Here's this week's MTVe UpNorth video chart:

01. The Ark - One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young
02. The 69 Eyes - Devils
03. Johnny Deluxe - Vi Vil Ha Mer
04. Maria Solheim - The Snow Has Killed
05. Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Believe I've found
06. The Similou - All This Love
07. Tim Christensen - Lost and found
08. Kurt Nilsen - My Street
09. Titiyo - Loving out of nothing
10. Dreamboy - Uncalled For
11. In Flames - Touch Of Red
12. Ephemera - On The Surface
13. Kapasiteettiyksikkö - Usko Parempaan
14. The Confusions - Don't Let the World Catch You Crying
15. Bobby - Come Crashing In
16. Kevin - Theme From Forever
17. Fibes Oh Fibes - One Hour Baby
18. Embee / Vanessa Liftig - Not Tonite
19. The Tough Alliance - Holiday
20. Ison & Fille - Vill Va Highwon?

Challengers:
01. Maria Arredondo - Burning
02. Smak - Hallanvaara
03. Pain - Same Old Song
04. Espen Lind - Unloved
05. Thomas Dybdahl - A Lovestory

Go here to vote for your favorite.

Tue, Feb 1st, 2005 00:00:00

DigitalMetal reviews Frantic Bleep: http://www.digitalmetal.com/reviews.asp?cid=6254

Tue, Feb 1st, 2005 00:00:00

MIC Norway reports that Röyksop is working on a new album: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005020110025599491874
Read a recent interview with them at Billboard: http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000779759

Tue, Feb 1st, 2005 00:00:00

Dusted reviews Phonophani: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1846

Tue, Feb 1st, 2005 00:00:00

Pitchfork gives a tepid review of the new Soundtrack of Our Lives album: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/soundtrack-of-our-lives/origin-1.shtml

Tue, Feb 1st, 2005 00:00:00

The Tenderversion website has a new websingle from Kinesis Sonata, a new band featuring members from many of the label's acts including Audrey, Once We Were and Scraps of Tape: http://www.tenderversion.com/
More songs coming soon!

Tue, Feb 1st, 2005 00:00:00

Check out a live video of Kemialliset Ystavat's first song from their set at the Avanto Festival: http://www.kemiallisetystavat.com/avanto.mpg

Tue, Feb 1st, 2005 00:00:00

Christian Kjellvander will support Veirs for a couple dates in France and will also do a couple shows in Åre at the end of February:

02/25 - Åre (SWE)
02/26 - Åre (SWE)
03/11 - Reims (FRA)
03/12 - Paris (FRA)

Tue, Feb 1st, 2005 00:00:00

I saw some discussion of this as soon as the song was released, but Håkan Hellström is in trouble for plagarism yet again: http://expressen.se/index.jsp?a=235905 (in Swedish)

Tue, Feb 1st, 2005 00:00:00

Who thought this was a good idea? Ace of Base is planning a comeback: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,596131,00.html (in Swedish)

Tue, Feb 1st, 2005 00:00:00

Arcana is heading to Italy for a couple dates:

02/05 - Caffè Concerto, Piazza Grande, Modena
02/06 - Circolo degli Artisti, Via Casilina Vecchia, Roma

Tue, Feb 1st, 2005 00:00:00

The latest Scandinavian music reviews from German webzine Sellfish:

Apocalyptica - s/t
Astral Doors - Evil is forever
Cloudscape - s/t
Frantic Bleep - The sense apparatus
Tristania - Ashes

Tue, Feb 1st, 2005 00:00:00

Century Media rock n' roll offshoot Liquor and Poker Music has announced that they will release the "Cream Of The Crap! Vol. 2" b-sides and rarities collection from The Hellacopters in the US on February 22.

Tue, Feb 1st, 2005 00:00:00

Check out a demo of the track "Superstar" from Finland's New York City Survivors: http://www.phinnweb.org/dum/mp3/

Tue, Feb 1st, 2005 00:00:00

The top Scandinavian videos streamed last week at on-demand video service Musicbrigade.com:

01. Eric Prydz - Call On Me [Late Night Version]
02. Gunther feat. Samantha Fox - Touch Me
03. A-ha - Take On Me
04. Eric Prydz - Call On Me [Clean Version]
05. Gunther & Sunshine Girls - Teeny Weeny String Bikini

Requested Videos: 316,445
Total Streams: 502,668

Tue, Feb 1st, 2005 00:00:00