Finnish mp3 blog Lupatarkastaja on retro-thrashers Chaos Creation: mizdat.info/2006/03/13/chaos-creation-psyched-out-manipulation-demo/" target=_blank>https://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2006/03/13/chaos-creation-psyched-out-manipulation-demo/

Randy's much-improved new website is finally online: m/" target=_blank>https://www.randytheband.com/

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Katatonia will be touring Europe with support from the excellent Italian act Novembre (except on dated marked with *):

04/15 - Close Up Festival*, Stockholm (SWE)
04/20 - Cathouse, Glasgow (UK)
04/21 - Rio, Bradford (UK)
04/22 - mean Fiddler, London (UK)
04/23 - W2, Den Bosch (NL)
04/24 - Le Boule Noir, Paris (FRA)
04/27 - Tavastia, Helsinki (FIN)
05/01 - Columbia Club, Berlin (GER)
05/02 - markthalle, Hamburg (GER)
05/05 - Prime Club, Cologne (GER)
05/06 - metalalliance Festival*, Beauvais (FRA)
05/08 - Rainbow, milan (ITA)
05/09 - New Age, Treviso (ITA)
05/10 - Z7, Pratteln (SWI)
05/11 - Zeche Carl, Essen (GER)
05/12 - Scum, Katwijk (NL)
05/13 - Durbuy Rock*, Durbuy (BEL)
05/14 - Willemeen, Arnhem (NL)
07/15-16 - Ilosaarirock Festival*, Joensuu (FIN)

Smilodon has announced the signing of Swedish hard-rockers Hell'n Diesel and Iubar. Look for new releases from both soon.

In other Smilodon news, the label has signed a license agreement with Japanese label JVC Victor for Babylon Bombs and their album "Cracked wide open and bruised". more info to to come.

Swedish hip-hop producer Jimmy Ledrac has posted a couple songs from his upcoming album "The hardest working men in showbiz" for preview on myspace: myspace.com/jimmyledrac" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/jimmyledrac
The record features artists such as Promoe and Supreme from Looptroop as well as US artists Dudley Perkins, Wordsworth, Braille and more. Jimmy doesn't have a label yet, so any interested parties are encouraged to get in touch.

Check out a streaming preview of the new album "Walden" from Swedish indie act Bun: m/bun/main.htm" target=_blank>https://www.akabruit.com/bun/main.htm

Clay Allison just had their album "Love on depression street" released in France on Vicious Circle, so they'll be heading over in April to tour in support:

04/20 - La Condition Publique, Roubaix
04/21 - Le Donald's Pub, Tours
04/24 - La Flèche d'or, Paris
04/25 - Le Son'Art, Bordeaux
04/27 - Cabaret Aléatoire soirée Vicious, marseille

montt mardié's new double-EP has been postponed until after summer, but Hybris will be releasing an EP called "Science" in mid-may featuring one song from each EP plus two new songs. There will also be a CDR release of the single "New York" on April 10. And lastly, head over to montt mardié's website to download the recent interview and live appearance from P3 Lantz: monttmardie.com/" target=_blank>https://www.monttmardie.com/

Speaking of Hybris, the video for the new Hell On Wheels single "Alexandr" is now available on their website: m.com/" target=_blank>https://www.hybrism.com/

This week's m/group/itsatrap" target=_blank>It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group most-played artist chart:

01. Belle and Sebastian
02. The Knife
03. The Arcade Fire
04. Death Cab for Cutie
05. Tiger Lou
06. Bloc Party
07. The Radio Dept.
08. Arctic monkeys
09. Bright Eyes
10. The Concretes

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. Arctic monkeys - Fake Tales of San Francisco
02. The Fine Arts Showcase - Brother In Black
03. The Knife - Like a pen
04. The Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
05. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cheated Hearts
06. Death Cab for Cutie - Soul meets Body
07. The Knife - We share our mother's health
08. The Knife - Na na na
09. The Arcade Fire - Crown of Love
10. The Arcade Fire - Wake Up

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Finnish pop act Treeball has posted four new songs from their upcoming album "Liars in love" on myspace: myspace.com/treeball" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/treeball
The band features UK-born producer Nick Triani, Janne Lehtinen and Jonna Tervomma from mummypowder, singer/songwriter Astrid Swan and michael mcdonald from montevideo. Not a bad pedigree, eh? The new record comes out April 12 on Kinkt Records.

Preview the new album "Life lines" from Swedish melancholic Americana act Glass: musicofglass.com/music.htm" target=_blank>https://www.musicofglass.com/music.htm

The Pitchfork guide to SXSW includes tips on many acts, including Scandinavians Serena maneesh (natch), Figurines, The Ark, Sign, Disco Ensemble, Astrid Swan, Quit Your Dayjob, Animal Alpha, Sarah Hepburn and of course, José González. I'd also recommend tracking down Loney, Dear and Kristofer Åström.