Tomas Halberstad has confirmed that his new double a-side single "Summer love AA" feat. "Watch the tears" b/w "Must be in love" will be officially released on August 10: http://tomashalberstad.com/2010/07/19/summer-love-aa-20100810/
Look for an animated video from Stewart Smith soon.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Champagne Riot - A friend of a friend
02. TALK 1
03. Hur Högt - Hur högt
04. Karl X Johan - Flames
05. Nils Bech & Krazy Fiesta Arkestra - Drunk love
06. TALK 2
07. Håkan Lidbo - Zuzuvela
08. Jasmine Kara - Try my love again
09. Kaka - Below this sun
10. Viola - Neon lightning
11. TALK 3
12. Supersci - Snap out of it
13. Haleiwa - Vibraandaman
14. Korallreven - The truest faith
15. TALK 4
16. Robyn - Dancehall queen
17. Hunt - Ashes of a secret heart
18. Rasmus Kellerman - Where do you go at night
19. TALK 5
20. Tutankamon - Have you ever been in love?
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. Madrugada - Industrial silence
03. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel
04. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
05. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn
06. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren
07. Tre Små Kinesere - Kjærlighet på tunga
08. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries
09. Celine - Jentekveld
10. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
11. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen
12. Gitarkameratene - Kanon! Gitarkameratenes aller beste
13. Liv Marit Wedvik - Solid Ground
14. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og Deilig - Knutsen og Ludvigsen
15. Venke Knutson - Smiles - The Very Best Of
16. A-ha - Hunting high and low
17. Steff Nevers - Ain't no bad life
18. Diverse artister - Go'natt
19. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min
20. A-ha - Scoundrel days
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Kent - En plats i solen
02. Robyn - Body talk pt.1
03. Brolle - Best of
04. Eric Gadd - Rise up!
05. Lasse Stefanz - Texas
06. Lisa Nilsson - 20 - En jubileumssamling
07. Eric Saade - Masquerade
08. Kalle Mmoraeus - Underbart
09. Ted Gärdestad - Helt nära dig - Samlade album
10. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
11. Håkan Hellström - Samlade singlar 2000-2010
12. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
13. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
14. Eddit Meduza - Rockabilly rebel
15. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
16. Jannez - Se på oss nu
17. The Ark - In full regalia
18. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
19. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
20. Timoteij - Längtan
Here's the new Fibes, Oh Fibes! video for "Love will always find a way": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn39wkvo8mU
The new Enslaved album "Axioma Ethica Odini" has been confirmed for release on September 27. Expect a preview to appear on myspace in four days or so: http://www.myspace.com/enslaved
The sixth issue of the webzine is now online: http://www.friendlynoise.se/fzn/6/
Hunt is the new band of Susanna Brandin from Winter Took His Life and "Ashes of a secret heart" is the title track to their debut EP. It's not a huge departure from Susanna's previous project -- we're still very much in slowcore territory -- but the full-band instrumentation allows her to explore much bigger dynamics. This song in particular takes a little while to get going, but when it does, oh does it ache! The pain, loneliness and 2nd guessing is further magnified by Jonas Odhner's (Sonores) superbly ethereal production, as he ably captures the final swell of the music as it drifts to its conclusion, a like a wake breaking on the shore. This is beautiful melancholy, as Scandinavia does best.
Hunt - Ashes of a secret heart
Swedish goth-country act Isobel & November will be releasing a new EP on September 1 which will include recent live closing tune "Last feather flown" as well as some "other songs that somewhat deviate from our earlier work."
Pen Expers"Dirty tender love" will be record number three for the band Pen Expers and, as before, this newest album features dark rock á la Sweden, meaning gloomy and depressing. Pen Expers really have the ability to influence the mood of the listener with their music, so it might not always be the most fitting choice as it will ruin your day. Maybe this is a feature that comes with good, honest music, however, I often find that Pen Expers leave their genuine sound for more stereotypical dark rock'n'roll during this record. At times the desperation from Alexander Arvman's vocals seem borrowed. This is doubtless good music though and Pen Expers is a good band -- they truly shines through on the track "Don't you wanna kiss me anymore?" -- but they are also good enough to make their own genre rather than trying to fit into already made-up categories.
- Morten Frisch
For the death metal fiends, Bastard Priest's debut LP "Under the hammer of destruction" is now available for preorder: http://www.bloodharvest.se/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1917
PopMatters reviews the latest Watain album "Lawless darkness": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/127233-watain-lawless-darkness/
As predicted, Casiokids picked up the fourth and final of the $1-million NOK A-ha stipend awards.
Larre and Calle from Kvoteringen has started a new label called and are planning on releasing new 7"s from Kvoteringen and Nitad in the near future: http://www.myspace.com/denihilrecords
Swedish psychrockers Siena Root are heading to Spain in November:
11/11 - Gruta 77, Madrid
11/12 - Zeppelin Rock Bar, Sevilla
11/13 - La Ley Seca, Zaragoza
11/14 - Jimmy Jazz, Vitoria
11/18 - Dom Pedro, Gijón
11/19 - La Cueva del Jazz, Zamora
11/20 - Sala Mogambo, San Sebastian
11/21 - Taberna Belfast, León
