The top Scandinavian videos streamed last week at on-demand video service Musicbrigade.com:
01. Annie - Chewing Gum
02. Ana - We Are
03. Kings Of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance With You
04. Gunther & Sunshine Girls - Teeny Weeny String Bikini
05. Nightwish - Nemo
Requested Videos: 170,970
Number of titles requested: 4,616 different titles
Total Streams: 247,587
Upcoming tourdates for Norwegian singer/songwriter St. Thomas:
10/08 - Weltbühne, Hamburg (GER)
10/09 - Scheune, Dresden (GER)
10/10 - Knaack, Berlin (GER)
10/12 - Chelsea, Wien (AUS)
10/13 - PPC, Graz (AUS)
10/14 - Harry Klein, München (GER)
10/15 - tba, Zürich (CH)
10/16 - Boa, Luzern (CH)
10/17 - tba, Genf (CH)
10/18 - Schocken, Stuttgart (GER)
10/20 - Cookys, Frankfurt (GER)
10/21 - Gebäude 9, Köln (GER)
10/23 - Cafe Glocksee, Hannover (GER)
10/26 - Ekko, Utrecht (NL)
10/27 - Escalier, Liege (BEL)
10/28 - Hasselt (BEL)
10/29 - Namur (BEL)
10/30 - Nouveau Casino, Paris (FRA)
10/31 - Rennes (FRA)
11/01 - Poitiers (FRA)
11/02 - Bordeaux (FRA)
11/04 - Evreux (FRA)
11/07 - Bruxelles Botanique (FRA)
11/08 - Water Rats, London (UK)
Swedish singer/songwriter Jens Lekman is playing a one-off gig at The Water Rats Theatre in London on October 14.
Nicolai Dunger is coming over to the US for a few shows:
10/14 - The Met Cafe, Providence, RI w/Sufjan Stevens
10/15 - The Mercury Lounge (CMJ), New York, NY
10/16 - Northsix, Brooklyn, NY w/Sufjan Stevens
So does that mean his latest record is getting a US release or his he doing showcases for possible labels?
Updated tourdates for David & the Citizens:
09/30 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
10/01 - Coffy, Dusseldorf (GER)
10/03 - Blue Shell, Cologne (GER)
10/06 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
10/08 - Atomic Cafe, Munich (GER)
10/13 - Scandinavian House, Prague (CZ) (acoustic show)
10/14 - Chelsea, Vienna (AUS)
There's still another 7 or 8 shows tbc.
Bad Taste Records has announced the signing of Quit Your Dayjob, the first new Swedish band on the label since Logh was picked up three years ago. The three-piece band from Malmö previously released an 8-track mini-CD earlier this year on I Made This Records which will be reissued by Bad Taste internationally on October 25. Here's how they describe the band:
With a twangy guitar, a synthesizer way past its due date and snotty drums sounding like the B-52's on 45 rpm; the record makes The Cramps sound like Devo in a wheelchair.
Listen for yourself: http://www.kulturmejeriet.se/badtaste/mp3/qyd_-_look_a_dollar.mp3
Full bio here: http://badtasterecords.se/QYD_BIO.pdf
Denmark's Lampshade has signed with Glitterhouse Records. The band is described as "a collision of noise rock, sad core, emo and dreamish post rock" and their new album "Because trees can fly" will be released internationally in November.
School is back in session and KVLR is starting to chart on some college radio stations: http://www.usm.edu/wusm/chart8262004.html
Be sure to call in and request more!
Hammerfall will enter the studio in Denmark tomorrow to begin recording their new album. A tentative release date of March 7 has been set with the first single to drop on January 31.
Chalksounds has signed a new distribution deal with Brokensilence Distribution for the territories of Germany, Switzerland and Austria. First up will be a rerelease of "The Orange Billboard" from the Moonbabies this coming fall. Look for upcoming tour dates in that part of the world as well.
Now that the summer doldrums are coming to an end, there's finally some action in this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
02. Stefan Sundström - Hjärtats melodi
03. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
04. Alcazar - Dancefloor - Deluxe
05. Gyllene Tider - Finn 5 Fel
06. Melody Club - Face the Music
07. Raymond & Maria - Vi ska bara leva klart
08. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
09. Caj Karlsson - Gud straffar somliga med en gång
10. Vikingarna - Bästa Kramgoa Låtarna
11. Ted Gärdestad - Sol Vind & Vatten - Det Bästa
12. Teddybears Sthlm - Fresh
13. Gyllene Tider - Gt 25 - Samtliga Hits!
14. Günther & the Sunshine Girls - Pleasure Man
15. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
16. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
17. Europe - Rock The Night: The Very Best Of Europe
18. Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye
19. Per Gessle - Mazarin
20. Shirley Clamp - Den Långsamma Blomman
Head over to the new Impious website to download clips from their upcoming album "Hellucinate": http://www.impious.net/
In anticpation of the new album "Smugglers", WE has unveiled a new website: http://www.werock.org/
Not many bands can write a 10-minute epic on the international drug trade, but WE can and does.
50 Hertz has a new (and not very good, they say) EP available for download on their website: http://www.50hertz.tk/