The X-Dump netlabel has a new release posted from Paza Rahm: mp.com/#XD-NETS-008" target=_blank>https://netlabel.x-dump.com/#XD-NETS-008

Pen Expers video for the track "Draw" is now online: m/video.php" target=_blank>https://www.penexpers.com/video.php

German tourdates for Negative:

09/14 - Factory, magdeburg (GER)
09/15 - Strasse E, Dresden (GER)
09/16 - meyer's music Hall, Braunschweig (GER)
09/18 - Zeche, Bochum (GER)
09/19 - Roxy, Saarbrücken (GER)
09/20 - Substage, Karlsruhe (GER)
09/22 - Alte Spinnerei, Glauchau (GER)
09/23 - Columbia Club, Berlin (GER)

morningside Records reports that Olesen-Olesen are finishing up work on their double album "Kain og Abel" which should be out in September. Nikolaj Nørlund is acting as producer and guest contributors include Torsten Larsen (Larsen and Furious Jane) and Klaus mandal Hansen (Learning from Las Vegas).

Updated US dates for Loney, Dear:

05/26 - Sasquatch, Seattle, WA
05/27 - Holocene, Portland, OR w/Great Northern
05/29 - Independent, San Francisco, CA w/Great Northern
05/30 - Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA w/Great Northern
06/01 - Lakeshore Theater, Chicago, IL
06/02 - Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
06/03 - Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON
06/04 - Club L'Ambi, montreal, PQ
06/05 - Paradise, Boston, mA w/The Sea & Cake
06/07 - Webster Hall, NYC, NY w/The Sea & Cake
06/08 - ToLA, Philadelphia, PA w/The Sea & Cake
06/09 - Black Cat, Washington DC w/The Sea & Cake
06/10 - tba

Kaizers Orchestra gives a small update concerning progress on their forthcoming fourth album: ment180.ehtml" target=_blank>https://www.kaizers.no/articles/19/20/document180.ehtml

The first single from Per Gessle's new album "En händig man" ("A handy man") will be the title track and it will be released on may 21. As for the album, it's now confirmed for June 16.

New Lovekevins tourdates:

05/08 - The metro, London (UK)
05/10 - Whealan's, Dublin (UK)
05/12 - Roisin Dubh, Galway (UK)
05/18 - Kulturhuset Barbacka, Kristianstad (SWE)
05/24 - Södra Teatern, Stockholm (SWE)
06/01 - Café Kabale, Göttingen (GER)
06/02 - Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig (GER)
06/03 - Bärenzwinger mO, Dresden (GER)
06/04 - Zum Falken, Weimar (GER)
06/05 - Das Bett, Frankfurt am main (GER)
06/06 - 603qm, Darmstadt (GER)
06/07 - Spartacus, Potsdam (GER)
06/08 - Prinzenbar, Hamburg (GER)
06/09 - Trompete, Berlin (GER)

Look for more soon, including the US in July.

The Consulate General of Sweden in NYC is putting on a special seminar on Swedish jazz entitled "Swedish Jazz Now!" to take place June 13 at Scandinavia House. In addition to a panel discussion, Peter Asplund Quartet and midaircondo will perform live: m/Page____61234.aspx" target=_blank>https://www.swedenabroad.com/Page____61234.aspx

The Eardrums music blog on It's a musical, a collaboration between Swedish artist Bobby Baby and Robot from German act Lady Boy: msmusic.com/2007/05/its-musical.html" target=_blank>https://blog.eardrumsmusic.com/2007/05/its-musical.html

The much-anticipated "Excess of Evil" European tour featuring marduk, Enslaved, Keep of Kalessin, Goatwhore, melechesh and Pantheon I has been cancelled at the last minute by booking agency metalysee. Read Enslaved's statement on the matter: https://www.enslaved.no/

Statler & Waldorf will release the new album "I can take more" from Danish electronica group Printer on June 29 and you can preview some of it at their website: musik.dk/" target=_blank>https://www.printermusik.dk/
Adrian Recordings will continue their foray into electronic music and will also be releasing an EP from the group later this year as well.

Popmatters reviews the new Dimmu Borgir record: matters.com/pm/music/reviews/33780/dimmu-borgir-in-sorte-diaboli/" target=_blank>https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/33780/dimmu-borgir-in-sorte-diaboli/
For all the supposed anger this band provokes out of tr00 kvlt black metallers, I find the new record sounds an awful lot like later-era Emperor, 'cept slightly dumbed down - simpler riffs, more chugga parts. "Elite symphonic black metal" indeed.

Norwegian rockers Silver will travel to Chicago to record basic tracks (drums + bass) for their new album with renown engineer Steve Albini. Overdubs will follow in Oslo with a projected finish date of October.

That saucy little tart miss Li has a couple tracks from her new album on myspace: myspace.com/experiencemissli" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/experiencemissli