Check out Jim Stärk and Jaga Jazzist playing live together on NRK P3: http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_p3/4531450.html
Some new, mostly tentative dates for Finland's Echo is Your Love:
04/15 - tba (LAT)
04/16 - tba (LIT)
04/17 - tba (LIT)
04/18 - Kurow (POL)
04/19 - Krakow (POL)
04/20 - tba (POL)
04/21 - Potsdam (GER)
04/22 - Leipzig (GER)
04/23 - tba (GER)
04/20 - Cologne (GER)
04/25 - Bremen (GER)
04/26 - Hengelo (NL)
04/27 - Utrecht (NL)
04/28 - Amsterdam (NL)
04/30 - Roskilde (DK)
There's not much that I haven't already posted about, but the March newsletter from Music Export Finland is out: http://www.musexfinland.fi/index.php?page=news&id=64
Disco Ensemble's new album "First Aid Kit" has been confirmed for release in GAS on April 4 via Cargo Records.
Think Small posts about a few new Swedish indiepop bands of note: http://www.thinksmall.nl/blog.php?id=6#55
The very excellent music blog Mystical Beast posts about 70s Danish hard-rockers Gasolin': http://mysticalbeast.blogspot.com/2005/03/anytime-you-start-to-think-that.html
I haven't had a chance to listen to the posted songs yet, but the story is definitely interesting.
José González will finally get his excellent full-length album "Veneer" released in the UK on April 25 via Peacefrog/Agenda Records. About time methinks. Look for coinciding European tourdates to be confirmed soon.
The new 22-Pistepirkko album "Drops & kicks" has finally been confirmed for release on March 30 in their native Finland, April 6 elsewhere in Scandinavia. The 22-Pistepirkko book also comes out on March 30 and, assuming you can read Suomi, more can be found here: http://www.likekustannus.fi/kirjakeko/tiedot.php?id=734
Here's this week's YLE/Morjen top 10 Nordic video chart:
01. Disco Ensemble - We might fall apart (FIN)
02. Smak - Nousen (FIN)
03. Korpiklaani - Hunting song (FIN)
04. Kent - Max 500 (SWE)
05. Padington - Hey now (NOR)
06. The 69 Eyes - Lost boys (FIN)
07. The Mo - Howl in the jungle (SWE)
08. PMMP - Päiväkoti (FIN)
09. Moneybrother - They're building walls around us (SWE)
10. Pain - Same old song (SWE)
Challengers:
11. Anniina - Who's about to cry (FIN)
12. Hammerfall - Bloodbound (SWE)
13. Infernal - From Paris to Berlin (DK)
Splendid reviews Switchblade: http://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=1109331799522953
Pitchfork reviews Scorch Trio: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/scorch-trio/luggumt.shtml
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Moneybrother - To die alone
02. Christer Sjögren - Love Me Tender
03. Hammerfall - Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
04. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
05. Darin - The anthem
06. Håkan Hellström - Ett kölikbarns bekännelser
07. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
08. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
09. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
10. Caesars - Paper Tigers
11. Arash - Arash Arash
12. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
13. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
14. Stefan Nilsson - Så som i himmelen (filmmusik)
15. Ted Gärdestad - Sol vind & vatten - Det bästa
16. Barbados - Best of Barbados 1994-2004
17. Soilwork - Stabbing the Drama
18. Pain - Dancing with the Dead
19. The Ark - State of the Ark
20. The Real Group - In the Middle of Life
Go here to download some demo tracks from Consequences, a Swedish band consisting primarily of members from Marit Bergman's backing band: http://www.consequences.se/musik.php
Darkane reports that they have started mixing their new album "Layers of Lies", due out June 27 via Nuclear Blast. A video for the track "Secondary effects" is already in production as well.
SF Chronicle pop music crtic Aidin Vaziri reviews the recent Kings of Convenience show: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/03/10/DDGP5BMAEQ1.DTL&type=music