Motorpsycho have been working in the studio on the upcoming album, scheduled for a fall release. In between their shows they'll be doing a recording session for the well-known "In The Fishtank" series. The resulting tunes will be released on Konkurrent in Europe and Touch-And-Go in the US. Details: Motorpsycho have some of the Jaga Jazzist members with them in the studio as well as on stage at their festival appearances this august.
Igloo Magazine is an online electronic music magazine. The site has recently been updated with several new artciles.
Monumentum and their new album "Ad Nauseam" have been moved over from Moonfog records to partner label Tatra records. "Ad Nauseam" is one step farther away from metal and metal associated music according to Moonfog, Monumentum's main audience should be in the avantgarde/electronica scene. A scene Tatra have been a part of for ages.
Twin Obscenity have initiated a most strange competition and are asking you to make you a fanpage. The best fanpage will win signed copies of all their albums, free access to any Twin Obscenity live show until 2006, and a night downtown Stavanger including free beer and guided pub tour!! More information at www.twinobscenity.com
While there's been no official announcement from Skinny Puppy, founder Kevin Ogilve hinted at a possible reunion on his webpage on May 21. Writing to explain his reasons for pulling out of the Arvika festival in Sweden, booked under his post-puppy guise Oghr, he cited "studio time urgency related to the reformation of Skinny Puppy."
New tracks from Noschool (aka Lifestyle Interiors) is available for download at Listen Labs. Some material will also be appearing on the "240 Volts Volume 2" album from Swayzak.
Kikapu is a new netlabel, concentrating on IDM, drill n' bass and various other electronic music. There are already 3 releases up for download (for free).
Paradise Lost signs North American deal for a new studio album as well as the release of the previous two albums. Both records have never been released in North America before. The new CD is scheduled for late September or early October and will be produced by Rhys Fulber (Fear Factory).
Air fans can now tune into a special broadcast featuring classic Air tracks, unreleased rarities, a special interview with Nicolas and JB (in French) and some of Air's favorite tunes from other artists. More features will be added in a couple of weeks. Access the broadcast here.
Friday may 24th the Melvins will play a free mini set at Amoeba Records on Haight Street in San Francisco at 1pm. To celebrate the release of "Hostile Ambient Takeover", their new album out on Ipecac.
Monkey business: Gorillaz and Space Monkeyz have joined forces to create a dub version of Gorillaz' debut album. Space Monkeyz previously remixed Gorillaz' "Tomorrow Comes Today". The resulting product "Laika Come Home", will be out on June 24th on Astralwerks.
Björk is preparing a greatest hits collection of music spanning her career for the One Little Indian label. The as-yet-untitled collection is scheduled for September, and will likely include some rare mixes, b-sides, and new material among the obvious hits.
A brief portion of a previously unheard Nirvana song, "You Know You're Right," surfaced recently on several Nirvana websites and on file-sharing networks. The studio-quality snippet, about twelve seconds in length was to have been included on the Nirvana box set which surviving members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl were preparing to celebrate Nevermind's tenth anniversary.. More at our at Pitchfork.
Autechre have a new EP "Gantz Graf" coming out next month on Warp Records. A planned DVD has been delayed until next August. The EP includes three new tracks: Gantz Graf (3:54), Dial (6:18) and CapIV (9:02).
The rerelease from the 2 recent Ulver EP's "Silence Teaches You How To Sing" and "Silencing The Singing" will be released this summer as one cd called "Teachings In Silence" on Black Apple Records.
The Secret Chiefs 3 website is moved to www.sc3music.com . Rumours say the band will tour the USA this fall.
Black-metal godfathers Darkthrone finally got their own official website.
Alamaailman Vasarat just got back from Prague shooting their new music video. This time the band decided to shoot the video first and write music afterwards. Later they will add some production stills on their site and of course the final video when it's done.
Sigur Rós are recording their third album with engineer Ken Thomas. The Icelandic act have nine songs in various stages of completion, including strings recorded with some of Sigur Rós' touring musicians. The still-untitled album will be completed in time for a September or October release.
The Month of May sees Mogwai visit the continent of South America for the very first time, with four shows in Brazil and one in Chile. This will be followed with a brief tour of the eastern regions of the USA and Canada. More at their official site.
The New Forms festival (the Netherlands) line-up is complete: Coil, Julian Cope, Eline en de Allochtonen, DJ Le Funkubine, [Law-Rah] Collective, Little Axe, Red Headed Nurse, Tarzan, Hector Alveros, Von Magnet, Biosphere, Fennesz, Hazard, Kopna Kopna, Mimetic, Martin Morals & Futuro Flamenco, La Musica Della Mafia, John Wozencroft.
Estradasphere are currently working on the new live DVD, a follow up to "These Are the Days". It will feature tons of live footage. The band is currently in the studio recording the new Estradasphere album.
A spokesman from System Of A Down denies rumours about the band spreading unreleased songs, which can now be downloaded through audiogalaxy and similar programs. The songs were recorded during the Toxicity sessions, and were said to be spread by singer Serj Tankian on cd-r after a couple of shows. The band wasn't planning to use any of them for the next album.
Technical and contractual difficulties has forced Season of Mist records to postpone the release of Yatterings "Genocide". Yattering recorded their 3rd album, but stole the mastertapes from the studio. They then recorded a low budget album called "III", a Techno album with Death Metal vocals. They tried to make it pass for the recording Season Of Mist paid for... read the whole story here.