Tag: News
Awesome Finnish act Fun (not the American crap with the same name being peddled to blogs as of late) will not only be supporting the mighty Jesus Lizard in Helsinki on September 16 (a near-perfect gig IMO), they'll also be heading out for a short Baltic tour with pals Hero Dishonest that same month> Preliminary details:
09/23 - Tallinn, Estonia
09/24 - Riga, Lativa
09/25 - Kaunas, Lithuania
09/26 - Vilnius, Lithuania
In other news, the band will be recording a new album in November for an early 2010 release. I know I'm looking forward to it.
Danish instrumental noiserockers Obstacles just finished recording three new tracks for a 7" to be released via Red Tape Records and are streaming them at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/obstaclesband
See them on tour in September:
09/09 - Lokal, Berlin (GER)
09/10 - Cairo, Würzburg (GER)
09/11 - Barka Tocnik, Beroun (CZ)
09/12 - 007 Club, Prague (CZ)
09/13 - Galerie U Mloka, Olomouc (CZ)
09/14 - Yacht Club, Brno (CZ)
09/15 - Rhiz, Vienna (AUS)
09/16 - Kalkbreite , Zürich (CH)
09/17 - AK 44, Giessen (GER)
09/18 - Limes, Cologne (GER)
09/19 - Incubate Festival, Tilburg (NL)
09/20 - Vortex, Siegen (GER)
09/26 - Dödsmaskinen, Copenhagen (DK)
Finnish artist Astrid Swan is streaming three new tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/astridswan
Her new album "Better than wages" comes out September 2.
Mando Diao's new video for "Mean street" is now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-27Vdsc5zfM
Danish indie act The Elephants are heading out for a few European dates in November:
11/03 - Nörgelbuff, Göttingen (GER)
11/04 - Amp, Münster (GER)
11/05 - Ulenspiegel, Giessen (GER)
11/06 - D:qliq, Luxemburg (LUX)
11/07 - Weißes Lamm, Augsburg (GER)
11/09 - B72, Wien (AUS)
11/10 - Clubkeller, Frankfurt (GER)
11/11 - Mephisto, Hannover (GER)
11/12 - Grüner Jäger, Hamburg (GER)
11/13 - Ilses Erika, Leipzig (GER)
11/14 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
Also check out the band's new video for "Take it!": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JufT-6l1AOc&fmt=18
Kristofer Åström made a home-recorded cover of "The power of love" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood and filmed a video for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjVj1dSJpxI
Very recommended.
Norway's Casiokids are doing a few North American gigs next month:
08/05 - El Mazambo, Toronto
08/06 - La Sala Rosa, Montreal
08/07 - Seaport Music Festival, New York, NY
08/08 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
08/10 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
08/11 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
08/12 - Media Club, Vancouver BC
08/13 - Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, WA
A-ha is planning on hitting Australia, Japan, South America, the US and Canada on their forthcoming world tour. No exact dates yet, but you can read this to get a general idea of what to expect.
Indie MP3 is looking forward to the new album from Norwegian artist Dylan Mondegreen: https://indiemp3couk.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/dylan-mondegreen/
Updated European dates for Immanu El:
08/27 - Treue, Bremen (GER)
08/28 - Dot Club, Berlin (GER)
08/29 - Ilses Erika, Leipzig (GER)
08/30 - Societätstheater, Ddresden (GER)
08/31 - Subway to Peter, Chemnitz (GER)
09/01 - Rhiz, Wien (AUS)
09/02 - Studentski Grad, Belgrad (SRB)
09/03 - Forum Stadtpark, Graz (AUS)
09/04 - 11er Club, Frankfurt (GER)
09/05 - Mobilat Club, Heilbronn (GER)
Tomas Halberstad is giving away a copy of his fine, fine solo debut "The anger" to the first person from any country who emails him. Australia is already taken care of, but you could be next: https://tomashalberstad.com/2009/07/29/first-from-your-country-here/
Norwegian acts Harrys Gym and Heroes & Zeros played a collaborative live set together at Slottsfjellfestivalen just a few weeks ago with four songs from each band and the resulting recording is now available as a digital release: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=59486719&blogId=502814176