Beezewax on tour in the Far East:

07/11 - Bar Kita Suka, Ipoh, Malaysia
07/13 - Havana Club, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
07/16 - Arena Stage, Baybeats festival, Singapore

Norwegian power-pop act Beezewax has a nice new website: http://www.beezewax.com/
Head over there for an update on tour news, among other stuff. Glad to see that "Who to salute" will finally get a US release in October.

Tons of new stuff being added to the webstore today including a selection of paid mp3 downloads from the Kasual Records catalogue (Arial Kill Him, Ikaros, Beezewax, etc.) and a handful of CDs from Oscillatone (Majessic Dreams, Kompjotr Eplektrika) with more stuff on the way from the likes of similarly named Danish labels PonyRec and PlayRec. Let's go shopping!

Norwegian pop-rockers Beezewax will have their most recent album "Who to salute" released in the UK on May 5 via Reveal Records/Vital both on CD and vinyl with the CD version including a "best-of" bonus disc showcasing some of the groups equally good earlier works. A 7" single will also be released on May 1 and the band will play a couple shows with Joan As Police Woman in March:

03/07 - Dingwalls, London
03/08 - Pressure Point, Brighton

In other Beezewax news, look for "Who to salute" to be released in Australia on May 6 via Popboomerang and then in June in Japan through Thistime with a tour to follow in August.

Top 10s for 2005: Sellout! Music

Check out Marthe Valle's myspace page to hear her new single "Dandy": http://www.myspace.com/marthevalle
Her debut album "It's a bag of candy" comes out October 24 and was produced by Marthe along with Pål Brekkås and Lars Lien (Int'l Tussler society, ex-Motorpsycho). The record also features numerous guest stars such as Kenneth Ishak (Beezewax) who sings and plays guitar and keys on the aforementioned single and a few other tracks.

Beezewax on tour supporting The Posies:

11/17 - Stavanger, Folken
11/18 - Oslo, Betong
11/19 - Trondheim, Blæst
12/03 - Cafè Antoxia, Bilbao
12/04 - Salsa triseca, Oviedo
12/05 - La Quinta Avenida, Burgo
12/06 - Arena, Madrid + in-store at the Fnac
12/07 - Insutrial Copera, Granada
12/08 - Sla Camelot, Alicante
12/09 - Bikini, Barcelona + in-store at the Fnac

Here's another reminder that Kenneth Ishak of Norwegian power-pop act Beezewax is doing some solo shows in the US this week. He's playing with pick-up band of various folks including ex-members from Latebloomer, Cross My Heart and Trustfall. Dates:

10/17 - Charm City Art Space, Baltimore, MD w/Greasegun
10/18 - Lit Lounge, NYC w/Specimen, The Morrow
10/19 - College Perk Coffee House, College Park, MD (long set)

Confirmed US solo dates for Kenneth Ishak (Beezewax):

10/17 - Charm City Art Space, Baltimore, MD
10/18 - Litlounge, NYC, NY

Anyone interested in booking him for any last minute shows, let it be known that he is available to do both solo and full-band gigs and will be in and around the NYC area from October 12-27. Contact mikael at kasual dot se if you can help out.

Norwegian singer/songwriter Kenneth Ishak of Beezewax will be doing a few selected dates on the East Coast in October and is currently seeking out booking help. If you can lend a hand in any way, please get a hold of me and I'll pass along the information. Also, if there's any drummers out there who want to play with the band on these dates, please let me know.

UK-based label Firefly Recordings will be releasing the second solo album "Everything has soul" from Beezewax frontman Kenneth Ishak. It should be available for ordering within the next few weeks. The label also has plans to put out a Beezewax album in the future as well.

