Thanks to everyone who came out last night and made Tack! Tack! Tack! a success yet again. It looks like we've got a lot more great stuff planned for the new year, so be sure to stay tuned!
Hybris will be putting out new releases from The Kid and Kalle J before the end of the year. Head over to the label's website for more details and new free downloads from them and other Hybris artists, including Montt Mardie's Håkan Hellstöm cover: http://www.hybrism.com/
The latest Norwegian top 10 album chart:
01. Sissel - Nordisk vinternatt
02. Maria Arredondo - Min jul
03. Ane Brun - Duets
04. Erik Bye - Høvdingen - De aller beste 1
05. Oslo Gospel Choir / Mia Gundersen - Lys i mørket
06. A-ha - Analogue
07. Vamp - Siste Stikk
08. Tone Damli Aaberge - Bliss
09. Maria Mena - Apparently unaffected
10. Halvdan Sivertsen - 40 +
Finland's Starflower has posted a couple new tracks from their forthcoming album for download: http://www.starflower-fields.com/audio.htm (via)
Cold Meat Industry is doing a bunch more of their international showcase gigs:
01/06 - Werk21, Zürich (SWI) w/Brighter Death Now, Raison d'être, Deutsch Nepal, Bocksholm
02/04 - The Corner Hotel, Richmond (AU) w/Raison d'être, Brighter Death Now, Bocksholm, Shinjuku Thief, Manticle
02/05 - The Corner Hotel, Richmond (AU) w/Brighter Death Now, Deutsch Nepal, Atomine Elektrine, Frozen Faces, Isomer
02/28 - La Locomotive, Paris (FRA) w/In Slaughter Natives, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Brighter Death Now, The Protagonist
04/23 - Koko, London (UK) w/Ordo Rosarious Equilibrio, Raison d'être, The Protagonist, Brighter Death Now, In Slaughter Natives, Deutsch Nepal
December's newsletter from Music Export Finland is now online: http://www.musexfinland.fi/index.php?page=news&id=88
Pitchfork on The Ark and the song "One of us is gonna die young": http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/tracks/05-12-13.shtml#song3
Norwegian avant-metal act Manes is now finished with their new EP "[view]" and he's the confirmed tracklist with notes:
01. Cinder alley (16 Horespower cover)
02. Terminus rmx (DJ Don Tomaso remix)
03. The neoflagellata revision
04. Terminus deconstructus (Cordell Klier remix)
05. Knife & kleenex
06. Title (somewhat inspired by Duran Duran)
07. Terminus dei profundis (Cordell Klier remix)
It comes out in February via Code666 sublabel Aural Music. In other news, the band is now beginning preproduction on not one, but two new albums tentatively titled "Invention - or how the world came to an end and why we did it" and "Be all//End all".
Parasol has posted their Swede-heavy top picks for 2005: http://www.parasol.com/mail_order/toppicksof2005.asp
Indieworkshop has posted a live review of José González: http://indieworkshop.com/articles/264/
Dusted reviews the Mats Gustafsson/David Stackenäs album "Blues": http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2581
Labrador has confirmed the release dates and tracklists for two new upcoming CDs:
Irene - Baby I love your way CDS - 01/11/06
01. Baby I love your way
02. To be with you
Acid House Kings - Everyone sings along with Acid House Kings CDEP - 02/08/06
01. Magnus Carlson - Will you love me in the morning?
02. Les Très Bien Ensemble - Ce coeur est de pierre
03. Lasse Lindh - Jag skyller allt på dig
04. Montt Mardié - Do what you wanna do
05. Don Lennon - Tonight is forever
Swedish rock'n'roll label Bootleg Booze will be putting out two new 7"s in early 2006. The first one will be "Vision express" from Norway's The Incubators. The band features members from Tip Toppers and Gluecifer, so you know it'll be good. After that, look for "Nobody loves the Hulk" from The Maggots around February/March. Classic Stockholm garage-rock.