Cult of Luna will touring Europe with Americans Poison the Well starting in August. Sadly, that means the band has had to cancel their Göteborgskalaset and Hole in the Sky festival dates, but this is a far better opportunity for them. Should be a good show. The schedule:
08/15 - Sant Feliu Festival, Sant Feliu (SP)
08/16 - Open air Granichen, Granichen (SWI) (tbc)
08/17 - Chelsea, Vienna (AUS)
08/18 - tbc (GER)
08/19 - Prime Club , Cologne (GER)
08/20 - Logo, Hamburg (GER)
08/23 - Reading Festival, Reading (UK) (tbc)
08/24 - Leeds Festival, Leeds (UK) (tbc)
08/25 - Zodiac, Oxford (UK)
08/26 - Wedgwood Rooms, Portsmouth (UK)
08/27 - Garage, London (UK)
08/28 - Arts Centre, Colchester (UK)
08/29 - Pukklepop Festival, Leopoldsburg (BEL) (tbc)
08/30 - Rock am Wald Festival (GER) (tbc)
09/01 - Knaack Club, Berlin (GER)
Note: CoL is still tentative on a number of the festival appearances during the tour.
Here's some updated info on who's playing where and when at the upcoming Mälmo Festivalen on August 15-22.
Lene Marlin's new "comeback" album "Another Day" is now set for release on September 22. It was produced by the Mike Hedges whose previous credits include acts such as U2, Cure, Manic Street Preachers, Everything But the Girl, Travis and more. The first single "You Weren't There" hits European radio next week on July 14 and the Magnus Matens-directed video debuts on July 28. The three-track single appears in stores on September 8. For more info and the full track list, go here.
MIC Norway has posted a profile on folk/ethnic/world/crossover artist Rusk. The band's styles are described as ranging "from serene psalms and moody ballads to energetic dances and up-tempo waltzes. All in all, this is a rich testament of a region's cultural heritage."
Aftonbladet has posted an interview with Håkan Hellström and Lars Winnerbäck about them doing the Kalas tour together and what they think of eachother. (in Swedish)
Updated tour dates for Jimi Tenor:
07/08 - Wuerzburg, Akw (GER)
07/09 - Montreux, Jazz Festival (CH)
07/10 - Dour, Festival (BEL)
07/11 - The Hague, Northsea Jazz Festival (NL)
07/12 - Mannheim, Alte Feuerwache (GER)
07/13 - The Hague, Northsea, Jazz Festival (NL)
07/19 - St. Petersburg, Stereoleto Festival (RUS)
08/01 - Eastnor Castle, Big Chill Festival (UK)
08/05 - tba, London (UK)
08/23 - Oudenaarde, Feest In Het Park (BEL)
The new José González 7" single will be out on new label Imperial Records in the near future. I don't have the title yet, but it will be a limited edition of 500 copies and only available from Sweden's finest indie record stores.
The Venue will heading over to The Cavern Club in Liverpool, England to play the International Pop Overthrow Festival sometime between October 14-19. They say that fellow-Swedes Peter Bjorn and John and The Virtues might also be in attendance at the fest, but I can't confirm it yet. In other news, The Venue are currently working on a new EP for release sometime in September/October and negotiating with various production companies worldwide for other future projects. I'll keep you informed if I hear more.
Added a new mp3 today that I think a lot of people are curious to hear - José González covering "Heartbeats", a song originally by The Knife. The track appears on the "Jeans + Summer" comp on Groover and the "Svensk populärmusik volym två" comp from Johnny Bråttom. And in a nice coincidence, the first comp of the two is the featured album reviewed today at Dagensskiva.
The Cardigans Country website has posted a whole bunch of links for pictures from the band's recent festival appearances. They also reposted a nice on-rhe-road report from Magnus. Head on over to check it all out.
The Sounds will make their San Francisco debut on July 20 at the Virgin Megastore with Longwave at 2:30 pm. That's at Stockton and Market, 1 block east of Powell.
Tiger Lou is coming to the US! After touring Germany with Kadd Stevens aka Homage To Catalonia, he was invited to tag along on their upcoming winter tour. Of course, being a gentleman, he accepted. Tenative dates so far:
11/24 - Washington, DC @ The Brian Mackenzie Infoshop
11/25 - Richmond, VA @ The Pace Center
11/26 - Asheville, NC @ tba
11/27 - Summerville, SC @ All Books Coffee Shop
11/28 - Atlanta, GA @ house show
11/29 - Gainesville, FL @ tba
11/30 - Pensacola, FL @ End of the Line Cafe
12/01 - Little Rock, AR @ tba
12/02 - Austin, TX @ tba
12/03 - El Paso, TX @ tba
12/04 - Tucson, AZ @ Skrappy's (or house show)
12/05 - San Diego, CA @ The Che Cafe
12/06 - Los Angeles/Ventura/Santa Barbara, CA @ tba
12/07 - San Francisco, CA @ tba (house show, if we want it)
12/08 - Portland, OR @ Red and Black Cafe
12/09 - Olympia, WA @ tba
12/10 - Seattle, WA @ The Punkin House
12/11 - Boise, ID @ tba
12/12 - Denver/Colorado Springs, CO @ Double Entrendre or High Life House
12/13 - Lawrence, KS @ Pink House
12/14 - Chicago, IL @ tba
12/15 - Toronto, CDA @ tba
12/16 - Ottawa, CDA @ tba
12/17 - Montreal, CDA @ tba
12/18 - Portland, ME/Burlington, VT @ tba
12/19 - Boston, MA @ The Middle East
12/20 - Brooklyn, NY @ tba
12/21 - New Brunswick, NJ @ house show
12/22 - Philadelphia/Allentown, PA @ tba/The Pirates Cove
In other Tiger Lou news, he's also got some local Swedish gigs lined up for the near future:
07/13 - En ljummen i gräset fest, Café Pladder (solo)
more info: https://linux1.stickomdeintpassa.com/ljummen
08/01 - Debaser, Stockholm (full band)
08/22-23 - Eskilstuna Fest w/The Concreats, José Gozalez, more (full band?)
09/06 - Faulbaum Festival, Tantogården, Stockholm w/Fire Fox, more (full band)
Watch video footage of Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band live from the Quart fest right here. You have to register, but it's free and rather painless.
A little bird has told me that Parasol is negotiating the US release of the most recent Wannadies record. Details when I get them. Oh, and the band's next UK single will be for the song "Disko". Look for it August 11.
DigitalMetal.com has posted a review of the new Finntroll EP "Visor Om Slutet", the last music ever to be recorded by the recently deceased guitarist Somnium.