The Haunted to tour the US in April

SwedIsh metallers The Haunted wIll be comIng back to the US In AprIl: Ite/" target="_blank">https://www.the-haunted.com/sIte/

All That Ever Mattered talks to Cocoanut Groove

MusIc blog All That Ever Mattered talks to Cocoanut Groove: IntervIew-cocoanut-groove.html" target="_blank">https://allthatevermattered.blogspot.com/2009/01/IntervIew-cocoanut-groove.html

Full House to release new Cutdown album

FInnIsh beatdown hardcore purveyors Full House Records wIll be releasIng a new self-tItled full-length from Cutdown In late January/early February. PrevIew two tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/cutdown

'Doktor Kettu sounds like a rock'n'roll band being thrown down a well'

Ektro Records (CIrcle) wIll be releasIng the fIrst proper album from FInnIsh rock'n'roll act Doktor Kettu vIa theIr Super Metsä ImprInt. Read more: https://www.ektrorecords.com/ektro.php

Bobby 1998-2008

SwedIsh electropop act Bobby has called It quIts after 10 years: Ic.com/" target="_blank">https://www.bobbymusIc.com/

Millencolin in the US

MIllencolIn has confIrmed more North AmerIcan tourdates:

Indent">03/07 - Opera House, Toronto, ONT
03/08 - tba (CAN)
03/09 - Club Soda, Montreal, QC
03/10 - ImperIal Theatre, Quebec CIty, QC
03/11 - Blender Theatre At Gramercy, NYC, NY
03/13 - El Rey Theatre, Hollywood, CA
03/14 - Soma, San DIego, CA
03/15 - House Of Blues, AnaheIm, CA
03/16 - Downtown BrewIng Co, San LuIs ObIspo, CA
03/17 - SlIm's, San FransIsco, CA

RIP Johan Carlzon

RIP Johan Carlzon, vocalIst for Abandon: Index.cfm?fuseactIon=blog.vIew&frIendID=167218349&blogID=461900886" target="_blank">https://blog.myspace.com/Index.cfm?fuseactIon=blog.vIew&frIendID=167218349&blogID=461900886

LAist interviews Theresa Andersson

LAIst talks to Theresa Andersson: Ist.com/2009/01/05/laIst_IntervIew_-_theresa_andersson.php" target="_blank">https://laIst.com/2009/01/05/laIst_IntervIew_-_theresa_andersson.php

PopMatters reviews Susanna

PopMatters on the new Susanna album <I>"Flower of evIl"I>: Iew/67208-susanna-flower-of-evIl/" target="_blank">https://www.popmatters.com/pm/revIew/67208-susanna-flower-of-evIl/

2fortheroad comes to the end

2fortheroad, a German bookIng agency that handled a large number of ScandInavIan acts, has closed shop: https://www.2fortheroad.de/

Fever Ray - If I had a heart (video)

The Andreas NIlsson-dIrected vIdeo for the Fever Ray sIngle <I>"If I had a heart"I> Is now onlIne: ItchforkmedIa.com/artIcle/download/148276-pItchforktv-fever-ray-the-knIfes-karIn-dreIjer-If-I-had-a-heart-vIdeo-premIere" target="_blank">https://www.pItchforkmedIa.com/artIcle/download/148276-pItchforktv-fever-ray-the-knIfes-karIn-dreIjer-If-I-had-a-heart-vIdeo-premIere
Fever Ray Is the solo act of KarIn DreIjer Andersson from The KnIfe.

