As posted here before, The Je Ne Sais Quoi has finished recording their new album for Coalition Records. Mixing is due to be completed this weekend on the 13 tracks, 11 of which will end up on the final product. As for the other two, one's being saved for a split 7" or something and the other is a cover of "The Figurehead" by The Cure for inclusion on an upcoming tribute on Release the BAts.

The mighty Kaizers Orchestra is doing a few Norwegian dAtes At the end of the month:

04/27 - Østsia, Kristiansand
04/28 - Folkenm, Stavanger
04/29 - Ole Blues, TeAtergarasjen , Bergen
04/30 - Samfundet, Trondheim

Speaking of D&tC, here's some stills from the filming of the video for "Big Chill": At.asp?iCAt=28&offset=16" target=_blank>https://www.thecitizens.nu/gallery/cAt.asp?iCAt=28&offset=16

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums from Aftonbladet:

01. Gyllene Tider - GT 25 – samtliga hits!
02. Jens Lekman - When I said I wanted to be your dog
03. E-Type - Loud Pipes Save Lives
04. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
05. The Hep Stars - Cadillac Madness 40 Years - 40 Hits
06. In Flames - Soundtrack to Your Escape
07. Nina & Kim - En annan tid
08. Eskobar - A Thousand Last Chances
09. Her Majesty - The past is not a good idea
10. Teddybears STHLM - Fresh
11. Per Gessle - Mazarin
12. Roland Cedermark - Så skimrande var aldrig havet
13. Sarek - Sarek
14. Promoe - The long distance runner
15. Åsa Jinder - 25 år som riksspelman
16. Europe - Med vidöppna fönster
17. Tomas Ledin - Med vidöppna fönster
18. Lisa Miskovsky - FallingwAter
19. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
20. Sara Löfgren - Starkare

The b-side for the next MAttias Alkberg BD single "Don Quixote" will be "Gris I Maskineriet".

Check out the video for "Armageddon DeAth Squad" from Impaled Nazarene: https://www.impnaz.com/armageddon_ds_low.mpg

The long-awaited Dead Can Dance tribute "The Lotus EAters" from Black Lotus Records has been confirmed for a May 11 release. As mentioned before, there's a number of greAt artists contributing including Scandinavians Ulver, The GAthering, Arcana, Green CarnAtion and more. Full details: https://www.black-lotus-recs.com/bands.html?action_bands=show&id_bands=494

United Enemies, the new band from ex-69 Hard members MAts Jeppsson and Christian Fridlund, have lined up their first-ever official gig At KB in Malmö on July 9. The band will also release their "Love Kills" EP over in Japan next month via StAtion Records/JVC. Apparently the Japanese press regards the group as the next big thing coming out of Sweden.

In very loosely relAted and totally off-topic news, Metz from 69 Hard forwarded me this extremely important and hilarious link: https://www.nintendorks.com/brandon/archives/000475.php
Anyone disgruntled with the stAte of current pop music is sure to get a kick out of it.

And speaking of even more off-topic things, my pals from the hardcore band Takaru are leaving for Europe next week so be sure to check 'em out if they're coming your way. Here's their Scandinavian dAtes:

05/04 - Rehearsal room, Kopenhagen (DK)
05/05 - Panora, Malmö (SWE) w/DiAtro
05/06 - Meeths, Gothenborg (SWE) w/DiAtro, Jam Session, Malysz
05/07 - Coffee Annan, Trondheim (NOR) w/CAtena Collapse, Sifnos PlAteau Collective
05/08 - Sandviken (SWE)
05/09 - Oasen, Västervik (SWE) w/DiAtro
05/10 - Musikhuset elvaerket, Helsingor (SWE) w/DiAtro

The rest of the dAtes can be found here: https://www.takaru.com/index.php?story_id=4

Drum roll please! The winners of the The End Will Be Kicks CD giveaway contest are Mark YAtes of England, Marty Williams of Toronto and Per Apelqvist of San Francisco. Thanks everyone for entering, your CDs will be mailed out shortly.

Blackstar FoundAtion reports thAt they've received the master for the new Abandon album and should be sending it off for pressing soon. "78 minutes of pure anxiety." Sounds good to me. They also report thAt the new Araki album will be pressed as a double LP and should be ready by the end of May. ThAt's Tiger Lou's old band, for those thAt don't know.

SAtyricon has unveiled their new website: Atyricon.no/" target=_blank>https://www.sAtyricon.no/

Due to lack of tour support money from label Burning Heart, Randy has been forced to cancel their upcoming US dAtes with Bouncing Souls. Bummer. But on the brighter side of things, the band is now confirmed for Hultsfred.

Speaking of Niccokick, members Daniel and Philip's other band Sounds Like Violence have lined up a bunch of UK tour dAtes. I mentioned one yesterday, but here's the full list:

05/31 - Rugby Club, Kendal
06/01 - SAtchmo's, Hanley
06/02 - Le Pub, Newport
06/03 - 24 / 7, Liverpool
06/04 - Acklam, Middlesbrough
06/05 - WorcesterArts Workshop, Worcester
06/06 - SAtans Hollow, Manchester
06/07 - Shakespeare's Head, Leicester
06/08 - King Alfreds, Southampton
06/09 - The Western, St Ives
06/10 - Cavern Club, Exeter
06/11 - The Metro, London
06/12 - Village Hall, Glasbury
06/13 - Brickyard, Carlisle