The Defectors have confirmed all the dates on their upcoming tour of South America:

11/11 - Live on "Radio Rock & Pop" Radioshow in the afternoon, Buenos Aires (AR)
11/11 - Live on National TV show on Channel 7 in the evening, Buenos Aires (AR)
11/12 - Buenes Aires Stomp! 5, Buenos Aires (AR)
11/13 - Montevideo (UY)
11/15 - V8 Motor bar, Buenos Aires (AR)
11/16 - São Paulo (BR)
11/17 - Kemona, Rio Claro (BR)
11/18 - Campinas or Londrina (BR)
11/19 - 92graus, Curitiba (BR)
11/20 - Black Jack, São Paulo (BR)
11/21 - Rio de Janeiro (BR)

Some new live dates for The Defectors:

11/26 - Loppen, Copenhagen (DK)
11/27 - Gimle, Roskilde (DK)
12/04 - Studenterhuset, Aalborg (DK)

The Defectors are heading to South America in November:

11/11 - Live in "Radio Rock & Pop" Radioshow, Buenos Aires (ARG)
11/12 - Buenes Aires Stomp! 5, Buenos Aires (ARG)
11/13 - tba, Montevideo (URU)
11/15 - V8 Motor Bar, Buenos Aires (ARG)
11/16 - tba (BRA)
11/17 - tba (BRA)
11/18 - tba (BRA)
11/19 - tba (BRA)
11/20 - tba (BRA)

The Defectors will be touring South America in November. Dates soon.

Some pics from The Defectors' recent European tour: http://www.thedefectors.com/PixMay/Album.htm

This week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:

01. Finntroll - Trollhammaren (FIN)
02. Nina Rochelle - Stockholm kommer förstöra mig (SWE)
03. Labrador - Freeway to Mars (DK)
04. Eskobar - Bring the action (SWE)
05. Petter - Fredrik Snortare och Cecilia Synd (SWE)
06. The Rasmus - Funeral song (FIN)
07. Giant Robot - Public=shopping (FIN)
08. Uniklubi - Rakkautta ja Piikkilankaa (FIN)
09. Egotrippi - Matkustaja (FIN)
10. Elastinen - Syljen (FIN)

Challengers:
01. Nightwish - Nemo (FIN)
02. Infinite Mass - No 1 svartskalle (SWE)
03. The Defectors - It's gonna take some time (DK)

Pics from The Defectors trip to SXSW last March: http://www.thedefectors.com/PixSXSW/Album.htm

The week's round-up of reviews from German webzine Sellfish:

Caitlyn - Save yourself
The Defectors - Turn me on!
Sounds Like Violence - The pistol
Toc - Loss angeles

Check out the video for "It's gonna take some time" from Danish rockers The Defectors: http://imv.au.dk/%7Emstegger/defectors/video/videoTheDefectorsItsGonna.wmv

The new book/cd project "århus:nu" spotlighting the scene of Århus, Denmark is now done. It's 110 pages and covers local bands such as Under Byen, Tiger Tunes, Powersolo, Strumm, Singvogel & Peter Laugesen, Sofus Forsberg, Kurve, Jab Mica Och El and The Defectors along with labels and promoters like Morningside Records, Noisejihad, Bird Hits Plane Records, LJUD and Skand-All. The CD contains tracks from those same bands, of course. More info: http://www.aarhus-nu.dk/

Check out the video for "It's gonna take some time" from The Defectors: http://imv.au.dk/%7Emstegger/defectors/
The band is also rumored to be releasing a live record on vinyl soon as well as a European tour in May. Details soon.

Denmark's The Defectors hold the honor of having the 'Coolest Song In The World' on Little Steven's (Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, The Sopranos) syndicated radio show Underground Garage. The track is called "It's Gonna Take Some Time" and the show can be heard across the US on some 120 different stations or via the web: http://www.littlestevensundergroundgarage.com/
Some of the Scandinavian acts who held the same honor earlier include The Raveonettes, The Flaming Sideburns and Soundtrack Of Our Lives.

The new issue of Lowcut Magazine is online and features interviews and reviews with Silver, The Defectors, Gas Giant and tons more Scandinavian ditry rock n' roll: http://www.lowcut.dk/012_lc/front/index.asp

Some of these have already been mentioned, but here's the complete list of acts from around Scandinavia heading over to Austin, TX in March for the SXSW festival: Kristofer Åström (SWE), Alamo Race Track (NL), Bettie Serveert (NL), The Defectors (DK), Demons (SWE), Division Of Laura Lee (SWE), Thomas Dybdahl (NOR), El Caco (NOR), Janne Haavisto & The Farangs (FIN), Hardcore Superstar (SWE), Hell on Wheels (SWE), The Hives (SWE), Holden (SWE), Hush (DK), The (International) Noise Conspiracy (SWE), The Jessica Fletchers (NOR), Junior Senior (DK), Kamera (SWE), The Latebirds (FIN), Randi Laubek (DK), League of XO Gentlemen (NL), Learning From Las Vegas (DK), Erja Lyytinen (FIN), Marynka and Some Lovely Girls (NL), On Trial (DK), Persil (NL), Powersolo (DK), St Thomas (NOR), Silver (NOR), Singapore Sling (ICE), Tasha's World (NL), Venus Flytrap (NL) and zZz (NL). And no matter what they say, Danko Jones is not from Sweden. Read more, get artist profiles and listen to samples: http://www.sxsw.com/music/

It looks like I can now confirm the lineup for the upcoming Norway/Denmark showcase happening at SXSW this year. It's gonna be Under Byen (DK), Thomas Dybdahl (NOR), El Caco (NOR), Hush (DK), The Defectors (DK) and Silver (NOR). It's set to go down March 20 at Carribean Lights, but remember that big events like these are always subject to change.