Check out the video for "Very loud" from the Shout Out Louds: https://boss.streamos.com/download/capi001/shoutoutlouds/veryloud/video/veryloud_v300.mov

Speaking of SOL, Indieworkshop.com reviews the US release of "Howl howl gaff gaff": https://indieworkshop.com/reviews/1745

German label Mi Amante will be releasing the Björn Kleinhenz album "Trans pony" over in their part of the world sometime this summer. They just put out a split CD with Björn and German act Rob and the Pinhole Stars, so it's only natural they continue working together. In other news, I've been told that Björn has plans to enter the studio in late summer to record his next album which I presume will be a late 2005/early 2006 release.

Ex-Notre Dame frontman and Mercyful Fate/Dream Evil drummer Snowy Shaw has posted a video clip for the new song "XXX – Le Masochiste" from his upcoming solo album: https://www.snowyshaw.com/video/SnowyReal.rmvb
Sounds like a mix of Notre Dame and Illwill to me. Not surprising.

I'm not normally a fan of slacker indierock, but every once in a great while I find a band that I can appreciate. Denmark's Gravy is one of those bands. I can't honestly say that I love every song on their new self-titled debut album, but there are three or four totally outstanding tracks including the mp3 I've posted today. Sure, the melody borrows heavily from The Pixies, but I love the huge, busy production and gratuitous backing vocals. Just check out that call-and-response motif with the trainwreck/vacuum noise and guitar lick that opens the song. That's exactly the kind of playful noisemaking that I adore. Fun stuff.

Germany's Stickman Records will be putting out a special 2xLP 180gm vinyl edition of the lastest Soundtrack of Our Lives album "Origin vol. 1" that will include five bonus tracks. It should be available for ordering in a few weeks.

Candlelight Records and Regain Records will be reissuing the first two In Flames albums "Lunar strain" and "Subterraean" once again with remastered sound, new artwork and extra bonus tracks. The records were originally released in 1994 and '95 respectively via WAR/Wrong Again Records and were first reissued by Century Media in 2002.

JuJu Records has updated their downloads section with some older gems from their collection: https://www.jujurecords.com/downloads.php

St. Hood's debut album "Sanctified" has been confirmed for a July 1 release via Fullhouse Records. Look for a sample to be posted online soon.

Swedish hip-hop club promoters B-line have started a podcast. The xml feed is here: https://www.b-line.se/rss.xml

Norway's Amulet has been forced to cancel their current tour due to tight finances. Read the band's full statement:

After two very successful shows in Braunschwig and Berlin, we are sorry to say that we were forced to cancel the rest of the tour. All of a sudden we were facing too many offdays that seriously threatened the financing of the tour. We are truly sorry for the inconvenience and/or disappointment that this decision has caused. Thanks to everyone who came to the shows! We will do some more shows in Germany the days before and after the Full Force Festival. More info on that coming soon. On a positive note: The new album is being mastered this week!

Last Days of April has signed with Sonic Management in the US who I assume will be working extra hard to get the band a proper record deal in the States. More info to come.

Check out the video for "Bringing it all together" from As We Fight: https://www.ungdommenshus.com/aswefight/bringing.wmv
The footage comes from the band's appearance at last year's Fredericia Hardcore Festival in Denmark.

Updated Sambassadeur tourdates:

06/09 - Klubb Ease Down, Jönköping (SWE)
06/10 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE)
06/14 - Water Rats, London (UK)
06/16 - Metro, London (UK)
07/23 - Trästock, Skellefteå (SWE)
07/29 - Trädgården@Annas Klubb, Stockholm (SWE)
07/30 - Parklife Sthlm, Stockholm (SWE)
08/06 - Stadsfesten, Landskrona (SWE)
09/10 - Klubb Velvet, Uppsala (SWE)

The Swedish webzine Revolver has changed their look a bit: https://www.revolver.nu/