has a 5-song Scandinavian music sampler comp available for free download at Amazon: http://amzn.to/iw9NN9
Not the usual selection of just-Swedes either, this collection has stuff from The Deer Tracks, Figurines, Wildbirds and Peacedrums, El Perro Del Mar and I Was a King. And likewise, by perusing the top free downloads chart, I also see that has a label comp for download as well: http://amzn.to/lk0RPs
Featured artists on that one include Delay Trees, Oh No Ono, Regina and The Concretes.
Norwegian indie greats Lukestar have a new EP out this week featuring the single "Great bear" along with a four outtake tracks, two from current album "Taiga" and two from the sessions of their last album "Lake Toba". They're also doing a remix contest with the tune "Flying canoes", the best of which will be included on a Spotify mixtape the band is releasing this summer: http://lukestar.com/archives/301
Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O, the new band featuring ex-members of Madrugada/My Midnight Creeps/Ricochets, have just released their debut single "Next" and have confirmed that their debut album will be released on June 10.
Norwegian singer/songwriter Thomas Dybdahl will be doing a North American tour in July:
07/13 - The Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
07/14 - DC9, Washington, DC
07/15 - World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA
07/16 - T.T. the Bear's, Cambridge, MA
07/18 - Casa Del Popolo, Montreal, QC
07/19 - The Drake, Toronto, ON
07/20 - Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights, OH
07/21 - Magic Stick, Detroit , MI
07/22 - Schubas Tavern, Chicago, IL
07/23 - 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
07/26 - The Media Club, Vancouver, BC
07/27 - Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
07/28 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
07/29 - Brick & Motar Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
07/30 - The Satellite, Los Angeles, CA
Obliteration's much sought-after album "Nekropsalms" is finally getting a domestic US release via : http://www.forcefieldrecords.org/store/
Copies are limited so if you missed it last time, you better get on it now. It's a modern classic.
Bedroom Eyes' new video for "Hand-in-hand grenade". Direct link: http://youtu.be/ot7x8HdZqIU
Look for the band's album "The long wait champion" to be released in Norway on September 9 via .
I'm not usually a big proponent of drone/noise music delivered via the self-imposed limits of a 7", but since these two cuts both have a heavy rhythmic/cult vibe and go straight for intensity over distance, I think it works. Make that one cut actually, the flip is exactly that: a backwards version of the a-side "Ill grande architheft" redubbed "Tfehtihera ednarg lli" ala Napoleon XIV's classic "They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!" single. Anyhow, much like Tremoro Tarantura's previous material, the music here is primarily constructed of mutant noise looping over steady pounding and devilish mutterings, bound together by uneasy chromatic melodies, but without the slow burn afforded by lengthier formats. It rips right through and then it's over, only to flip, rewind and start all over again. All designed to leave you wanting more, I suppose. I know I do. - Avi Roig
Tremoro Tarantura