IAT.MP3 artist The Grand Opening has cancelled their anticipated December tour and will instead head out on a longer tour in May. Right now, the band (John Roger Olsson plus Jens Pettersson on drums and Bo Anders Ljung on bass) is busy recording a new album with Linus Larsson at Hogrän in Gotland. Expect an April release.
Tag: Live
Upcoming dates for Danish indie act Oh No Ono:
12/08 - La Contrescarpe / Bars en Trans, Rennes (FRA)
12/09 - Paris Paris, Paris (FRA)
01/14 - MTC, Cologne (GER)
01/15 - Atomic Cafe, Munich (GER)
01/16 - Magnet Club, Berlin (GER)
01/17 - Molotov, Hamburg (GER)
01/19 - Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL) w/C-mon & Kypski
01/20 - Effenaar, Eindhoven (NL) w/C-mon & Kypski
The first five acts are already confirmed for next year's Øyafestival: https://www.musikknyheter.no/news/3220
Norwegian names include Ida Maria ('natch), Sigh & Explode, Silje Nes and Diskjokke.
Lars Winnerbäck is already posting dates for his 2008 summer tour: https://www.winnerback.net/?sid=article&pid=read&id=7934
MIC Norway profiles ECM artists Trio Mediæval who are currently on tour in the US: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007112715523596991073
I'll be seeing them on Friday in Seattle and will have an mp3 for you on Thursday.
Victims will tour Scandinavia in February as support for Raging Speedhorn (UK) before taking off for a European trek with fellow Swedes Rotten Sound and Germany's The Ocean in March/April. Keep up on dates here: https://www.fireinsidemusic.com/cri/tours.php
Dates for the upcoming Björn Kleinhenz + Winter Took His Life winter tour are now posted in the sidebar.
I don't normally post about small tours in Sweden, but this one is a bit unusual: Mattias Alkberg (MABD, The Bear Quartet) and Ulf Stureson are teaming up for a half-acoustic Advent tour kicking off in Umeå on Thursday:
11/29 - Scharinska, Umeå
11/30 - Pinkerton, Skellefteå
12/01 - Norrbottensteatern, Luleå
12/02 - Debaser, Stockholm
12/04 - Debaser, Malmö
12/05 - Styrbord Babord, Göteborg
Jonas Teglund (Park Hotell) will accompany Matti on every date except the first (MABD will play) and Ulf will be joined by Johan Andersson (Björn Olsson).
Danish noiserockers Marvins Revolt are heading out on tour with Irish act Adebisi Shank:
11/29 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
11/30 - Muziekgieterij, Maastricht (NL)
12/01 - Brasserie 911, Belveux (LUX)
12/02 - Le Saphyr 21, Paris (FRA)
12/03 - Please help, France/Belgium
12/04 - Molodoï, Strasbourg (FRA)
12/05 - ACU, Utrecht (NL)
12/06 - Winston Kingdom, Amsterdam (NL)
12/07 - Urje's Living Room, Enschede (NL)
12/08 - Please help (GER)
12/09 - Lades, Copenhagen (DK)
Danish rockers The Royal Highness are coming to the US this week to do a few shows in NYC and LA:
11/26 - Ottos Shrunken Head, NYC
11/27 - The Trash Bar, Brooklyn, NYC
11/28 - Arlenes Grocery, NYC
12/01 - Relax Bar, LA, CA
12/02 - The Scene, Glendale, CA
12/04 - Good Hurt, Venice Beach, CA
12/06 - On The Rox, W. Hollywood, CA
Dark Tranquility will do a headlining tour of the UK in February:
02/02 - Barfly, Cardiff
02/03 - Barfly, Liverpool
02/04 - Barfly, Birmingham
02/05 - Barfly, Aberdeen
02/06 - Barfly, Glasgow
02/07 - Fibbers, York
02/09 - Barfly, London
Music from Sweden, the myspace arm of STIM, reports on more Swedish acts now confirmed for Eurosonic: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=149470349&blogID=331201141
Ideal Recordings, Häpna and Kning Disk, three of the best current Swedish labels for exciting new music, are teaming up with UK mag The Wire for a special sampler entitled "Whispers from the forests, screams from the mountains" featuring 77 minutes of what they do best. I don't know the full tracklist, but Ideal reports that they are contributing exclusive works from Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, Sewer Election, Christine Ödlund and Mokira plus a track from Nash Kontroll off their upcoming 7". In conjunction with said comp's release, the three labels will again team up for a live show at Konsthallen in Göteborg on December 8 featuring Balroynigress (Kning Disk), Hans Appelqvist (Häpna), DLSODW (Ideal) and a special performance by the ensemble of Jean-Louis Huhta (The Skull Defekts), Anders Dahl and Johan Berthling (Häpna/Tape).