Murmansk - Outrun (video)

"Outrun" is the 2nd video from Murmansk's excellent new album "Rüütli". It's also the track that seems to reliably come up on shuffle almost every day when I'm out running (no complaints!).

Murmansk - Peel

New Murmansk, dig in.

Murmansk - Rüütli (trailer)

The first sample of Murmansk's upcoming album "Rüütli".

New Murmansk in September

The new Murmansk album will be called "Rüütli" and it will be released in Scandinavia 'round mid-September with a G/A/S release to follow a month later. Been looking forward to this one for awhile now.

Murmansk - Mercury

Once again, the first official single from Murmansk's next album, due out later this year.

Murmansk - Mercury (video)

At long last, something new from the excellent Finnish act Murmansk. The band's third album will be out later this year.

Free music from Sleeping in Airports

Sleeping in Airports is yet another in the long line of female-fronted Finnish acts exploring the realms of shoegaze and they have two tracks they are giving away for free: http://soundcloud.com/sleeping-in-airports
Not as immediately appealing to me as On Volcano or Murmansk, but definitely not without potential.

TLOBF talks to Murmansk

The Line of Best Fit interviews Finnish shoegazers Murmansk ahead of their appearance at this month's Ja Ja Ja Nordic showcase in London: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2011/01/ja-ja-ja-murmansk/

Ja Ja Ja January: Murmansk, Montée, Benni Hemm Hemm

Tom Robinson from BBC6 Music Introducing has been selected as January's curator for London-based Scandinavian music showcase Ja Ja Ja. His selections for January 27: Murmansk, Montée and Benni Hemm Hemm.

Sirius playlist week #33

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Johan Heltne - Krieg ist krieg und schnaps ist schnaps
02. TALK 1
03. Tiger Tape - She is fiction
04. Terrible Feelings - Blank heads
05. Pistol Disco - Organ and drum
06. TALK 2
07. Ludwig Bell - Kärlek slutar alltid med bråk
08. Bonghit - Maratondröm
09. Murmansk - Silver heel
10. TALK 3
11. Robyn - Criminal intent
12. Pettersson & Fredriksson - Langas
13. Lapko - A new bohemia
14. TALK 4
15. The Megaphonic Thrift - Candy sin
16. Park Hotell - Trouble kid
17. Champagne Riot - Heart stab
18. TALK 5
19. Britta Persson - Meet a bear

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU (except this week -- there's no repeat tonight). That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

Murmansk tour Germany, more

Finnish act Murmansk is heading to Germany for a few dates:

03/07 - Logo, Hamburg
03/08 - Luxor, Köln
03/09 - 59:1, München

Also note that Drowned in Sound enjoyed their By:Larm appearance: http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4139252-by--larm-%E2%80%9810-festival-review

Sirius playlist week #5

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. TALK 1
02. The Goner - Within the hour
03. Moto Boy - The heart is a rebel
04. Detektivbyrån - Hemvägen
05. TALK 2
06. Valkyrien Allstars - Hvis jeg var deg
07. Tobias Hellkvist - Patience
08. Scarred By Beauty - We swim
09. [ingenting] - Tack
10. TALK 3
11. I'm From Barcelona/Daviel Lindlöf - Lower my head
12. Monazno - Yes we can't
13. Silver - The white logic
14. Eskatol - Siste dans
15. TALK 5
16. Murmansk - The surgical assistant
17. Dyno - Destroy! Destroy!
18. Folkvang - Folkvangs första
19. C.Aarmé - Angola (Princess version)
20. TALK 5
21. Abhinanda - Junior

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

Murmansk to tour Russia

Finnish noiserockers Murmansk are going to Russia in February:

02/24 - Tanci Club, St. Petersburg
02/25 - DubClub, Moscow
02/26 - Dejavu, Chelyabinsk
02/27 - Akademia, Kurgan

More SXSW confirmations

Turboweekend, CALLmeKAT, Marie Fisker, Jonna Lee, Oh No Ono, Kaspar, Murmansk and Adam Tensta are among the latest confirmations for SXSW.

Sirius playlist week #47

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Bastard Priest - Under the hammer of destruction
02. TALK 1
03. Monty - En till himmel
04. Superfamily - Songs of the weak will die
05. Agent Side Grinder - Black vein
06. TALK 2
07. Murmansk - Silver heel
08. Cleaning Women - Across the void
09. Pintandwefall - Jail
10. TALK 3
11. Tobias Hellkvist - Scars and stripes
12. Truckfighters - Traffic
13. Rockettothesky - Barrie for Billy MacKenzie
14. TALK 4
15. Peter Bjorn and John - I don't know what I want us to do
16. Håkan Hellström - En vån med en bil
17. Barra Head - Common ground
18. TALK 5
19. Makthaverskan - Vi var människor från början

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.