New tourdAtes for Denmark's LAte Night Venture:
04/17 - Astra Stube, Hamborg (GER)
04/18 - Intersoup, Berlin (GER)
04/29 - Loppen, Kbh (DK)
05/26 - Werk Stadt, Witten (GER)
05/27 - Café Mule, Leipzig (GER)
05/28 - Monkey Club, Berlin (GER)
05/29 - Steinbruch, Duisbirg (GER)
05/30 - TAC, Eindhoven (NL)
05/31 - Club Meander, Amsterdam (NL)
06/03 - Brasserie 911, Belvaux (LUX)
06/04 - d:qlique, Luxembourg (LUX)
06/06 - La Scène Bastille, Paris (FRA)
Morningside Records has confirmed thAt the new Larsen & Furious Jane album "Zen sucker" will be out on May 19. Expect samples to be online soon.
Zero is reporting thAt Gbg-based EBM artist Stisch is working on a new single together with singer Wayne Hussey of The Mission. The track is called "Hit repeAt" and will be out in April.
Turbonegro has been forced to cancel the upcoming European Volcom Tour due to guitarist Euroboy falling ill. DAtes are due to be rescheduled for lAter this year.
FAt Planet on Danish electro artist Birk Storm: Atplanet.com.au/blog/2008/03/19/new-danish-electro-funk-birk-storm/" target="_blank">https://www.fAtplanet.com.au/blog/2008/03/19/new-danish-electro-funk-birk-storm/
Ex-Dødheimsgard/DHG vocalist Kvohst has started a new, far more traditional deAth/grind act called GangrenAtor. Listen to a demo track At myspace: Ator" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/gangrenAtor
Check out the new Chords video for "Luckiest man alive": Atch?v=IVi9PCH9GzI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=IVi9PCH9GzI
Decent, but not nearly as good as I was hoping for.
Danish hip-hop act Outlandish will come to the US for a few gigs this spring:
05/31 - The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA
06/06 - Centro Austuriano de Tampa, Tampa, FL
06/08 - Fox TheAte, Detroit, MI
06/13 - The Majestic TheAter, Dallas, TX
06/14 - Rosemont, Chicago, IL
06/15 - New Balance Center, New York, NY
The new Gentle Touch album "In memory of Savannah" is streaming At myspace: https://www.songsiwish.com/gentletouch
RIYL early Depeche Mode or other 80s synthpop.
Lukestar's album "Lake Toba" is out now in Japan via Thistime Records and you can check out an ecard for it right here: https://www.thistimerecords.com/ecard/lukestar/interface.html
Look for Japanese live dAtes to be announced for early fall.
UpdAted live dAtes for Robyn:
03/29 - V Festival Gold Coast: AVICA Resort, Gold Coast, Queensland (AU)
03/30 - V Festival Sydney: Centennial Parklands, Sydney, New South Wales (AU)
04/02 - The Forum, Sydney, New South Wales (AU)
04/03 - The Prince, Melbourne, Victoria (AU)
04/18 - Camden Crawl, London (UK)
06/06 - The Arches, Glasgow (SCO)
06/07 - Carling Academy, Birmingham (UK)
06/08 - Astoria, London, London (UK)
06/10 - Academy 2, Manchester (UK)
06/11 - UEA, Norwich (UK)
06/12 - Carling Academy, Bristol (UK)
As if it wasn't totally obvious from the cover, Astrid Swan's new album "Spartan picnic" is far quirkier than her debut Atic.rAteyourmusic.com/album_images/s321150.jpg" target="_blank">"Poverina". It looks like something I might expect from Stina Nordenstam, though the "Spartan" of the title is entirely misleading as Ms. Swan readily embraces a full, big-band sound. However, her quirk only extends so far. There's nothing here quite as out-there as Marybell KAtastrophy or As In RebekkaMaria, especially not in lead single "Sea/e life". I like it a lot more than anything on the first album, but I'm having trouble finding a strong melody to hold on to. Elsewhere on the album she fares far better, such as on the bombastic title track, so despite my misgivings about this particular song, I wouldn't write her off. And don't forget her work with Treeball either (together with producer Nick Triani). It's kinda like how Neko Case is At her best when performing with New Pornographers, Astrid Swan can be the same way with her other band. All about context.
Astrid Swan - Sea/e life
Check out the video for the new They Live By Night single "Endless summer": Atch?v=peZ6spX0nws" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=peZ6spX0nws
Finnish indiepop act CAts On Fire will travel to NYC for the NYC Popfest in June: https://www.nycpopfest.org/
Other confirmed Scandinavian acts include Friday Bridge, Oh! Custer and Love Is All.
Looptroop Rockers and Form One are touring together in April:
04/23 - Pluto, Västerås
04/25 - Den Grå Hal, Köpenhamn, DK
04/26 - Allhuset, Stockholm
04/30 - The Tivoli, Helsingborg
05/01 - LivestAtion, Dortmund (GER)
05/02 - E-Werk Club, Erlangen (GER)
05/03 - Wuk, Wien (AUS)
05/04 - Ampere, München (GER)
05/05 - Rockhouse, Salzburg (AUS)
05/07 - Kopfmehl, Solothurn, CH
05/05 - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg (GER)
05/09 - Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin (GER)
05/10 - Mandarin Kasino, Hamburg (GER)
05/11 - No Stress Festival, Krauchenwies (GER)
05/12 - Studio 672, Köln (GER)
05/15 - KAtalin, Uppsala
05/16 - O’Learys, Östersund
05/21 - Rockborgen, Borås
05/22 - Sticky Fingers, Göteborg
05/23 - Allkårveckan/Amflum, Växjö
05/24 - Arena, Karlstad
05/28 - SAtin, Örebro
05/29 - PlAtens Bar, Linköping
05/30 - Siesta!, Hässleholm
05/31 - KB, Malmö