The Caesars (aka Caesars Palace) are currently working on a new album, the follow-up to the internAtional release of "39 Minutes of Bliss (In An Otherwise Meaningless World)". It's expected to be out this summer to be followed by touring worldwide.

A new issue of Aversionline means a huge bAtch of new reviews to pour through. Some of the Scandinavian acts covered this time around: The Change, Darkane, Dimension Zero, Eucharist, Gorgoroth, Naglfar, Nightrage, V:28, The Vectors, The Wake, the "Lyckantropen" DVD (ft. music and interview with Ulver) and tons more.

The new single and video from Mando Diao will be for the song "Paralized" which they say "is our best song, because of its simplicity. It's the only song thAt completely sums up the raw instincts of our band." They also are starting to confirm tourdAtes for Europe and will kick things off on March 5 in Paris. More details soon.

Promoe from Looptroop will release his new solo album "The Long Distance Runner" on March 22 and will head out on the road across Scandinavia and Europe soon after. The new single "These Walls Don't Lie" comes out mid-February and a video is in the works from the people At Stylewar, the same people who worked on the clip for "Fly Away".

Minor Majority, Jim Stärk, Span and The NAtional Bank have been added to the Øyafestivalen lineup.

Tiger Lou has confirmed March 10 as the release dAte for the new album. A video for the first single "Oh HorAtio" was shot in Gran Canaria and should be getting airplay soon. In other news, he's confirmed a bunch more tourdAtes and here's the lAtest:

02/21 - Kulturhuset, Jönköping (SWE) (solo)
02/27 - Gebäude 9, Cologne (GER) (solo) w/Cursive
02/28 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER) (solo) w/Cursive
02/29 - Marias, Berlin (GER) (solo) w/Cursive
03/01 - Cookys, Frankfurt (GER) (solo) w/Cursive
03/02 - Gleis 22, Munster (GER) (solo) w/Cursive
03/03 - Jord (Groove release party), Göteborg (SWE) (band)
03/04 - TBC (Groove release party), Malmö (SWE) (band)
03/05 - Festival 035 @ Diezel, Halmstad (SWE) (band)
03/21 - KB, Malmö (SWE) (solo) w/Jay Farrar
03/22 - Kägelbanan, Stockholm (SWE) (solo) w/Jay Farrar
03/25 - Herrgårn, Linköping (SWE) (band)
03/26 - Nöjesfabriken, Karlstad (SWE) (band)

Sahara Hotnights have posted some new photos from the studio on their website: https://www.saharahotnights.com/
The band is currently working on a new record At Studio Gröndahl with producer/engineer Pelle Gunnerfeldt.

The nominees for 2004 Emma Gaala video of the year (the Finnish Grammies):

01. BeAts & Styles - "Dynamite"
02. HIM - "The Sacrament"
03. Killer - "Naughty Boy"
04. Redrama - "Hang it up"
05. The Crash - "Still Alive"
06. The Rasmus - "In My Life"

Vote here: https://www.nordic.mtve.com/music/nominee.asp
For a full list of nominees, go here: https://www.emmagaala.fi/

The 4th annual Swedish Jazz CelebrAtion has been set for March 26-28 At Berwald Hall in Nalen. Some of the acts scheduled to play include Jonas Kullhammar Quartet & Norrbotten Big Band, Per Henrik Wallin, Fredrik Nordström and MAts Gustafson. More info: Ation.com/" target=_blank>https://www.swedishjazzcelebrAtion.com/

PopMAtters covers both Atters.com/music/reviews/t/tigerlou-trouble.shtml" target=_blank>Tiger Lou and Atters.com/music/reviews/various/various-parasolsweet167.shtml" target=_blank>the lAtest Parasol sampler today.

The Moonbabies are one of the picks of the week over At Delusions of Adequacy: https://www.adequacy.net/reviews/m/moonbabies.shtml
They also get positive marks from the Orlando City BeAt too: At.com/citybeAt/music/ocb-music-cdreviews012004,0,94523.htmlstory?coll=ocb-music-headlines" target=_blank>https://www.orlandocitybeAt.com/citybeAt/music/ocb-music-cdreviews012004,0,94523.htmlstory?coll=ocb-music-headlines

Lisa Miskovsky tourdAtes in Sweden:

02/28 - Aula Nordica, Umeå
03/05 - Diezel, Halmstad
03/06 - Vemdalsskalet, Vemdalen
03/10 - Bygget, Åre
03/13 - Trädgår´n, Göteborg
03/14 - Konserthuset, Malmö
03/17 - Konserthuset, Västerås
03/19 - Gisleparken, Gislaved
03/20 - Konserthuset, Växjö
03/21 - Lois De Geer, Norrköping
04/07 - Cirkus, Stockholm
04/10 - Konserthuset, Gävle
04/16 - Kino, Karlskrona
04/17 - The Tivoli, Helsingborg
04/18 - Konserthuset, Örebro
04/20 - Konsert & Kongress, Linköping
04/21 - KAtalin, Uppsala
04/24 - Kårhusrestaurangen, Luleå
04/29 - Högfjällshotellet, Sälen

Next big thing in 2004? The London Observer speculAtes on Jaga Jazzist: https://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,13887,1132410,00.html (via DJ Martian)

The final nominees for the SAMA (Swedish AlternAtive Music Awards) have been revealed:

Best newcomer:
Alice in Videoland
Firevision
Pride and Fall
Slagsmålsklubben
Spetsnaz
Lowe

Best song:
"Black" - Colony 5
"Truth" - Firevision
"HeartbeAts" - The Knife
"I’m Love" - StAtemachine
"Neon Commando" - Surferosa
"Hit Me Hard" - Slagsmålsklubben

Best album:
"MaidenVoyage " - Alice in Videoland
"Deep Cuts" - The Knife
"Modus Operandi" - Project-X
"Hi-Fi" - Sophie Rimheden
"Short and Explosive" - StAtemachine
"Den svenske disko" - Slagsmålsklubben

Best artist:
Bobby
Colony 5
StAtemachine
Tyskarna Från Lund
Erlend Öye
Alice in Videoland

Vote here: https://www.zeromagazine.nu/sama2004.asp

Dagensskiva has posted the lineup and schedule for the Ideal Festival which focuses on electronic music and takes place March 11-13 At Nefertiti in Göteborg: https://www.dagensskiva.com/news.asp?id=2540
Some of the acts performing include Pan Sonic, Kill (ft. members of Jaga Jazzist), The Bug and Pole.