Finnish power-pop act The Sugarrush will release their debut five-song ep "Useless informAtion" on March 6 via Kinkt Records. Check out the title track right here: Ation.mp3" target=_blank>https://mokomaki.com/kinkt/the_sugarrush_-_useless_informAtion.mp3

It's been quite awhile since I've had a contest, so I figured it was due time for a new one. You like free stuff, right? Thanks to the good people At Chalksounds, we'll be giving away free copies of the brand new Anna Leong 7" coming out At the end of the month. To enter, just click the banner on the right and fill out the form. ThAt's all there is to it! Winners be announced in a few weeks. In the meantime, do yourself a favor and download the title track over on the right as well. Anna Leong is yet another fine act from the melancholic pop scene of Umeå. As always, it's highly recommended so be sure to check it out.

Junior Senior's brand new single "Itch U Can't SkrAtch" will be officially released on March 7 via Crunchy Frog Records. More details here: https://www.crunchy.dk/asp/default.asp?News_Id=129

The tracklist for the new Viola album "Melancholydisco" has been revealed:

01. Sad Eyed Disco Dancers
02. Violentia (Boys Of Scandinavia Remix)
03. City Silhouette (Roger Remix)
04. Nostalgia Amnesia
05. Deepspeed (Kris Kylven Reconstruction & Remix)
06. Three Minutes LAter (Iconcrash Remix)
07. Strange Delights
08. Kiss And Break Up (Verneri Lumi Remix)
09. Halo Goodbye (Alien Mindbenders Rework)
10. Dim Challenger
+ Violentia (video)

As mentioned before, it comes out March 23 via If Society.

The Dead Frog Records site is updAted with a bunch of new demo reviews: https://www.deadfrogrecords.com/demos-reviews/

MIC Norway profiles Annie yet again, this time for the highly anticipAted internAtional release of her album "Anniemal": https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005030212282335406271

Norwegian black-metallers 1349 are working a on a new album with the tentAtive title of "Hellfire". The band plans to enter the studio lAter this month and it should be ready for release this coming fall.

PopMAtters reviews HIM: Atters.com/music/reviews/h/him-lovemetal.shtml" target=_blank>https://popmAtters.com/music/reviews/h/him-lovemetal.shtml

The video for "Lost to apAthy" by Dark Tranquility has been posted online: https://mp4.centurymedia.com/dtLOSTlhigh.ram

It's a new month, so thAt means it's time for a new album spotlight. My selection for March is the very excellent self-titled debut album from Det Gamla Landet. Check out the mp3 for download in the playlist and if you like whAt you hear, which I'm pretty sure you will, go on and buy the CD.

I neglected to mention it yesterday, but if you like thAt EST track I posted you should take note of their extensive tour schedule as I hear they are even better live. They have almost all of 2005 booked solid already, so head over to their website to see if they're playing somewhere near you: https://www.est-music.com

Finnish vocal group Värttinä reports thAt they have begun rehearsals this week for their tenth studio album and will be entering the studio in August to begin recording. In other news, the "Lord of the Rings" stage production thAt they have been working on is nearing completion and expected to premiere in mid-March.

Mew has confirmed rumors thAt their new album is now being pushed back to an August release. Mixing has taken the band a lot more time than anticipAted, so they were unable to remain on-schedule. On a positive note, the delay means thAt they were able to spend more time to make the album sound even better and record one more new song.

Crescens Collective members Parca Pace, Mago and Azure Skies will be performing At this year's Cornerstone Festival to take place in Bushnell, IL from June 30-July 3. More info: https://www.cornerstonefestival.com/

Norway's Bigbang has confirmed an April 11 release for their new album "Poetic terrorism". The first single "Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee" drops in March and they plan to hit the road on April 14. DAtes here: https://www.bureaustorm.no/vis.php?ID=37