The Ark has booked a headlining gig at the London Barfly for February 9. As mentioned before, the band will be on tour there supporting The Darkness beginning on February 4 in Dublin.

David Fridlund is offering up three brand new solo tracks for streaming on his myspace page: myspace.com/davidfridlund" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/davidfridlund
Act fast 'cuz they'll only be available for 24 hours.

New mp3 today from Andreas meland off the split CD "Brakhage" with Norwegian noise heavyweight Lasse marhaug (aka Jazkammer). The music was recorded live during a screening of American filmmaker Stan Brakhage's silent films and then remixed and finalized for this release. meland was still considered somewhat of an unproven talent at the time of the record's release back in April '05, but I think you'll agree that he proves himself to be a formidable artist with the sweet, dark drones he lays down here. This music isn't so much about how it sounds, but about how it makes you feel and the way it affects the mood of your surroundings. In other words, perfect soundtrack music. m/store.php?item=143">[buy it]

Swedish noiserock act Traktor has given their website a new look: m/" target=_blank>https://www.traktorbiz.com/
The band's new album "Lights" came out on January 20 via German label my Favourite Toy.

Swedish indierockers The Flu has posted almost all of their recorded material for free download: https://www.theflu.se/

Opeth's upcoming shows at NYC's Town hall centre (02/23), Chicago's House of blues (03/02) and LA's Wiltern theatre (03/14) will be exclusive extra-special occasions where the band will have a chronological setlist, beginning with the first record "Orchid" and working through the discography all the way through last year's critically acclaimed "Ghost reveries". Read more: m/news.html" target=_blank>https://www.opeth.com/news.html

Check out 'Jukeboksi', a French-compiled feature on Finnish music: https://virtual.finland.fi/

mom & Dad, the new project from David and Jens of Brainpool, will be entering the studio in march to begin work on their debut album for the label Junk music.

Cold meat has posted the full details and samples for the upcoming 2xCD split featuring Journal Noir and Lithium Path: meat.se/catalogue/cmi/cmi150.html" target=_blank>https://www.coldmeat.se/catalogue/cmi/cmi150.html

The results of Norwegian webzine Panorama's 2005 reader's poll: ma.no/vis.php?kat=3&did=4867" target=_blank>https://www.panorama.no/vis.php?kat=3&did=4867

Bobby Baby's new EP "Loves To Dance" is currently being finalized and mastered and will be released via UK label Red Letter Records in the near future. An animated video for the song "Goodbye love" is also in production with Vinterbarn and Johan Karlberg. Download older BB at her website: https://www.bobbybaby.net/

mTVe is streaming the new montys Loco album "man overboard": mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=6131" target=_blank>https://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=6131
I haven't heard the full record yet, but the first single (and its b-sides) "Wasteland" is superb.

Popmatters reviews the new Väsen CD "Live in Japan": matters.com/pm/music/reviews/vaesen_live_in_japan/" target=_blank>https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/vaesen_live_in_japan/

Khoma has now updated the diary section of their new website: ma.net/" target=_blank>https://www.khoma.net/

The label La Vida Locash has a new website: m/" target=_blank>https://www.lavidalocash.com/
They report that the upcoming Lo-Fi-Fnk album "Boylife" is finished and will be ready for release soon and have also announced the signing of Swedish "rapclash" artist Kocky. You can also go to the website to download an exclusive radioshow mix of what the label considers to be exciting new music.