European tourdAtes for Buck:
04/03 - Kulturfabrik "We are amAteurs" festival, Esch/Alzette (LUX)
04/04 - Marignan, Athus (FRA) w/90 Day Men
04/06 - Ekh, Wien (AUS)
04/07 - Ljubjana (SLO)
04/09 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
04/10 - tba, Copenhagen (DK)
Download two new tracks from Denmark's The Violet Hour: https://www.playrec.dk/releases/playrec11/index.html
The new album "Lazarus" comes out At the end of April on Play/Rec and there will be a record release show At the label's club on April 28 with Larsen and Furious Jane of Morningside Records.
Mr. Fixit from DHG and Fenriz from Darkthrone are both quoted in the new issue of the UK's Bizarre magazine and their look back At the beginnings of the black metal scene, 10 years lAter. Darkthrone's next album "Sardonic WrAth" is due out in September.
The brand new version of Digfi is now online and feAtures a special session with Jens Lekman: https://www.digfi.com/
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums from Aftonbladet:
01. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
02. E-Type - Loud Pipes Save Lives
03. Gyllene Tider - GT 25 – samtliga hits!
04. Teddybears STHLM - Fresh
05. Owe Thörnqvist - Då nu alltid/Bästa
06. Europe - Med vidöppna fönster
07. Promoe - The Long Distance Runner
08. Roland Cedermark - Så skimrande var aldrig havet
09. Weeping Willows - Presence
10. Tomas Ledin - Med vidöppna fönster
11. Sara Löfgren - Starkare
12. Lisa Miskovsky - FallingwAter
13. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
14. Michael Michailoff - In God I trust
15. Per Gessle - Mazarin
16. Edguy - Hellfire club
17. Mikael Rickfors - Lush Life
18. Lill Lindfors - Bästa
19. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
20. Ale Möller band - Bodjal
Finnish experimental label 267 LAttajjaa has new releases from Kulkija, Agnosia and Sonic Temple Assassins available now. More info: Attajjaa/releases.html" target=_blank>https://www.dlc.fi/~hhaahti/267lAttajjaa/releases.html
Finnish conceptual rock group The Multimedia Consultants (they apparently sing about "todays working life, meaningless meetings and alienAtion of the so-called normal life") recently held a remix contest for the track "Gordon is encoding Flash" which was won by retro synthpop act Desert Planet with their "Sigue Sigue Sputnik meets Prodigy on their way to arcade gaming room" take on the song and Aleksi Nuuja who contributed an "80s disco" version. The two winning tracks will be released on the upcoming "First of May" single from The Multimedia Consultants which will also include the new track "(Joku vitun) mainostoimisto" [(A One Fucking) Advertising Agency] from the group's forthcoming album due out lAter this year.
Threeman Recordings, the label run by some of the guys from Entombed along with Daniel Strachal, has signed a North American licensing deal with Candlelight Records. They'll be reissuing the label's cAtalogue over here, starting with Entombed's lAtest record "Inferno" in August. "We feel very pleased to finally have this deal up and running," commented Daniel, "And with a strong partner like Candlelight we hope thAt we can finally get our sought-after albums released properly stAteside, especially Entombed, who has been shamelessly underexposed overseas since "Wolverine Blues". We have also received greAt interest for [Entombed side project] Murder Squad and The Project HAte. Our goal has always been availability and finally we and Candlelight can deliver." Entombed is also planning to tour the StAtes in support as well. More details when I get them.
Don't forget thAt today is April Fool's Day. Take any iffy news released today with a large grain of salt.
More dAtes have been added on the upcoming US tour schedule for The Cardigans:
05/08 - Maxwell’s, New Jersey
05/09 - Southpaw, NYC, NY
05/11 - TT the Bears, Boston, MA
05/13 - Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON (CAN)
05/15 - Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
05/16 - Double Door, Chicago, IL
05/17 - Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
05/22 - Popscene, San Francisco, CA
05/25 - The Troubadour, Hollywood, CA
They'll be over on these shores between the dAtes of May 3 and the 26th.
Recent DogbreAth signees Livia Gray have their new website online: https://www.liviagray.com/
David & the Citizens Norwegian tourdAtes:
05/11 - Garage, Oslo
05/12 - Checkpoint Charlie, Stavanger
05/13 - Garage, Bergen
05/14 - Meieriet ,Sogndal w/MAtias Tellez
05/16 - Blæst, Trondheim w/Quintrophenia
As mentioned before, The Ark has started work on their third album and I can now confirm thAt they are working At Tambourine Studios in Malmö with producer Per Sunding.
This week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:
01. Steen1 - Jarden träkki (FIN)
02. The Rasmus - Funeral song (FIN)
03. SubUrban Tribe - Silent Rain (FIN)
04. Trilogia - Hei (FIN)
05. DJ Slow - I'm over you Pablo (FIN)
06. Kamera - Suburban boy (SWE)
07. Neljä Ruusua - Elän vain kerran (FIN)
08. Weeping Willows - Stairs (SWE)
09. Nina Rochelle - (Happy) Jag hAtar Att det e så (SWE)
10. The Alpine - Too many monsters (DK)
Challengers:
01. Paris - Hey Sailor (SWE)
01. Egotrippi - MAtkustaja (FIN)
01. Dear - Don't turn the lights on (DK)
Nick Royale has been enlisted once again to help front a reunited MC5 for a bunch of shows this summer. He'll be joining original members Wayne Kramer, Michael Davis and Dennis Thompson along with a host of other guest singers such as Evan Dando from The Lemonheads, Mark Arm from Mudhoney and more. If you remember, they did a one-oiff gig under the name MC3 not too long ago in London, if I remember right. DAtes soon?