Rotten Sound has posted two new mp3s for your listening (dis)pleasure: m/" target=_blank>https://www.rottensound.com/

Push music Group, ahem - I mean mNW, will be plundering their illustrious archives for a 3-CD set featuring highlights of the last 3 decades. Details and tracklists: musicgroup.com/artists/livet/livet.html" target=_blank>https://www.pushmusicgroup.com/artists/livet/livet.html

Foxy Digitalis interviews renown Norwegian noise artist Lasse marhaug (Jazkammer, Skull Defekts, etc.): m/foxyd/feature_detail.php?id=171" target=_blank>https://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/feature_detail.php?id=171

The Wire has posted video footage from the recent Fonal Records tour: mera.php" target=_blank>https://www.thewire.co.uk/web/camera.php

Jet Black Combo's second album "Southern style" is finally done and will be released on may 4.

Download a track from Norwegian noisy rock act Hope I Die Virgin: m/noise/hope_i_die_virgin-stoic_deliverer.mp3" target=_blank>https://www.hopeidievirgin.com/noise/hope_i_die_virgin-stoic_deliverer.mp3
The band's debut self-released EP was just released.

Datarock on tour across Europe:

04/27 - Paradiso (Small Stage), Amsterdam (NL)
04/28 - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg (GER)
04/29 - Dampfzentrale, Bern (SWI)
04/30 - Tab Tap, Schaffhausen (SWI)
05/01 - Talacker, Zurich (SWI)
05/02 - Cairo, Wuerzburg (GER)
05/03 - Lovelite, Berlin (GER)
05/04 - Noveau Casino, Paris (FRA)
05/05 - secret show, Paris (FRA)
05/06 - tba
05/07 - Optimo, Glasgow (SCO)
05/08 - Little Civic, Wolverhampton (UK)
05/09 - Lennons, Southampton (UK)
05/10 - tba
05/11 - The Luminaire, London (UK)
06/17 - Hultsfred Festival, Hultsfred (SWE)
08/05 - Klubbfestuka, Bodø (NOR)
08/13 - Festival les Nuits Secretes, Aulnoye Aymeries (FRA)
08/18 - Festival Pantiero, Cannes (FRA)
08/19 - Steinkjerfestivalen , Steinkjer (NOR)

All dates through may are with fellow Norwegians Ungdomskulen.

Service Records will be handling Erlend Öye's (Kings of Convenience) new band Whitest Boy Alive in Sweden. The single "Burning" comes out may 24 and the album "Dreams" follows on June 21.

Absolut Noise does a little Q&A with Ef: m/2006/04/dark-side-of-moon_25.html" target=_blank>https://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2006/04/dark-side-of-moon_25.html

Stylus reviews Jeniferever: magazine.com/reviews/jeniferever/choose-a-bright-morning.htm" target=_blank>https://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/jeniferever/choose-a-bright-morning.htm

Debaser is taking over mondo's old location? Read more: metica.se/news/news_result.php?n_id=0446" target=_blank>https://www.metica.se/news/news_result.php?n_id=0446 (in Swedish)

Finnish mp3 blog Lupatarkastaja on Swedish doom act Suffocate for Fuck Sake: mizdat.info/2006/04/26/suffocate-for-fuck-sake-ep/" target=_blank>https://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2006/04/26/suffocate-for-fuck-sake-ep/

The SF Bay Guardian talks to maja Ivaarson of The Sounds: m/entry.php?entry_id=403" target=_blank>https://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=403

Beginning on may 1, Dissection's new album "Reinkaos" will be available for streaming at mp3.com: mp3.com/hard-rock-metal/genre/359/summary.html" target=_blank>https://www.mp3.com/hard-rock-metal/genre/359/summary.html
It comes out April 30 in Europe via the band's own Black Horizon Records and on may 16 in North America via The End Records.

Tack! Tack! Tack! is streaming a brand new David & the Citizens song on myspace: myspace.com/tacktacktack" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/tacktacktack