April tourdates for Swedish hardcore act Sista Sekunden:
04/03 - G18, Bremen (GER)
04/04 - Plaque, Leipzig (GER)
04/05 - Stumpf, Hanover (GER)
04/06 - Bastard Club, Osnabrück (GER)
04/07 - el Lokal Pirate, Den Haag (NL)
04/08 - Haus Mainusch, Mainz (GER)
04/09 - The Bunker, Chemnitz (GER)
04/10 - Club 007, Prague (CZ)
04/11 - Archiv, Potsdam (GER)
04/12 - Hafenklang, Hamburg (GER)
Peter Bjorn and John will support Depeche Mode when they tour the US this summer. Pfork has details: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/149584-peter-bjorn-and-john-to-open-for-depeche-mode
Just confirmed for the It's a Trap! Clubnight on May 16 at Debaser Malmö: not only do we have the fantastic Cut City taking the stage, but we're also helping our friends at Dagensskiva celebrate 10 years in the internet business. Naturally, we all know who the better site is, but hey - competition makes the market stronger, right? Anyhow, many (if not all?) Dagensskiva writers will be in attendance and I hear that some of them might even be spinning tunes, so it's sure to be a good time. And we all know how writers like to drink...
New tourdates for Finnish act The Rasmus:
03/25 - Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona (ESP)
03/26 - Greenspace, Valencia (ESP)
03/27 - Joy Eslava, Madrid (ESP)
03/28 - Santana 27, Bilbao (ESP)
04/01 - Zeche, Bochum (GER)
04/02 - Batschkapp, Frankfurt a. Main (GER)
04/03 - Arena Vienna, Vienne (AUS)
04/04 - Talstation Gondelbahn Hauser Kaibling, Haus im Ennstal (AUS)
04/06 - Concorde 2, Brighton (UK)
04/07 - The Cockpit, Leeds (UK)
04/08 - Club Academy, Manchester (UK)
04/09 - Heaven, London (UK)
04/10 - Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton (UK)
04/11 - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham (UK)
06/14 - SCC Peterburzhskiy Arena, Sankt Petersburg (RUS)
06/16 - Stadium, Rostov-On-Don (RUS)
06/18 - Sport Palace, Ekaterinburg (RUS)
06/20 - Hippodrom, Novosibirsk (RUS)
06/22 - Platinum Arena, Khabarovsk (RUS)
06/22 - Stadium, Krasnoyarsk (RUS)
06/26 - Hippodrome, Ufa (RUS)
06/28 - Sportcomplex Olympisky, Moscow (RUS)
Sune Rose Wagner of The Raveonettes is getting his old band Psyched Up Janis back together for some shows in April.
Masshysteri is touring the US, but I'll be damned if I can find a full tour itinerary. Here's what I've been able to glean:
03/06 - America, New Brunswick, NJ
03/07 - ABC No Rio (matinee)/538 Johnson, NYC, NY
03/08 - Barbary, Philadelphia, PA
03/10 - Midway Cafe, Boston, MA
03/18 - Celebrated Summer, Towson, MD
03/27 - 1808, Austin, TX
04/01 - Jackpot, Lawrence, KS
04/02 - Subterranean, Chicago, IL
Danish indie act Dúné will be doing a few German dates in May:
05/19 - Headcrash, Hamburg
05/20 - MTC, Cologne
05/21 - Frannz Club, Berlin
Updated Audrey tourdates:
04/07 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
04/08 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
04/09 - Treibhaus, Luzern (CH)
04/10 - Keller Club, Stuttgart (GER)
04/11 - White Rabbit, Freiburg (GER)
04/12 - Cat Café, Ulm (GER)
04/15 - Mobydick Club, Madrid (ESP)
04/17 - Sidecar Club Factory, Barcelona (ESP)
04/18 - Les Femmes S'en Melent Festival, Toulouse (FRA)
04/22 - Shangri-la, Osaka (JAP)
04/23 - Apollo Theater, Nagoya (JAP)
04/24 - Force, Hamamatsu (JAP)
04/25 - Arabaki Rock Fest, Sendai (JAP)
04/26 - Arabaki Rock Fest, Sendai (JAP)
04/27 - O-Nest, Tokyo (JAP)
Simon Says No! will be doing a few extra US dates around SXSW before they head out to LA to record:
03/13 - Pianos, New York, NY
03/14 - Trash Bar, Brooklyn, NY
03/16 - Fontana's, Mew York, NY
03/18-03/22 - SXSW
03/24 - Starline, Fresno, CA
04/01 - The Harlot, San Francisco, CA
04/02 - 3 of Clubs, Los Angeles, CA
Here's the first batch of artists confirmed for this year's Rookiescenen at Hultsfred: Twiggy Frostbite, Meleeh, Pretty Whores, The Koo Koo's, Walking With Strangers and The Sacred Sailors.
Wildbirds and Peacedrums, Hjaltalin and Marching Band will be touring Europe together in April:
04/12 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
04/13 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
04/14 - Centraltheater, Leipzig (GER)
04/15 - Prater, Berlin (GER)
04/16 - Chelsea, Vienna (AUS)
04/17 - E-werk, Erlangen (GER)
04/18 - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg (GER)
04/19 - Jugendheim, Haldern (GER)
Shining will do a couple UK dates in May:
05/13 - Corsica Studios, London
05/16 - The Great Escape Festival, Brighton
As promised, here are West Coast tourdates for Moneybrother:
04/21 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
04/23 - Ike Box, Salem, OR
04/24 - The High Dive, Seattle, WA
04/25 - East End, Portland, OR
04/27 - Press Club, Sacramento, CA
04/28 - The Cellar Door, Visalia, CA
04/29 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
Swedish bitpop artist Goto80 will be doing a few UK dates later this month:
03/14 - tba, Sheffield (UK)
03/15 - Makerfaire @ The Other Rooms, Newcastle (UK)
03/16 - Chipfest 3 @ Korova Basement, Liverpool (UK)
03/18 - Crawdaddy, Dublin (IRL)
03/19 - tbc, Galway (IRL)
Mr. Björn Kleinhenz reports that the third part of his excellent Bone Trilogy is done and will soon be released, perhaps even through this here site in addition to a cassette tape issued by Froggi Records. Entitled "Frogbone salad", this collection of songs features Froggi labelhead Kid Ikarus and was recorded a year ago in March 2008. There will be a release party at Valentinstüberln in NeuKölln, Berlin on March 14 and naturally I encourage all who are able to attend.