Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
02. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
03. Eskobar - Love Strikes
04. Redrama - Hang It Up
05. Safri Duo feat. Clark Anderson - All The People In The World
06. Erik Faber - Century
07. Junior Senior - Shake Your Coconuts
08. Tim Christensen - Whispering At The Top Of My Lungs
09. Christine Milton - Superstar
10. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
11. L.O.C. - Undskyld
12. Eagle Eye Cherry - Don´t Give Up
13. Majid - Boys And Girls
14. The Latin Kings - Cashen Dom Tas
15. Fattaru feat. Masayah - Ton för ton
16. September - We Can Do It
17. Negative - The Moment Of Our Love
18. Briskeby - Halleluja
19. Paperboys - Hey Man
20. Slow Train Soul - In The Black Of Night
Challengers:
01. Dogsound - Go Figure
02. The Crash - Still Alive
03. The Knife - Handy Man
04. Outlandish - Walou
05. Bosson - A Little More Time
06. Beats And Styles - Girls´ Anthem
07. Grand Avenue - Take It As It Comes
08. Pauline - Babylon
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
Norway's Griffin has posted mp3s of a couple classic metal cover songs for people to enjoy: http://www.griffin.no/Pages/gift.html
Act fast because they'll only be available for another day or so.
Kristian Anttila will release his new "Harhjärta" EP with three new songs on January 28.
Rescheduled dates for Statemachine's upcoming tour as support for And One:
04/08 - Stadthalle, Rostock (GER)
04/10 - Haus Auensee, Leipzig (GER)
04/12 - Ringlokschuppen, Bielefeld (GER)
04/13 - Stahlwerk, Düsseldorf (GER)
04/14 - Markthalle, Hamburg (GER)
04/16 - Alter Schlachthof, Dresden (GER)
04/17 - Factory, Magdeburg (GER)
04/18 - Spot, Erfurt (GER)
04/20 - Alabamahalle, München (GER)
04/21 - KUZ, Mainz (GER)
04/22 - Capitol, Hannover (GER)
04/24 - Columbiahalle, Berlin (GER)
Sondre Lerche has a new diary entry up talking about the new album, the artwork for said album (by BLKMRKT designer Dave Kinsey) and the new "All Luck Ran Out" EP, among other things: http://www.sondrelerche.com/diary/dagbok84.shtml
Norwegian new-wave act Surferosa has confirmed their UK tour for February. Here is the band's complete tour schedule:
01/23 - Huset, Svalbard (NOR)
01/30 - Parkteateret - Wuha Benefit Gig, Oslo (NOR)
01/31 - Coliseum, Coventry (UK)
02/02 - Barfly, Cardiff (UK)
02/03 - Club Fandango @ Dublin Castle, London (UK)
02/06 - London Academy, London (UK)
02/08 - Birmingham Academy, Birmingham (UK)
02/09 - Metro Club, London (UK)
02/10 - Liverpool Academy, Liverpool (UK)
02/12 - Liars Club, Nottingham (UK)
02/13 - Cockpit, Leeds (UK)
02/14 - ICA Theater (with The Killers), London (UK)
02/14 - Club Motherfucker at Upstairs @ the Garage, London (UK)
02/16 - Notting Hill Arts Club, London (UK)
Swedish synthpoppers Alice in Videoland will head to London on April 17 for an appearance at long-running alternative club The Slimelight. AiV also recently completed a remix of the track "Univaque" from the Londoners whose debut single will be out soon on Subspace Communications.
The Flaming Sideburns will support The Fleshtones at their first ever gig in Helsinki on February 5 at Tavastia. After that, vocalist Jorge Martinez will head back to Buenos Aires for a bit while the rest of the guys work on new material. There's also word of a potential European tour in April/May, but there's no details available yet.
Some new dates for Danish dancepunks The Fashion:
02/06 - Studenterhuset, Odense (DK)
02/07 - Kulisselageret, Horsens (DK)
02/12 - Kultur Bolaget, Malmö (SWE) w/Shout Out Louds
02/13 - Loppen, Christiania KBH (DK)
New live dates for First Floor Power:
01/30 - Kalmar Nation, Uppsala (SWE)
01/31 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE)
02/12 - Rytmeposten, Odense (DK) w/Salvatore
02/13 - Stengade 30, Köpenhamn (DK)
02/14 - Voxhall, Århus (DK) w/Hells
Theodor Jensen is following in the footsteps of Håkan Hellström and taking leave from Broder Daniel to concentrate on his own project The Plan. The band's sophomore album is due out later this year.
And speaking of Broder Daniel, they just announced some new tourdates with The Kid:
02/12 - Mejeriet, Lund
02/13 - Popstad, Folkets Park, Huskvarna
02/14 - Folkets Park, Avesta
02/26 - Platens Bar, Linköping
02/27 - Arena, Karlstad
02/28 - Balders Hage, Älmhult
03/04 - The Tivoli, Helsingborg
03/05 - Palace, Kalmar
03/06 - 035-Festivalen, Diezel, Halmstad
03/12 - tba, Karlskrona
03/13 - Downtown, Örebro
No word on who might be playing bass yet.
Here's this week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:
01. Paleface - Colgate Soulmate (FIN)
02. Eskobar - Loves strikes (SWE)
03. Briskeby - Halleluja (NOR)
04. Land og Synir - Smile (ICE)
05. Dinojax - Roadblocks ahead (DK)
06. Diablo - Read my scars (FIN)
07. Moneybrother - It's Been Hurting All The Way With You, Joanna (SWE)
08. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust (SWE)
09. Viikate - Leimu (FIN)
10. Hardcore Superstar - Honey Tongue (SWE)
Challengers:
01. The Crash - Still alive (FIN)
02. Nina Rochelle - (Happy) Jag hatar att det e så (SWE)
03. Outlandish - Walou (DK)
Their name's been coming up a fair amount lately, so it's only natural that MIC Norway would run a profile on Frost: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004011511354666292057