Supersilent now a drum-less trio

According to Supersilent's fansite, the Norwegian avant/freejazz group is now a trio as drummer Jarle Vespestad has left the band. A new album featuring the pared-down lineup has already been recorded.

New Sweptaways album in mid-April

That other Swedish indie-choir The Sweptaways will release their second album "The Sweptaways show" on April 15. I'm not sure what material they'll be covering or who will be making a guest appearance, but I'll keep you posted.

New Superfamily album in August

The new Superfamily album will be out in August: mily.no/" target="_blank">https://www.superfamily.no/

Shining to play the UK in May

Shining will do a couple UK dates in may:

05/13 - Corsica Studios, London
05/16 - The Great Escape Festival, Brighton

Hypocrisy run rampant in the Swedish music industry, by way of Bad Taste Records

I've seen a few mentions of this here and there, but this is the first place I've found the full reprint: musikindustrin.se/artikel/565/tbc_090227.html" target="_blank">https://www.musikindustrin.se/artikel/565/tbc_090227.html (in Swedish)

Moneybrother confirms US dates

m/n=29191">As promised, here are West Coast tourdates for moneybrother:

04/21 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
04/23 - Ike Box, Salem, OR
04/24 - The High Dive, Seattle, WA
04/25 - East End, Portland, OR
04/27 - Press Club, Sacramento, CA
04/28 - The Cellar Door, Visalia, CA
04/29 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA

Goto80 goes to the UK

Swedish bitpop artist Goto80 will be doing a few UK dates later this month:

03/14 - tba, Sheffield (UK)
03/15 - makerfaire @ The Other Rooms, Newcastle (UK)
03/16 - Chipfest 3 @ Korova Basement, Liverpool (UK)
03/18 - Crawdaddy, Dublin (IRL)
03/19 - tbc, Galway (IRL)

Mishka to release new album thorugh The Perfect Hoax

The Perfect Hoax, the label run by the dudes behind Like Rats from a Sinking Ship, will be releasing the new album "The vulture conspiracy" from fellow Norwegians mishka on march 15. Samples at myspace: myspace.com/miksha" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/miksha
Expect the two bands to tour together this spring.

Kirlian Crossing - Repeat and repeat vol. 8

Another new month, another new free download from Finland's Kirlian Crossing: m/kirliancrossing/repeat.htm" target="_blank">https://www.verdurarecords.com/kirliancrossing/repeat.htm

Heroes & Zeros - Iron honey & gold

Heroes & Zeros are now streaming the new track "Iron honey & gold" at myspace: myspace.com/heroeszeros" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/heroeszeros

Björn Kleinhenz completes the Bone Trilogy

mr. Björn Kleinhenz reports that the third part of his excellent m/label.php?show=iatmp3001">Bone m/label.php?show=iatmp3009">Trilogy is done and will soon be released, perhaps even through this here site in addition to a cassette tape issued by Froggi Records. Entitled "Frogbone salad", this collection of songs features Froggi labelhead Kid Ikarus and was recorded a year ago in march 2008. There will be a release party at Valentinstüberln in NeuKölln, Berlin on march 14 and naturally I encourage all who are able to attend.

Danish Music Award winners announced

All Scandinavian has the lowdown on the winners of this year's Danish music Awards: m/577/danish-music-awards-2009-decided/" target="_blank">https://allscandinavian.com/577/danish-music-awards-2009-decided/

Jeniferever lines up spring tour

New spring dates for Jeniferever:

04/01 - Amp, münster (GER)
04/02 - mUK, Giessen (GER)
04/03 - CasaNostra, Böblingen (GER)
04/04 - Lido, Berlin (GER) w/mono
04/05 - Stary Browar, Poznan (POL) w/mono
04/06 - Beatpol, Dresden (GER) w/mono
04/08 - Studentertainment, Zwolle (NL)
04/10 - The Luminaire ("Spring tides" release party), London (UK) w/Kyte
04/11 - The Cavern, Exeter (UK)
04/14 - Queen Charlotte, Norwich (UK)
04/15 - Arts Center, Colchester (UK)
04/16 - The Joiners, Southampton (UK)
04/17 - The Fighting Cocks, Kingston (UK) w/Kyte
04/18 - The Cellar, Oxford (UK)
04/20 - The Royal, Derby (UK) w/Amusement Parks On Fire
04/21 - Firebug, Leicester (UK)
04/22 - mad Ferret, Preston (UK) w/Kyte
04/24 - The Brudenell, Leeds (UK) w/Kyte
04/25 - King Tuts, Glasgow (UK)
04/26 - Cab Voltaire, Edinburgh (UK)
04/27 - The Cluny, Newcastle (UK)
04/28 - Freebutt, Brighton (UK)
04/29 - monto Water Rats, London (UK)

64revolt releasing + giving away new album

64revolt are counting down the release of their new album by giving away multiple tracks every day: m/2009/03/01/release-day-one/" taget="_blank">https://64revolt.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/release-day-one/

Ola Salo Superstar to get boxset release

There will be a boxset of recordings from the Ola Salo (The Ark) production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" released in march when the show ends featuring wo discs of music, plus the Swedish libretto and pictures from the set.