Upcoming tourdates for Norway's Next Life:
02/19 - Salon Des Amateurs, Düsseldorf (GER)
02/20 - Worm, Rotterdam (NL)
02/21 - Hafenklang, Hamburg (GER)
02/22 - Westgermany, Berlin (GER)
02/23 - Chapeau Rouge, Prague (CZ)
02/26 - Cave, Genf (CH)
02/27 - Bad Bonn, Düdingen (CH)
02/28 - Hirscheneck, Basel (CH)
04/23 - Donau Festival, Krems an der Donau (AUS)
There's a new Jenny Wilson track streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/goldmedalrecordings
As mentioned before, her new album "Hardships!" will be out on February 25 via Gold Medal Recordings.
Darkthrone are the cover story for the new issue of Decibel: https://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=260003
Black Lodge has announced the signing of Swedish rockers Bonafide and will be reissuing the band's debut album with two live bonus tracks and a Nazareth cover ("Miss Misery") before sending them into the studio with producer Chips Kiesbye (The Hellacopters, Sator, Millencolin, etc.) to work on a follow-up.
The Silent Ballet reviews the Ass/Rickard Jäverling split 3" CD on Kning Disk: https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/2072/Default.aspx
Musique Machine on the new Mats/Morgan Band live disc "Heat beats live": https://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=2093
New tourdates for Norwegian act Monomen:
01/29 - A38, Budapest (HUN)
01/31 - Berghamer, Sigharting (AUS) w/Der Otsch
02/02 - B72, Wien (AUS)
02/05 - Bierstindl, Innsbruck (AUS) w/The Banshee
02/06 - Yeah!Club @ Rockhouse, Salzburg (AUS)
02/07 - Bertholdsaal, Weyer (AUS)
Norwegian indie-folk act The Captain and Me have pushed back the release their new album "Leave your friends and family" to February 16.
K-town hardcore/metal act Leathervein have finished their self-titled debut album and will be releasing it on April 3 via Hjernespind Records. Listen to two tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/leathervein
Also due out around the same time via Hjernespind will be a Amdi Petersen's Armé discography LP featuring both Kick'n'Punch EPs plus various unreleased and comp tracks, a reissue of the 2001 Hul LP "Den Danske ungdom" (pre-No Hope for the Kids/Young Wasteners/Amdi Petersen's Armé) and lastly, the debut LP from up-and-coming CPH-based punk act De Høje Hæle.
Elias and the Wizzkids are heading to Japan in March for a few dates with Handsomeboy Technique
03/19 - Seco Bar, Shibuya, Tokyo
03/20 - Mago, Nagoya
03/21 - Club Karma, Osaka
There will be yet another new Miss Li album on April 1. Tourdates at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/experiencemissli
The Alexandira Quartet will once again go out on tour as support for Travis in February:
02/04 - Live Music Hall, Cologne (GER)
02/05 - Docks Music Hall, Hamburg (GER)
02/06 - Kesselhaus, Berlin (GER)
02/08 - Muffathalle, Munich (GER)
02/09 - Mousonturm, Frankfurt (GER)
02/10 - Casino De Paris, Paris (FRA)
02/12 - Razzmatazz, Barcelona (ESP)
02/13 - La Riviera, Madrid (ESP)
IAT.MP3 artist Racingpaperplanes is posting a whole bunch of old demos, videos and other rare material for free download/viewing: https://racingpaperplanes.blogspot.com/
Via Skivkoll comes word that the new Peter Bjorn and John album "Living thing" will be released worldwide on March 27. Tracklist:
01. The feeling
02. It don't move me
03. Just the past
04. Nothing to worry about
05. I'm losing my mind
06. Living thing
07. I want you!
08. Lay it down
09. Stay this way
10. Blue period Picasso
11. 4 out of 5
12. Last night
And tourdates:
02/25 - Strand (fd. Street), Stockholm (SWE)
02/26 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
02/27 - Storan, Göteborg (SWE)
03/05 - Scala, London (UK)
03/06 - Academy 2, Manchester (UK)
03/07 - The Button Factory, Dublin (UK)
03/23 - Estragon, Bologna (ITA)
03/24 - Nouveau Casino, Paris (FRA)
03/25 - Botannique, Brussels (BEL)
03/26 - Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)
03/27 - tba, Cologne (GER)
03/28 - Kesselhaus, Berlin
Norwegian act Bigbang will release the new album "Edendale" on March 9.