Aversionline on the recent Driller Killer rerelease out on Crimes Against Humanity: https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2007/05/08/driller-killer-total-fuckin-brutalized-cd/

Antenna talks to Stud Bronson of Norwegian retro-thrash act Battalion666: https://www.antenna.nu/battalion666/news1.php
Listen to samples here: https://www.myspace.com/thebatallion666

24:Hours is getting into the blog-as-label game and will be putting out a new comp featuring tracks from artists such as Kleerup, Skatebaard, Mental Overdrive, Dj Pilooski, The Work and more. It comes out May 11 and they'll be throwing a release party at Neat in Stockholm the same night. Check the link for details.

Guitarist Panu has left Finnish hardcore act St. Hood citing personal reasons. There's no word on a permanent replacement yet, but Antti from Down My Throat will be filling in in the meantime.

IAT.MP3 artist Björn Kleinhenz is having a contest to give away 20 copies of his album "Trans pony": https://www.kleinhenz.se/

Bring Me the Fucking Riot... Man has a new website: https://www.bringmethefuckingriotman.se/

Norwegian act Syracus is done recording their new album and has posted two of the tracks for preview on myspace, including "Clay and wire" which features a guest spot from Rockettothesky: https://www.myspace.com/syracus

The X-Dump netlabel has a new release posted from Paza Rahm: https://netlabel.x-dump.com/#XD-NETS-008

Pen Expers video for the track "Draw" is now online: https://www.penexpers.com/video.php

German tourdates for Negative:

09/14 - Factory, Magdeburg (GER)
09/15 - Strasse E, Dresden (GER)
09/16 - Meyer's Music Hall, Braunschweig (GER)
09/18 - Zeche, Bochum (GER)
09/19 - Roxy, Saarbrücken (GER)
09/20 - Substage, Karlsruhe (GER)
09/22 - Alte Spinnerei, Glauchau (GER)
09/23 - Columbia Club, Berlin (GER)

Morningside Records reports that Olesen-Olesen are finishing up work on their double album "Kain og Abel" which should be out in September. Nikolaj Nørlund is acting as producer and guest contributors include Torsten Larsen (Larsen and Furious Jane) and Klaus Mandal Hansen (Learning from Las Vegas).

Updated US dates for Loney, Dear:

05/26 - Sasquatch, Seattle, WA
05/27 - Holocene, Portland, OR w/Great Northern
05/29 - Independent, San Francisco, CA w/Great Northern
05/30 - Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA w/Great Northern
06/01 - Lakeshore Theater, Chicago, IL
06/02 - Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
06/03 - Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON
06/04 - Club L'Ambi, Montreal, PQ
06/05 - Paradise, Boston, MA w/The Sea & Cake
06/07 - Webster Hall, NYC, NY w/The Sea & Cake
06/08 - ToLA, Philadelphia, PA w/The Sea & Cake
06/09 - Black Cat, Washington DC w/The Sea & Cake
06/10 - tba

Kaizers Orchestra gives a small update concerning progress on their forthcoming fourth album: https://www.kaizers.no/articles/19/20/document180.ehtml

The first single from Per Gessle's new album "En händig man" ("A handy man") will be the title track and it will be released on May 21. As for the album, it's now confirmed for June 16.

New Lovekevins tourdates:

05/08 - The Metro, London (UK)
05/10 - Whealan's, Dublin (UK)
05/12 - Roisin Dubh, Galway (UK)
05/18 - Kulturhuset Barbacka, Kristianstad (SWE)
05/24 - Södra Teatern, Stockholm (SWE)
06/01 - Café Kabale, Göttingen (GER)
06/02 - Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig (GER)
06/03 - Bärenzwinger MO, Dresden (GER)
06/04 - Zum Falken, Weimar (GER)
06/05 - Das Bett, Frankfurt am Main (GER)
06/06 - 603qm, Darmstadt (GER)
06/07 - Spartacus, Potsdam (GER)
06/08 - Prinzenbar, Hamburg (GER)
06/09 - Trompete, Berlin (GER)

Look for more soon, including the US in July.