Datarock is streaming their entire album "Datarock Datarock" at Virb: http://www.virb.com/datarock

Norway's Datarock plans to cash in on the zeitgeist with a special 5-song EP entitled "See what I care" paying tribute to the renown Madchester rave scene. Think: Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Charlatans, etc. Four songs they say are in the style of the "classics" plus one so-called "New Rave anthem". It comes out April 23.

Updated Lo-Fi-Fnk tourdates:

02/16 - FABRIC, London (UK)
02/17 - Arches, Glasgow (UK)
02/18 - Medicine, Birmingham (UK)
02/20 - TBA, Doncaster (UK)
02/21 - Social Live Nation, London (UK)
02/22 - Roadhouse High Voltage, Manchester (UK)
02/23 - Charlotte, Leicester (UK)
02/24 - Pod, Dublin (UK)
03/02 - Debaser Medis, Stockholm (SWE) w/Simian Mobile Disco
03/06 - Safari Sams, LA, CA
03/07 - Beauty Bar, San Diego, CA
03/08 - Atlas, Seattle, WA
03/09 - Shine, Vancouver
03/10 - New Noise, Portland OR
03/11 - Indigo District, Eugene, OR
03/13 - Mezannine, San Francisco, CA w/Fujiyi & Miyaki
03/14 - Super! Alright!Space, Austin, TX
03/15 - Beauty Bar, Austin, TX
03/16 - Urban Outfitters (1 pm), Austin, TX
03/17 - Rock'n'Roll Hotel, Washington DC
03/18 - Sonar (tbc), Baltimore, MD
03/20 - Fit for Use, Charlotte, NC
03/21 - Kiss Atlanta event, Atlanta, GA
03/22 - Common Grounds, Gainsville, FL w/Pink Velveteen
03/23 - tba, Miami, FL
03/24 - Metro, Chicago, IL w/The Presets, Digitalism, Crystal Castles
03/27 - Drake Hotel, Toronto w/KIM Presets/Crystal Castles DJ set
03/28 - Club Lambi, Montreal
03/29 - Square, Boston, MA
03/30 - Making Time, Philadelphia, PA w/Datarock, The Presets
03/30 - RUFF Club, New York, NY
03/31 - Studio B, Brooklyn, NY
04/28 - Bergenfest Festival, Bergen (NOR)

Overrated Norwegian electro act Datarock has signed with Nettwork and will have their album "Datarock Datarock" released internationally this coming spring. There will also be a new EP to be released in Norway this year with the band's next full-length due in 2008.

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Christel Alsos - Closing The Distance
02. Sivert Høyem & The Volunteers - Exiles
03. William Hut - Nightfall
04. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Nåde
05. Vamp - I full symfoni (med KORK)
06. Sissel - De beste 1986-2006
07. Odd Nordstoga - Heim te mor
08. Jan Werner - Stronger
09. Kristin Asbjørnsen - Wayfaring Stranger - A Spiritual Songbook
10. Øystein Sunde - Sundes verden
11. Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes og Askil Holm - Hallelujah - Live
12. 120 Days - 120 Days
13. Marit Larsen - Under The Surface
14. Thomas Dybdahl - Science
15. Malin - Malin på månen
16. Rockettothesky - To sing you apple trees
17. Morten Abel - Some Of Us Will Make It
18. Leif Ove Andsnes - Horizons
19. Datarock - Datarock
20. Åge Aleksandersen - Snöharpan

Norwegian electro act Datarock will visit the Americas in March:

03/10 - MXBeat festival, Mexico City (MEX)
03/14 - Engine Room, Houston, TX
03/15-18 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/19 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
03/23 - WMC, Studio A, Miami, FL
03/27 - Safari Sam's, Los Angeles, CA
03/29 - Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
03/30 - Pure, Philadelphia, PA
03/31 - Studio B, Brooklyn, NY

The curators of Norway's Øyafestivalen are putting on a showcase at this year's SXSW featuring The Lionheart Brothers (as heard on "Reader's companion volume one"), New Violators and Datarock: http://www.musikknyheter.no/news/1743

New tourdates for Datarock:

11/23 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
11/24 - Maroquinerie, Paris (FRA)
11/25 - Lille Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
12/07 - Arena, Brisbane (AU)
12/08 - Rebel Rebel, Sydney (AU)
12/09 - Meredith Music Festival, Meredith (AU)
12/10 - Hi-Fi Bar, Melbourne (AU)
01/12 - Groningen, Eurosonic Festival (NL)

Datarock begins thier UK tour today with Klaxons and Shitdisco and you can get all the latest dates here: http://www.datarock.no/shows.shtml
Also note that they've added a few new dates in Australia for December.

Datarock has added a bunch of new multimedia stuff to their website: http://www.datarock.no/

NME is sponsoring a tour featuring overrated Norwegian electro act Datarock alongside The Klaxons and Shitdisco. Dates:

09/27 - Waterfront, Norwich
09/28 - Underground, Stoke
09/29 - Stanley Theatre, Liverpool
09/30 - Plug, Sheffield
10/02 - Empire, Middlesborough
10/03 - Empire, Manchester
10/04 - Tunnels, Aberdeen
10/05 - Arches, Glasgow
10/07 - Faversham, Leeds
10/08 - Stealth, Nottingham
10/10 - Custard Factory, Birmingham
10/11 - Soundhaus, Northampton
10/13 - KOKO, London
10/14 - Concorde, Brighton
10/16 - Zodiac, Oxford
10/17 - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth

The UK release of the Datarock single "Fa-fa-fa" will be on September 4 and will be available in CDS, 7", 12" and of course, digital format. B-sides will include remixes from fellow Norwegian Bjørn Torske as well as Princess Superstar and Shakes.

Gigwise talks to Datarock: http://www.gigwise.com/contents.asp?contentid=18137

Norwegian "thrashpop"/new-wave revival act Surferosa has just recorded two songs with the oh-so-hip crew behind Bergen-based label YFM/Your Favorite Music (FYI: YFM is run by the folks in Datarock). Ivar "Blanco" Nicolaisen of Silver provides some backup vocals and the two pieces are entitled "Fashion facist" and "The last stand".

Better late than never, here's Nick Levine's review of the recent Datarock show in London: [click here]
I wasn't terribly impressed when I first heard their "Computer camp love" EP back in 2003, but it seems like their patience and persistence is starting to pay off.