Norwegian visual artists Trine + Kim designstudio celebrate their 10th anniversary of work with a retrospective exhibition on their many iconic album covers (Ulver, Mayhem, DHG, Darkthrone, etc.) and a book collection entitled "Decade". There will be a release party and mini-concert on October 30 at Podium in Olso (RSVP req'd) and I believe their works will be on display for the following two days in the same locale.
Swedish hardcore legends Moderat Likvidation are coming to North America in November:
11/07 - tba, Montreal
11/08 - The Whitney House, Hartford, CT
11/09 - tba, Boston, MA
11/10 - The Fish Flat, Philadelphia, PA
11/11 - The Sidebar Tavern, Baltimore, MD
11/12 - Alley Katz, Richmond, VA
11/13 - The Falcon Nest, Pittsburgh, PA
11/14 - ABC No Rio, New York City, NY
11/14 - Crust Massacre Gig vol 36 @ Death by Audio, Brooklyn, NY
Swedish power electronics master Brighter Death Now will be doing a number of rare live dates coming up:
09/24 - "Dom" Cultural Centre, Moscow (RUS)
09/28 - "Revolution" Club, Saint Petersburg (RUS)
10/09 - Maschinenfest, Essen (GER)
11/04 - Wroclaw Festival, Wroclaw (POL)
02/20 - VII Congresso Post Industriale, Prato (ITA)
The Skull Defekts will be touring Europe in late February/early March. Dates soon.
Swedes Peter Bjorn and John and El Perro Del Mar will be doing a number of US dates together:
11/07 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
11/08 - Theater of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
11/10 - Terminal 5, New York, NY
11/11 - Phoenix Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
11/12 - Metro, Chicago, IL
11/13 - Gargoyle Club, St. Louis, MO
11/14 - House of Blues, Dallas, TX
11/15 - La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX
11/17 - Rialto Theater, Tucson, AZ
11/18 - House of Blues, San Diego, CA
11/19 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
11/20 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
11/21 - Club Nokia, Los Angeles, CA
Norwegian artist Hanne Hukkelberg is back in the US this month for a few select shows:
09/10 - The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
09/11 - The Bell House, Brooklyn, NY
09/13 - Black Cat, Washington DC
09/14 - The Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
09/15 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
09/16 - Doug Fir, Portland, OR
09/18 - Hotel Café, Los Angeles, CA
Kristofer Åström is hitting the road in December with his backing band The Rainaways:
12/07 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
12/08 - Magnet Club, Berlin (GER)
12/09 - Groove Station, Dresden (GER)
12/10 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER)
12/11 - Gebäude 9, Köln (GER)
12/12 - Nachtleben, Frankfurt (GER)
12/13 - Hirsch, Nürnberg (GER)
12/14 - Universum, Stuttgart (GER)
12/15 - Atomic Café, München (GER)
12/16 - Volkshaus, Basel (CH)
12/17 - ISC, Bern (CH)
12/19 - Moritzhof, Magdeburg (GER)
12/20 - Falkendom, Bielefeld (GER)
Once again, updated dates for Björn Kleinhenz's extensive, not-to-be-missed upcoming European tour:
09/23 - Huset Magstraede, Copenhagen (DK)
09/24 - Hasenschaukel "About Songs / Reeperbahnfestival", Hamburg (GER)
09/25 - Nice Nice Gallery, Hannover (GER)
09/26 - Amp, Münster (GER)
09/27 - Kamp, Bielefeld (GER)
09/28 - Rotopol Gallery, Kassel (GER)
09/29 - Pools, Göttingen (GER)
09/30 - Stereo Wonderland, Cologne (GER)
10/01 - Cobra, Solingen (GER)
10/02 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER)
10/03 - Ponyhof, Frankfurt (GER)
10/04 - Cafe Video, Gent (BEL)
10/05 - Cafe Lübke, Trier (GER)
10/06 - Pop In, Paris (FRA)
10/07 - Parterre, Basel (CH)
10/08 - Mariaberg, Rorschach (CH)
10/09 - Kulturwerk 118, Sursee (CH)
10/10 - Kalki Kino, Zurich (CH)
10/11 - House Show, Bern (CH)
10/12 - Tikis Pub, Geneve (CH)
10/14 - La Salumeria del Rock, Reggio Emilia (ITA)
10/15 - L'osteria dei vitelloni / Seregno Centro, Milano (ITA)
10/16 - Bar Sartea, Vicenza (ITA)
10/17 - VSA @ Gasthaus Vorstadt, Vienna (AUS)
10/18 - Chapeau Rouge, Prague (CZ)
10/20 - Stille Post, Görlitz (GER)
10/21 - Intersoup, Berlin (GER)
10/22 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
10/23 - Ilses Erika, Leipzig (GER)
10/24 - House Show, Erlangen (GER)
10/25 - Babylon Underground, Fuerth (GER)
10/26 - Treibhaus e.V., Doebeln (GER)
10/27 - AZ Conni, Dresden (GER)
Svarte Greiner, in addition to relocating to Berlin, will have his cassette release "Penpals forever" reissued on vinyl with an additional side of fresh music. Look for it in November via Digitalis under the name "Penpals forever and ever". In other news, a European tour is in the works for this fall and dates should be confirmed soon.
Montys Loco, one of my most favorite, criminally underrated acts, will be playing Point Ephémère in Paris on September 25 with Titiyo and Nina Kinert.
Moneybrother's current album "Real control" has been licensed by Bladen County Records for a US release in January and he'll be coming back for another batch of US dates in September:
09/18 - The Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA w/The Love Language
09/19 - Rontoms (Music Fest North West), Portland, OR w/The Love Language
09/22 - Red Devil Lounge, San Francisco, CA
09/24 - The Viper Room, Los Angeles, CA w/Tigercity
Mattias Friberg has added an additional Logh solo show on September 9 at Hotel Cafe in LA.
Britta Persson is heading to Brazil in September:
09/18 - No Ar Coquetel Molotov, Recife
09/19 - Orbita, Fortaleza
09/24 - SESC Pompéia, Sao Paulo
09/26 - BECO, POA
09/27 - CCJ, Sao Paulo
The always-busy Jasper TX (aka Dag Rosenqvist) reports that he's currently working on an album together with Danish poet Bue Nordström entitled "Replica Archipelago" to be released on October 8 via Bokbandet. There will be a record release show at Göteborgs Konstmuseum on October 9. In other news, there's also a soundtrack in the works for Dutch filmaker Juriaan Booijs' new work "Conformists" written together with Simon Scott (ex-Slowdive), a double-disc collection of OOP 3" CDRs with new remixes/cover versions via UK-based label Under the Spire and, lastly (for now), a European tour in the works for November. Head to myspace for more: https://profile.myspace.com/jaspertx
The Zune LA Space will be hosting a six-day exhibition of Mewseum, a gallery showcasing the visual art of Mew. It will run from August 29 through September 3 and will include a live performance from the band on the 31st. More details: https://mewsite.com/mewseum