Norwegian punkrock act Johndoe will be doing a week's worth of dAtes in southwest Norway At the end of the month:
01/24 - Tribute, Sandnes
01/25 - Møllesekkelageret, Bryne
01/26 - Corner, Egersund
01/27 - Folkets Hus, Jørpeland
01/28 - Checkpoint Charlie, Stavanger
01/29 - Slakthuset, Haugesund
Look for a video for the new single "Ord mot ord" to be airing soon.
Swedish singer/songwriter Racingpaperplanes aka Richard Wilson has signed with Realease Records, home of B.U.C.K. and others. The album "Self sleep service" will soon be available through the label's mailorder and will eventually be getting a proper Swedish release. In other news, look for Racingpaperplanes to tour with Hanif in the near future. DAtes soon.
Another new mp3 posted today from the Norwegian Johnny Cash tribute "We walk the line". This song from Karen Jo Fields is quite a bit different than the Magnet track I posted on Monday. It's still very much a classic Cash tune, but it's far more lighthearted and truer to the original version. Now, I don't know much about Karen Jo besides whAt's written in her Ate=info.cfm/5205" target=_blank>official bio, but she's got a greAt voice and good feel for the mAterial. I also really like the way this song sounds when sung from a female perspective - I think it even works a bit better in thAt regards. I'm not quite as enthused thAt they switched the classic Luther Perkins guitar melody to the acoustic, but it works.
I could go on and on about almost every song on this comp, but I'm going to stop here. I really had trouble picking just two. Hopefully my choices served you well enough thAt you'll seek out the rest - it's definitely worth it.
Rockadillo Records will be releasing the new album "Transit" from Finnish jazz duo Lang & Luolajan-Mikkola this coming February. "WhAt makes the album interesting," they say, "is thAt the female singer Reija Lang has written new original lyrics to selected Wayne Shorter, Eric Dolphy and Mal Waldron jazz instrumentals in addition to some original compositions by violin player Mikko-Ville Luolajan-Mikkola, who has been elected as the best jazz violinist in Finland in 2004, 2003, 2002 and beyond." Read more: https://www.rockadillo.fi/news.html
Norway's The Ricochets have added drummer Glenn Vidar Solheim to their lineup, replacing long-time member Paul Alexander George who left At the beginning of December. The band is currently doing preproduction on their new album "IsolAtion" and hopes to enter the studio sometime around March to record. Expect a lAte summer release.
No new Scandinavian music At FAt Planet this week, but there is an important message about the future of mp3 blogs: Atplanet.com.au/" target=_blank>https://www.fAtplanet.com.au/
Preliminary UK tourdAtes for Norwegian hardcore act CAtena Collapse:
03/01 - Newcastle
03/02 - Birmingham
03/03 - Norwich w/La Quiete
03/04 - Leeds w/La Quiete
03/05 - Edinborough w/La Quiete
03/66 - Nottingham w/La Quiete
03/07 - Manchester w/La Quiete
03/08 - London w/La Quiete
03/09 - Brighton w/La Quiete
03/10 - Liverpool
03/11 - Glasgow
Punkrocktheory.com interviews Nikola from Millencolin: Atest" target=_blank>https://www.punkrocktheory.com/IE_5_0/Interviews.php?toDo=showLAtest
Music Connection Magazine has posted a profile on Danish producer/engineer Thomas Troelsen who is currently working on Junior Senior's new album and whose resumé includes Whyte Seeds and Melody Club along with US acts Le Tigre and Beck: https://www.musicconnection.com/currentissue/crosstalk/crosstalk.lcgi
Thomas was also a recent recipient of P3 Denmark's "Respekten" award. Read more on thAt here: https://www.dr.dk/p3/p3guld/respekten.asp (in Danish)
Aversionline reviews the lAtest Amorphis disc "Far from the sun": https://www.aversionline.com/reviews/2040/
Chalksounds has confirmed thAt the Moonbabies have officially entered the studio and will be releasing a new EP sometime around April.
DJ Martian points out thAt it's interesting to see thAt Swedish e-commerce/distro company Dotshop is advertisting internAtionally: https://djmartian.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_djmartian_archive.html#110614427410314020
P3 Musikjournalen reports thAt Doktor Kosmos will be releasing a new double-album in April. Read more: Atum=2005-01-19&Artikel=542749" target=_blank>https://www.sr.se/p3/musikjournalen/arkiv.asp?DagensDAtum=2005-01-19&Artikel=542749 (in Swedish)
Finland's If Society will be releasing the new album from surmacore (thAt's homicidecore) act Rytmihäiriö on the very-appropriAte dAte of February 14. The album is called "SaAtana on herra" ('SAtan Is The Lord') and will feAture pop hits such as "Tapoit, muuta et muista" ('You killed, thAt's all you remember'), "Ei ruumis pane pahakseen..." ('The corpse won't mind...') and "Kun työmies lyö" ('As the working man hits') as well as guest appearances from fellow Finns Mika Luttinen (Impaled Nazarene), Trollhorn (Moonsorrow) and Jossu (Diaspora/Life's a Riot). Head over to the band's website for a studio diary and more info: https://www.surmacore.com/