And speaking of KVLR, their album is today's top pick review over at Delusions of Adequacy: https://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewid=4523
"Forget The Hives. Swedish band KVLR rocks strong and precise while still being undeniably catchy and fun. Definitely one of my favorite rock albums of the year."
Tag: News
Swedish lo-fi electronic act 50 Hertz has released a new EP online called "Puerto Rico". Go to their website to download it: https://www.50hertz.tk/
In other news, rumor has it that their upcoming gig at Emmaboda will be a 'tennis performance', whatever that means. Could be interesting...
KultureFlash interviews Kim Hiorthøy: https://www.kultureflash.net/archive/99/priview.html
Dogge (Latin Kings) and Gonza (Advance Patrol) are the hosts of the upcoming Swedish hip-hop gala happening on October 2 at Amiralen in Malmö. Artists scheduled to perform: Fjärde Världen, Advance Patrol, Fattaru, Afasi, Prominent, Lilleman, Honestly, Ayesha, Peshi and Don Diego. More info: https://www.svenskahiphopgalan.se/
Sahara Hotnights will be performing their latest single "Hot Night Crash" on the Conan O'Brien show this Friday night, August 6.
Thehelpmeplease have put the song "Someone special" up for download: https://w1.699.comhem.se/%7Eu69900153/someone_special.mp3
Tiger Lou is making headway down in Australia. The single "Sell out" has been sent to radio and TV and the album "Is my head still on?" gets a proper release on September 19. Will a tour follow?
It has been revealed that the Motorpsycho song that The International Tussler Society covers on the new album is "Skies Are Full of ... Whine?". It's also been reported that the vinyl edition will be a double 12" set with three sides of music and one etched side. Cool!
Preview the new album and rock opera "Junk" from Brainpool: https://www.brainpool.nu/listen.html
P3 Live will be broadcasting the live debut on August 19 as well.
New European tourdates for The (International) Noise Conspiracy:
08/27 - Reading Festival, Reading
08/28 - Leeds Festival, Leeds
09/03 - Heartattack Tour, Oslo
09/04 - Mark, Athens
09/09 - Enzimi, Rome
09/10 - Hovet, Heartattack Tour, Stockholm
09/12 - Jahalli Arena, Heartattack Tour, Helsinki
10/28 - So 36, Berlin
10/29 - Conne Island, Leipzig
10/30 - Flex, Vienna
10/31 - Backstage, Munich
11/02 - E-Werk, Erlangen
11/03 - La Laiterie, Strassbourg
11/04 - Le Ninkasi, Lyon
11/05 - Tournefeuille, Toulouse
11/06 - Salle Olympic, Nantes
11/08 - Le Trabendo, Paris
11/09 - Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, Lille
11/10 - Melkveg, Amsterdam
11/11 - Matrix, Bochum
11/12 - Schlachthof, Bremen
11/13 - Halle 2, Mannheim
11/14 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden
11/25 - Islington Academy, London
11/26 - Hope and Grape, Manchester
11/27 - Rescue room, Nottingham
11/28 - Leadmill, Sheffield
11/29 - Kings Tuts, Glasgow
11/30 - The Cockpit, Leeds
It had to happen eventually - Norwegian black-metal tourism: https://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/english/article261742.ece
Atlanta alt-weekly Creative Loafing interviews the participants on the Liz Phair 'Chicks With Attitude' tour, including Nina Persson of The Cardigans: https://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2004-08-05/vibes_feature.html
Swedish budget hip-hop label and Streetzone offshoot Pay Per Bag has a long list of new releases coming out:
Headtag - The Shindig
Mystrow - Chester Copperpot
Robert Valsinger - Robert Valsinger
Fit Machine - From Inside The Machine
Planeten Jorden - Frihetssånger I Retro Adidas
Mekano - Double Cream
Tank Marwin - Tank You
Kamphundar - Kamphundar
As always, they'll be packaged simply and will cost 99sek. More info: https://www.payperbag.com/
Nasum's Jon Lindqvist will be filling in for Entombed/Disfear guitarist Uffe Cederlund at the latter's upcoming appearance during Pointless Fest on August 12-15 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After that, he'll be heading back to the States again to tour with his other band Victims.