New North American dates for Lo-Fi-Fnk:
10/04 - PS14, Miami, FL
10/05 - TSI Jacksonville, FL
10/06 - Backbooth, Orlando, FL
10/08 - Sonar, Baltimore, MD
10/10 - Starlight Ballroom, Philadelphia, PA
10/11 - The Gramercy Theatre, NYC, NY
10/12 - Studio B, NYC, NY
10/13 - Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
10/14 - The Tralf, Buffalo, NY
10/16 - Metro, Chicago, IL
10/18 - The Opera House, Toronto (CAN)
10/19 - La Tulipe, Montreal (CAN)
10/20 - tba, Montreal (CAN)
Via the Ugress/GMM blog comes word of Danish act Batch Totem releasing their new album via floppy disc. But lest you think the limited space means a short record, you might be surprised - the disc actually contains a full 74-minutes of music specially composed to work in the low-res format. Read more: https://musicthing.blogspot.com/2007/09/dude-releases-74-minute-album-on-single.html
iDEAL Recordings will be pressing an extra-special Skull Defekts 10" dubplate for the upcoming Göteborg Art Sounds exhibition featuring artwork by Thomas Ekelund (Nullvoid/Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words). There will only be a grand total of 8 copies with a mere 5 being made available for purchase to collectors. More details about the fest: https://www.gas-festival.com/
Enemy Alliance has started to post new tourdates for November on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/enemyalliance
New music from David Åhlén: https://www.myspace.com/thetorontoblessing
This appears to be the electronic shoegazer half that he dropped when he went "solo" under his own name after abandoning the Namur moniker. Still sounds great, of course.
BD Pop has new singles from Ludvig Svartholm and Elmo posted on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/bdpop
The Avantgarde-Metal website takes a look back at Beyond Dawn's classic "Revelry": https://www.avantgarde-metal.com/content/reviews2.php?id=119
Swedish pop act Lamont is offering up a free download of their new single "The golden daze": https://www.lamont.se/
The band's debut album will be out November 1.
Music (for Robots) on Sally Shapiro: https://music.for-robots.com/archives/002219.html
Flora & Fauna is offering the new Rigas single "The hardest pocket to pick" as a free download: https://rigas.blackside.org/thehardestpocket.html
The new album of the same title will be October 17.
Updated tourdates for Danish noir-rockers Skywriter:
10/10 - Forum, Bielefeld (GER) w/Lord Bishop Rocks
10/11 - Gogo Club, Münster (GER) w/Lord Bishop Rocks
10/12 - K4 Club, Nürnberg (GER) w/Lord Bishop Rocks
10/13 - Kulturhof, Lübbenau (GER) w/Lord Bishop Rocks
10/14 - Logo, Hamburg (GER) w/Lord Bishop Rocks
10/15 - Kofferfabrik, Fürth (GER)
10/17 - Pirate Cove, Berlin (GER)
10/19 - Chrämerhuus, Langenthal (SWI)
11/15 - Raahuset, Copenhagen (DK)
11/29 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
11/30 - Barfly, Schönebeck (GER)
12/01 - Vierradenmühle, Görlitz (GER)
Blender does a video interview with Peter Bjorn and John: https://www.blender.com/PeterBjornAndJohnInterview/video/6684.aspx
Norwegian noiserockers Ungdomskulen will finally release their debut full-length "Cry baby" on October 15 via Ever Records. Listen to samples and get tourdates at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/ungdomskulen
Peter Bjorn and John create a mix for Gen Art Pulse: https://www.genartpulse.com/archives/2007/09/your_must-have_playlist_peter_bjorn_and_john.php
Finnish electronic artist Lackluster has a new EP out today via SLSK Records: https://www.lackluster.org/shop/product_info.php?products_id=47