The new Disco Ensemble album will be called "First aid kit" and has been confirmed for a February 16 release via Fullsteam Records.
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Chalksounds has started taking preorders on the new Ellis the Vacuumchild album: https://www.chalksounds.com/shownews.php?show=32
Finnish heavy-metal cello quartet Apocalyptica are planning their first-ever North American tour for March:
03/15 - Knitting Factory, New York, NY
03/16 - El Mocambo, Toronto, ONT
03/20 - Schubas, Chicago, IL
03/21 - The Independent, San Francisco, CA
03/22 - Roxy, Los Angeles, CA
Backyard Babies have been chosen to support Social Distortion on the group's upcoming US tour which is probably one of the best tours the guys could ever hope to land. I bet they're stoked. Dates so far:
02/03 - The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel), Las Vegas, NV
02/07 - UCSB Event Center, Santa Barbara, CA
02/08 - UC Davis Rec Hall, Davis, CA
02/10 - In The Venue, Salt Lake City, UT
02/11 - The Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO
02/12 - The Beaumont, Kansas City, MO
02/14 - The Blue Note, Columbia, MO
02/17 - Bogart's, Cincinnati, OH
02/18 - PromoWest Pavilion, Columbus, OH
02/19 - The Dome Theatre, Niagara Falls, NY
02/21 - Metropolis, Montreal, QC
02/22 - Avalon, Boston, MA
02/25 - Starland Ballroom, Sayerville, NJ
02/28 - The NorVa, Norfolk, VA
03/02 - Centerstage At The Plex, Charleston, SC
03/04 - House Of Blues, Orlando, FL
Well, the word is finally out concerning why Satyricon cancelled the final five dates on their US tour: guitarists Steinar Gundersen and A.O. Gronbech (also both in Spiral Architect) have been charged with rape in Canada. Read more: https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=30623 (as usual, the comments from regular Blabbermouth readers are ridiculous)
Dagbladet is carrying the story too: https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2004/12/21/418187.html (in Norwegian)
Umeå's Royal Downfall has posted a new demo track as their holiday gift to you: https://www.royaldownfall.org/audio/Royal_Downfall_-_Lightning_Strikes_Twice_(Demo_Version).mp3
It's time once again for the annual holiday single from The Soundtrack of Our Lives: https://www.tsool.net/temp/xmas.shtml
Entombed will be doing a few dates in the Baltics towards the end of January:
01/21 - Rock Café, Tallinn
01/22 - Salamander, Riga
01/23 - Mulen Ruzas, Vilnius
Pitchfork declares "Heartbeat" from Norway's Annie to be the single of the year and manages to name-drop Swedes The Knife and Fox n' Wolf in the process: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/2004/singles/index5.shtml
Not only do we have a new top 10 today from Fredrik Granberg of Randy, but the band has also given us an early Christmas present: two exclusive unreleased tracks for download! So awesome. These songs will probably end up on a 7" at some point, but for now they're yours for free. Enjoy!
HUGE thanks to the band for making this happen.
The Swedish synth-pop act Lowe has posted an mp3 of their song "A silent night" as a special holiday treat: https://www.lowe.st/music_asilentnight.html
Tiger Lou will tour Europe in February with support from fellow Swedes Torpedo (who of course happen to share band members). Here's what's confirmed so far:
02/13 - Wild Rover, Aachen (GER)
02/14 - L'Austrasique, Nancy (FRA)
02/15 - Cafe Cairo, Würzburg (GER)
02/16 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
02/17 - Hafen 2, Offenbach (GER)
02/18 - Juz, Saarlouis (GER)
02/21 - Nexus, Braunschweig (GER)
A new web diary post from Sondre Lerche: https://www.sondrelerche.com/diary.asp?id=65
Check out some recent live pics from Satirnine, their first with new guitarist Charlotte: https://www.satirnine.com/pictures.php?gallery=13