Updated summer tourdates for KVLR:
08/19 - Debaser, Stockholm
08/23 - Cafe Genomfarten, Uppsala
08/24 - Kafé 44, Stockholm
08/28 - Hovstockfestivalen, Jönköping
08/28 - Sommarens sista suck, Eskilstuna
08/29 - Cafe String, Stockholm
08/30 - Kungen, Sandviken
If you can help out with additional dates, especially on the 20th or 26th, please please email and hook it up.
Listen to John Hegre's (Jazzkammer) show from the Garage Festival in Stralsund, Germany: https://garage.in-mv.de/
There's a lot of other archived live stuff on the website as well.
Papermag reports on The Sounds from Warped Tour: https://www.papermag.com/cgi-bin/frameset/paperdaily.cgi?paperclips/04paperclips/warped_tour/
Recent Subliminal Sounds signees The Works have just started recording their debut album. They expect to have it ready in time for a late September release.
Memento Materia has updated their release schedule for the rest of the year:
August 23 - Michigan "Red Dawn" CDM
August 23 - Interlace "Master" CDM
September 20 - Interlace "Imago" CD
October 11 - Michigan "Ultimate Sky" CD
October 11 - V/A "Electropop Heroes Vol 2" CD
October 18 - Run Level Zero CDM
November 1 - Colony 5 CDM
November 22 - Backlash "Lodestar LP" CD
I'm starting to see some dates listed for a US tour with The Concretes:
10/13 - TT the Bear's, Cambridge, MA
10/11 - Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON
10/20 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
If anyone hears of more, please let me know so I can get it posted. What kind of booking agency doesn't list their act's tourdates?
Some of Norway's finest musicians, Lars and Martin Horntveth, Thomas Dybdahl, Nikolai Eilertsen and Morten Qvenild, have joined forces in a new band called The National Bank and will be making their live debut at the Øya Festival in Oslo on August 13. The debut album comes out August 16 and here's what the fest organizers had to say about 'em:
This is a goodie that'll blow up like a bomb when people get to hear the material. Who the members are isn't all that important, but the songs are. Every jaw at the Öya booking office dropped when we sat listening to demos and heard The National Bank through the speakers for the first time. What a glorious sound! This only confirms that a lot of Norwegians must have a special gene for melancholy that the rest of the world lacks. And we don't necessarily mean the sad kind of melancholy, but the gentle, lovely blend of sweet and sour. And no, it's not totally unbearable to be sitting indoors while the wind is blowing and the rain is pouring down if you can get to listen to this. Every song has vocals that will go straight to your heart, the string section will make your hair stand on end, and the backing vocals will make you want to hug somebody.
Download the video for "My testimony" from Finnish band Deep Insight: https://www.fullsteamrecords.com/promo/video/DeepInsight_MyTestimony.avi
Severe Illusion has signed with US-based label DSBP who will release the new album "Accomplishments of Leopold II" later this year.
C.Aarmé needs a manager?
It and Michael Bohlin's new band 8thSin now has their website online: https://www.8thsin.biz/
Sadly, no downloads are available yet.
Aversionline reviews goth-revivalists 1999: https://www.aversionline.com/reviews/1633/
Mp3 blog Fat Planet features two from Finland this week, a revisit of noise-rockers Dead Combo and electronic artist Jimi Tenor: https://www.fatplanet.com.au/
Splendid reviews Norwegian electronic artist Alexander Rishaug: https://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=1090922889330072
Aftonbladet reports that Dhani Lennevald from the A-teens is doing a solo project: https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,515389,00.html (in Swedish)
Just what the world needs, right?