Check out the latest newsletter from Music Export Finland: http://www.musexfinland.fi/index.php?page=news&id=65
Swedish metalcore act Crowpath will enter Berno Studios in Malmö in August to record their sophomore album, tentatively due out early 2006.
Check out a video clip of Finnish indiepop act Sugarrush recording in the studio: http://mokomaki.com/sugarrush/audiovideo/suggies.mov
The Finnish extreme music mag Inferno is putting out a DVD video comp of Scandinavian artists on May 18, focusing primarily on Finnish acts of course. The tracklist looks pretty darn awesome and it's supposed to cost less than 20 euros, so why not? Sounds like a good deal to me. Read more: http://www.inferno.fi/inf_news_2.php?id=20
The Swedesplease music blog recently featured some stuff from Anna Leong, Gustaf Kjellvander and Paddington DC: http://swedesplease.blogspot.com/
Here's this week's MTVe UpNorth video chart:
01. Millencolin - Ray
02. Angu - Red Light
03. Kent - Max 500
04. Marie Miller - Playground
05. Moneybrother - They're Building Walls Around Us
06. Carpark North - Human
07. Christian Walz - Never Be Afraid Again
08. Saybia - Bend The Rules
09. Bertine Zetlitz - Ah-ah
10. Darin - Money For Nothing
11. Madrugada - The Kids Are On High Street
12. Melody Club - Boys In The Girl's Room
13. The Ark - Clamour For Glamour
14. Kurt Nilsen - Never Easy
15. Chick Habit - Rule The World
16. Sugarplum Fairy - Far Away From Man
17. Hammerfall - Bloodbound
18. The 69 Eyes - Lost Boys
19. User - Miss Wanted
20. Strip Music - 24 Hrs
Challengers:
01. Radio LXMBRG - It's Cruel Up North
02. Kristin Frogner - Stars Above My Head
03. Nick & Jay - Kan Du Hora Hende Synge
04. Clemens - Dans Me Döden
05. Prominent - Let's Talk It Over
Go here to vote for your favorite.
Finnish music blog Lupatarkastaja talks about grindcore act Deathbound: http://lupatarkastaja.samizdat.info/2005/04/15/deathbound-doomsdaycomfort-cd-clips-extinct-video/
It's totally off-topic, but Stylus has a great article today on how to make the most of your digital music collection: http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1580
MIC Norway shines the spotlight on Mortiis on the eve of his UK tour: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005041812501866786449
Mystical Beast posts about Circle sideproject Lee Miller: http://mysticalbeast.blogspot.com/2005/04/lee-miller-band-not-photographer.html
Some new Scandinavian music reviews from Aversionline:
The Mist and the Morning Dew - s/t
Babyflesh - New Wave of Cynicism
Check out some demo preproduction tracks from Denmark's Flying Virgins:
01. Modesto
02. Stella Nova
The band's new album is slated for a January '06 release.
Via Coolfer comes this story about the Finnish company Viralg who are posting corrupted music files to p2p networks in order to inhibit illegal downloads: http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=750
As Coolfer says, "the cat-and-mouse game just got more interesting." Labels have trying to seed the networks with dummy files for awhile now, but this is a new step for them and they say that it seems to be working.
Check out this stop-motion clip filmed at the set of The Ark's "Clamour for glamour" video shoot: http://www.olof.ch/?id=33
Rumour has it that there's a concert DVD in the works from the gig in Lund on Friday.