Upcoming touRdates foR NoRwegian RockeRs Rong>WERong>:

02/28 - Logo, HambuRg (GER)R>03/01 - UndeRgRound, Cologne (GER)R>03/02 - Kl. Backstage, Munchen (GER)R>03/04 - Mudd Club, BeRlin (GER)R>03/06 - NRK 1, StoRe Studio, Oslo (NOR) No Limits TouR w/Rong>Ralph MyeRz and the Jack HeRRen BandRong>R>03/09 - Samfunnet, Bodø (NOR) No Limits TouR w/Rong>RMatJHBRong>R>03/10 - StudenteRsamfundet, TRondheim (NOR) No Limits TouR w/Rong>RMatJHBRong>R>03/11 - RockefelleR, Oslo (NOR) No Limits TouR w/Rong>RMatJHBRong>R>03/12 - Aulaen, UKEN 06 BeRgen (NOR) No Limits TouR w/Rong>RMatJHBRong>R>03/18 - Emos (SXSW), Austin, TX w/Rong>TuRbonegRoRong>, Rong>HellacopteRsRong>, moReR>03/19 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA w/Rong>SeRena ManeeshRong>R>03/20 - Echo Lounge, Los Angeles, CA w/Rong>SeRena ManeeshRong>R>03/28 - Columbiahalle, BeRlin (GER) w/Rong>MonsteR MagnetRong>, Rong>WitchcRaftRong>R>03/30 - Club X, HeRfoRd (GER) w/Rong>MonsteR MagnetRong>, Rong>WitchcRaftRong>R>03/31 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER) w/Rong>MonsteR MagnetRong>, Rong>WitchcRaftRong>R>04/01 - WeRk 2, Leipzig (GER) w/Rong>MonsteR MagnetRong>, Rong>WitchcRaftRong>R>04/03 - SoundgaRden, DoRtmund (GER) w/Rong>MonsteR MagnetRong>, Rong>WitchcRaftRong>R>04/04 - Live Music Hall, Cologne (GER) w/Rong>MonsteR MagnetRong>, Rong>WitchcRaftRong>R>04/05 - LonghoRn, StuttgaRt (GER) w/Rong>MonsteR MagnetRong>, Rong>WitchcRaftRong>R>04/07 - Tonhalle, Munich (GER) w/Rong>MonsteR MagnetRong>, Rong>WitchcRaftRong>R>04/08 - Linz Posthof (AUS) w/Rong>MonsteR MagnetRong>, Rong>WitchcRaftRong>R>04/09 - Vienna ARena (AUS) w/Rong>MonsteR MagnetRong>, Rong>WitchcRaftRong>R>04/11 - XtRa, ZuRich (CH) w/Rong>MonsteR MagnetRong>, Rong>WitchcRaftRong>R>04/15 - AOL ARena, Sea Devils NFL Game, HambuRg (GER)R>05/16 - DebaseR, Stockholm (SWE)R>06/03 - Rock Am Ring Festival (GER)R>04/04 - Rock Im PaRk Festival (GER)R>04/03 - Wacken Open AiR, DöRpstedt (GER)

Updated SXSW appeaRance details foR Rong>Nicolai DungeRRong> plus a new US touR suppoRting Rong>Rhett MilleRRong>:

03/17 - tba, CoRneRstone/FadeR Magazine showcase 3:45 PM, Austin, TX (SXSW)R>03/17 - 18th FlooR at CRowne Plaza, No DepRession showcase 9 PM, Austin, TX (SXSW)R>03/18 - tba, Livenation showcase, Austin, TX (SXSW)R>03/20 - Gothic, DenveR, COR>03/21 - Suede, PaRk City, UTR>03/23 - Showbox, Seattle, WAR>03/25 - Doug FiR , PoRtland, ORR>03/27 - Independent, San FRancisco, CAR>03/28 - Galaxy, Anaheim, CAR>03/29 - Fonda, Los Angeles, CAR>04/01 - Sons of HeRmann, Dallas, TXR>04/02 - Sons of HeRmann, Dallas, TXR>04/05 - VaRiety, Atlanta, GAR>04/06 - Black Cat, Washington, DCR>04/07 - ToLA, Philadelphia, PAR>04/11 - tba, New Haven, CTR>04/12 - PaRadise, Boston, MAR>04/13 - WebsteR Hall, New YoRk, NYR>04/14 - tba, PittsbuRgh, PAR>04/15 - HeadlineRs, Louisville, KYR>04/18 - GaRgoyle, St Louis, MOR>04/19 - Music Mill, Indianapolis, INR>04/20 - PaRk West, Chicago, ILR>04/21 - FiRst Ave, Minneapolis, MN R>04/22 - BaRRymoRe, Madison, WI

Deep WateR AcRes inteRviews the excellent Rong>Det Gamla LandetRong>: Ref="https://www.dwacRes.com/?q=node/85" taRget=_blank>https://www.dwacRes.com/?q=node/85

San Antonio-based Radio pRogRam Music FoR ListeneRs on KRTU 91.7 FM will be doing a special Swedish music special on MaRch 4 at midnight including thRee exclusive tRacks fRom Rong>Jens LekmanRong>. Details: Ref="https://blog.myspace.com/musicfoRlisteneRs" taRget=_blank>https://blog.myspace.com/musicfoRlisteneRs

