Bengtsarvet to support Mono
Swedish instrumental/postrock act Bengtsarvet will be opening for Japanese genre legends Mono for a leg of their upcoming European tour. Dates and a sample tune at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/bengtsarvet
Tag: Live
Taxi Taxi! to tour Europe
Taxi Taxi! will be heading out on the road across Europe in March:
03/11 - Fundbureau, Hamburg (GER)
03/12 - Pretty Vacant, Düsseldorf (GER)
03/13 - Haus Ungarn, Berlin (GER)
03/14 - Paris Syndrom, Leipzig (GER)
03/15 - Chelsea, Vienna (AUS)
03/16 - Rockhouse Bar, Salzburg (AUS)
03/18 - House Concert, Milan (ITA)
03/19 - Papiersaal, Zurich (CH)
03/20 - Kulturladen, Konstanz (GER)
03/23 - Upstairs at the Garage, London (UK)
03/24 - Vooruit, Gent (BEL)
03/25 - Witloof Bar @ Botanique, Brussels (BEL)
03/26 - Ifsm @ Swedish Culture Center, Paris (FRA)
03/27 - Les Trinitaires, Metz (FRA)
03/28 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
04/07 - Cinema Nimas, Lisboa (POR)
04/08 - OMT, Coimbra (POR)
04/09 - Cine-Teatro de Estarreja, Estarreja (POR)
04/10 - Centro de Artes e Espectáculos, Portalegre (POR)
Auktion annouce final show
Swedish crusties Auktion has announced that Punk Illegal in June 2010 will be the band's final show ever. They'll also play one last hometown farewell in Umeå sometime before that, but nothing's confirmed yet. Otherwise, the band says they still have a bunch of unreleased material, so if anyone is interested in releasing it they should get in touch.
Lasse Marhaug to tour US, Japan
Norwegian noise master Lasse Marhaug is doing a West Coast tour in a few weeks with John Wiese and dates can now be found at his website: https://www.lassemarhaug.no/
Dates for Japan in April are posted as well.
Apparatjik to play live, release album
Soundvenue is reporting that Apparatjik, the all-star project featuring Jonas Bjerre (Mew), Guy Berryman (Coldplay) and Magne Furuholmen (A-ha), will be making their live debut on February 1 at the CTM Festival in Berlin where they will perform inside of a glass cube. Or something like that. And they'll be releasing their full-length debut that day too. Read more: https://www.soundvenue.com/nyheder/2010/01/29/albumdebut-fra-apparatjik-paa-vej (in Danish)
More in English: https://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/358746952/apparatjik-to-perform-in-glass-cube-drop-debut-album
Jónsi confirms album release, tour plans
Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi has confirmed that his new solo album "Go" will receive an international release on April 5. Look for international tourdates to be announced on February 1 with shows starting in North America in April.
Hello Saferide at ATP
Hello Saferide will be playing the Matt Groening-curated All Tomorrow's Parties festival in the UK this May: https://www.atpfestival.com/events/mattgroening/lineup.php
Serena-Maneesh spring tour
New US tourdates for Serena-Maneesh:
3/17-20 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/22 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
03/23 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
03/25 - Berbati's Pan, Portland, OR
03/26 - Triple Door, Seattle, WA
03/27 - Media Club, Vancouver, BC
03/30 - 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
03/31 - Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL
04/01 - Majestic Theatre, Madison, WI
04/02 - Great Hall, Toronto, ON
04/03 - Il Motore, Montreal, QC
04/04 - TT THe Bears, Cambridge, MA
04/05 - Daniel Street, Milford, CT
04/06 - Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, PA
04/07 - DC9, Washington, DC
04/08 - Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble coming to the US
The Tord Gustavsen Ensemble album "Restored, returned", recently nominated for a Spellemannprisen, will get a North American release on February 9 via . The entire group will also be coming over for a couple shows in March:
03/28 - San Francisco Jazz Festival
03/31 - Merkin Concert Hall, NYC
More info here: https://player.ecmrecords.com/gustavsen
Joensuu 1685 to support Wolf Parade
CORRECTION: Apparently this news is premature as the tour is not yet confirmed and the dates/venues are incorrect. I'll be sure to post an update when I get the real details.
Joensuu 1685 will be supporting Wolf Parade on tour in May:
05/16 - Les Nuit de Botanique, Brussels (BEL)
05/17 - Concorde 2, Brighton (UK)
05/18 - The Forum, London (UK)
05/19 - Oran Mor, Glasgow (UK)
05/20 - Vicar Street, Dublin (IE)
05/21 - Club Academy, Manchester (UK)
05/22 - Tivoli De Helling, Rotterdam (NL)
The Psyke Project + DJ Beluga = The Die Project
Danish metal/hardcore act The Psyke Project has teamed up with dubstep techno producer DJ Beluga for a new project called The Die Project whose aim is to transform the band's latest album "Dead storm" into a "universe of dark metal and intense electro dubstep" which will be performed live on-stage in February. Catch a preview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lPNgispxI8
New Benni Hemm Hemm EP on the way
reports they will be releasing a new Benni Hemm Hemm EP entitled "Retaliate" in March/April on both 10" vinyl and CD. More details and tourdates: https://www.kimirecords.net/news/benni-hemm-hemm-frettir-news/
Mayhem to tour America in April
Lambgoat reports that Mayhem will be touring the US in April: https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=13926
Fredrik back in the US, prep vinyl "Triologi"
Fredrik are coming back to the US in February:
02/13 - Ryan's, Washington DC
02/14 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
02/15 - Piano's, New York, NY
02/16 - tba, New York, NY
02/18 - Union Hall, New York, NY
02/19 - Permanent Records, New York, NY
02/20 - Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD
02/21 - Midtown Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA
02/22 - Black Cat, Washington DC
02/23 - The M Room, Philadelphia, PA
Also, their 3-part "Trilogi" EP collection is now officially released as an album package via and will soon be available on vinyl via the band's own label .
Atlast Losing Grip planning Euro tour for March
Atlas Losing Grip has started to post tentative European tourdates for March: https://www.myspace.com/atlaslosinggrip