Kings of Convenience - Boat behind

Stream the new Kings of Convenience single "Boat behind": https://www.emi.no/nyheter/2009/juli/hor_den_nye_kings_of_convenience-laten_boat_behind.aspx

Burst to make US live debut in September

Burst will be coming to the US for the first time in September to play the Planet Caravan fest and also to do some support dates for Gojira:

09/19 - Planet Caravan Festival, Asheville, NC
09/21 - Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
09/22 - Ottobar, Baltimore, MD
09/24 - The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
09/25 - The Hangar, New Orleans, LA
09/27 - Warehouse Live, Houston, TX
10/02 - The Social, Orlando, FL
10/05 - Valarium, Knoxville, TN
10/06 - Pop's Nite Club, St. Louis, MO
10/07 - The Rave Bar, Milwaukee, WI
10/09 - The Pearl Room, Mokena, IL

Smalltown confirmed for The Fest 8

Swedish act Smalltown will be coming to the US to play The Fest 8 which is happening in Gainesville, FL from October 30 through November 1. Details: https://www.thefestfl.com/fest8/

Spotify to launch in the US this fall?

MI reports that Spotify is aiming at a US launch before the end of the year: https://www.musikindustrin.se/artikel/972/Spotify_siktar_pa_USA.html
If anyone out there wants to hook me up with an American ambassador invite, I won't say no. I'm too lazy to deal with proxies.

Lögnhalsmottagningen streaming two new tracks

There's a couple new Lögnhalsmottagningen tracks up at myspace, both rough mixes of material from the international group's forthcoming record: https://www.myspace.com/lognhalsmottagningen

New Jong Pang gets new release date

Jong Pang's delayed sophomore album "Love" is now set for release on August 10 via Tigerspring.

Rolling Stone likes Choir of Young Believers

Rolling Stone Magazine's David Fricke likes Danish act Choirs of Young Believers: https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/07/21/frickes-picks-choir-of-young-believers-spiritual-awakening/

Kleerup is a featured artist at Myspace

There's a big promo for the US release of Kleerup's self-titled album on myspace: https://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.artistalbums&artistid=4085433&albumid=12118518

Baby Woodrose - Countdown to breakdown

There's a new Baby Woodrose track streaming at myspace called "Countdown to breakdown": https://www.myspace.com/babywoodrose
The band's new self-titled album will be released on September 14 via Bad Afro.

Final Exit discography trailer

Check out a trailer for the upcoming Final Exit discography LP/live DVD coming out this fall via Monument Records: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtdX70084a8&fmt=18

Steso Songs album coming this fall

Steso Songs, the stage alias of Karolina Stenström, will be releasing her debut full-length album this coming fall via her own label Lyckan.

The Raveonettes announce US tour for fall

The Raveonettes have announced the first batch of dates for their US tour this fall: https://www.myspace.com/theraveonettes

Norwegian metal round-up

Deathmetal.org does a review round-up on a number of recent Norwegian metal releases: https://www.deathmetal.org/?p=395
Artists covered include Mord, Satyricon, Aura Noir, Keep of Kalessin, 1349 and more.

Datarock - True stories (video)

Datarock have a new video for the Talking Heads-inspired track "True stories": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBRXGFcsrMg&fmt=18

Richard Reagh - Beautiful veins

Download the new Richard Reagh single "Beautiful veins": https://www.reagh.net/I'm_Younger_Than_That_Now/Beautiful_Veins.mp3
Look for the album "I'm younger than that now" to appear sometime around early October.