This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Frøya - Jenta fra landet
02. Marit Larsen - The Chase
03. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Pust
04. Karpe Diem - Fire vegger
05. Tommy Tokyo feat Starving for My Gravy - Smear Your Smiles Back On
06. The September When - Judas Kiss
07. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Mål & Mening
08. Vamp - St. Mandag
09. Odd Børretzen/Lars Martin Myhre - Syv sørgelige sanger og tre triste
10. Madcon - An Inconvenient Truth
11. Erlend Bratland - True Colors
12. Ida Jenshus - Color of the Sun
13. Torstein Sødal - Torstein Sødal
14. Ole Ivars - Platina
15. Sie Gubba - Hemafrå
16. Maria Mena - Cause & Effect
17. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix Junior Nordic
18. Madrugada - Madrugada
19. AF1 - Alle For En
20. Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Pust
02. Marit Larsen - The Chase
03. Karpe Diem - Fire vegger
04. Vamp - St. Mandag
05. Erlend Bratland - True Colors
06. Madcon - An Inconvenient Truth
07. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Mål & Mening
08. Tommy Tokyo feat Starving for My Gravy - Smear Your Smiles Back On
09. The September When - Judas Kiss
10. Halvdan Sivertsen - Mellom oss
11. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix Junior Nordic
12. Maria Mena - Cause & Effect
13. Frøya - Jenta fra landet
14. Torstein Sødal - Torstein Sødal
15. Ole Ivars - Platina
16. Odd Nordstoga - Pilegrim
17. Odd Børretzen/Lars Martin Myhre - Syv sørgelige sanger og tre triste
18. Madrugada - Madrugada
19. AF1 - Alle For En
20. Kurt Nilsen - Rise To The Occasion

Spellemann 2008

The nominees for the Spellemannprisen (Norwegian Grammy) have been announced: http://www.spellemann.no/
Here's a few of the categories:

Female artist:
Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons (Det Er Mine)
Ingrid Olava - Juliet's Wishes (EMI Music Norway)
Maria Mena - Cause And Effect (Sony Music)
Marit Larsen - The Chase (EMI/Virgin)
Male artist:
Bjørn Eidsvåg - Pust (Petroleum/Sony Music)
Julian Berntzen - Rocket Ship Love (Universal Music)
Thom Hell - God If I Saw Her Now (Voices Of Wonder)
Åge Aleksandersen og Sambandet - Katalysator (EMI Music Norway/Solregn)
Pop group:
Lester - This Village (Deaf Ear Records)
Real Ones - All For The Neighbourhood (Warner Music)
The Margarets - Twenty Years Erased (Division Records as)
Electronica:
Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too (Smalltown Supersound)
Mental Overdrive - You Are Being Manipulated (Smalltown Supersound)
Skatebård - Cosmos (Digitalo Enterprises)
Rock:
Grand Island - Boys & Brutes (Racing Junior)
Lukestar - Lake Toba (Phone Me)
Motorpsycho - Little Lucid Moments (Rune Grammofon)
Tommy Tokyo & Starving For My Gravy - Smear Your Smiles Back On (Warner Music)
Metal:
Benea Reach - Alleviat (Tabu Recordings)
Enslaved - Vertebrae (Indie Recordings)
Keep of Kalessin - Kolossus (Indie Recordings)
Jazz:
Helge Lien Trio - Hello Troll (Ozella/Musikklosen)
Mathias Eick - The Door (ECM/Grappa)
Moment - Paradiso (Schmell)
Radka Toneff - Butterfly (Curling Legs as)
Open class:
Annbjørg Lien - Waltz With Me (Heilo)
Farmers Market - Surfin' USSR (Ipecac)
H.K.H. Kronprinsesse Mette-Marits Utvalgte Salmer - Sorgen og Gleden (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
Lars Horntveth - Kaleidoscopic (Smalltown Supersound)
Best newcomer:
Erlend Bratland - True Colors (Sony Music)
Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart (Nightliner/Universal)
Ingrid Olava - Juliet's Wishes (EMI Music Norway)
Katzenjammer - Le Pop (Propeller Recordings)
Best video:
Beady Belle - Self-Fulfilling (Jazzland Records/Sonet/Universal)
Madcon - Liar (Bonnier Amigo Music)
Madrugada - Look Away Lucifer (Malabar Recording Company)
Maria Mena - All This Time (Sony Music)
Thom Hell - My Heart Is Longing For A Soul (Voices Of Wonder)

Top 10s for 2008: It's a Trap! (albums)

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Øystein Sunde - Meget i Sløyd
02. Diverse artister - Mgp Jr 2008
03. Tommy Tokyo feat Starving for M - Smear Your Smiles Back On
04. Smurfene - Smurfeparty
05. Kurt Nilsen - Rise To The Occasion
06. Jarle Bernhoft - Ceramik City Chronicles
07. Espen Lind - Army of one
08. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og deilig -beste
09. Malin - Pang
10. Vassendgutane - Xo
11. Madrugada - Madrugada
12. Real Ones - All For The Neighbourhood
13. Ingenting - Kjempegreier
14. Åge Aleksandersen - Katalysator
15. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
16. Bare Egil Band - Jeg er helt rå
17. Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
18. Helge Trio Lien - Hello Troll
19. Celine - Bæstevænna
20. School - Destructive Sounds

