Bands now confirmed for the Pop Dakar Festival on May 22 in Stockholm: Ane Brun, Bad Cash Quartet, Black Belt, Deportees, Elias One Man Band, Isolation Years, Moonbabies, Niccokick, Quit Your Dayjob, Strip Music, The End Will Be Kicks, The High Heeled Honeys and The Legends. Details: http://www.popdakar.nu/
José González is heading over to Finland next month:
05/19 - Klubi, Åbo
05/20 - Klubi, Tampere
05/21 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä
05/22 - Semifinal, Helsinki
Stereoscent reviews the Mattias Alkberg show from Smålands, Lund on April 14: http://www.stereoscent.com/article.asp?id='31'
New pics over at Bpop of Amulet and Cato Salsa Experience from their 'Rock n' Roll Intercourse' tour: http://www.bpop.no/rocknrollintercourse.htm
Göteborg-based label Get Up! is putting on a release party for Kravallervalsens Orkester's new record "Bäst före dagen efter" at Café Hängmattan on May 15. That's the same day the album becomes available. In similar fashion, Dubadown are putting out a new EP on June 17 and celebrating at Nefertiti. Details: http://www.getup.se/galleri/galleri.htm (in Swedish)
NRK is presenting a special live broadcast of Mattias Hellberg on April 24. Read more: http://www.nrk.no/musikk/3718911.html (in Norwegian)
This week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:
01. Finntroll - Trollhammaren (FIN)
02. Ram-zet - Queen (NOR)
03. The Rasmus - Funeral song (FIN)
04. Steen1 - Jarden träkki (FIN)
05. The Alpine - Too many monsters (DK)
06. Egotrippi - Matkustaja (FIN)
07. Lisa Miskovsky - Sing to me (SWE)
08. SubUrban Tribe - Silent Rain (FIN)
09. Weeping Willows - Stairs (SWE)
10. In Flames - The Quiet Place (SWE)
Challengers:
01. Morten Abel - The Birmingham Ho (NOR)
02. Nina Rochelle - Stockholm kommer förstöra mig (SWE)
03. Uniklubi - Rakkautta ja Piikkilankaa (FIN)
MI reports on the upcoming "Nordic Freaks" compilation coming out from Atenzia Records: http://www.musikindustrin.nu/mi/smpage.fwx?page=198&NYHETER=4457 (in Swedish)
Swedish female hardrockers Misdemeanor are reportedly hard at work on a new album entitled "High Crimes & Misdemeanor", due out this fall from GMR Music. As with their self-titled debut from 2002, the record is being produced by Alex Hellid of Entombed.
Digfi has the details on the finalists for the Roland/Sami Music awards: http://www.digfi.com/default.aspx?id=5468
The bands are El Corazón, Tony Clifton, Puma, The Universe, Sandy Mouche and Swedish Chefs.
DigitalMetal gives a mixed review to the new Dismember album "Where Ironcrosses Grow": http://www.digitalmetal.com/reviews.asp?cid=4935
Swedish hip-hop artists Svenska Akademien will release their new album "Tändstickor för mörkrädda" on May 26 via SwingKids Productions/Border Music.
Musique Machine reviews the new Mayhem album "Chimera": http://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=492
Updated news and information regarding the closure of Danish metal label Cold Blood Industries: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=21660