The Knife's Darwin-inspired opera "Tomorrow, in a year", put together with Danish theater group Hotel Pro Forma, is going international and will be playing at the following dates/locations:
09/02 - Old Stage, The Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen (DK) (world premiere)
09/04-05 - Old Stage, The Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen (DK)
09/11-12 - Château Rouge, La Bâtie, Festival de Genève (CH)
10/08-09 - Hellerau, European Centre for the Arts Dresden (GER)
11/27-28 - The Concert Hall, Aarhus (DK)
Negotiations with the cities of London, Paris, Stockholm and others are underway, but nothing is confirmed yet.
Check out the new Björn & Benny (Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, y'know... from ABBA?) penned single "2nd best to none" as sung by the staff at Stockholm's Hotel Rival: https://www.rival.se/
The new album "A dream I used to remember" from Norwegian-American experimental jazz duo Opsvik & Jennings is available as a free download for a limited time: https://opsvikandjennings.com/
It will officially be released on May 19 via the group's own Loyal Label.
Norwegian industrial/metal act V:28 is now officially over, but they haven't gone quietly -- head to their site for audio + video content from their final show and more: https://www.v28.com/
The End Will Be Kicks have a new website and are streaming a new song called "Sweets and filth": https://theendwillbekicks.com/
Superfamily's new single, due out later this month, will be called "Let's go dancing".
Could it really be true? Will the long-awaited Stefan and the Problematix 7" really, truly, finally be released soon? That's what labels Ny Vag and P. Trash are saying. Wait and see...
Promoe gives props to Andreas Grega who sings the chorus on his new track "Mammas gata" and also gives away his new single "Dom hade mycket att säga": https://www.looptrooprockers.com/dom-hade-mycket-att-saga/
Norwegian indie act I Was a King was selected for KEXP's song of the day yesterday: https://blog.kexp.org/blog/2009/05/04/song-of-the-day-i-was-a-king-norman-bleik/
Danish act Mew will support Nine Inch Nails on tour in Europe this summer. Dates here: https://tour.nin.com/
Swedish emo/pop act We are the Storm are giving away their eponymous debut EP as a free download (in a multitude of formats, too!): https://wearethestorm.bandcamp.com/
Umeå punkrockers Regulations report that their new album is done and ready for mixing. Expect a late summer release via Ny Vag in Europe and Deranged Records in North America.
The new album "Head + heart" from Finnish act Agent Kooper is confirmed for release on May 27. Hear a sample tune at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/agentkooper
Jaga Jazzist reports that they have just returned from Chicago where they were mixing their new album with John McEntire (Tortoise, Stereolab, Teenage Fanclub) at Soma Studios. See pics at the band's website: https://www.jagajazzist.com/
MIC Norway profiles trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær and his new album "Hamada": https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009050412535247075303