Here is this week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Øystein Sunde - Meget i Sløyd
02. Jarle Bernhoft - Ceramik City Chronicles
03. Kurt Nilsen - Rise To The Occasion
04. Diverse artister - Mgp Jr 2008
05. Espen Lind - Army of one
06. Vassendgutane - Xo
07. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og deilig -beste
08. Malin - Pang
09. Bare Egil Band - Jeg er helt rå
10. Ingenting - Kjempegreier
11. Madrugada - Madrugada
12. Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
13. Celine - Bæstevænna
14. Helge Trio Lien - Hello Troll
15. Real Ones - All For The Neighbourhood
16. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
17. Lindstrom - Where you go I go to
18. Åge Aleksandersen - Katalysator
19. Kathrine Moholt - Sweethearts
20. Return - Best Of Both Worlds

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Kurt Nilsen - Rise To The Occasion
02. Bare Egil Band - Jeg er helt rå
03. Espen Lind - Army of one
04. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og deilig -beste
05. Vassendgutane - Xo
06. Ingenting - Kjempegreier
07. Madrugada - Madrugada
08. Åge Aleksandersen - Katalysator
09. Lindstrom - Where you go I go to
10. Real Ones - All For The Neighbourhood
11. Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
12. Return - Best Of Both Worlds
13. Major Parkinson - Major Parkinson
14. Kathrine Moholt - Sweethearts
15. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
16. Hovedøen Social Club - Que Viva Noruega
17. Too Far Gone - Livåt
18. Trygve Hoff - Tørrfesk og Ballader
19. Malin - Pang
20. Diverse artister - Sorgen og gleden: Matte Marit

MP3: Madrugada - Not to touch the earth

Today's mp3 post comes courtesy of contributor Nancy Baym:

Most lists of Madrugada's influences include The Doors. What better time to revisit their roots than at their own end? One of the unexpected treats of their postmortem tour in 2008 has been the steady supply of covers -- from Jacques Brel's "Amsterdam" (you can guess where they played that), to Johnny Thunders' "You can't put your arms around a memory". Recently, they covered The Doors' "To touch the earth" for P3's anniversary show (watch their impressive 6-song set here: http://nrkp3.no/konserter/). Given the impossibility of replicating late guitarist Robert Burås' delicacy, and perhaps sobered and grounded by his passing, this final incarnation of the band, featuring Alex Kloster-Jensen and Cato Salsa turned out more aggressive, more massive, and a lot more generous in its use of keyboards. You can hear it all here. They'll be missed.

Madrugada - Not to touch the earth (live)

MP3: Kite - My girl and I

I already posted a track from Silverbullit as part of our ongoing Göteborg Spotlight Series, but today I'm happy a present an interview with guitarist Andreas Nilsson, an artist who's also well known for his phenomenal video work. Madrugada, José González and The Knife are just a few of the names of artists he has collaborated with. Andreas may no longer be a Gbg resident, but his contributions to the city's music and art scene are numerous. Read on...

First off, my standard intro question: how long have you lived in Gbg? What brought you there and what keeps you in town?

I moved here at age 17 to go to artschool. Lived here for 17 years, so half my life... I live in another town now, but I miss the sort of underground musicscene that Koloni, Kning Disk and Ideal bring to Gothenburg. It's amazing that a town of Gbg's size has such a big scene for this kind of stuff.

You seem to be working more visually these days as opposed to sonically - which medium would you say is your strong point? How often do the two overlap? If someone asks "so, what do you do?" how do you answer?

The way that I work is a cluster of things that I barely understand the logic of myself. But I try to overlap as much as possible. It's an ok place to be in, the twilight zone.

If someone asks me what I do, I lie and tell them I'm a horsewhisperer or something.

How was Way Out West? Were you satisfied with Silverbullit's set? See anything of note?

Playing with Silverbullit again was great. Always fun to see Simon play keyboardsolo in his patented rapestyle and we were touched by all the people that showed up.

But I didn't have time to see much else at the festival. The Bug had a great stomach-turning bass. My big festival moment this year was My Bloody Valentine at Roskilde. It was so loud that I experienced a physical reaction in my nose that I had never experienced before. It was kind of buzzing and humming the day after, very strange.

I understand you managed to get Freddie Wadling to make a guest appearance - who's idea was that? Was it a matter of mutual appreciation or did it take more wrangling to get it together?

We've been working on a track that Freddie gave us as a demo. The idea of playing together came to us in a DHL-package.

What current projects are you working on? What can we expect to see/hear from you in the next six months or so? What are the chances of a new Silverbullit album?

