Swedish chamber-pop act The Tiny will support Ed Hartcourt on tour in the UK this coming June:
06/04 - Wulfran, Wolverhampton
06/05 - Oran mor, Glasgow
06/06 - Ritz, manchester
06/07 - Irish Club, Leeds
06/08 - Union Chapel, London
06/09 - Union Chapel, London
Norwegian cult/avant-metal act Ved Buens Ende is back! The band's current lineup consists of Carl-michael "Czral" Eide on guitars and vocals, Yusaf "Vicotnik" Parvez also on guitar and vocals, Petter "Plenum" Berntsen on bass and Einar "Esso" Sjursø on drums. They plan on recording a new album this year (interested labels are encouraged to get in touch) and they also will be performing live, playing material from both "Written in waters" and the Virus album "Carheart" as well as new compositions (obviously).
Rigas has posted the video for his new single "Your friend" as well as a bunch of new songs: music.htm" target=_blank>https://rigas.blackside.org/music.htm
Disfear will have a special limited edition 7" for sale on their upcoming US/Canadian tour featuring live versions of three songs: "Phantom", "Left to die" and "Everyday slaughter". 500 copies, hand-numbered and only available at the shows, so be sure to bring some extra cash if you want one.
The Candymind netlabel has posted a new release from Ninjaspark: mind.com/" target=_blank>https://www.candymind.com/
Nicolai Dunger is touring Europe with Josh Ritter next month:
05/09 - Glee Club, Birmingham
05/10 - Academy 2, manchester
05/12 - Vicar St, Dublin
05/13 - Vicar St, Dublin
05/14 - Empire, Belfast
05/15 - Oran mor, Glasgow
05/17 - Fiddlers, Bristol
05/18 - Gardener Centre, Brighton
05/19 - Shepherds Bush Empire, London
05/20 - Café De La Dance, Paris
05/23 - mTC, Cologne
05/24 - Club 103, Berlin
05/26 - Lille Vega, Copenhagen
05/27 - Berns, Stockholm
05/28 - Blå, Oslo
05/29 - Stage Club, Hamburg
05/30 - Ab Box, Brussles
05/31 - Paradiso, Amsterdam
The Raveonettes have posted some new stuff at myspace: myspace.com/theraveonettes" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/theraveonettes
Stylus reviews the latest from The Concretes: magazine.com/review.php?ID=3984" target=_blank>https://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3984
Popmatters on the new Katatonia: matters.com/pm/music/reviews/katatonia_the_great_cold_distance/" target=_blank>https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/katatonia_the_great_cold_distance/
The new Baby Woodrose single from the album "Love comes down" will be for the song "No other girl" and the band is having a contest to let a fan design the cover. Head over to their website for more details: m/" target=_blank>https://www.babywoodrose.com/
Dagensskiva has the lowdown on the various demo acts selected to play this year's Hultsfred festival: m/news.asp?id=3375" target=_blank>https://www.dagensskiva.com/news.asp?id=3375
Check out some demo tracks from the new band Deud: myspace.com/deud" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/deud
The sound quality is a bit rough, but they sound like Breach, so that's enough to make me happy.
The "Reader's companion volume two" microsite is open: [click here]
Go there to read about all of the artists appearing on the new comp and to listen to a streaming preview of the entire damn thing. CDs should be arriving on my doorstep TODAY, so you know I'm excited.
Kristofer Åström's forthcoming "Black valley" EP completes the trilogy of "Dead end" and "There for" and is probably his bleakest, most personal work yet. As Kris says himself in the liner notes, "The EP deals with death in four different ways. The way it scares me, thrills me, saddens me and sickens me." You know before even listening that you're in for some seriously intense shit and the combined effect of these four songs are devastating. Just listen to the song I've posted today and you'll instantly know exactly what I mean. Embrace the darkness and you can better appreciate the light.
Finnish garagepop act Tigerbombs will have their most recent album "Crazy kids never learn" released in GAS on may 19 via Radio Blast Recordings. As is expected, touring will follow. Dates:
05/12 - Yo-Talo, Tampere (FIN)
05/13 - Vanha, Polte-Klubi, Helsinki (FIN)
05/26 - Kling Klang, Wilhelmshaven (GER)
05/27 - Kuz Pelmke, Hagen (GER)
05/28 - Logo, Ahaus (GER)
05/29 - musa, Göttingen (GER)
05/30 - Nil Klub, Potsdam (GER)
05/31 - magnet, Berlin (GER)
06/01 - Pretty Vacant, Dusseldorf (GER)
06/02 - Blue Shell, Koeln (GER)
06/03 - Gladhouse, Cottbus (GER)
06/04 - Conne Island, Leipzig (GER)
06/05 - Paunchy Cats, Lichtenfels (GER)
06/06 - Storchenne, Heidelberg (GER)
06/07 - Cafe Stella, Stuttgart (GER)
06/08 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER)
06/09 - Sedel, Luzern (SWI)
06/10 - Feierwerk, münchen (GER)
08/26 - tba, Tampere (FIN)