Go here to listen to live sets from Denmark's Tiger Tunes and Powersolo at Popkomm in Berlin: http://www.dr.dk/p3/mp3/popkomm.asp
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
02. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
03. The Refreshments - Easy to Pick Up, Hard to Put Down
04. Björn Skifs - Skifs Hits!
05. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
06. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
07. Alcazar - Dancefloor - Deluxe
08. Lisa Ekdahl - Olyckssyster
09. Mats Bergmans - Vänd dig inte omo
10. Stefan Nilsson - Så som i himmelen
11. Europe - Start from the Dark
12. Anna-Lotta Larsson - Känn en doft av kärleken
13. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
14. Rebecka Törnqvist - Travel Like in Songs
15. Stefan Sundström - Hjärtats melodi
16. Mando Diao - Hurricane Bar
17. Gyllene Tider - Finn 5 Fel
18. Blacknuss - Gold
19. Shirley Clamp - Den långsamma blomman
20. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
Aftonbladet reports that there are still unresolved issues between Universal Records and Burning Heart concerning the former's signing of The Hives: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,546598,00.html (in Swedish)
The Guardian reviews The Knife: http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1327260,00.html
Swedish metalcore act Burst is currently working on new material with plans to begin recording sometime early next year. In other news, the band's older album "In Coveting Ways" will be released on vinyl by Spain's Throne Records in December. The CD was originally issued by renown German label Chrome Saint Magnus.
Updated tourdates for Crowpath and Abandon:
10/29 - Baracke, Münster (GER)
10/30 - Witte Theatre, Ijmuiden (NL)
10/31 - CS Turenne, Reims (FRA)
11/01 - Juz, Saarlouis (GER)
11/02 - Molodoi, Strasbourg (FRA)
11/03 - GG31, Winterhur (SWI)
11/04 - Ex Steffi, Karlsruhe (GER)
11/05 - Rote Zora, Altenburg (GER)
11/06 - tbc, Magdeburg (GER)
In somewhat related news, Crowpath sideproject Murinus will release a full-length on Throne Records next year. Download the mp3 for "Savant" here: http://www.murinus.net/mp3/murinus%20-%20savant.mp3
The latest from Katatonia:
Peaceville will be issuing a limited edition compilation entitled "The Black Sessions" featuring selected material from the 'new era' (defined 1998-2004) as opposed to the 'old era' material covered in "Brave Yester Days" at the end of January. The packaging will be a box set of two discs featuring all the single's b-sides, cover songs and selective songs off "Discouraged Ones" up and till "Viva Emptiness" (including one unreleased track from this recording session). There'll also be a third disc in the form of a live DVD with a Katatonia live show from April 2003 that was shot in Kracow, Poland. The layout of a 12 page booklet + poster will be handled by Travis Smith.
The official DVD release that has been in the works since over a year and a half has been postponed to a yet undecided future date, likely during the later part of 2005. Reason is we didn't feel entirely happy with the way it was shaping up and it wouldn't meet our own demands of what should be Katatonia's first offical DVD release. A new main show for this DVD will be planned and shot with more careful directing behind it during next year (tba). We're also pretty far on our way of gathering cool backstage and bootleg shots with our own handycam, that will in the end make up some great bonus footage for a well worthwhile killer release.
"The Black Sessions" should be a pretty cool collection - some of those b-sides are really, really great and it's especially interesting to hear the band's take on stuff like "O how I enjoy the light" by Will Oldham. It will be nice to finally have them all on one disc, even though chumps like me already bought them when they came out.
Alex Hellid of Entombed talks to Live4Metal about the band's upcoming DVD plans, what's going on with Threeman Recordings and more: http://www.live4metal.com/entombed2004.htm
"The war between us", my favorite song from Tiger Lou's great album "Is my head still on?", will be the final single for said record. Featured as the b-side will be two different versions of the album track "The Wake/Hooray Hooray".
Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. Snook - Mister Cool
02. Bomfunk MC's - No Way In Hell
03. HIM - And Love Said No
04. Johnny De Luxe - Drømmer jeg
05. Sugarplum Fairy - Sweet Jackie
06. Annie - Chewing Gum
07. Lazyboy - Facts Of Life
08. Christian Walz - Wonderchild
09. Ana - We Are
10. Mando Diao - Clean Town
11. Erik Faber - Yesterday´s Call
12. Vacuum - They Do It
13. Blacknuss - All Your Lovin'
14. Maria Mena - Just A Little Bit
15. Private Line - 1-800-Out Of Nowhere
16. Ayesha - Fire
17. Saybia - Brilliant Sky
18. Petter - Tidens tempo/Prolog
19. Tungtvann - Plan B
20. Empire Dogs - Oh Lord
Challengers:
01. Tigerbombs - 1000 Sparks
02. Honestly - Better Than Me
03. Christina Groth - Right Here With Me
04. The Concretes - Seems Fine
05. Strip Music - Never Die
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. Týr - Regin smidur (DK)
02. Steep - Complete lack of ideals and integrity (FIN)
03. The Rasmus - Guilty (FIN)
04. Melody Club - Take me away (SWE)
05. Snook - Mister Cool (SWE)
06. Nightwish - Wish I had an angel (FIN)
07. Nine - Anxienty report (SWE)
08. Johnny Deluxe - Drömmer jeg? (DK)
09. Múm - Will the summer make good for our sins? (ICE)
10. Christian Walz - Wonderchild (SWE)
Challengers:
11. Mighty 44 - This love aint going on (FIN)
12. Nephew - Superliga (DK)
13. The Confusions - Window (SWE)
Tickets are now available for the DJ Strangefruit, DJ Bjorn Torske and DJ Kent Horne show on November 5 as part of the Northwest Passage Festival in SF. Go here: http://www.acteva.com/go/scandilous
Go here to download bootleg live sets from Svajfesten with Sophie Rimheden, Mr. Velcro Fastener and more: http://www.technopolitan.se/