New North American dates for Lykke Li:
08/25 - Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles, CA
08/28 - Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
08/28 - Richards on Richards, Vancouver, BC
10/19 - Black Cat, Washington, Washington DC
10/23 - Paradise, Boston, MA
10/24 - Mod Club, Toronto, ONT
10/25 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
10/28 - Richards on Richards, Vancouver, BC
10/29 - Neumo's, Seattle, WA
10/30 - Doug Fir, Portland, OR
11/01 - Independent, San Francisco, CA
The excellent video for Marit Bergman's new single "300 slow days in a row" (feat. Titiyo) is now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBA3Jg_cWp8
Swedish postrockers Jeniferever are doing a few European dates in July:
07/14 - Lades, Copenhagen (DK)
07/15 - Pretty Vacant, Düsseldorf (GER)
07/16 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
07/17 - Cafe Panam, Leipzig (GER)
07/18 - Elfer, Frankfurt (GER)
07/19 - Bazart Buiten Festival, Den Haag (NL)
07/20 - Patronaat, Haarlem
The band is also heading up to Tontektik in Umeå this coming weekend to begin mixing their next album.
The new West End Girls single "What have I done to deserve this" featuring Magnus Carlson of Weeping Willows is streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/westendgirls1
Go here to download the new single "Away" from Swedish hip-hop artist Form One: https://www.dj-silence.com/nyheter2.asp?vad=listanyhet&newsid=3402
Dark Tranquility will tour Europe with Poisonblack and Fear My Thoughts as the "Where death is most alive" tour:
10/24 - Kato, Berlin (GER)
10/25 - Grünspan, Hamburg (GER)
10/26 - Bibelot, Doordrecht (NL)
10/27 - Biebob, Vosselaar (BEL)
10/28 - Locomotive, Paris (FRA)
10/29 - Ninkasi kao, Lyon (FRA)
10/31 - Rolling Stone, Milano (ITA)
11/01 - Estragon, Bologna (ITA)
11/02 - Alpheus, Rome (ITA)
11/04 - New Age, Treviso (ITA)
11/05 - Gala Hala, Ljubljana (SLO)
11/06 - Szene, Vienna (AUS)
11/07 - Orpheum, Graz (AUS)
11/08 - Salzhaus, Winterthur (CH)
11/09 - Backstage, Munich (GER)
11/10 - Röhre, Stuttgart (GER)
11/11 - Underground, Cologne (GER)
11/12 - Pumpehuset, Copenhagen (DK)
The Halloween show will also be filmed for an eventual DVD release - more details on that to come.
Burst will be heading to Russia and the Ukraine for a few shows this fall:
09/05 - Sky Hall club, Kiev (UKR)
09/06 - Plan B club, Moscow (RUS)
09/07 - Zoccolo club, Saint Petersburg (RUS)
The final issue of avant-metal zine Sounds Under the Surface) is now posted as a free pdf download: https://www.soundsurface.com/
Said zine is actually a split issue with Mørkeskye and features interview content with acts such as Bergraven, <Code>, Lönndom and non-Scandinavian, but local-to-me act Wolves in the Throne Room plus a whole lot more.
Fluxblog on Beta Satan: https://www.fluxblog.org/2008/06/she-dates-for-while.html
Dusted reviews the new Sigur Rós album: https://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4387
You Are Awesome! has two new songs from Swedish act Esthers posted for free download: https://www.youareawesome.se/
Doomsday Mag has live footage of Moderat Likvidation from West Coast Riot along with the news that the reunited band is working on new material: https://doomsdaymag.blogspot.com/2008/06/moderat-likvidation-live.html