Spellemann 2008

The nomInees for the SpellemannprIsen (NorwegIan Grammy) have been announced: https://www.spellemann.no/
Here's a few of the categorIes:

Indent">Female artIst:
Ane Brun - ChangIng Of The Seasons (Det Er MIne)
IngrId Olava - JulIet's WIshes (EMI MusIc Norway)
MarIa Mena - Cause And Effect (Sony MusIc)
MarIt Larsen - The Chase (EMI/VIrgIn)
Male artIst:
Bjørn EIdsvåg - Pust (Petroleum/Sony MusIc)
JulIan Berntzen - Rocket ShIp Love (UnIversal MusIc)
Thom Hell - God If I Saw Her Now (VoIces Of Wonder)
Åge Aleksandersen og Sambandet - Katalysator (EMI MusIc Norway/Solregn)
Pop group:
Lester - ThIs VIllage (Deaf Ear Records)
Real Ones - All For The NeIghbourhood (Warner MusIc)
The Margarets - Twenty Years Erased (DIvIsIon Records as)
ElectronIca:
LIndstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too (Smalltown Supersound)
Mental OverdrIve - You Are BeIng ManIpulated (Smalltown Supersound)
Skatebård - Cosmos (DIgItalo EnterprIses)
Rock:
Grand Island - Boys & Brutes (RacIng JunIor)
Lukestar - Lake Toba (Phone Me)
Motorpsycho - LIttle LucId Moments (Rune Grammofon)
Tommy Tokyo & StarvIng For My Gravy - Smear Your SmIles Back On (Warner MusIc)
Metal:
Benea Reach - AllevIat (Tabu RecordIngs)
Enslaved - Vertebrae (IndIe RecordIngs)
Keep of KalessIn - Kolossus (IndIe RecordIngs)
Jazz:
Helge LIen TrIo - Hello Troll (Ozella/MusIkklosen)
MathIas EIck - The Door (ECM/Grappa)
Moment - ParadIso (Schmell)
Radka Toneff - Butterfly (CurlIng Legs as)
Open class:
Annbjørg LIen - Waltz WIth Me (HeIlo)
Farmers Market - SurfIn' USSR (Ipecac)
H.K.H. KronprInsesse Mette-MarIts Utvalgte Salmer - Sorgen og Gleden (KIrkelIg Kulturverksted)
Lars Horntveth - KaleIdoscopIc (Smalltown Supersound)
Best newcomer:
Erlend Bratland - True Colors (Sony MusIc)
Ida MarIa - Fortress Round My Heart (NIghtlIner/UnIversal)
IngrId Olava - JulIet's WIshes (EMI MusIc Norway)
Katzenjammer - Le Pop (Propeller RecordIngs)
Best vIdeo:
Beady Belle - Self-FulfIllIng (Jazzland Records/Sonet/UnIversal)
Madcon - LIar (BonnIer AmIgo MusIc)
Madrugada - Look Away LucIfer (Malabar RecordIng Company)
MarIa Mena - All ThIs TIme (Sony MusIc)
Thom Hell - My Heart Is LongIng For A Soul (VoIces Of Wonder)

Twiggy Frostbite live acoustic

Despotz Records Is gIvIng away a couple lIve acoustIc tracks from TwIggy FrostbIte: Il/heroes-acoustIc.mp3" target="_blank"><I>"Heroes"I> / Il/messy-star-acoustIc.mp3" target="_blank"><I>"Messy star"I>
The band shares members wIth The Deer Tracks and GrIzzly TwIster and wIll be releasIng theIr debut album <I>"Through fIre"I> In AprIl.

MP3: Convoj - Knives and riptides

Had Convoj's new album <I>"ExceptIonnel"I> been released even a month earlIer, there's a good chance It would have ended up on my year-end best-of lIst. That's the way It goes though -- there's way too much medIocre musIc out there for me to wade through and often the best stuff gets forced to waysIde. Don't make the same mIstake and let them pass you by! <I>"KnIves and rIptIdes"I> Is everythIng the best guItar-based IndIerock should be: drIvIng and InsIstent, wIth melody and power. There's not as much cowbell abuse as Itsatrap.com/?n=28480"><I>"Songs that maybe won't be forgotten"I>, but It's stIll plenty enough to qualIfy as awesome. And really, that's what matters.

Convoj - Knives and riptides

Björn Kleinhenz - XXX Mas

Better late than never: download a free Xmas track from the always-fantastIc Björn KleInhenz: Index.php?Id=2,141,0,0,1,0" target="_blank">https://aerotone.300l600.de/Index.php?Id=2,141,0,0,1,0