
The new songs are expected to show up on the band's forthcoming full-length album, tentatively due out later this year on Spikefarm Records.
Helsinki-based digital music distribution website Foryourears.com has announced that they will launch on June 14. The site is a pay-and-download music service specializing in independent electronic music and will be retailing individual tracks for .99 EUR apiece. The files will not be DRM-protected, so you can use them freely once they are bought. Labels so far signed up for the service include Ural 13 Records (FIN), Kohvi Records (EST), Army of Sound (FRA), Metrotraks Records (FIN), Symptom Records (FIN) and more should be getting on board soon.