Morningside Records fall release schedule:

09/06 - Jomi Massage - From Where No One Belongs, I Will Sing...
10/04 - I Am Bones - Wrong Number Are Never Busy
10/17 - Larsen & Furious - Jane Tourist With A Typewriter

Marginal Cirkus
The Sinding-Larsen project
self-released

Ah... another band from Gothenburg. The moment I started listening to the quartet, I found myself going through my usual "What the hell does this remind me of?" routine. I was expecting something upbeat from the first sounds of "Marginal Cirkus" but it quickly changed when I listened to the rest of the tracks on this six-song EP. The other tracks, such as "Turn your fist" and "Soul survivor", are sort of trippy rock tunes that remind me of another Gothenburg band called The Soundtrack of Our Lives. I found myself losing track of time when listening to them, which is a good thing. Highly recommended.
- Navy Keophan

Norwegian all-stars Ephemera, Stig Van Eijk, Trond Viggo Torgersen, Sgt. Petter, Sissy Wish, William Hut, Andreas Segrov, Gustav Lorentzen, Tor Endresen, Rune Larsen, Christine Guldbrandsen and others are teaming up to record the single "Vi tenner lys" by Jan Eggum as a benefit to the people of South Asia affected by the tsunami disaster. Read more: https://www.ba.no/puls/musikk/article1409586.ece (in Norwegian)

Denmark's Quartermain Records has announced the signing of Jacob Faurholt and his band Sweetie Pie Wilbur. The label will release their debut album "Queen Of Hope" on March 10, 2005. The music is described as "saturated with a gloomy and dusty expression, characterized by a charming amateurism and musical playfulness which gives the quite traditional songs a personal expression" and features guest appearances from Kåre Rolf Hansen of Tiger Tunes and Torsten Larsen from Larsen & Furious Jane.

Denmark's Larsen and Furious Jane finally have a website: Larsenandfuriousjane.com/" target=_blank>https://www.Larsenandfuriousjane.com/

Check out Flying Edward, the new band from Hilmar Larsen of Bogus Blimp: https://www.flyingedward.com/

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.

The first confirmations for Denmark's Spot10 Festival on June 4-5 in Aarhus: Tim Christensen, Thomas Dybdahl, Mum, José González, Kira & The Kindred Spirits, David & The Citizens, Hush, Mugison, Laakso, Larsen & Furious Jane, Powersolo, Martin Ryum and Sepiamusic. More info: https://www.spot10.dk/

Morningside Records has confirmed Larsen and Furious Jane's new album "I'm Glad He's Dead" will be mastered by Morten Bue in Copenhagen tomorrow. Look for it in April. Also coming up soon from the label is the debut full length "Aloud" from Jomi Massage. That one comes out March 8.

Division of Laura Lee are gathering all sorts of press as they continue to conquer America. Check out this feature from muchmusic.com. There's even more over at burningheart.com.

Nine is set to tour Scandinavia along with Motörhead during the second half of November. After that they'll be going into Dug Out studios in Uppsala, Sweden with Daniel Bergstrand and Örjan Örnklo on December 1st to record a new album.

The Ark got themselves a little boutique of sorts over at Hotstuff.se. Check it out.

Get a preview of Håkan Hellström's new album here. I'm not fully decided about my opinion of it overall, but there are most definitely a couple of outstanding tracks. Aftonbladet gives it 5 stars. The album comes out next week.

Per Sinding-Larsens and Mathias Engstrands' documentary about the band Kent entitled "Så nära får ingen gå - ett år med Kent" gets its premiere on the 27th at the Popcorn Film Festival in Stockholm.

Yet another Swedish rock feature from Rolling Stone. There's also a "Who's who in Swedish rock". Check it out, there's some great quotes from the seven bands profiled.