Here's this week's MTVe UpNorth video chart:

01. DAD - Scare Yourself
02. Darin - Why Does It Rain
03. Hellacopters - Everything's On TV
04. Robyn - Be Mine
05. Midnight Monkeys - Monkeys On Attack
06. Looptroop - Fort Europa
07. Lene Marlin - How Will It Be
08. Ane Brun / Ron Sexsmith - Song No. 6
09. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo Fiction
10. Paris - 60 Minutes
11. Håkan Hellström - Dom Kommer Kliva På Dig Igen
12. The Maryonettes - Make My Last
13. Span - The Outside
14. London MC - What Is My Name
15. Jim Stärk - Going Down That Lonely Road
16. Soak The Sin - Hands Up
17. Beezewax - I'm Not Where I'm Supposed To Be
18. Cheek - Liiku
19. Amerika - Big City Boy
20. Maria Arredondo - Cross Every River

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Here's this week's MTVe UpNorth video chart:

01. DAD - Scare Yourself
02. Darin - Why Does It Rain
03. Robyn - Be Mine
04. Ane Brun / Ron Sexsmith - Song No. 6
05. Sara Nunes - Simon Can't Sing
06. Looptroop - Fort Europa
07. Lene Marlin - How Will It Be
08. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo Fiction
09. Midnight Monkeys - Monkeys On Attack
10. Paperboys - Wiggle It
11. Paris - 60 Minutes
12. Beezewax - I'm Not Where I'm Supposed To Be
13. Soak The Sin - Hands Up
14. London MC - What Is My Name
15. Håkan Hellström - Dom Kommer Kliva På Dig Igen
16. Hellacopters - Everything's On TV
17. Laleh - Storebror
18. Jim Stärk - Going Down That Lonely Road
19. Cheek - Liiku
20. Anna Ternheim - Shoreline

Challengers:
01. Da Fugitivz - It's All Good
02. Maria Arredondo - Cross Every River
03. Span - The Outside
04. The Maryonettes - Make My Last
05. Amerika - Big City Boy

Go here to vote for your favorite.

Here's this week's MTVe UpNorth video chart:

01. DAD - Scare Yourself
02. Darin - Why Does It Rain
03. Looptroop - Fort Europa
04. Smak - Nousen
05. Robyn - Be Mine
06. Ane Brun / Ron Sexsmith - Song No. 6
07. Paris - 60 Minutes
08. Sara Nunes - Simon Can't Sing
09. Paperboys - Wiggle It
10. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo Fiction
11. Diefenbach - Favourite Friend
12. Beezewax - I'm Not Where I'm Supposed To Be
13. Soak The Sin - Hands Up
14. Lene Marlin - How Will It Be
15. Midnight Monkeys - Monkeys On Attack
16. Eskobar - Even If You Know Me
17. London MC - What Is My Name
18. Håkan Hellström - Dom Kommer Kliva På Dig Igen
19. Anna Ternheim - Shoreline
20. Don Diego - Om Ni Undrar

Challengers:
01. Hellacopters - Everything's On TV
02. Laleh - Storebror
03. Jennie Löfgren - Gonna Make You Smile
04. Jim Stärk - Going Down That Lonely Road
05. Cheek - Liiku

Go here to vote for your favorite.

Here's this week's MTVe UpNorth video chart:

01. DAD - Scare Yourself
02. Darin - Why Does It Rain
03. Kristin Frogner - Stars Above My Head
04. Smak - Nousen
05. Looptroop - Fort Europa
06. Ane Brun / Ron Sexsmith - Song No. 6
07. Paris - 60 Minutes
08. Sara Nunes - Simon Can't Sing
09. Paperboys - Wiggle It
10. Diefenbach - Favourite Friend
11. Beezewax - I'm Not Where I'm Supposed To Be
12. Humane - Wish God Was A Woman
13. Robyn - Be Mine
14. Jaqee - Karma
15. Eskobar - Even If You Know Me
16. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo Fiction
17. PH3 - Det Där
18. Prominent - Let's Talk It Over
19. Soak The Sin - Hands Up
20. Håkan Hellström - Dom Kommer Kliva På Dig Igen

Challengers:
01. Don Diego - Om Ni Undrar
02. Midnight Monkeys - Monkeys On Attack
03. Anna Ternheim - Shoreline
04. London MC - What Is My Name
05. Lene Marlin - How Will It Be

Go here to vote for your favorite.