Tour blogging with Scraps of Tape
Scraps of Tape are once again blogging while on tour: https://sottourdiary.blogspot.com/2009/05/2nd-spring-tour.html
Tag: General
National signs Skilla and NEI
National has announced the signing of two new bands: folk/pop act Skilla and noiserock titans NEI. Expect debut albums from both this fall, with the latter's "New agenda" already confirmed for release on September 16. NEI's debut single for the label "City of gold" comes out June 2 and can be previewed at myspace now: https://www.myspace.com/neitheband
Killing the Legacy praises Cold Inside
Killing the Legacy gives a track-by-track rundown of the new album from Finnish metallic hardcore act Cold Inside: https://killingthelegacy.blogspot.com/2009/05/things-i-failed-to-tell-you.html
New music from Ison & Fille coming very soon
New music (and a new website) from Swedish rappers Ison & Fille on May 25: https://www.wonlove.se/
ex-Terra Firma members form new band, seeking label
Guitarist Freddie Eugene (ex-Unleashed, Loud Pipes, Terra Firma, etc.) has a new stoner metal act together with fellow ex-Terra Firma bassist Izmo Ledderfejs called Atlantic Tide and they are currently seeking a label. Listen to two demo tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/atlantictide
Aversionline revisits Edge of Sanity's 'Crimson'
Aversionline revisits Edge of Sanity's epic classic "Crimson": https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2009/05/22/edge-of-sanity-crimson-cd/
KEXP picks The Low Frequency in Stereo for their song of the day
Seattle radio station KEXP picked "Texas fox" by The Frequency in Stereo as their song of the day yesterday: https://blog.kexp.org/blog/2009/05/20/song-of-the-day-the-low-frequency-in-stereo-texas-fox/
New Sivert Høyem album soon?
Madrugada frontman Sivert Høyem is at Svenska Grammofon studios in Göteborg working on a new solo album.
'Tomorrow, in a year' mp3 teaser?
It looks like Rabid Records/The Knife are trying to give away samples of the upcoming musical "Tomorrow, in a year", but the links are all empty: https://www.rabidrecords.com/
Hopefully they'll correct it soon.
Lords of Chaos, the movie
Nö Music reports that the book "Lords of Chaos" chronicling the early years of the Norwegian black metal scene is finally getting closer to the big screen, as has long been threatened: https://www.nomusicmedia.com/2009/05/21/true-norwegian-teen-flick/
A-ha confirms new album tracklist
The tracklist for the new A-ha album "Foot of the mountain" has been confirmed: https://www.a-ha.com/NEWS/AHA_fullNews.aspx?PostID=3133
The Idle Hands have a new website
Swedish indie act The Idle Hands have revamped their website: https://www.theidlehands.com/
Speaker Bite Me members declare We Can Love You
Signe Høirup Wille-Jørgensen (aka Jomi Massage) and Martin Ryum of Danish act Speaker Bite Me have started a new band project called We Can Love You which includes fellow Jomi Massage backing member Luke Sutherland. The trio will make their live debut on May 21 at Plex in Copenhagen.
Oh Land signs with Epic
Danish artist Oh Land has signed an international deal with Epic Records and will be travelling to the US later this month to begin work on her next album.
Revised release dates for Mew
The release date for Mew's new album "No more stories..." has been revised to August 17 with the new "No more stories EP" preceding it on June 29. Tracklist for both at Gaffa: https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/32699