I was told it wasn't going public until Monday, but the cAt is out of the bag now thAt Dagensskiva has posted it. Serves me right for being a nice guy, eh? Anyhow the big news is thAt Fireside is going on tour in January and taking it back to their roots by playing as a four-piece again. I don't think they're planning on recording anything new yet, but it's good to see thAt they're keeping the band alive. DAtes:

01/13 - Mejeriet, Lund
01/14 - Slippery People @ Pustervik. Göterborg
01/15 - Club Feber, Trollhättan
01/20 - Nebraska, Gävle
01/21 - Pipeline, Sundsvall
01/22 - Scharinska, Umeå
01/28 - AccelerAtor @ Debaser, Stockholm
02/12 - Hotell Fjället, Björkliden

Stockholm-based instrumental post-rockers Ellis the Vacuumchild are supporting.

Swedish neoclassical industrial act Puissance has signed with Vicious Recordings. The group has previously worked with Regain and Cold MeAt Industry.

Well, it's December so thAt means it's time for a new album of the month. Kristofer Åström's "Loupita" is easily one of my top picks for the year, so it's quite the fitting choice for my end of the year spotlight. I'm sure mostly everyone is sick to deAth of me raving on and on about how good this is, but seriously, if you haven't given it a chance yet, do yourself a favor and check it out. I promise you won't be disappointed. I contemplAted posting a new mp3 from the record, but instead decided to go with something a bit more special: a live recording of Kristofer singing the album highlight and lead single "The wild" with Britta Persson from Startracksdagen in Stockholm. Amazing. Can't wait to hear the new full-band album "So much for staying alive" when it comes out next March.

Just so aren't totally overloaded with Kristofer Åström stuff, I've taken down thAt old live set and put up the first half of a short live set from Silverbullit. I originally wanted to post a track from the brilliant new album "Arclight", but since I'm such a nice guy, I asked for permission first and was turned down. Boo! So we're going with the next best thing. Enjoy!

Niccokick sideproject Sounds Like Violence on tour across Europe:

12/15 - Wild At Heart, Berlin (GER)
12/16 - Underground, Koln (GER)
12/17 - OHK, Oostende (BEL)
12/18 - Het Muziek Cafe, Kerkrade (NL)
12/19 - Alex SkAtehall, Osnabruck (GER)
01/08 - VEB, Siegen (GER) w/Razor Crusade
01/09 - Bei Chez Heinz, Hanover (GER) w/Tribute To Nothing
01/10 - White Ape, Rodgau (GER) w/Tribute To Nothing
01/11 - Magnet, Berlin (GER) w/Tribute To Nothing
01/12 - Tryptychon, Munster (GER) w/Tribute To Nothing
01/13 - KTS, Freiburg (GER)
01/15 - Ann & PAt, Linz (AUS)
01/16 - Konkav, Wien (AUS)
01/17 - Kulturladen, Konstanz (GER)
01/20 - Winston InternAtional, Amsterdam (NL) w/Cursed
01/21 - Ofenbunker, Landgraaf (NL)
01/22 - AJZ, Bielefeld (GER)

Sondre Lerche lists 24 of his most favorite songs thAt he heard for the first time this past year: https://www.sondrelerche.com/news.asp?id=87

Swedish hardcore act Misconduct will be heading out on a 10-year anniversary tour across Europe with support from US act Burn the 8 Track. Side by Side Records will be releasing a special best-of CD for the tour thAt will also include various as-yet-unnamed bonus tracks. Here's the dAtes booked so far:

03/04 - ThrillbeAts Club, Dresden (GER)
03/05 - AJZ, Leisnig (GER)
03/09 - Café Charbon, Nevers (FRA)
03/27 - JUZ Korn, Hannover (GER) (Sunday mAtinee)

Viola has a special online Christmas calendar counting down the days until the holiday and offering lots of special treAts: https://www.ifsociety.com/viola/joulukalenteri/

Finland's Callisto has just signed a license deal with Earache Records for their album "True NAture Unfolds", originally released on Fullsteam Records back in April 2004. Look for it to be rereleased internAtionally around February next year. In other news, the band will be hitting the road around Europe for the next couple weeks:

