Mundane Sounds approves of Thirdimension: http://www.mundanesounds.com/record_review.php?id=1098
Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. Saybia - I surrender
02. Annie - Chewing Gum
03. HIM - And Love Said No
04. Dhani - Girl Talk
05. Nightwish - Wish I Had
06. Nephew - Superliga
07. Black Belt - All to You
08. Ana - Don't Cry For Pain
09. The Hives - Two Timing Touch & Broken Bones
10. Lazyboy - Facts Of Life
11. Stephen Simmonds - Mother Mary
12. Bertine Zetlitz - Fake Your Beauty
13. Burhan G - Take U Home
14. Ayesha - Squaffie
15. Johndoe - Pyromantikk
16. The Solution - My Mojo Aint Working No More
17. Magne F - Past Perfect Present Tense
18. Eskobar - You Got Me
19. Noble - Hot 2 Nite
20. Promoe - Long Distance Runner
Challengers:
01. Deportees - Not Tonight
02. Beats And Styles - Fire
03. Melody Club - Baby (Stand Up)
04. Sahara Hotnights - Who Do You Dance For
05. Clemens - Raptus
06. Margaret Berger - Lifetime Guarantee
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
Here's this week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:
01. Kapasiteetti- yksikkö - Usko parempaan (FIN)
02. The Confusions - Window (SWE)
03. Apocalyptica - Bittersweet (FIN)
04. Kevin - Theme from forever (FIN)
05. Týr - Regin smidur (DK)
06. Melody Club - Baby (SWE)
07. The (International) Noise Conspiracy - A small demand (SWE)
08. Nephew - Superliga (DK)
09. Lars Winnerbäck - Elegi (SWE)
10. Bertine Zetlitz - Fake your beauty (NOR)
Challengers:
11. Smak - Hallanvaara (FIN)
12. Timo Räisänen - Lovers are lonely (SWE)
13. Searching for Nurmes - Halti (NOR)
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
02. Lasse Berghagen - Jul i vårt hus
03. Marie Fredriksson - The Change
04. Carola - Jul i Betlehem
05. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
06. Ulf Lundell - OK Baby OK
07. Peter Jöback - Storybook
08. Björn Afzelius & Mikael Wiehe - 1993 - Malmöinspelningarna
09. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
10. Silverbullit - Arclight
11. Markoolio - Bäst off
12. Stefan Nilsson - Så som i himmelen
13. Totta Näslund - Totta 7: Soul!/På drift
14. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
15. Gyllene Tider - GT25 live
16. The Refreshments - Easy to Pick Up, Hard to Put Down
17. Titiyo - Best of
18. The Refreshments - Easy to Pick Up, Hard to Put Down
19. Rigmor Gustafsson and the Jacky Terrasson Trio - Close to You
20. Lisa Ekdahl - Olyckssyster
Wilmer X will be releasing a new album called "13 våningar upp" on January 26. The first single "God god lust" is due out later this month.
P3 Musikjournalen is reporting that legendary Swedish pop act Popsicle is reuniting for the Pet Sounds 25th anniversary. Read more: http://www.sr.se/p3/musikjournalen/arkiv.asp?DagensDatum=2004-12-02&Artikel=514605 (in Swedish)
Moneybrother is done with his new album and has confirmed that it will be called "To die alone" and will be released on March 2, 2005. The record was produced with Jari Happalainen (Bear Quartet) and the first single will be for the track "They're Building Walls Around Us" which will be released on January 26. Look for a video from director Karl Haglund (Stylewar) to be aired around the same time as well.
I was told it wasn't going public until Monday, but the cat is out of the bag now that Dagensskiva has posted it. Serves me right for being a nice guy, eh? Anyhow the big news is that Fireside is going on tour in January and taking it back to their roots by playing as a four-piece again. I don't think they're planning on recording anything new yet, but it's good to see that they're keeping the band alive. Dates:
01/13 - Mejeriet, Lund
01/14 - Slippery People @ Pustervik. Göterborg
01/15 - Club Feber, Trollhättan
01/20 - Nebraska, Gävle
01/21 - Pipeline, Sundsvall
01/22 - Scharinska, Umeå
01/28 - Accelerator @ Debaser, Stockholm
02/12 - Hotell Fjället, Björkliden
Stockholm-based instrumental post-rockers Ellis the Vacuumchild are supporting.
The article on the new wave of Finnish experimental/improv music from The Wire can be found online here: http://kieme.daug.net/wire/
Swedish neoclassical industrial act Puissance has signed with Vicious Recordings. The group has previously worked with Regain and Cold Meat Industry.
Well, it's December so that means it's time for a new album of the month. Kristofer Åström's "Loupita" is easily one of my top picks for the year, so it's quite the fitting choice for my end of the year spotlight. I'm sure mostly everyone is sick to death of me raving on and on about how good this is, but seriously, if you haven't given it a chance yet, do yourself a favor and check it out. I promise you won't be disappointed. I contemplated posting a new mp3 from the record, but instead decided to go with something a bit more special: a live recording of Kristofer singing the album highlight and lead single "The wild" with Britta Persson from Startracksdagen in Stockholm. Amazing. Can't wait to hear the new full-band album "So much for staying alive" when it comes out next March.
Just so aren't totally overloaded with Kristofer Åström stuff, I've taken down that old live set and put up the first half of a short live set from Silverbullit. I originally wanted to post a track from the brilliant new album "Arclight", but since I'm such a nice guy, I asked for permission first and was turned down. Boo! So we're going with the next best thing. Enjoy!
Niccokick sideproject Sounds Like Violence on tour across Europe:
12/15 - Wild At Heart, Berlin (GER)
12/16 - Underground, Koln (GER)
12/17 - OHK, Oostende (BEL)
12/18 - Het Muziek Cafe, Kerkrade (NL)
12/19 - Alex Skatehall, Osnabruck (GER)
01/08 - VEB, Siegen (GER) w/Razor Crusade
01/09 - Bei Chez Heinz, Hanover (GER) w/Tribute To Nothing
01/10 - White Ape, Rodgau (GER) w/Tribute To Nothing
01/11 - Magnet, Berlin (GER) w/Tribute To Nothing
01/12 - Tryptychon, Munster (GER) w/Tribute To Nothing
01/13 - KTS, Freiburg (GER)
01/15 - Ann & Pat, Linz (AUS)
01/16 - Konkav, Wien (AUS)
01/17 - Kulturladen, Konstanz (GER)
01/20 - Winston International, Amsterdam (NL) w/Cursed
01/21 - Ofenbunker, Landgraaf (NL)
01/22 - AJZ, Bielefeld (GER)
Sondre Lerche lists 24 of his most favorite songs that he heard for the first time this past year: http://www.sondrelerche.com/news.asp?id=87