Tag: News
Isolation Years have finally confirmed some new European tourdates. Here's the latest:
03/12 - Norrlands Nation, Uppsala (SWE)
04/09 - Umeå Open, Umeå (SWE)
04/13 - Woody @ Pusterviksbaren, Göteborg (SWE)
04/14 - Herrgårn, Linköping (SWE)
04/15 - Garage, Oslo (NOR)
04/16 - Café Mic, Vänersborg (SWE)
04/17 - Klubb Söndag @ Strömpis, Örebro (SWE)
04/27 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
04/27 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
04/28 - Knaak, Berlin (GER)
04/29 - Star Club, Dresden (GER)
04/30 - The Rodeo club @ Projekt 7, Magdeburg (GER)
05/01 - Forum, Bielefeld (GER)
05/03 - E-Werk, Erlangen (GER)
05/05 - ISC, Bern (SWI)
Melpo Mene is currently recording a new EP for release later this spring. Samples should be online soon.
Swedish indiepop act The Lovekevins have announced that they will start doing a weekly online radio show. Read more at their website: https://www.lovekevins.laparole.se/
Check out Jim Stärk and Jaga Jazzist playing live together on NRK P3: https://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_p3/4531450.html
Some new, mostly tentative dates for Finland's Echo is Your Love:
04/15 - tba (LAT)
04/16 - tba (LIT)
04/17 - tba (LIT)
04/18 - Kurow (POL)
04/19 - Krakow (POL)
04/20 - tba (POL)
04/21 - Potsdam (GER)
04/22 - Leipzig (GER)
04/23 - tba (GER)
04/20 - Cologne (GER)
04/25 - Bremen (GER)
04/26 - Hengelo (NL)
04/27 - Utrecht (NL)
04/28 - Amsterdam (NL)
04/30 - Roskilde (DK)
There's not much that I haven't already posted about, but the March newsletter from Music Export Finland is out: https://www.musexfinland.fi/index.php?page=news&id=64
Disco Ensemble's new album "First Aid Kit" has been confirmed for release in GAS on April 4 via Cargo Records.
Think Small posts about a few new Swedish indiepop bands of note: https://www.thinksmall.nl/blog.php?id=6#55
The very excellent music blog Mystical Beast posts about 70s Danish hard-rockers Gasolin': https://mysticalbeast.blogspot.com/2005/03/anytime-you-start-to-think-that.html
I haven't had a chance to listen to the posted songs yet, but the story is definitely interesting.
Convoj's new website is up: https://www.convoj.se/
José González will finally get his excellent full-length album "Veneer" released in the UK on April 25 via Peacefrog/Agenda Records. About time methinks. Look for coinciding European tourdates to be confirmed soon.
The new 22-Pistepirkko album "Drops & kicks" has finally been confirmed for release on March 30 in their native Finland, April 6 elsewhere in Scandinavia. The 22-Pistepirkko book also comes out on March 30 and, assuming you can read Suomi, more can be found here: https://www.likekustannus.fi/kirjakeko/tiedot.php?id=734
Here's this week's YLE/Morjen top 10 Nordic video chart:
01. Disco Ensemble - We might fall apart (FIN)
02. Smak - Nousen (FIN)
03. Korpiklaani - Hunting song (FIN)
04. Kent - Max 500 (SWE)
05. Padington - Hey now (NOR)
06. The 69 Eyes - Lost boys (FIN)
07. The Mo - Howl in the jungle (SWE)
08. PMMP - Päiväkoti (FIN)
09. Moneybrother - They're building walls around us (SWE)
10. Pain - Same old song (SWE)
Challengers:
11. Anniina - Who's about to cry (FIN)
12. Hammerfall - Bloodbound (SWE)
13. Infernal - From Paris to Berlin (DK)