The Alpine's debut full-length album "On feel trips" has been confirmed for a February 27 release in Denmark, March 31 in Germany. Head to their website to listen to some samples: https://www.thealpine.dk/
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Danish psychobillies PowerSolo are doing a couple UK showcase gigs at the end of March:
03/27 - Metro Club, London
03/28 - The Water Rats, London
Dates are coming together for the upcoming Figurines North American tour:
02/28 - The Horseshoe, Toronto (CAN)
03/01 - The Docks (The Canadian Indies), Toronto (CAN)
03/02 - The Drake, Toronto (CAN) w/The Blue Van, Kira and The Kindred Spirits (Music Export Denmark Showcase)
03/03 - The Healey's, Toronto (CAN)
03/04 - The Bovine, Toronto (CAN)
03/06 - tba, Ottawa (CAN) w/The Blue Van, Kira and The Kindred Spirits (Music Export Denmark Showcase)
03/07 - tba, Montreal (CAN) w/The Blue Van, Kira and The Kindred Spirits (Music Export Denmark Showcase)
03/09 - The Crocodile, Seattle, WA w/The Blue Van, Kira and The Kindred Spirits (Music Export Denmark Showcase)
03/10 - tba, Portland, OR w/Kira and The Kindred Spirits (Music Export Denmark Showcase)
03/11 - tba, Vancover (CAN)
03/12 - Sonic Boom Records, Seattle, WA
03/14 - Cinespace Night, LA
Updated European dates for Christian Kjellvander:
03/02 - Fzw, Dortmund (GER)
03/03 - Römer, Bremen (GER)
03/04 - Café Zapata, Berlin (GER)
03/05 - Scheune, Dresden (GER)
03/06 - B 72, Wien (AUS)
03/07 - Orangehouse, München (GER)
03/08 - Salzhaus, Winterthur (CH)
03/09 - ISC, Bern (CH)
03/10 - Merkker Club, Olden (CH)
03/11 - Bikini Test, La Chaux-de-Fonds (CH)
03/12 - Schüür, Lüzern (CH)
03/15 - Barfly, London (UK)
03/16 - tba, Paris (FRA)
Swedish powerpop act The Virtues will be playing some dates around the US in mid-March, probably to coincide with an appearance at SXSW. Details tbc.
PopMatters reviews The Ark: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/the_ark/
Good to see there's a confirmed US release date of March 7. Looks like my prediction that the album's harder edge would lead to bigger things has come to fruition. Now when's the full US tour gonna happen?
Norwegian cut-up thrash act Single Unit will be performing at the Hive Days festival in Chicago from March 10-12. Other acts confirmed include Aa, Forbes Graham (Kayo Dot), Chris Corsano & Spencer Yeh, Seductive Sprigs from Zs and more.
"Marble house" will be the second single from The Knife's forthcoming album "Silent shout". The full-length comes out February 15 (moved up from March) and the single's release date is March 27.
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Lisa Ekdahl - Pärlor av glas
02. Björn Skifs - Decennier sånger från en annan tid
03. Sven-Ingvars - Livet är nu - 50 år det bästa med sven-ingvars
04. Laleh - Laleh
05. Agnes - Agnes
06. Håkan Hellström - Nåt gammalt, nåt nytt, nåt lånat, nåt blått
07. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
08. Son of a Plumber - Son of a Plumber
09. Thåström - Skebokvarnsv 209
10. Lena Philipsson - Jag ångrar ingenting
11. Monica Zetterlund - Z - det bästa med monica zetterlund
12. Emil Sigfridsson - Äntligen
13. Björn Afzelius - Björn Afzelius bästa
14. Darin - Darin
15. The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
16. Matz Bladhs - Gobitar 2006
17. Wahlströms - Tillbaka igen
18. Eddie Meduza - Dragspelsrock
19. Kent - Du & jag döden
20. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
Updated German tourdates for The Je Ne Sais Quoi:
03/09 - White Trash, Berlin
03/10 - Sunday Service Festival @ Knust, Hamburg
03/11 - Trinkhalle, Rheine
03/12 - Blue Shell, Köln
The Ark has booked a headlining gig at the London Barfly for February 9. As mentioned before, the band will be on tour there supporting The Darkness beginning on February 4 in Dublin.
David Fridlund is offering up three brand new solo tracks for streaming on his myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/davidfridlund
Act fast 'cuz they'll only be available for 24 hours.
New mp3 today from Andreas Meland off the split CD "Brakhage" with Norwegian noise heavyweight Lasse Marhaug (aka Jazkammer). The music was recorded live during a screening of American filmmaker Stan Brakhage's silent films and then remixed and finalized for this release. Meland was still considered somewhat of an unproven talent at the time of the record's release back in April '05, but I think you'll agree that he proves himself to be a formidable artist with the sweet, dark drones he lays down here. This music isn't so much about how it sounds, but about how it makes you feel and the way it affects the mood of your surroundings. In other words, perfect soundtrack music. [buy it]
Swedish noiserock act Traktor has given their website a new look: https://www.traktorbiz.com/
The band's new album "Lights" came out on January 20 via German label My Favourite Toy.