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Swedish singer/songwriter Sofia Talvik has an new, annoyingly flash-heavy website: https://www.sofiatalvik.com/
Danish psychobilly act PowerSolo has signed a deal with French label CornFlake Zoo who will reissue their latest album "It´s Raceday...and Your Pussy Is GUT!!" in France, Spain, Belgium and Switzerland sometime in early 2005.
Johndoe has a new website: https://www.johndoe.no/
Check out two videos from Norwegian rockers Cadillac:
01. Locomotive
02. Galaxy of nobodies
The clips themselves aren't super-hot, but the music is definitely worth checking out.
As mentioned before, Norwegian label Smalltown Supersound is sending Kim Hiorthøy, Sir Dupermann and label honcho/DJ Joakim Haugland over to Japan to play live in November. Here's the dates:
11/18 - Shibuya 0-nest, Tokyo w/Yuichiro Fujimoto
11/19 - Tranq Room, Kyoto w/PsysEx
11/21 - Warszawa Forth Floor, Tokyo
Prime STH is now confirmed to play the ExMS Swedish Music Showcase in NYC on October 28 with The Tiny and Hell On Wheels.
Katatonia disapproves of the Black Lodge Records reissue of their old album "Dance of December Souls":
It has been known to us that Black Lodge Records are going to re-issue the old classic "Dance of December Souls" album. Although the CD could just as well have been re-pressed with the original cover and old logo, it now ridicules both the past and present by showing up with a new pathetic cover trying to depict elements from our last album and the abuse of the 'new era' logo on something that was released more than 10 year ago. Don't be fooled into confusing this is for a new Katatonia release. Consequently, we do not support this re-issue and take complete distance from its existance.
Live pics of Desert Planet playing the SWÄG 8-bit Music Festival in Tampere, Finland: https://media.ulapland.fi/~jmikkola/dplive17092004/
The upcoming split 7" from Swedish crust acts Reign of Bombs and Earth Died Screaming is currently getting pressed and should be available shortly. Samples:
Reign of Bombs - Counting the days
Earth Died Screaming - Se & hör
Other upcoming RoB releases include a split 7" with Assambly Line Crusifixion, a split 7" with UrUg and a Northern Sweden D-beat compilation CD.
Swedish hardcore act Crowpath is touring Northern Europe with countrymen Abandon from Göteborg. Dates so far:
10/29 - Baracke, Münster (GER)
10/30 - tba
10/31 - tba
11/01 - Juz, Saarlouis (GER)
11/02 - Molodoi, Strasbourg (FRA)
11/03 - GG31, Winterhur (SWI)
11/04 - Ex Steffi, Karlsruhe (GER)
11/05 - Rote Zora, Altenburg (GER)
11/06 - tba
Last Days of April are returning to Japan:
12/10 - Astro Hall, Tokyo
12/11 - Astro Hall, Tokyo
12/13 - Club Quattro, Osaka
To mark the occasion, Japan's Imperial Records (not the Swedish label) will rerelease the band's second album "Rainmaker".
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
02. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
03. Lisa Ekdahl - Olyckssyster
04. Europe - Start from the Dark
05. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
06. Björn Skifs - Skifs Hits!
07. Anna-Lotta Larsson - Känn en doft av kärleken
08. Alcazar - Dancefloor - Deluxe
09. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
10. Rebecka Törnqvist - Travel Like in Songs
11. Mando Diao - Hurricane Bar
12. Mats Bergmans - Vänd dig inte omo
13. Sugarplum Fairy - Young and Armed
14. Gyllene Tider - Finn 5 Fel
15. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
16. Stefan Sundström - Hjärtats melodi
17. The Plan - Embrace Me Beauty
18. Maja - Hemligheter
19. Anders Johansson - When I Become Me
20. Raymond & Maria - Vi ska bara leva klart
Mp3 blog Music for Robots posts about Norwegian goth/doom/metal band Theatre of Tragedy: https://music.for-robots.com/archives/000563.html