Some updated info about the For the Record Sunday shows has been posted in the top right. It appears The Legends have bailed and 21st Century Noise and Ellis the Vacuumshild have been added. Also, Mickes Skivor from Hornstull will be on hand at all of the shows with boxes of 10 SEK records for sale.

Norwegian female hard-rock band Mensen will do a final European tour in September/October. Dates soon.

Promenade Recordings says the second edition of their Food Compilation series will hopefully be out on October 17. The bands set to appear on it are Camera Casanovas, Ponyboy, Dialog Cet, Meta Band, Galactic Heroes, Tullycraft and Incognito Pop.

Mustasch is confirmed for the Rock At Sea boat festival in November along with Abramis Brama, half-Swedish/half-US band Meldrum, UK acts Nazareth and Girlschool and more. The show actually takes place at sea on a cruise between Stockholm and Åland, Finland. Is that a recipe for disaster, or what? More info: https://217.27.174.155/jm/hardrock.htm

Tiger Lou has once again redesigned his website, this time adding a nice yellow hue: https://www.tigerlou.com/

Check out an mp3 for the song "Cowboys and Cactus" from the upcoming Home Groan album "The Opening Act", due out September 20: https://www.homegroan.net/snd/cowboys.and.cactus.mp3
Home Groan is the band of Martin Hagfors who regularly collaborates with members of Motorpsycho in other projects such as HGH and Cream of the Crop and the song in question features Lars Håvard Haugen from Jaga Jazzist on guitar. The first single for the album will reportedly be called "I Drive".

Classic gore-grind band General Surgery has signed with Listenable Records. The band will enter Soundlab studios later this year to record their first-ever full-length album from a spring 2005 release.

Marduk and Finntroll will be teaming up with fellow metal acts Napalm Death, Vader, Black Dahlia Murder and Belphegor for the 'X-Mass Fest 2004' European tour, set for December 5-19. More details soon.

While everyone seems to be oh so excited about the new Fiery Furnaces album that comes out today, it's really all about the C.Aarmé s/t CD now out in the US via Epitaph. Buy it so they'll bring the band over on tour, dammit.

Lost at Sea reviews The Cardigans: https://lostatsea.net/LAS/archives/reviews/records/cardigans.htm

Blindside 'Internal Storm' tourdates:

08/08 - Pepsi Center, Hoi Polloi Fesitval, Denver, CO
08/10 - Granada Theatre, Lawrence, KS w/Me Without You, The Kick
08/11 - Creepy Crawl, St Louis, MO w/Me Without You, The Kick
08/12 - Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL w/Me Without You, The Kick
08/13 - Machine Shop, Flint, MI w/Me Without You, The Kick
08/14 - Odeon, Cleveland, OH w/Me Without You, The Kick
08/16 - CBGB's, New York, NY w/Me Without You, The Kick
08/17 - Theatre of The Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA w/Me Without You, The Kick
08/18 - Axis, Boston, MA w/Me Without You, The Kick
08/19 - Trinity Church, Albany, NY w/Me Without You, The Kick
08/20 - Purple Door Festival, Lewisberry, PA
08/21 - Ace's Basement, Greensboro, NC w/Me Without You, The Kick
08/22 - The Social, Orlando, FL w/Me Without You, The Kick
08/24 - Floyds, Tallahassee, FL w/Me Without You, The Kick
08/25 - Cotton Club, Atlanta, GA w/Me Without You, The Kick
08/26 - The Muse, Nashville, TN w/Me Without You, The Kick
08/27 - Juanitas, Little Rock, AR w/Me Without You, The Kick
08/28 - Hear No Evil Festival, Tulsa, OK
08/29 - The Music Hall, Fayetteville, AR w/Me Without You, The Kick
09/01 - Rave Bar, Milwaukee, WI w/Me Without You, The Kick
09/02 - Ascot Room, Minneapolis, MN w/Me Without You, The Kick
09/03 - Nuemann Outdoor Stadium, Fargo, ND w/Me Without Your
09/04 - Grand Forks, ND w/Me Without You, The Kick
09/05 - Lifelight Festival, Sioux Falls, SD
09/07 - Lo-Fi Café, Salt Lake City, UT w/Me Without You, The Kick
09/08 - Bourbon St Stage, Big Easy, Boise, ID w/Me Without You, The Kick
09/10 - MacEwan Hall, Calgary, ALB (CAN) w/Me Without You, The Kick
09/11 - Harvest Moon Festival, Edmonton, ALB (CAN)
09/13 - Croation Hall - Vancouver, BC (CAN) w/Me Without You, The Kick
09/14 - Graceland, Seattle, WA w/Me Without You, The Kick, Namur
09/15 - Meow Meow, Portland, OR w/Me Without You, The Kick, Namur
09/17 - Pound SF, San Francisco, CA w/Me Without You, The Kick, Namur
09/18 - The Glasshouse, Pomona, CA w/Me Without You, The Kick, Namur
09/19 - The Whisky, West Hollywood, CA w/Me Without You, The Kick, Namur
09/20 - Epicenter, San Diego, CA w/Me Without You, The Kick, Namur
09/21 - Phoenix, AZ w/Me Without You, The Kick, Namur
09/23 - Launch Pad, lbuquerque, NM w/Me Without You, The Kick, Namur
09/24 - The Gym (West Bowles), Littleton, CO
09/25 - 32 Bleu, Colorado Springs, CO w/Me Without You, The Kick, Namur
09/27 - Dallas, TX w/Me Without You, The Kick, Namur

For more info about the group's hand-picked tour companions, including Namur from Sweden, go here: https://www.blindsideonline.com/news/index.asp

The Göteborg Post has revealed that Swedish gothic metal band Tiamar, now just the duo of Johan Edlund and Anders Iwers, is planning an album of covers ala Hederos & Hellberg for early next year. Among the songs planned are Bruce Springsteen's "Thunder road", The Eurythmic's "Sweet dreams", Bob Marley's "Redemption song" and Mary Manson's "The nobodies". Could be cool. Read more: https://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=286&a=172779 (in Swedish)

Dusted reviews Es - "Kaikkeduden kanneus ja käsittämättömyys": https://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1525

Pitchfork reviews the US release of The Hives UK best-of comp "Your new favourite band": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/h/hives/your-new-favorite-band.shtml

Hellhammer: "I do not miss Euronymous or Dead, nor the old times. I like to progress instead of looking back. Neither bandmember was a big loss: both members left this world at a pretty appropriate time for Mayhem. In order for this band to exist like it does today, both bandmembers had to die. So melancholy is not my thing. Never resent, never regret."
Read more: https://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showinterview.php?id=687&lang=en