VED to tour Germany
Malmö-based psych act VED is heading to Germany in March:
03/23 - Schokoladen, Berlin
03/24 - Cairo, Würzburg
03/25 - Conne Island, Leipzig
03/26 - Ostpol, Dresden
Tag: Live
The Thing down under
The Thing are heading down under for a number of live dates as well as a recording session:
01/18 - tba Aukland (NZ)
01/20-01/21 - Vitamin S, Wellington (NZ)
01/23 - Mofo Foma Festival, Hobart (AU)
01/25 - Tura New Music, Perth (AU)
01/27 - Room 40, Brisbane (AU)
01/28 - Now Now Festival, Sydney (AU)
01/28 - SoundOut Festival, Canberra (AU)
01/30 - Northcote Social Club, Melbourne (AU)
01/31-02/01 - Recording @ Head Gap Studios, Melbourne (AU)
02/02 - The Old Fire Station, Bendigo (AU)
Motorpsycho planning two albums, tour
Motorpsycho is planning on releasing a live album later this year as well as a new studio record based on the material they performed with Ståle Storløkken and the Trondheim Jazzorkester at last year's Moldejazz Festival. The band will also be touring a bit in April and here's what's confirmed so far:
04/13 - Azkena, Bilbao (ESP)
04/14 - Rocksound, Barcelona (ESP)
04/15 - 12 & Medio, Murcia (ESP)
04/16 - El Sol, Madrid (ESP)
07/14-17 - Burg Herzberg Festival, Breitenbach (GER)
18 Norwegian acts now confirmed for SXSW
Listen to Norway runs down the 18 Norwegian acts now confirmed for SXSW 2011: https://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2011011114030711899290
The list: Altaar, Benea Reach, Casiokids, Datarock, Death Crush, Forza, Harry`s Gym, DE Håker Flaten, Kvelertak, Marit Larsen, The Megaphonic Thrift, My Little Pony, Nico D & Admiral P, Serpentine, Simon Says No!, Sondre Lerche, Tôg and Youth Pictures Of Florence Henderson.
The Skull Defekts announce US tour, yet another album
The Skull Defekts will be touring the US this spring:
03/27 - Turf Club, Minneapolis, MN
03/29 - Mission Creek Festival, Iowa City, IA
03/30 - Lemp Neighboorhood Arts Center, St. Louis, MO
03/31 - Hideout, Chicago, IL
04/01 - 31st Street Pub, Pittsburgh, PA
04/02 - Soundlab, Buffalo, NY
04/03 - Littlefield, Brooklyn, NY
04/06 - The Vintage Theatre, Scranton, PA
04/07 - Danger Danger Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
04/09 - Nightlight, Chapel Hill, NC
04/10 - The Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN
Also, in addition to the band's previously announced album featuring Daniel Higgs, now revealed to be called "Peer Amid" and due out soon via , the band will also be releasing yet another full-length LP via called "The slow storm". No release date yet, but I'll keep you posted.
Ja Ja Ja January: Murmansk, Montée, Benni Hemm Hemm
Tom Robinson from BBC6 Music Introducing has been selected as January's curator for London-based Scandinavian music showcase Ja Ja Ja. His selections for January 27: Murmansk, Montée and Benni Hemm Hemm.
Ice concerts coming to the UK
Norwegian composer/artist Terje Isungset will be taking his fantastic "Ice Concerts" to the UK for a series of performances later this month: https://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2011010610593557071641
For those unaware, Isungset performs his special ice music on instruments, both wind and percussion, made completely out of ice.
Sounds Nordic, Sounds Good festival in Zürich
The Embassies of Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway are collaborating together on a Scandinavian music showcase in Zürich, Switzerland entitled "Sounds Nordic, Sounds Good!". The inaugural event will happen on January 16 and will feature representatives from each of the four countries: Saybia, Sivert Høyem, The Amplifetes and Sweatmaster. For more details, go here or here.
Nordic By Nature: new mix, clubnight
Berlin-based Scandinavian music clubnight Nordic By Nature has a new mixtape for January: https://soundcloud.com/shibie/nordic-by-nature-honey-jan-mix
They also have a show booked for January 31 featuring Iceland's Bloodgroup at the Levee Club: https://www.nbnberlin.de/tickets.html
New Hell On Wheels album finally coming
The new Hell On Wheels album "One ros" will finally be out later this month on following a 3-year gap since the release of previous album "The odd church". The band will celebrate with a release show at Debaser in Stockholm on January 22 and if the PR is on point, we can also expect a split 7" tribute to NZ indie legends The Chills featuring Peter Bjorn and John to be released soon as well.
IAT! Clubnights 2011
New dates are now confirmed for this season's It's a Trap! Clubnights at Debaser Malmö! First, we have the already-confirmed Last Days of April/Leaders Off show on January 22 and now we have also added Kvelertak + InSekt on February 4 and Pascal + Sad Day for Puppets on April 9. Be there!
Okkultokrati to tour Europe with Kylesa
The mighty Okkultokrati will be laying waste to Europe as support for Kylesa this coming February:
02/04 - Matrix, Bochum (GER)
02/05 - VK, Bruxelles (BEL)
02/06 - Kulturfabrik, Esch sur Alzette (LUX)
02/07 - Underworld, London (UK)
02/08 - Corporation, Sheffield (UK)
02/09 - Ivory Blacks, Glasgow (UK)
02/10 - Moho, Manchester (UK)
02/11 - L'Eimpreinte, Savigny Le Temple (FRA)
02/12 - Le Clacson, Lyon (FRA)
02/13 - Appartamento Hoffman, Conegliano (Treviso) (ITA)
02/14 - Feierwerk, München (GER)
02/15 - Beatpol, Dresden (GER)
02/16 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
02/17 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
02/18 - Haus 73, Hamburg (GER)
02/19 - Juha West, Stuttgart (GER)
Trust album confirmed
has confirmed that Trust's full-length debut "From light into mass" will be released on January 31. I managed to listen to about 2/3rds of it last night and it's pretty cool; definitely well worth checking out for anyone into the label's other releases (Menfolk, Obstacles, etc.) or heavy math-rock in general. The band will also be touring Europe in February and you can get dates here: https://playrec.dk/default.aspx?section=schedule
Ef to tour China, giveaway remix
Swedish post-rockers Ef are heading East in March:
03/03 - Hertz Bar, Dalian
03/04 - Mao Live Club, Beijing
03/05 - Yuyintang, Shanghai
03/06 - VOX, Wuhan
03/08 - Aperture Club, Xian
03/09 - New little bar, Chengdu
03/10 - Nuts Club, Chongqing
03/11 - Iron Age, Guangzhou
03/12 - Hangout, Hongkong
03/13 - The Wall, Taiwan
In other news, head to their myspace blog to download a new Porn Sword Tobacco remix of the track "Sons of ghosts".
Starmarket to perform Four Hours Light
Speaking of Starmarket, the band has announced that they'll be doing a one-off gig at the winter festival Sant Feliu in Spain on February 4 where they'll be performing the entire "Four hours light" album in full, track by track. And in case you were wondering as I was, the lineup will be Patrik Bergman, Fredrik Brändström, Jesper Lofroth and Pontus Levahn.