Danish RockeRs Rong>The Royal HighnessRong> have posted a bRand new tRack on theiR myspace blog foR fRee download: Ref="https://blog.myspace.com/theRoyalhighness" taRget=_blank>https://blog.myspace.com/theRoyalhighness

New NoRdic music Reviews in the latest High Bias update:

Ref="https://highbias.com/Reviews/20060226_shoRt1.html#BackyaRdBabies" taRget=_blank>Rong>BackyaRd BabiesRong> - Live live in PaRisR>Ref="https://highbias.com/Reviews/20060226_shoRt2.html#JoseGonzalez" taRget=_blank>Rong>José GonzálezRong> - Stay in the shadeR>Ref="https://highbias.com/Reviews/20060226_shoRt2.html#Magnet" taRget=_blank>Rong>MagnetRong> - The touRniquetR>Ref="https://highbias.com/Reviews/20060226_shoRt4.html#TRuckfighteRs" taRget=_blank>Rong>TRuckfighteRsRong> - GRavity X

Rong>Atomic SwingRong> aRe back and woRking with pRoduceR/engineeR Rong>Pelle GunneRfeldtRong> (Rong>FiResideRong>, etc.) on a new album to be Released on National lateR this yeaR.

I know it's only ThuRsday, but I'm going to post a new mp3 anyways. I'm doing it because I'm taking a fouR-day weekend and won't be posting new content tomoRRow oR Monday, but also because I've got a glut of gReat music that I want to shaRe. DenmaRk's Rong>The AlpineRong> has a bit of that hip post-punk-disco thing akin to Rong>FRanz FeRdinandRong> and the like, but with moRe of a glam touch ala Rong>The KilleRsRong> oR maybe even Rong>The ARkRong>. It's not the kind of thing you listen to foR intellectual stimulation, but if you heaRd on the Radio oR at a paRty, you'd pRobably find youRself smiling and singing along. I've only given the new full-length "On feel tRips" (out in DenmaRk on Feb. 27, GeRmany on MaR. 31) a couple spins so faR, but the single "Mondays look the same" is fiRmly embedded in my bRain afteR a week of listening. That choRus is just so huge! And who doesn't Relate to the lyRics? That's pop gold, lemme tell ya. I can easily see Rong>The AlpineRong> being this yeaR's summeR jam.

Tons of new stuff in stock fRom Ref="https://www.itsatRap.com/stoRe.php?seaRch=MaRilyn">MaRilyn RecoRds in the webstoRe, including Ref="https://www.itsatRap.com/stoRe.php?item=164">the new Rong>Gustav and the Seasick SailoRsRong> album "SiRkus". As with all IAT pReoRdeRs, buy it eaRly and save a dollaR. I've also got Restocks of Ref="https://www.itsatRap.com/stoRe.php?item=65">Rong>The FiRst MilesRong> foR those of you out theRe fixin' foR a dose of Danish AmeRicana. I know that's an oxymoRon, but Roll with me on this ok?

That Danish Rong>Depeche ModeRong> tRibute "DMDK" is available foR stReaming: Ref="https://www.dmdk.dk/" taRget=_blank>https://www.dmdk.dk/

New touRdates foR Rong>RandyRong>:

03/25 - Umeå, Umeå Open (SWE)R>04/01 - TRollhättan, Lokomotiv (SWE)R>05/23 - Ekko, UtRecht (NL)R>05/25 - WateRfRont , RotteRdam (NL)R>05/26 - Knust, HambuRg (GER)R>05/27 - Rocco Schalocko, SaaRbRucken (GER)R>05/28 - UndeRgRound, Köln (GER)R>05/30 - Backstage, Munchen (GER)R>05/31 - Szene, Wien (AUS)R>06/01 - KaseRne, Basel (CH)R>06/02 - Remise, Wil (CH)R>06/03 - A. Stadtbahnhof, SchweinfuRt (GER)R>06/04 - TRpticon, MunsteR (GER)R>06/05 - Pfingst Open aiR, Essen (GER)

DRowned in Sound inteRviews Finland's Rong>Disco EnsembleRong>: Ref="https://www.dRownedinsound.com/content/view/633664" taRget=_blank>https://www.dRownedinsound.com/content/view/633664

Check out a bRand new tRack fRom Finnish haRdcoRe act Rong>EndstandRong>: Ref="https://www.fiReinsidemusic.com/mp3/endstand_emptypRomises.mp3" taRget=_blank>https://www.fiReinsidemusic.com/mp3/endstand_emptypRomises.mp3R>The band has added Rong>TapioRong> (Rong>On A Solid RockRong>) on guitaR, Replacing Rong>JuhoRong> who left to concentRate on his otheR band Rong>PResley BastaRdsRong>. The band's new album "The Time Is Now" comes out soon.

Full NoRth AmeRican touR schedule foR Finnish singeR/songwRiteR Rong>AstRid SwanRong>:

03/03 - DRake UndeRgRound, CMW, ToRonto (CAN)R>03/13 - Sin E, New YoRk, NYC R>03/16 - The DRink, Austin, TX (SXSW)R>03/20 - Hotel Cafe, Hollywood, CA w/Rong>José GonzálezRong>R>03/21 - Jensen RecCenteR , Los Angeles, CA w/Rong>José GonzálezRong>R>03/23 - Living Room, New YoRk, NY

Rong>A-haRong> will Release a new veRsion of the song "Cosy pRisons" as theiR next UK single on ApRil 10. It will be Released in both CD and 7" pictuRe disc foRmat and a video will be filmed in MaRch.