Katatonia will be touring the UK in March 2010:
03/09 - Academy 3, Manchester
03/10 - Nottingham, Basement
03/11 - Garage, London
03/12 - Hammerfest II, Prestatyn
03/13 - Cardiff, Barfly
03/14 - Academy 3, Birmingham
London-based Scandinavian clubnight Ja Ja Ja has announced that XFM DJ John Kennedy has been selected to curate their Christmas party on December 17 and the acts picked are: Bloodgroup (Iceland), Harrys Gym (Norway) and Sofia Talvik (Sweden).
Serena-Maneesh has added Ådne Meisfjord from 120 Days to their lineup. They've also booked a couple NYC shows next year:
01/22 - Mercury Lounge 01/23 - Littlefield
Danish indie act The Kissaway Trail will support Passion Pit on tour in Europe and then will be playing a number of UK shows with White Lies:
11/11 - Ninkasi Kao, Lyon (FRA)
11/12 - Alte Bose, Zurich (CH)
11/13 - 59:1, Munich (GER)
11/14 - Werkstatt, Cologne (GER)
11/16 - Lido, Berlin (GER)
11/17 - Gruenspan, Hamburg (GER)
11/18 - Rotonde-botanique, Brussels (BEL)
12/05 - Lexington, London (UK)
12/07 - Mandela Hall, Belfast (UK)
12/08 - Academy, Dublin (UK)
12/09 - Opera House, Cork (UK)
The band's forthcoming album "Sleep mountain" is being mixed by Peter Katis (TIger Lou, Interpol) and will be out next March.
A group of Oslo-based artist expats (2 Australians, 1 Canadian) have put together something called the "Starving Artist Kokebok", or "cookbook" for the Norwegian-impaired, a book and CD package featuring artwork, stories and of course recipes from 37 fellow Oslo-based bands, artists and journalists. Also included is a 19-track CD:
01. Simon Says No! - Sleeping Heart
02. Death is Not Glamorous - Clear Lines
03. Lionheart Brothers - Bring it Down (Kokebok Edit)
04. Maribel - Soothe
05. Pica Pica - The Man with the Magic Hands
06. CCTV - We Belong (Radio Edit)
07. Einar Stray - Arrows
08. Pilemil - Ghost
09. Hiawata! - Valley Boys
10. Happy Dagger - 2012
11. Manhattan Skyline - The Below
12. Spirits of the Dead - White Lady Black Rave
13. Årabrot - The Minute
14. The Bee's Niece - Stolen Bike
15. Norma Sass - Japan
16. The Loch Ness Mouse feat. Stella Mwangi - New Graffiti (Single Edit)
17. Center of the Universe - Sing it Again
18. Rosix Noir - Binden Sie Meine Hnde (Remix)
19. The White Tiger Prepade - Powerful fast forward knowledge pushing scared inprinted gem stones levitating by seemingly apathic sound movement reactions
Other contributors include Benea Reach, Haust, Je Suis Animal, Lydia Laska, My Little Pony, Silver and lots more. There will be a release party on November 18 at Rubber Soul featuring an exhibition of the original artworks followed by a show at Revolver later in the evening. More info: https://starvingartistkokebok.blogspot.com/
Legendary Swedish post-punk act Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons are booked for a New Year's show in London, but are seeking at least one more gig to cover costs. Can you help? See: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=86993079&blogId=517900489
I guess it's official: Umeå sXe hardcore legends Abhinanda are reuniting: https://rogertsblogg.blogspot.com/2009/11/abhinanda-aterforenas.html
Three shows in Japan plus one in Stockholm at Kafé 44 on January 26, 2010.
Ane Brun's "Changing of the seasons" album will be released in Portugal on November 16. She will also be performing live there for the first time on March 6, 2010 at Casa das Artes in VN Famalicão.
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Håkon Kornstad will be making a trip to Washington DC on December 7 to revisit their acclaimed "Elise" collaboration, live at The Kennedy Center on the Millennium Stage. And it's free, so you can't go wrong!
