This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Bo Kaspers Orkester - 8
02. Thorleifs - Förälskade
03. Christer Sjögren - Mitt sköna sextiotal
04. Hello Saferide - More modern short stories from Hello Saferide
05. Sophie Zelmani - The ocean and me
06. Smurfarna - Smurfparty
07. Takida - Bury the lies
08. Irya's Playground - Irya's Playground
09. The Fantastic Four - The Fantastic Four
10. Eva Eastwood - Well well well
11. Steve Dobrogosz & Anna Christoffersson - Rivertime
12. Uno Svenningsson - Jag sjunger för dig
13. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
14. E.S.T. - Leucocyte
15. Roland Cedermark - Pärleporten
16. Christer Sjögren - Jubileum 40 år med Christer Sjögren
17. Europe - Almost unplugged
18. Drifters - Tycker om dig - Svängiga låtar från förr
19. Fatboy - In my bones
20. Flamingokvintetten - Bästa!
Watch The Sound OE perform a new song called "Catastrophe" on Swedish TV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTcVdD8N7wY
Finnish shoegazers On Volcano will do a short Baltic/Russian tour in November:
11/05 - Semifinal, Helsinki (FIN)
11/07 - Sochi Club, Saint Petersburg (RUS)
11/08 - Tir Club, Pskov (RUS)
11/09 - Genialistide Klubi, Tartu (EE)
11/11 - Depo, Riga (LVA)
11/12 - Woodstock/Rockstar’s, Tallinn (EE)
Check out Björn Kleinhenz's brand new video for his new single "At night we die": http://vimeo.com/1922810
His new album "Quietly happy and deep inside" will finally be released in Sweden on October 29.
This one's a new release, but it's an old recording so it qualifies for Friday posting. Brainbombs are a cult band who've been lurking on the periphery for a long while now that's only recently started to get their due as more and more bands namedrop them as influences. All those shit-gaze bands du jour? Oh yeah, totally like Brainbombs. Seems like anytime you hear repetitive sludge buried beneath an intentionally bad recording, you'll see the reference. Personally, I'm a bit on the fence about them and can't reasonably offer a recommendation for most casual listeners. "You like misanthropic, sexist dirge-rock? Well check these guys out!" Naah, not gonna happen. If degenerate music like Flipper, Eyehategod or later GG Allin is your cup of tea, you probably already know about these dudes anyway. As for this new live document "Live At Smålands Nation, Lund, Sweden, May 29 1993", it's a mess. Surprise! Approach with caution.
Brainbombs - Danny was a streetwhore
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The musical genius of Mats Öberg has delivered to us this masterpiece of work inspired by the late Cornelis Vreeswijk, with jazz-improvised songs. What sets this apart to me (with my untrained ears) is how Mats effortlessly flows over the ivories, not as a jazz musician, but as a classical one playing jazz, and that's what I think makes this so great. The sense one gets from this record is that Mats played it with care, but also in great fun, and that joy is projected onto the listener.
- Matt Giordano
Young Aspiring Professionals (YAP Records), the label run by Datarock, has decided to start a local Bergen, Norway single series and will releasing a new 7" each month for the next 10 months. All of the a-sides will be produced by Datarock themselves and the flip will consist of live takes or remixes and eventually all of the a-sides will be compiled for a larger release to be called "One city one dream". The first band up is Syntax TerrOrkester with "O herliga London".
The new Eldkvarn album "Hunger hotell" is due out November 26.
Colony 5 has been forced to cancel their UK tour plans and as such, will probably not perform live again until next spring: http://www.colony5.com/index.php?page=news&id=118
New fall dates for Audrey:
10/27 - Bassy, Berlin (GER)
10/28 - Piwnica 21, Poznan (POL)
10/29 - Bezsennosc, Wroclaw (POL)
10/30 - Jadlodajnia Filozoficzna, Warszawa (POL)
11/13 - Le Cri de la Mouette, Toulouse (FRA)
11/14 - Tanned Tin Festival, Castellon (ESP)
11/16 - Cat, Ulm (GER)
11/20 - Feinkostlampe, Hannover (GER)
11/21 - Arenbergschouwburg, Antwerpen (BEL)
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Karpe Diem - Fire vegger
02. Odd Nordstoga - Pilegrim
03. Diverse artister - Mgp Jr 2008
04. Rita Eriksen - Hjerteslag
05. Katzenjammer - Le Pop
06. Øystein Sunde - Meget i Sløyd
07. Maria Mena - Cause & Effect
08. Smurfene - Smurfeparty
09. Herborg Kråkevik - Annleis enn i går
10. Thomas Brøndbo - Du sa æ va en drøm
11. Tommy Tokyo feat starving For My Gravy - Smear Your Smiles Back On
12. Enslaved - Vertebrae
13. Finn Coren - I Draumar Fær Du
14. TNT - Atlantis
15. Malin - Pang
16. Kurt Nilsen - Rise To The Occasion
17. Maria Arredondo - Sound of Musicals
18. Ann Tayler - Let Your Momma
19. Jarle Bernhoft - Ceramik City Chronicles
20. Espen Lind - Army of one
Satyricon will be coming back to the US this winter as support for Cradle of Filth: http://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=11584
CoF hasn't been a good band in a long time, but at least they are entertaining live. As for Satyricon, I'd still really like to see them with Frost on drums, but I doubt Homeland Security will ever let that happen.
Indie MP3 on Gbg-based indie act Liechenstein and their new single "Apathy": http://www.indie-mp3.co.uk/2008/10/liechtenstein-apathy.html
Danish noiserockers Marvins Revolt have licensed their latest EP "Killec" to Richter Collective (Enemies, Adebisi Shank) for a proper UK release this November as well as Parabolica Records in Japan for release over there around the same time. Expect the band to follow up with a Japanese tour this spring.
Mats Öberg