I am now stocking the first Moonbabies album "June and Novas" in the mailorder department. Check it out. And speaking of which, they just got another nice review, this time from Mundane Sounds: https://www.mundanesounds.com/record_review.php?id=786
A bunch of news from the world of Pluxumberg: Fibes, Oh Fibes! just finished recording their debut album "Still Fresh" and will release it on May 3. Live dates and samples at www.fibes.info. Pluxus are back in the studio working on new material. And finally, all the Pluxemburg artists will be playing this year's Popaganda festival in Stockholm on May 28.
Former Stratovarius singer Timo Kotipelto talks about the recent, ever-increasing troubles with his former bandmate Timo Tolkki and his new solo album: https://pitriff.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=84&page=1
Reknown Norwegian musician/artist Kim Hiorthøy is touring North America as support for Múm. Dates:
06/23 - Museum of Fine Arts (Calderwood Courtyard), Boston, MA
06/24 - Cabaret Music Hall, Montreal, QC
06/25 - Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON
06/26 - Logan Square Auditorium, Chicago, IL
06/28 - Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS
06/29 - Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO
Check out an mp3 of Psychosonic Cindy's new single "Yeahbabyc´mon": https://www.psychosoniccindy.com/music/yeahbabycmon.mp3
It comes out in May on Dead Frog Records.
Niccokick and Snook are two of the bands heading out on the 'Hultsfred on Wheels' tour in Sweden. Dates:
03/23 - Sivans, Växjö
04/24 - Klubb La Luna, Örebro
04/27 - Mejeriets café, Lund
04/28 - Tivoli, Helsingborg
04/29 - Kalmar Nation, Stones, Uppsala
04/30 - Restaurang Trädgården, Klubb Lyckliga Gatan, Borås
05/01 - Gudskelov, Norrköping
05/04 - Bommens Salonger, Göteborg
05/05 - Kino, Karlskrona
05/06 - Platens Bar, Linköping
05/07 - Arena, Karlstad
05/08 - Svea, Jönköping
05/09 - Debaser, Stockholm
More info: https://www.rockparty.se/content/turne/2004/index.asp
Baby Woodrose is touring Europe:
04/15 - W2, Hertogenbosch (HOL)
04/16 - Waterfront, Rotterdam (HOL)
04/17 - Sojo, Leuven (BEL)
04/19 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
04/21 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (HOL)
04/23 - Printemps de Bourges Festival, Bourges (FRA)
04/24 - Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing (FRA)
04/25 - House Of Live, Paris (FRA)
04/26 - Le Plan, Ris Orangis (FRA)
04/27 - Le Cat, Bordeaux (FRA)
04/28 - Antigua Estacion, Oviego (SPA)
04/29 - Sala Capitol, Santiago de Compostella (SPA)
04/30 - El Sol, Madrid (SPA)
05/01 - Helldorado, Gasteinz (Vitoria) (SPA)
05/02 - Wha Wha, Valencia (SPA)
05/03 - Subsonic, Montpellier (FRA)
05/15 - Tavastia, Helsinki (FIN) w/Sweatmaster
07/15-18 - Dour Festival, Dour (BEL)
The new book/cd project "århus:nu" spotlighting the scene of Århus, Denmark is now done. It's 110 pages and covers local bands such as Under Byen, Tiger Tunes, Powersolo, Strumm, Singvogel & Peter Laugesen, Sofus Forsberg, Kurve, Jab Mica Och El and The Defectors along with labels and promoters like Morningside Records, Noisejihad, Bird Hits Plane Records, LJUD and Skand-All. The CD contains tracks from those same bands, of course. More info: https://www.aarhus-nu.dk/
Check out Swedish synthpop band Paris being interviewed from German TV: https://www.ok-magdeburg.de/news_kw16.rm
Marit Bergman is the artist of the week over at the MTVE.com website: https://www.nordic.mtve.com/features/cms/index.asp?id=1006000000000253&type=1&page=1
I haven't really seen any official confirmation yet, but I hear that Epitaph will be releasing C.Aarmé's excellent self-titled CD in the US at some point in the future.
Since I'm lazy, go here for a bunch of updates about what The Gathering has been up to recently: https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=21324
The Venue recently made a video for "Show Me More" from their recent EP "Popular Music that will live forever I - Intensity" and gave it a debut at Klubb Kaiser/Provok last Sunday. Their next EP "Popular Music that will live forever II - Sweet Nothings" is due out later this summer. In other news, drummer Hans Ekman has left the band. On record he'll be replaced by a Yamaha RX-17 and Anders Thorell. As for live shows, they plan on using a number of stand-ins, including their friend Christer who's done the job before. For info on upcoming live dates (including an acoustic Depeche Mode cover night with Daniel Björklund from Eliminator J:r), check in at the band's website: https://www.thevenue.tk/
Download a clip from Universal Poplab's cover of the Morrissey tune "We hate it when our friends become successful" featuring a guest appearance from Håkan Hellström: https://www.universalpoplab.com/up_new/mp3/Universal_Poplab_-_WeHateIt.mp3
Apparently P3 Musikjournalen is saying the single will be later released for free online.