The theme for Viola's upcoming June 3 concert at Semifinal has been selected: girl bands. The setlist has yet to be selected, but expect to hear hits from the likes of All Saints, TLC, The Supremes, Martha & the Vandellas, Spice Girls, Destiny's Child and more. Good times.
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Flora & Fauna has confirmed a May 11 release date for the new Hundarna från Söder album "Troika". There will be a special video and album preview on April 19 at Riche in Stockholm.
The Figurines website is back up and running again: https://www.figurines.dk/
The music blog Norwegian Eardrums posted interesting tidbits about synthpop act Kawaii and powerpop band Beezewax yesterday: https://noreardrums.blogspot.com/
Amandine has selected Ove Andersson to produce their upcoming debut album. They head to Gävle to begin recording on Monday.
Ane Brun's most recent album "A temporary dive" will be released in France on May 17 and in the UK on June 6. The next single "Song no.6" (feat. Ron Sexsmith) will be released in Scandinavia on April 27 and will include a demo version of "My lover will go" and a live version of "Humming one of your songs" as b-sides. The live track comes from "A night for Anna Lindh" when Ane was backed by the Benny Andersson Orkester.
Finland's Kahvi Collective has a new video netrelease from El-bee and Mf: https://www.kahvi.org/v02.php
The new Hellacopters album "Rock & rock is dead" has been confirmed for a June 8 release. The record was produced by Chips Kiesbye (Sator) at Atlantis studio in Stockholm and mixed by Michael Ilbert at Megaphon Studio. Tracklist:
01. Before the fall
02. Everything's on TV
03. Monkeyboy
04. No angel to lay me away
05. Bring it on home
06. Leave it alone
07. Murder on my mind
08. I'm in the band
09. Put out the fire
10. I might come see you tonight
11. Nothing terribly new
12. Make it tonight
13. Time got on time to wait for me
The first single will reportedly be for the song "Everything's on TV".
Splendid reviews Heikki: https://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=1112354772195939
MTVe has a little blurb about the plot for Kent's new video "Palace & main": https://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=5539
The CDS will be released on May 4 and will include the exclusive b-sides "Nihilisten" and "Alla mot alla".
Dusted reviews Finnish free-folk act Kemialliset Ystävät: https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2093
Download two tracks from Danish all-star metal act Force of Evil off their new album "Black empire": https://www.forceofevil.net/7.htm
As mentioned before, FoE features current and ex Mercyful Fate members Michael Denner, Hank Shermann and Bjarne Holm as well as Hal Patino (King Diamond) and Martin Steene (ex-Ironfire).
Reuinited Swedish hard-rockers Europe will finally get their comeback album "Start from the dark" released in the US on June 7 through Friday Music. As mentioned before, the band kicks off a US tour on April 22 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA.
Remember Novak? And maybe you've heard of the Swedish pop star Andreas Novak from the TV show Fame Factory? As you can imagine, that's a situation ripe for conflict. What's a little indie band to do? Well, they decided to just give in and change their name. The new moniker: Antennas. And today I'm proud to present to you their brand new single "Always on my mind". No, it's not that song, but they both possess that same feeling of longing and regret. It's not nearly as guitar heavy as the band's previous work, but they make up for it with amazingly lush production. Great stuff. The official CD version will be released soon on Novoton Records with remixes from Andreas Tilliander, Pro-Seed, AK and P.R.I.D.E.