Coming to Umeå in 2014 as part of their European Capital of Culture celebration: the music of Refused, arranged for symphonic orchestra. No, really: https://www.umea2014.se/arkivnyheter/arstidskonsertermedmusikavrefusedochbeethoven.5.232bb3eb132b9e0c2ca800022365.html (in Swedish)
New fall/winter dates for Ulver:
11/10 - Teatro Espace, Torino (ITA)
11/11 - Circolo Degli Artisti, Roma (ITA)
11/12 - Teatro Regio, Parma (ITA)
11/17 - Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona (ESP)
11/18 - Caracol, Madrid (ESP)
11/19 - Musicbox, Lisboa (PT)
11/18 - Cidade Da Cultura, Santiago de Compostela (ESP)
11/26 - Fuzz Club, Athens (GRE)
12/17 - Mega Club, Katowice (POL)
01/14 - Movistar Arena, Santiago de Chile (CL)
Swedish rockers The Movements willb e doing a split 10" with French act The Angry Dead Pirates via in early 2012 and will also be heading over there for a tour in April. Dates/details to be confirmed.
The Finnish Music Information Centre reports that the brilliant vocalist Sanna Kurki-Suonio (Hedningarna) is in a new international group called SANS, along with Andrew Cronshaw, Ian Blake and Tigran Aleksanyan: https://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/0/047C0D764BC11BB0C22579220045029C?opendocument
Look for their debut album "The unbroken surface of snow", out soon under Cronshaw's name.
11/11 - Hoxton Square, London
11/13 - Vines Bar, Derby
Even if you aren't crazy about Powersolo's music, you can't deny that their videos are always entertaining. See the band on tour in France this fall:
11/29 - tba, Nantes
11/30 - El Chicho, Bordeaux
12/01 - La Guinguette Lautrec, Rodez
12/02 - Cbgc's, Gigors
12/03 - 30 ans du Clacson, Lyon
12/04 - La Cave à Musiques, Macon
12/05 - La Salle Métro, Thiers
12/06 - Eldorado Bar, Biel (CH)
12/07 - tba
12/08 - Le Nouveau Casino, Paris
12/09 - Le 5ème Avenue, Orleans
12/10 - La Fourmi, Limoges
12/11 - Central Park, Albi
12/12 - Le Saint des Seins, Toulouse
12/13 - The Secret Place, Montpellier
Danish act Dad Rocks! are coming to the US for CMJ and will be doing a bunch of East Coast dates while they're over here:
10/18 - Living Room, NYC, NY(Paper Garden official showcase, 3pm)
10/19 - Angels & Kings, NYC, NY (TJO Presents showcase, 7:30pm)
10/20 - Spike Hill, Brooklyn, NY (Mecca Lecca showcase, 1:15pm)
10/20 - The Acheron, Brooklyn, NY (8pm)
10/21 - PA Lounge, Boston, MA
10/22 - tba
10/23 - M Room, Philadelphia, PA
10/24 - tba, Washington, DC
International electronic artists Tim Exile (UK), Mental Overdrive (NOR) and Boska (SWE) are teaming up for a special Occupy Wall Street-themed performance at the Insomnia Festival in Tromsø, Norway on October 21 and are asking for protest participants to upload sound, pictures and video footage to be incorporated into the event. They say, "We will then use snippets of this media as the basis for a sonic and visual real-time event to show both our support of those who work for a more just global financial system, as well as to celebrate the immediacy of our wonderful world of present time communication technology." Submit sounds here via SoundCloud; post videos and other media via Facebook.
Swedish electropop act Lowe is coming back to the US for a week and a half of dates in support of their new album "Evolver":
10/13 - Darkroom, Chicago, IL
10/14 - The Shrunken Head, Columbus, OH
10/15 - 31st Street Bar, Pittsburgh, PA
10/16 - Digital Ferret, Philadelphia, PA
10/17 - Real Radio Show, New York, NY
10/19 - R Bar, New York, NY
10/20 - DJ-set@Breezeaway, Manchester, NH
10/21 - Asylum , Portland, ME
10/22 - Elm Bar, New Haven, CT
Iceage will be back in the UK in December:
12/06 - Corsica Studios, London
12/07 - Green Door Store, Brighton
12/08 - Kraak Gallery, Manchester
12/09 - Art School Union, Glasgow
12/10 - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Thomas Dybdahl will be doing a string of US/North American dates this fall supporting Tori Amos:
11/29 - Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta, GA
12/01 - Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA
12/02 - Beacon Theatre, New York, NY
12/03 - Beacon Theatre, New York, NY
12/05 - DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, DC
12/06 - Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA
12/08 - Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada
12/10 - Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL
12/13 - Orpheum, Vancouver, Canada
12/14 - Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
12/16 - Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA
12/17 - Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
12/18 - Orpheum Theatre, Los Angels, CA
12/21 - Bass Concert Hall, Austin, TX
12/22 - Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie, TX
The full tracklist and cover art for the upcoming Scraps of Tape album "Resident flux" has been revealed: https://scrapsoftape.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/370/
As mentioned before, the band will be doing a few dates in Germany (and at home) to support the release of the album, due out October 26 via .
The Skull Defekts are looking for a space to conjure their racket in London on October 20: https://skulldfx.tumblr.com/post/10982531152
Music Export Finland and the Finnish Music Information Centre have joined forces and consolidated as Music Finland to further promote Finnish music abroad throughout the world. Read the press release: https://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/0/8B4FC57252827251C225791F003DDA05?opendocument
And speaking of Finns going abroad, the FIMIC project "News from Helsinki" will be sending Jimi Tenor, The Wrecking Queens, Jaakko & Jay and Dusha Pitera to Moscow for a showcase at Sixteen Tons on October 13: https://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/0/0A68ED4C733C9823C22578FC0047C479?opendocument
Finnish gloom-rockers Mystons are heading out for a few live dates around The Baltics and beyond:
10/04 - Ülase12, Tallinn (EE)
10/05 - Zavood, Tarto (EE)
10/06 - Nabaklab, Riga (LV)
10/07 - Fontaine Palace, Liepaja (LV)
10/08 - Pogo Baras, Šiauliai (LT)
10/10 - Estrada stagebar, Bydgoszcz (POL)
10/12 - Köpi/ Koma F, Berlin (GER)
10/15 - Pogo Baras, Vilnius (LT)