Norwegian indie act Je Suis Animal is coming to the UK at the end of the month:
07/27 - Indietracks Festival, Derbyshire
07/30 - The Gramophone, London
07/31 - Nice n Sleazy, Glasgow
08/01 - Henrys Cellar, Edinburgh
08/02 - Labour Club, Northampton
08/05 - Madame Jo Jo's, London
Finnish act Rubik have started work on their second album. The band is currently at Magnusborg Studio where they plan on recording 20 songs, 10 of which will end up on the final product in early 2009.
New Audrey tourdates:
07/20 - PMK, Innsbruck (AUS)
07/21 - La Fortezza Delle Donne - Festival, Mirandola (ITA)
07/22 - Villa Merkel, Esslingen (GER)
07/24 - Cafe Panam, Leipzig (GER)
07/25 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
07/26 - L*Abore Festival, Hauptmannsgrün (GER) w/Scraps of Tape
Expect the band to be back on the road this fall too.
This week's Sofia Talvik guest duet partner is Tom Levin: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=36288433
As mentioned last week, Sofia Talvik will be releasing a new live track with a guest artist every week up until the release of her new album "Jonestown" on August 27.
Swedish synthpop act Kamera will support Blondie on tour in Europe:
07/06 - Academy, Bristol (UK)
07/10 - House of Culture, Helsingfors (FRA)
07/12 - Rock Zottegem, Bryssel (BEL)
07/13 - Limmitshaus, Zurich (CH)
07/15 - Den Attelier, Luxemburg (LUX)
07/16 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
07/22 - Echo Arena, Liverpool (UK)
07/25 - Vicar, Dublin (IRL)
07/26 - Academy, Glasgow (UK)
07/28 - ExCel, London (UK)
Bombhappies sideproject Psychic Stunts just released their new EP "101 pick up lines" on Gården Recordings and you can preview (and download) it on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/psychicstunts
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:
01. Tobias Hellkvist - Besviken
02. TALK 1
03. The Deer Tracks - Yes this is my broken shield
04. The Tallest Man On Earth - Pistol dreams
05. White Knives - Death is king of the dancefloor
06. TALK 2
07. Abcess Exil - Kanske du förstår
08. Sällskapet - Nordlicht
09. KTMK - Kalinka
10. The Kid - Transient dance
11. TALK 3
12. Commando M. Pigg - This thing
13. I Are Droid - Sevenfold
14. Johan Heltne - Din alkoholism är ingen alkoholism
15. TALK 4
16. Zeigeist - Wrecked metal (cello version)
17. CMX - Nainen tanssii tangoa
18. Broder Daniel - Love doesn't last
19. TALK 5
Reminder: my show on Sirius Left of Center (channel 26) airs Sundays at 11pm ET with repeats on Monday.
Reunited Norwegian cult act White Lord Jesus will be releasing the new album "...into that good night" on August 18, 24 years after their debut. The first single "Strange days" includes guest vocals from Rebekka Karijord and can be downloaded here: https://www.whitelordjesus.com/
Other guests on said record include Arve Henriksen (Supersilent), Martin Horntveth (Jaga Jazzist, The National Bank), Bård Torstensen (Clawfinger) and Maja Ratkje (Spunk, Fe-mail).
Surrounded has a new website: https://www.surrounded.se/
Dreamboy has posted a journal from their recent trip to Japan: https://www.dreamboy.se/index.php?page_id=369
Swedish electropop duo Rocca has posted "Private dancer", their new track with Juvelen on guest vocals, on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/roccarocca
Paper Thin Walls on Pluxus: https://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=1630
Swedish doom act Abandon has completed work on their massive new album "The dead end" and have samples posted on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/inrealitywesuffer
There's no deal signed yet for a release, but if you're up for putting out a 106-minute 2CD/3LP album, get in touch.
Swedish old-school death-metal supergroup Bloodbath will release their new full-length album "The fathomless mastery" on October 6 via Peaceville Records.
The Swedish Music Information Centre (or "Svensk Musik" på Svenska) is now officially its own entity as of today, July 1. The company is still owned by STIM, so don't expect big changes just yet, only a new URL for the time being (and a new physical location in the near future): https://www.mic.se/