120 Days to London
120 Days will be heading to London on June 21 to play at White Heat with Tame Impala. Expect lots of new material from the band's upcoming record.
120 Days will be heading to London on June 21 to play at White Heat with Tame Impala. Expect lots of new material from the band's upcoming record.
Holy shit, a package metal tour where I actually want to see every band: Ghost, Enslaved and Alcest will be touring North America starting in late September:
09/23 - Jaxx, Springfield, VA
09/24 - Mr. Small's Theatre, Millvale, PA
09/25 - Gramercy Theatre, New York, NY
09/26 - The Middle East, Cambridge, MA
09/28 - Impérial, Quebec City, QC
09/29 - Café Campus, Montreal, QC
09/30 - Opera House, Toronto, ON
10/01 - Outland Live, Columbus, OH
10/02 - Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL
10/03 - Station 4, St. Paul, MN
10/05 - WECC, Winnipeg, MB
10/06 - The Exchange, Regina, SK
10/07 - The Starlite Room, Edmonton, AB
10/08 - Dickens, Calgary, AB
10/10 - Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC
10/11 - El Corazon, Seattle, WA
10/12 - Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR
10/13 - Slim's, San Francisco, CA
10/14 - The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
Lambgoat reports that Opeth will be doing a 7-week US tour this fall to support the release of their new album "Heritage" and will be bringing along fellow Swedes Katatonia for the trip: https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=16324
Berlin-based Scandinavian clubnight Nordic By Nature have a new mixtape up for June: https://www.mixcloud.com/Nordicbynature/nordic-by-nature-hermannplatz-june-mix/
As for this month's events, Rubik will be performing at Festsaal Kreuzberg on June 4 and then Vinnie Who will be coming to Roter Salon on the 17th.
The "mysterious" Iamamiwhoami will make her/their live debut at Way Out West this coming August.
INRI, the industrial noise duo of Thomas Ekelund (Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words) and Joachim Nordwall (The Skull Defekts, ), will be making their live debut at this year's Norberg Festival: https://www.norbergfestival.com/2011/artists/irni-thomas-ekelund-and-joachim-nordwall.html
Baron Bane are heading to Germany for a few shows this week:
06/02 - Dunckerklub, Berlin
06/03 - Weltecho, Chemnitz
06/04 - Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig
Principe Valiente will be doing a few gigs in Germany in June:
06/16 - MS Hedi (Hit the North), Hamburg
06/17 - King Kong Klub (1 Year Anniversary Death # Disco), Berlin
06/18 - Rockpool (Rip it Up), Halle
Martyrdöd/Sanctuary in Blasphemy US tour dates are posted: https://prankrecords.blogspot.com/2011/05/no-statik-martyrdod-west-coast-tour.html
Obviously not to be missed! The Oly show will be insane and then I'll be seeing them again the next night when my band opens the show in Seattle.
Nicolai Dunger, Sarah Riedel and Jonas Östholm will be joining Georg Riedel at Svenska Grammofon Studios in Göteborg to help him record a new album utilizing various unused Corneils Vreeswijk lyrics. Said album won't be released until the fall, but there will be a live preview on Monday, first-come first-served: https://blogs.playgroundmusic.com/sweden/forsmak-pa-riedel-co-spelar-cornelis
Two raging tracks from Swedish crust-metallers Scorched Earth, a new band featuring members from Massmord, Future Ruins, Grace.Will.Fall, Glöm Dä!, Reign of Bombs and more, both of which will be appearing on their upcoming 7" EP "Cause and effect" due out soon via /. The band will also be heading out for an extensive European tour and you can get details here: https://wearescorchedearth.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/we-are-scorched-earth/
Very recommended.
Swedish indie artist Juni Järvi will be live streaming his show from Club King Kong at Södra Bar in Stockholm next week on June 1: https://junijarvi.blogspot.com/2011/05/show-next-week-live-broadcast.html
Thanks to the time difference, it should be quite convenient for Americans to catch an afternoon glimpse.
Swedish artist Prince of Assyria will be spending some time in France in the not-so-distant future:
06/15 - Cafe De La Danse, Paris
06/19 - Festival Rio Loco, Toulouse
06/21 - Fete De La Musique, Fnac Montpellier
07/02 - Festival des Hortillonnages, Amiens
Peter Bjorn and John will be coming back over in August for yet another tour, this time with a number of longer residencies in various cities:
08/24 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
08/25 - Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL
08/26 - Majestic Theatre, Madison, WI
08/27 - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
08/28 - Schuba's, Chicago, IL
08/29 - Schuba's, Chicago, IL
08/31 - Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
09/01 - Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
09/02 - Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON
09/03 - Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON
09/05 - La Tulipe, Montreal, PQ
09/07 - House of Blues, Boston, MA
09/09 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
09/10 - Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA
09/12 - Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY
09/13 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
09/14 - Highline Ballroom, New York, NY
09/15 - Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
09/16 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
09/17 - Toad's Place, New Haven, CT
09/18 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
09/22 - Plaza Theater, Orlando, FL
09/23 - Bardot Miami, Miami, FL
09/24 - Czar Imperial Ballroom, Tampa, FL
09/25 - Club Downunder, Tallahassee, FL
09/26 - One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans, LA
09/27 - Warehouse Live, Houston, TX
09/30 - Belly Up, Solana Beach, CA
10/01 - Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
10/03 - The Smell, Los Angeles, CA
10/04 - Echo, Los Angeles, CA
10/05 - El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
10/06 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
10/07 - New Parish, Oakland, CA
10/08 - Slim's, San Francisco, CA
I hear word that Fredrik will be coming over in June for a few select live dates with member Ola Lindefelt sticking around for a solo tour endeavor afterwards. Expect details soon.