Upcoming livedates for Jimi Tenor:
05/10 - City Hall, Szczecin (POL)
05/11 - Nordischer Klang Festival, Greifswald (GER)
05/12 - Maschinenhaus in der Kulturfabrik, Berlin (GER)
05/13 - Kulturfabrik, Krefeld (GER)
05/15 - Mousonturm (Studio), Frankfurt (GER)
05/22 - MS Stubnitz, Kopenhagen (DK)
06/02 - Moritzbastei, Leipzig (GER)
06/04 - 603 qm, Darmstadt (GER)
06/11 - Triptyque, Paris (FRA)
09/16 - Waschhaus Jazzy Fest, Potsdam (GER)
Check out the video for "Black dwarf" from reformed Swedish doom legends Candlemass: https://www.nuclearblast.de/band_showa.php?action=video&artist=708
Upcoming releases on Finnish art label Outa: Emerald Cloud Cobra (cd-r), Robert Horton (cd-r), Psychedelic Forests Of Jyväskylä - Collection (tape) and Rihmasto (cd-r). More info: https://iskelma.yardstyle.org/outa.html
Rotten Sound's upcoming US tour is now 100% confirmed. Dates here: https://rottensound.wotanworks.net/live.html
Swedish hardcore act Miss Mofet has reformed with a slightly new lineup. Look for details to be confirmed shortly.
Check out an animated video for The Concretes track "Foreign country" by artist Peter Ahlberg : https://www.lickingfingers.com/music/foreign_country.mov
Here's some new reviews of Audrey from the UK in anticipation of their EP getting released over there:
https://www.soundsxp.com/1863.shtml
https://www.playlouder.com/feature/+bunchof45s-102/ (scroll down a little)
Don't forget that you can buy this gem of a record directly from IAT: [click here]
The first set of artists confirmed to appear at this year's Nordic Roots Festival in Minneapolis has been confirmed and it's a beauty: Garmarna, Hoven Droven, Triakel, Hurdy Gurdy (with Stefan Brisland-Ferner of Garmarna and Totte Mattsson of Hedningarna), Gåte, Frigg and Ellika & Solo. The event is scheduled to take place September 30 through October 2 and more details such as ticket information will be coming soon. Hopefully Gåte will do some other US dates as well.
Stream the video for "Broken" from Norway's Cloroform: https://home.online.no/~kaaaaa/Cl-video/CL-vid-broken.html
Check out the song "Comedy of summer rain" from Swedish act Tower of Foil: https://www.toweroffoil.com/sounds/comedy_of_summer_rain.mp3
The track comes from the band's new EP "Relying upon gravity", out now via Plans and Design.
Belpid Records has signed Magnus Bergman who they describe as "smart, well-crafted pop with Swedish lyrics." Look for his debut single to be released this summer.
Here's this week's YLE/Morjen top 10 Nordic video chart:
01. Smak - Nousen (FIN)
02. Feiled - Lost (FIN)
03. Carpark North - Human (DK)
04. Korpiklaani - Hunting song (FIN)
05. Apocalyptica feat. Lauri Ylönen - Life burns! (FIN)
06. Anniina - Who's about to cry (FIN)
07. Disco Ensemble - We might fall apart (FIN)
08. YOR123 & Skandaali - 99% (FIN)
09. Kent - Max 500 (SWE)
10. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo-fiction (FIN)
Challengers:
11. @junkmail - Hyvä minä (FIN)
12. Vink - Triathlon (FIN)
13. Millencolin - Ray (SWE)
Playback STL has launched a new monthly by Kevin Renick called "Norse Code" dedicated entirely to Scandinavian music. Check it out: https://www.playbackstl.com/Norse/
PopMatters gives high praise to the Shout Out Louds in their latest round-up of short take reviews: https://popmatters.com/shorttakes/index.shtml
Pitchfork reviews the new Datarock: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/d/datarock/datarock-datarock.shtml