Just finished a video for a British band called White Lies. The track is called "Death". Today I'm in Gothenburg working at the Stadsteatern. I'm working on a play called "Butterfly Kiss" together with director Malin Stenberg. A dark and surreal text about a dysfunctional family with an urge to kill. It premiered 19th Sep for all you culture vultures out there.

Finally, got a song you would like to share, either from one of your own bands or from a local act you admire? Tell me about it!

I think people should have a listen to the band Kite from Malmö. They have a beautiful song called "My girl and I". I also like Prince of Assyria who is releasing an album on Kning Disk this fall.

Both Kite and Prince of Assyria obliged by sending in tracks for posting, but since Andreas recommended a specific Kite track, that's the one I'm going with today. Stay tuned for more on The Prince- a recommendation from Andreas Nilsson does not go unnoticed!

Kite - My girl and I

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Kurt Nilsen - Rise To The Occasion
02. Ingenting - Kjempegreier
03. Lindstrom - Where you go I go to
04. Espen Lind - Army of one
05. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og deilig -beste
06. Vassendgutane - Xo
07. Kathrine Moholt - Sweethearts
08. Return - Best Of Both Worlds
09. Åge Aleksandersen - Katalysator
10. Madrugada - Madrugada
11. Hilde Marie Kjersem - A Killer For That Ac
12. Too Far Gone - Livåt
13. Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
14. Malin - Pang
15. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
16. Hovedøen Social Club - Que Viva Noruega
17. Diverse artister - Sorgen og gleden: Matte Marit
18. Real Ones - All For The Neighbourhood
19. Trygve Hoff - Tørrfesk og Ballader
20. Harald Heide Steen jr. - Musikalske Minner

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Kurt Nilsen - Rise To The Occasion
02. Espen Lind - Army of one
03. Kathrine Moholt - Sweethearts
04. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og deilig -beste
05. Vassendgutane - Xo
06. Åge Aleksandersen - Katalysator
07. Madrugada - Madrugada
08. Too Far Gone - Livåt
09. Return - Best Of Both Worlds
10. Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
11. Malin - Pang
12. Hilde Marie Kjersem - A Killer For That Ac
13. Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons
14. Ingrid Olava - Juliets Wishes
15. Lars Horntveth - Kaleidoscopic
16. Erik og Kriss - Verden vil bedras
17. Karin Krog - Oslo Calling
18. Thom Hell - God If I Saw Her Now
19. Morten Harket - Letter From Egypt
20. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Kurt Nilsen - Rise To The Occasion
02. Espen Lind - Army of one
03. Kathrine Moholt - Sweethearts
04. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og deilig -beste
05. Vassendgutane - Xo
06. Åge Aleksandersen - Katalysator
07. Return - Best Of Both Worlds
08. Madrugada - Madrugada
09. Too Far Gone - Livåt
10. Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
11. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
12. Malin - Pang
13. Malin - Pang
14. Morten Harket - Letter From Egypt
15. Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons
16. Ingrid Olava - Juliets Wishes
17. Celine - Bæstevænna
18. Real Ones - All For The Neighbourhood
19. Harald Heide Steen jr. - Musikalske Minner
20. Erik og Kriss - Verden vil bedras

NRK reports that Madrugada is officially over: http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.6176294 (in Norwegian)

Here is this week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Kurt Nilsen - Rise To The Occasion
02. Kathrine Moholt - Sweethearts
03. Espen Lind - Army of one
04. Åge Aleksandersen - Katalysator
05. Vassendgutane - Xo
06. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og deilig -beste
07. Madrugada - Madrugada
08. Return - Best Of Both Worlds
09. Too Far Gone - Livåt
10. Paal Flaata - Old Angel Midnight
11. Svein Østvik - Kongen Av Mallorca
12. Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
13. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
14. Malin - Pang
15. Valkyrien Allstars - Valkyrien Allstars
16. Farmers Market - Surfin' Ussr
17. Harald Heide Steen jr. - Musikalske Minner
18. Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons
19. Gluecifer - Kings of rock
20. Terje Formoe - Hiv o'hoi - Kaptein Sabeltanns beste

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Kurt Nilsen - Rise To The Occasion
02. Espen Lind - Army of one
03. Kathrine Moholt - Sweethearts
04. Åge Aleksandersen - Katalysator
05. Vassendgutane - Xo
06. Too Far Gone - Livåt
07. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og deilig -beste
08. Return - Best Of Both Worlds
09. Malin - Pang
10. Madrugada - Madrugada
11. Paal Flaata - Old Angel Midnight
12. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
13. Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
14. Svein Østvik - Kongen Av Mallorca
15. Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold On Be Strong
16. PK & Dansefolket - 20 beste
17. Harald Heide Steen jr. - Musikalske Minner
18. Valkyrien Allstars - Valkyrien Allstars
19. Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons
20. Morten Harket - Letter From Egypt