The tracklist for Viola's new remix album "Melancholydisco 2" has been revealed:
01. The hardest hit
02. Imaginary times (Hannulelauri remix)
03. Invisible revolution (Videovalvontaa remix)
04. We owe love
05. Outsider code (Regina remix)
06. Unreal life (I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper remix)
07. Fleeting world
08. The deadweights (Black Audio remix)
09. Planet struck (Kiva Tekkno Supplies arena remix)
10. Ada bell (In A Montage)
The long-awaited disc finally goes out for pressing this week and should be available for order before the end of the month. Expect samples online shortly.
The new album from Dundertåget (Thunder Express på Svenska) is done and confirmed for release in February.
Roxy Recordings will release Hanne Boel's new album "A new kinda soul" on January 28. Said record will include four new tracks, four re-recorded old songs and four covers.
Lobotom Records has a new website and a brand new 7" release from Bondage Fairies: http://www.lobotomrecords.com/
Once again, Finnish act Kirlian Crossing has a new volume of "Repeat and repeat" posted for free download: http://www.verdurarecords.com/kirliancrossing/repeat.htm
The video for the new Hello Saferide single "X telling me about the loss of something dear, at age 16" is now online; read all about it right here: http://www.hellosaferide.com/?p=302
Anna Järvinen (ex-Granada) is working on a new album with Gustav Ejstes from Dungen to be released in March 2009 via Häpna.
Vice is giving away The Raveonettes Christmas track "Come on Santa" as a free download: http://www.vicerecords.com/the_raveonettes-come_on_santa.mp3
Finnish artist Eleanoora Rosenholm's latest album "Ala kysy kuolleilta, he sanoivat" is reviewed at PopMatters: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/65310-eleanoora-rosenholm-ala-kysy-kuolleilta-he-sanoivat/
PopMatters talks to Ivar Bjørnson of Norwegian progressive/extreme-metal act Enslaved: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/65526-tearing-down-the-pillars/
The new Jenny Wilson album "Hardships!" is confirmed for release on February 25 via her own new label Gold Medal Recordings and she will be playing a release show at Fasching in Stockholm that same night. Expect the first single and video in January.
Danish music mag Gaffa is celebrating their 25th anniversary by working to get their archives online: http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/30181
Danish shoegazers Mellemblond will release their debut album "Ude af mine hænder" on January 26. Preview at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/mellemblond
Recommended for fans of BRMC.
John Kennedy's show "X-Posure" on XFM radio will have a special Norwegian music focus for the dates of December 3-4 at 10-12pm. Read more: http://www.norway.org.uk/culture/music/xfm.htm
Check out the video for the new Timbuktu single "N.A.P.": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEaoVEoQDWI&fmt=18