Direct competition for TTT? SoNorsk is the name of a new Norwegian club night to take place at the Beachclub in London on January 16. Appearing on the inaugral date will be singer/songwriters Kaya and Kari Kleiv plus the band Brainchild. Read more: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2006010611252288653696
Tag: News
Pitchfork on the latest Circle record: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/c/circle/forest.shtml
Check out an ecard for the new Raunchy album, due out soon on Lifeforce Records: https://www.lifeforcerecords.com/ecardraunchy.htm
Fuzzorama Records has signed a deal with US label Meteorcity (Hermano, Atomic Bitchwax) to cooperatively release the third pressing of Truckfighters' excellent album "Gravity X" worldwide. Look for it on February 7 in the US, late March in Europe. Highly recommended for fans of fuzzed-out stoner rock.
Intrepid IAT reporter Jason Christie ran into Noel Gallagher of Oasis at the airport earlier today and he said that he still rates TSOOL, can handle the Hives, thinks Caesars are "ok" and likes "some other Swedish band called Kashmir." He meant Danish, but well - you know...
Finnish folk/vocal group Värttinä has a new website: https://www.varttina.com/
Swedish rockers Wired for Mono have a new website: https://www.wiredformono.com/
Norwegian industrial/metal act Red Harvest will enter Multimono Studio this coming June to record their next album.
Tobias Benstrup is offering up his entire album "Re-animate me" for free download in January: https://www.tonightrecords.com/fanclub/freeanimate.html
Swedish screamy hardcore act The Smackdown has posted two new songs for download on their website: https://www.the-smackdown.com/
The band's new album "Someone has to kill the headwriter" will be out in April on Goodfellow. Also, upcoming European tourdates:
01/18 - Casiopaia, Berlin (GER)
01/19 - Zoro, Leipzig (GER)
01/20 - MKNZ, Ilriska Bistrica (SLO)
01/21 - tba, Sladki Vrh (SLO)
01/22 - M.I.K.K., Murska Sobota (SLO)
01/23 - Shotoklub, Izola (SLO)
01/24 - Traffic, Rome (ITA)
01/25 - Capolinea - Baraonda, Faenza (ITA)
01/26 - Bunker, Bolzano (ITA)
01/27 - Triebwerk, Wiener Neustadt (AUS)
01/28 - ACT, Cakovec (CRO)
01/29 - Mochvara, Zagreb (CRO)
01/30 - Club Orlando, Dubrovnik (CRO)
01/31 - Süss fel nap, Budapest (HUN)
02/01 - Stadtwerkstatt, Linz (AUS)
02/02 - 7, Prague (CZ)
02/03 - tba, Poznan (POL)
02/04 - Zentrum, Schleswig (GER)
02/05 - The V.E.B, Lübeck (GER)
Updated tourdates for Swedish singer/songwriter Christian Kjellvander:
01/26 - Kulturkeller, Fulda (GER)
01/27 - Ville de Dudelang, Luxemburg (LX)
01/28 - Unperfekthaus, Essen (GER)
01/29 - Prime Club, Köln (GER)
01/30 - backstage, Munchen (GER)
01/31 - E-Werk, Erlangen (GER)
02/02 - Kaserne, Basel (SWI)
02/03 - Planet Music, Wien (SWI)
02/04 - El Lokal, Zürich (SWI)
02/05 - Rockhouse, Salzburg (AUS)
02/07 - Kulturinsel Halle Saale, Halle(GER)
02/08 - Gleis 22, Münster(GER)
02/09 - Quasimodo, Berlin(GER)
02/10 - Knust, Hamburg(GER)
02/12 - Forum, Bielefeld (GER)
His latest album "Faya" will getting a wider European release at the end of January. Look for UK dates this spring.
Finnish label Next Big Thing has announced the signing of ex-Killer vocalist Siiri Nordin. Look for a new single this spring with an album to follow sometime before summer.
Check out the results of the Gaffa reader's poll for the bests of 2005: https://gaffa.dk/nyheder/view.php/news_id=14726
Check out "Clarissa", the b-side to the new Housewife Lovers single "Pandavision": https://hwl.longingboy.com/clarissa.mp3