Danish noiseniks Marvins Revolt leave for an extensive European tour today in support of their new record "Patrolling the heights", out now via Play/Rec:
11/06 - Urjes Living Room, Enschede (NL)
11/07 - Vortex, Siegen (GER)
11/08 - Den Ijskelder, Gent (BEL)
11/09 - KTS Freiburg (GER)
11/11 - Le Mojomatic, Montpellier (FRA)
11/13 - Pierrot Lunar, Girona (ESP)
11/14 - L’eclèctic Club, Barcelona (ESP)
11/15 - Sala Mogambo, San Sebastian (ESP)
11/16 - tba, Bragança (POR)
11/17 - Armazém do Chá, Porto (POR)
11/18 - tba, Lisboa (POR)
11/19 - Dolce Vita, Don Benito (ESP)
11/20 - Freemarket @ Maison des 3 quartiers, Poitiers (FRA)
11/21 - La Lanterne, Rennes (FRA)
11/23 - Le Rigoletto, Paris (FRA)
11/25 - La Zone, Liege (BEL)
11/26 - La Malterie, Lille (FRA)
11/27 - RTT, Bruxelles (BEL)
11/28 - Verso, Luxembourg (LUX)
11/29 - The Hope, Brighton (UK)
11/30 - The Ole Blue Last, London (UK)
12/01 - tbc, Newport (UK)
12/01 - tba, Newport (UK)
12/02 - The Flapper, Birmingham (UK)
12/03 - The Harley, Sheffield (UK)
12/04 - Islington Mill, Manchester (UK)
12/05 - Uncle Alberts, Middlesbrough (UK)
12/06 - Royal Park Cellars, Leeds (UK)
12/08 - Richter Collective X-mas Party @ Twisted Pepper, Dublin (IE)
12/09 - Cypress Avenue, Cork (IE)
12/10 - Bakers Place, Limerick (IE)
12/11 - Bar Ritz, Castlebar (IE)
12/12 - Kelly's, Galway (IE)
12/13 - The Calidonia, Liverpool (UK)
12/14 - The Central, Nottingham (UK)
12/15 - tbc, Birmingham (UK)
12/16 - The Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes (UK)
12/17 - The Chantry Social Club, Canterbury (UK)
12/19 - Lades, Copenhagen (DK)
Air France will be following Jens Lekman to Chicago to DJ following his NYE gigs and are also looking for additional gigs around the same time: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=63897182&blogId=517370739
Norwegian indiepop act Je Suis Animal are touring Germany in December:
12/09 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig
12/10 - Gebäude Neun, Lüneburg
12/11 - Hafen2, Offenbach
12/12 - Astra Stube, Hamburg
12/13 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin
"Tomorrow, in a year", the Darwin-inspired opera scored by The Knife, will be hitting the road for a few European dates:
11/27-11/28 - Large Hall, The Concert Hall, Aarhus (DK)
01/08-01/09 - La Pallas, Athens (GRE)
01/29-02/01 - Dansens Hus, Stockholm (SWE)
06/05 - Städtische Bühne, Münster (GER)
For more details and ticket info, go here: https://www.hotelproforma.dk/
Sons of God, aka Swedish noise artists Leif Elggren and Kent Tankred, will be performing a short series of US dates this week together with like-minded countrymate Joachim Nordwall (The Idealist/Skull Defekts):
11/06 - MassArt, North Hall, Boston, MA
11/07 - Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY
11/09 - Philadelphia Sound Forum (Vox Populi Gallery), Philadelphia, PA
Norway's Bigbang will support Phantom Limb on tour in the UK in December:
12/08 - Ruby Lounge, Manchester
12/09 - Classic Grand, Glasgow
12/10 - Cluny 2, Newcastle
12/11 - tbc, Bristol
12/12 - tbc, London
12/13 - The Yardbird, Birmingham
12/14 - Latest Music Bar, Brighton
12/15 - Bush Hall, London