This is so unbelievably twee: glockenspiels, trumpet, cardigans, berets, naive optimism, etc etc... like a stereotype come to life. Not that it's necessarily a bad thing, but it's pretty ridiculous. Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gUky1HvQZk
The Silent Ballet reviews the new Kemialliset Ystävät album "Ullakkopalo": http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/3622/Default.aspx
Johan Heltne has officially confirmed that his new album "Sara," will be officially released on October 20.
Lykke Li has unveiled a new short film featuring a lot of cavorting around in the desert with mirrors: http://www.lykkeli.com/solarium
I'm sure it's probably supposed to be very deep and meaningful and whatever, but it all seems pretty damn self-indulgent to me -- there goes five minutes of my life I'll never get back. Anyhow, she's also announced a few new live dates where she says she'll be premiering new material:
11/01 - Heimathafen, Berlin
11/02 - La Maroquinerie, Paris
11/04 - Heaven, London
11/08 - Kagelbanan, Stockhol
12/01 - Le Poisson Rouge, New York
Mimas will be back in the UK in October:
10/20 - tba, (UK)
10/21 - Swn Fest (BSM Showcase), Cardiff (UK)
10/22 - Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich (UK)
10/23 - Brainwash Festival (afternoon show), Leeds (UK)
10/23 - The Head of Steam, Newcastle (UK)
10/24 - The Captains Rest, Glasgow (UK)
10/25 - The Harley, Sheffield (UK)
10/26 - Luminaire, London (UK)
Get a new track from the band here: http://www.tweetforatrack.com/Mimas
Obliteration will be doing a few UK dates supporting Ramesses in addition to performing at the Live Evil Festival:
10/21 - Trillians, Newcastle
10/22 - The Asylum 2, Birmingham
10/23 - The Underworld (Live Evil), London
The Swede Beat profiles (and interviews) Swedish label , home to acts such as Familjen and The Bear Quartet: http://www.theswedebeat.com/music/adrian-recordings
The official video for the debut single. Direct link: http://vimeo.com/14909243
Pitchfork reviews Röyksopp's new instrumental album "Senior": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14624-senior/
Also covered today, Finnish techno artist/Luomo alter-ego Sistol: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14633-on-the-bright-side/
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Night Minutes - Sweetheart of the funeral
02. TALK 1
03. Korova Station - Come on come on
04. Okkultokrati - Stench of life
05. Johan G Winther - Chasing kingdoms
06. Kimono - Vienna
07. TALK 2
08. SONMOI - The man with no flesh
09. Phonophani - Neverdal
10. Kausal - The conquistador
11. TALK 3
12. Vowels - oiaå
13. The Bear Quartet - We're not gonna make it
14. Säkert! - Rotary
15. Slöa Knivar - Stay dirty
16. TALK 4
17. Slöa Knivar - Hjärtat
18. Menfolk - Skeletons
19. Asha Ali - Hurricane
20. Tiger Tape - She is fiction
21. TALK 5
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka
02. A-ha - 25
03. Vestlandsfanden - Livets Glade Plommer
04. Contrazt - Ser på verden
05. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2010
06. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel
07. Guren Hagen - Alle de beste
08. Jan Toft - Alle e aleina
09. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
10. Roy Lønhøiden - Tilbake i tid - de beste sangene
11. Diverse artister - Go'natt
12. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Knutsen & Ludvigsens beste
13. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn
14. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min
15. The Brigade - Dead man's gold
16. Torbjørn Egner - Samlede CD-er
17. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren
18. Tristania - Rubicon
19. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen
20. Elg - Storm
Millencolin have started a tourblog: http://www.millencolin.com/pennybridgeblog
Swedish hip-hop act Supersci has a new single called "Sow to reap" posted for free download: http://www.flyphonic.com/supersci/
Maybe not quite as hot as "Snap out of it", but I'm still into it. The rare exception of a decent Swedish hip-hop act who rap in English.
From Hajen to Jaw Lesson and now Idiot Wind? And a European tour with The Tallest Man on Earth? Appears so: http://www.myspace.com/hajensmyspace
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Darin - Lovekiller
02. Stefan Sundström - 5 dagar i Augusti
03. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
04. Robyn - Body talk pt.1
05. Drifters - Stanna hos mig
06. Kent - En plats i solen
07. Lisa Nilsson - 20 - En jubileumssamling
08. Sonic Syndicate - We rule the night
09. Houston - Houston
10. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
11. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
12. Lasse Stefanz - Texas
13. Takida - The darker instinct
14. Eric Saade - Masquerade
15. Thomas Järvheden - Big bang - happy ending
16. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
17. Brolle - Best of
18. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
19. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland - international version
20. Kalle Moraeus - Underbart