The next single and video from the recent Backyard Babies album "Stockholm Syndrome" will be "A Song For The Outcast". Look for it early next year.
Adressa's top 10 Norweigan CDs of 2003:
01. The Ricochets - The Ghost of Our Love
02. King Midas - Romeo turn
03. Magnet - On Your Side
04. Thomas Dybdahl - Stray Dogs
05. Johndoe - Rastløs Rock `n Roll
06. Julian Berntzen - Waffy Town
07. Sgt. Petter - It`s a record
08. Dipsomaniacs - Praying Winter
09. Motorpsycho & Jaga Jazzist - In the Fishtank
10. Lionheart Brothers - White Angel, Black Apple
Read more: http://www.adressa.no/kultur/article.jhtml?articleID=462217
Midnight Monkeys got themselves a new website with a bunch of new features and downloads as well as a logo that looks suspiciously similar to Smalltown Supersound's.
Since I'm lazy, here's some cut-and-paste news from Vãrttinä:
A forty-five minute segment of Värttinä's 20th Anniversary Concert in Helsinki, at Aleksanterin Teatteri on Feb 28, 2003, (videotaped by DeCo Media of Helsinki), will be broadcast by Finnish digital TV Teema on New Years Day, January 1, 2004. A fifteen minute interview with Mari Kaasinen and Janne Lappalainen will start the program at 17:55, followed by the musical part of the broadcast.
Swedish rock n' rollers King are set to enter the studio in early January to record some new material. Plans are to release either a single in the spring or a full-length in Autumn, but there's nothing definite yet. There's plans for a video underway, too. Upcoming live dates for the group:
12/18 Café pastL, Sala (SWE)
12/19 Satin, Örebro (SWE)
01/08 Mondo, Stockholm (SWE)
02/20 TVO, Åbo (FIN)
02/21 Semifinal, Helsingfors (FIN)
Both www.sonicplayground.gr and www.avopolis.gr have Logh-related contests going on in anticpation of the band's concert in Athens on 01/04. (in Greek)
For all the crazed power-metal fans clinging to rumors that Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween) is joining Stratovarious - it's not true. Read this open letter from Timo Tolkki with an update on the search for new members and the band's current plans.
The BBC has chosen Supersilent's "6" as one of their nominees for experimental album of the year. Go here to cast your vote. Other Scandinavians acts nominated for the award include EST (Esbjörn Svensson Trio) in the jazz category and Plej in the dance category.
Check out behind-the-scenes details and a downloadable mpeg of the video for "One Good Moment" from Kristofer Åström: http://www.tat.se/vfx/onemoment.asp
The tenth annual Spot Festival in Århus, Denmark has been set for the dates of June 4-5. The event will feature various up-and-coming Scandinavian artists, as well as panel discussions and seasoned professionals. Bands looking to get on the bill are encouraged to send CDs and press materials to ROSA by the January 30 deadline. More info: http://www.spot10.dk/
Teenage Idols will be holed up in former cinema/studio in Solna, Sweden for the next couple of months with producer Jiri Adamik-Novak working on their new record. No official release date yet, but it could be out as early as next March.
Zyklon will be heading to Finland for a few dates in January:
01/08 – Tavastia, Helsinki (FIN)
01/09 – Klubi, Turku (FIN)
01/10 – Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FIN)
MIC Norway has published an article on acclaimed Norweigan jazz vocalist Karin Krog and her recent trip to Japan. She was an early experimenter with mixing electronics and jazz and her next record will be released on the world famous ECM label.
Denmark's The Raveonettes will co-headline the NME music awards along with Har Mar Superstar at the London Astoria on February 8. They are actually the only Scandinavian group to make the mag's top 50 list this year, unless you count Junior Senior making the singles chart. Read the full list here. And don't look to Q either, their list isn't much different.