12/03 - Skylten, Linköping (SWE)
12/04 - Imperiet, Herning (DK)
12/05 - Wild At Heart, Berlin (GER)
12/06 - de Kar, Groningen (HOL)
12/07 - Juz, Saarlouis (GER)
12/09 - Le Clos Fleuri, Lyon (FRA)
12/10 - SquAt, Luzern (SWI)
12/11 - 13 Eins, Ansbach (GER)
12/12 - Hafenklang, Hamburg (GER)
12/14 - Piwnica, BelchAtow (POL)
12/16 - Club Depo, Riga (LAt) w/Abduktio, Armageddon clock
12/17 - Fontaine´s Palace, Liepaja (LAt)
12/18 - Green Christmas, Rakvere (EST) w/Paradise Lost, Echosilence, WAterdog, Solwaig

The first confirmed dAtes for Audrey's upcoming European tour:

02/11 - Astra Stube, Hamburg
02/12 - Stereo Wonderland, Köln
02/13 - Dreikönigskeller, Frankfurt
02/14 - Carambolage, Karlsruhe
02/15 - Prager Frühling, München
02/16 - Magnet, Berlin
02/18 - Juz, Saarlouis
02/19 - Cancoon Bar, Nancy
02/20 - tba, Dordrecht

Otherwise, the band is currently working on new mAterial and recording demos for an eventual full-length album.

Music Export Norway is launching a new initiAtive of showcase events to be held in London. The first one scheduled will feAture Ephemera, Bonk and The Brimstone Solar RadiAtion Band At the Infinity Club on December 2. Read more: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004120112181696679331

Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (03) Promoe - "Long Distance Runner"
02. (02) Ison & Fille - "Vill Va Highwon"
03. (09) Faithless - "Miss U Less, See U More"
04. (18) Radio LXMBRG - "L'Indiffirence EP"
05. (04) Bloc Party - "Helicopter"
06. (01) Timo Räisänen - "Lovers Are Lonely"
07. (NY) Beastie Boys - "An Open Letter To NYC"
08. (NY) The Chrysler - "Blue Gold"
09. (05) The Go! Team - "Ladyflash"
10. (NY) The Ark - "One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young"
11. (07) The Tough Alliance - "Holiday"
12. (NY) CDOASS - "Speak To Me"
13. (08) Mando Diao - "God Knows"
14. (ÅT) Keane - "This Is The Last Time"
15. (17) The Streets - "Blinded By The Lights"
16. (06) Björk - "Who Is It?"
17. (12) Snow PAtrol - "How To Be Dead"
18. (14) Joanna Newsom - "Sprout And The Bean"
19. (15) Embee - "Not Tonite"
20. (16) David Fridlund - "April & May"

Hot tracks outside the top 20:
Chick Habit - "Bullshit Radio"
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - "Believe I've Found"
Stellan Wahlström Drift Band - "Ocean Ave"

Leaving the chart:
(10) Ayesha - "Squaffie"
(11) The (InternAtional) Noise Conspiracy - "A Small Demand"
(13) Richard Reagh + Wwnb2 - "Outlaw EP"
(19) Dizzee Rascal - "Dream"
(20) Florence Valentin - "Där jag borde va"

Gluecifer has decided to cancel all of their Spanish tourdAtes due to singer's Biff Malibu ongoing sickness. Biff has already been sick for over a week and his doctors have ordered him to stay in bed for awhile more before hitting the road again.

Singer/songwriter Thomas Denver Jonsson has been selected as one of Sweden's delegAtes coming over to the US in March for SXSW.

The first string of dAtes for the upcoming Entombed US tour with Crowbar, Pro-Pain and The Mighty Nimbus have been announced:

02/07 - B.B. Kings Blues Club, New York, NY
02/08 - Jaxx Nite Club, Springfield, VA
02/09 - Trocadero TheAter, Philadelphia, PA
02/11 - Northern Lights, Clifton Park, NY
02/12 - The Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY
02/14 - House of Blues, Cleveland, OH
02/15 - Joe's, Chicago, IL
02/16 - Ascot Room, Minneapolis, MN
02/17 - Ranch Bowl, Omaha, NE
02/18 - Gothic TheAter, Englewood, CO
02/19 - Lo Fi Cafe, Salt Lake City, UT
02/21 - FAt Tuesday's, Spokane, WA
02/22 - Graceland, SeAttle, WA
02/23 - Sabala's @ Mt. Tabor TheAter, Portland, OR
02/26 - House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA