The Knife is getting ready to strike out beyond their borders. On March 8 the band's own Rabid Records will release the self-titled debut in England, but before thAt they'll put out a special edition 10" on February 23. ThAt release will feAture the tracks "Kino", "Bird" and "NY Hotel" from the first album and "High School Poem" from the "Hannah Med H" soundtrack thAt came out recently. And then in autumn look for their breakout release "Deep Cuts" to hit stores. Will internAtional stardom soon follow?

In relAted news, DJ Coolof aka Olof Dreijer will be making some DJ appearances soon:

03/11 - Ideal festival, Nefertiti, Göteborg (SWE)
03/13 - StAtic festival, Kolingsborg (SWE)

Check out a clip of The Fashion playing live At VibrAtion Festival At Loppen in Copenhagen from this past weekend: Ation-kbh.dk/vib04/site.html" target=_blank>https://www.vibrAtion-kbh.dk/vib04/site.html

Pay Per Bag Records has an open letter from head-honcho Andreas Melin with the lAtest news on the label: https://www.streetzone.com/ppb/

MAttias from KAtAtonia is the lAtest member of the band to become a fAther. CongrAts to him and his new baby girl.

Rolling Stone columnist David Fricke lauds The Concretes in his Out There column:

"The Concretes are a splendid, peppermint pop octet from Sweden fronted by a pair of flaming lips: singer-lyricist Victoria Bergsman, whose heAted coo is a winning blend of Nico and the mid-Sixties Diana Ross. Bergsman pays literal homage to the haughty Supreme in two originals ("Diana Ross", "You Can't Hurry Love"), although the garage-rock organ and acid-fairground brass sound more like Mercury Rev At play."

Green CarnAtion reports thAt Prophecy Productions is ready with the layout for the upcoming vinyl box set and will soon have it printed. This compilAtion will contain all three of the band's previous albums on double gAtefolded vinyl as well as five bonus tracks and postcards with all of the album motives. Limited edition, of course, release dAte info coming soon.

Norwegian electronic act Frost was recently interviewed by the UK's CMU online: https://www.unlimitedmedia.co.uk/cmuonline/weekly/weeklyfrost.html
They were also recently feAtured on the BBC One World's broadcast from Sunkissed Live along with Kim Hiorthoy, Nils Petter Molvaer and Bugge Wesseltoft. Listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/urban/oneworld/sunkissed.shtml
The duo will also return to London in-person for a show At Neighbourhood in Notting Hill on March 31. More details about thAt coming soon.

And lastly, Frost has put out the call for extra inspirAtion for their new record and want you to tell them about your dreams. Go here and write in your nocturnal experiences.

The lAtest Peggy Lejonhjärta single "Sista" should be out now and the album will follow in March or April.

Besides the big news regarding the start of Dead Frog Distribution, I neglected to mention yesterday thAt they also have updAted with the first new demo reviews of the year. Check it: https://www.deadfrogrecords.com/demos-reviews/

It's been rumored for awhile, but it's now finally confirmed: Koch will be releasing the North American version of "Long Gone Before Daylight" from The Cardigans on May 25. The album will feAture a bonus DVD with videos for the European singles "For WhAt It's Worth" and "You're the Storm" as well as three live clips from last year's Roskilde Festival. There will also be a special previously unreleased bonus track on the CD from the band's recent recording sessions. Look for US tourdAtes to coincide with the release, too.

And speaking of The Cardigans, here's the video for "Live and Learn": https://www.stockholmrecords.se/repository/50/TheCardigans-LiveAndLearn-broadband.ram

The band has also updAted their tour diary: https://cardigans.com/microsites/tourdiary/scandinavia_2003/

Burst will be touring Finland At the end of March:

03/24 - Klubi, Tampere
03/25 - Klubi, Turku
03/26 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä
03/27 - Semifinal, Helsinki

Look for European tour dAtes to be announced for April. Nothing's set yet, but they are planning on four or five UK dAtes and about six dAtes around The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. There's also talk of Swedish/Scandinavian dAtes with Keelhaul and KhanAte in May, but again, nothing's set. There should be festival dAtes coming soon, too.

In other news, check out the video for "Sculpt the Lives": https://www.burst.nu/mediafiles/Burst2.wmv

Two new in-store dAtes and a couple new shows around Europe for The Moonbabies:

02/26 - Folk å Rock, Malmö @ 16.00 (SWE)
02/26 - Folk å Rock, Lund @ 17.30 (SWE)
03/06 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
03/18 - Schleusingen (GER)
04/16 - Lades Kælder, Copenhagen (DK)
04/17 - tba, Århus (DK)

Bands confirmed so far for the upcoming Popaganda Festival in Stockholm on May 28-30: MAttias Hellberg, Pluxus, Hip Whips, CDOASS, Fibes, Oh Fibes!, The (InternAtional) Noise Conspiracy, Marit Bergman and Jeans Team.

Germany's Chicks on Speed are enlisting the help of Finnish electronic artist Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic) for the new "Flame On" 10" which they are billing as their "scariest track to dAte." Apparently it was previously released as hidden track on a CD?

It's been talked about here before, but now it's official: Nikola Sarcevic of Millencolin will be releasing a solo album. The disc will be called "Lock-Sport-Krock" and will be out on Burning Heart on March 29. Here's whAt Nikola had to say about it:

"Last summer I entered [Kalle from TSOOL's] Svenska Grammofon Studion in Gothenburg to record something thAt would eventually turn out as an album. Together with Henrik Wind (the Peepshows), Thomas Falk (Bombshell Rocks), Mieszko Talarczyk (Nasum) and some other friends and musicians, I recorded 13 songs, of which 11 will be on the album. Soundwise, the mAterial ranges from Boogie-Woogie to Country and Folkrock. I think the word love is mentioned in each and every song, so If there is a "Theme of the album", it's definitely LOVE. Otherwise I would say thAt the songs are quite different to each other and a lot different to whAt I've done with Millencolin. I hope you will check it out!"