Dead Frog Records act Leopold is the staff pick of the week over at Parasol.
Third time's a charm? Norwegian hardcore act JR Ewing is once again making an attempt to tour the UK after cancelling their last two scheduled appearances. Dates:
02/20 - Ferryboat, Norwich
02/21 - tba
02/22 - Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow, Scotland
02/23 - Social, Nottingham w/Seven Feet Four
02/24 - The Metro, London w/Seven Feet Four
Acts confirmed for the Ideal Festival at Nefertiti in Göteborg, Sweden on March 11-13: Pan Sonic, The Bug, Fennesz, DJ/Rupture, Hazard , Mikkel Metal, Kevin Blechdom, Old Time Relijun, C.P.U., Armbachi/Berthling and Hawnay Troof. More info: http://www.idealrecordings.com/
The winners of the P3 Gold Awards:
Best male artist: Moneybrother
Best live artist (Guldmicken): Moneybrother
Best group: The Knife
Best song: Timbuktu - "The Botten Is Nådd"
Best female artist: Lisa Miskovsky
Best newcomer: Moneybrother
Best hip-hop/soul: Timbuktu
Best rock/metal: Nasum
Best dance: Jesper Dahlbäck
Best pop: Radio Dept.
The new Hives song they played is called "Walk Idiot Walk". It sounded okay.
Listen to the entire thing on-demand: http://www.sr.se/p3/p3guld/
Go here for pics and info about Nina from The Cardigans recent appearance at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah with Nathan Larson to help promote some soundtrack music they collaborated on.
Check out the cover art for the new Sondre Lerche album "Two Way Monologue": front / back (includes tracklist)
Lullacry has been added as the opener for the upcoming Nightwish North American tour in August. Current dates:
08/16 - Opera House, Toronto, ONT
08/17 - Metropolis, Montreal, QUE
08/19 - Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA
08/20 - Palladium, Worcester, MA
08/22 - B.B. King's Blues Club, New York, NY
08/23 - Phantasy Theater, Cleveland, OH
08/25 - House of Blues, Chicago, IL
08/26 - Quest Club, Minneapolis, MN
08/30 - Cajun House, Phoenix, AZ
08/31 - House of Blues, Anaheim, CA
09/02 - House of Blues, Hollywood, CA
09/05 - Graceland, Seattle, WA
Look for shows in Denver and San Francisco to be added shortly.
Kaia Huuse covers the Morten Abel song "Dude Of All Dudes" on her new album "Trist og fint" under the name "Svigermors drøm".
Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. Outlandish - Walou
02. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
03. Eskobar - Love Strikes
04. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
05. The Crash - Still Alive
06. Erik Faber - Century
07. Redrama - Hang It Up
08. Christine Milton - Superstar
09. Grand Avenue - Take It As It Comes
10. Safri Duo feat. Clark Anderson - All The People In The World
11. L.O.C. - Undskyld
12. Beats And Styles - Girls´ Anthem
13. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
14. September - We Can Do It
15. Fattaru feat. Masayah - Ton för ton
16. Paperboys - Hey Man
17. The Knife - Handy Man
18. Majid - Boys And Girls
19. Bosson - A Little More Time
20. Pauline - Babylon
Challengers:
01. Maria Mena - You´re The Only One
02. Prime Sth - Fishbowl
03. Jonna - Kaikki Talossa
04. Lene - Pretty Young Thing
05. Evan - Will You Love Me Forever
06. Evolver - Do You Know
07. Surferosa - Lucky Lipstick
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
This week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:
01. Diablo - Read my scars (FIN)
02. Viikate - Leimu (FIN)
03. The Crash - Still alive (FIN)
04. Nina Rochelle - (Happy) Jag hatar att det e så (SWE)
05. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust (SWE)
06. Eskobar - Loves strikes (SWE)
07. Outlandish - Walou (DK)
08. Dinojax - Roadblocks ahead (DK)
09. Paleface - Colgate Soulmate (FIN)
10. Hardcore Superstar - Honey Tongue (SWE)
Challengers:
01. K-System - Dream my dream (FIN)
02. Teitur - Sleeping with the lights on (DK)
03. Turbonegro - Sell your body (to the night) (NOR)
MIC Norway profiles 'composer and improvisation musician, singer, whistler, laptop manipulator, producer and musical Jill-of all-trades' Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004012313443942315403
To Separate The Flesh From The Bones is the name of yet another Scandinavian grindcore/death-metal supergroup, this time from Finland and featuring members of Amorphis and HIM. They're being billed as Herr Archstein on guitar and vocals, Rot Wailer on bass and Pus Sypope on drums. Look for the album "For Those About To Rot" coming soon.
Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:
01. Per Gessle - Mazarin
02. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
03. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
04. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
05. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
06. Christer Sjögren - För kärlekens skull
07. Georg Riedel orkester - Barn på nytt
08. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
09. José González - Veneer
10. Moneybrother - Blood panic
11. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
12. Markoolio - I skuggan av mig själv
13. Mauro Scocco - La Dolce Vita
14. The Knife - Deep Cuts
15. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi att vi är
16. Helen Sjöholm / Anders Widmark - Genom varje andetag
17. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
18. Bergman Rock - Bergman Rock
19. Björn Rosenström - Var får jag allt ifrån?
20. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003