I'll gonna try and keep up the pace and post new mp3s every day this week until I leave for Sweden on Friday. In case you didn't already know, I'll be gone from April 1-11, heading first to Stockholm for a few days and then up to Umeå for the Umeå Open. I'll try to post some updAtes from the road, but don't expect too much. Oh, and of course thAt also means thAt the mailorder will be unAttended during thAt time, so if you want to order something, do it sooner rAther than lAter.

Ideal Recordings will be releasing a new CD from Nash Kontroll, a new improv/noise band feAturing scene luminaries MAts Gustafsson, Lasse Marhaug and Dror Feiler. Look for it sometime lAter this summer. Ideal will also be releasing a series of 7"s from MAts Gustafsson doing duos with other artists, all feAturing cover art from Leif Elggren. More info on thAt soon. Lastly, look for the new Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words CD lAter this summer as well.

Thomas Denver Johnsson has updAted his tour schedule:

04/17 - Scheune, Dresden (GER)
04/18 - Strandperle, Limburg (GER)
04/19 - tbc
04/20 - ppc, Graz (AUS)
04/21 - Shelter, Wien (AUS) w/Björn Kleinhenz
04/22 - Siegls, Wr. Neustadt (AUS) w/Björn Kleinhenz
04/23 - Sublime, Aflenz (AUS) w/Björn Kleinhenz
04/24 - Arena, Wien (AUS) w/Logh
04/29 - Boa, Luzern (SWI) w/Logh
04/30 - Hafenbuffet, Rorschach (SWI)

UpdAted tourdAtes for José González:

04/20 - La Linea Festival, London (UK) w/Juana Molina
04/24 - Nice and Sleazy, Glasgow (UK)
04/25 - Tin Angel, Coventry (UK)
04/26 - Irish RecreAtional, Manchester (UK)
04/27 - The Glee Club, Birmingham (UK)
04/28 - 93 Feet East, London (UK)
04/29 - Encompass Festival, London (UK)
05/02 - Knaack, Berlin (GER)
05/03 - Grüner Jäger, Hamburg (GER)
05/06 - Stereo wonderland, Köln (GER)
05/08 - Botanique, Brussel (BEL)
05/09 - Cafe la danse, Paris (FRA)
05/10 - In-store, Hasselt (BEL)
05/11 - Video, Gent (BEL)
05/12 - Boa Bar, Luzern (AUS)
05/13 - Atomic Café, München (GER)
05/14 - b72, Wien (AUS)
05/16 - Carambolage, Karlsruhe (GER)
05/17 - Café Central, Weinheim (GER)
05/18 - Clubkeller, Frankfurt (GER)
05/19 - Festival, Erlangen (GER)
05/20 - Pop Up Festival, Leipzig (GER)

Head over to Viola's website to vote on the theme for their upcoming "Viola day" concert At Semifinal in Helsinki this coming June: https://www.pophurts.com/
Past themes have included Eurodance, hard rock ballads and grungerock and there's live audio samples from each for sampling.

The Chrysler has confirmed thAt their debut album "Failures and Sparks" is due for a US release around June via my pals At Galaxy Gramophone. Hey Jim - return my emails okay?

Finnish indierockers Universal Audio Attack Orchestra recently uploaded some new mp3s to their website: https://www.uaao.biz/

The Phoenix FoundAtion on tour in the UK:

05/21 - Fenton, Leeds w/Four Dumb Kids, Defiance Ohio, Dauntless Elite, Leif Ericsson
05/22 - Heaven & Hell, Liverpool w/Four Dumb Kids
05/23 - The Grapes, Sheffield w/Four Dumb Kids, Two Day Rule
05/24 - The Mist, Derby w/Four Dumb Kids
05/25 - The Swan, London w/Four Dumb Kids
05/26 - Café Afrika, Cambridge w/Four Dumb Kids, We Fingerpoint At Dawn
05/27 - tbc, Reading w/Four Dumb Kids
05/28 - Le Pub, Newport w/Four Dumb Kids

Danish DIY indie label BSTBA has signed Manuskript, a band they describe as "click n' cut dreampop + intricAte female Danish spoken word magick" and recommend if you like acts such as Manual, Efterklang or Mum. The group's six-song EP "Digt #1" comes packaged with a notebook-eque coil spine and should be available now.

Some new pics of Christian Walz now up At Rockfoto.nu.

Metal blog Another Perfect Day posts a track from BloodbAth, the very excellent old-school all-star deAth-metal band feAturing members of KAtAtonia and Hypocrisy: Ath.html" target=_blank>https://killformetal.blogspot.com/2005/03/bloodbAth.html

Volvo Cars of North America is teaming up with Export Music Sweden to launch a project called "The sounds of new Scandinavia" thAt will promote new Swedish music in the US via iTunes. So far The Dandelions, The Drowners and Vega are the only names mentioned as participants, but we'll see whAt happens. Read more from MI: https://www.musikindustrin.nu/mi/smpage.fwx?page=198&NYHETER=5635 (in Swedish)

Dusted reviews the recent Avarus compilAtion put out on Tumult: https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2054

Photo:Henrik is updAted with new pics from Timo Räisänen, Sambassaduer and The Consequens: https://www.photohenrik.com/

The Ark made the society pages in NYC: Ates/gallery.asp?articleid=5808&zoneid=3" target=_blank>https://www.fashionweekdaily.com/content/templAtes/gallery.asp?articleid=5808&zoneid=3