Check out the video for "A lovestory" from Norwegian singer/songwriter Thomas Dybdahl: http://www.thomasdybdahl.com/media/musicvideos/lovestory.wmv

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

01. In Flames - Touch Of Red
02. Smak - Hallanvaara
03. The 69 Eyes - Devils
04. Thomas Dybdahl - A Lovestory
05. Pain - Same Old Song
06. Dreamboy - Uncalled For
07. The Ark - One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young
08. Lazyboy - Underwear Goes Inside The Pants
09. Annie - My Heartbeat
10. Husky Rescue - City Lights
11. Embee / Vanessa Liftig - Not Tonite
12. Johnny Deluxe - Vi Vil Ha Mer
13. Kapasiteettiyksikkö - Usko Parempaan
14. The Confusions - Don't Let the World Catch You Crying
15. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himlen men ingen vill dö
16. Kevin - Theme From Forever
17. Various Danish Artists - Hvor Små Vi Er
18. Hammerfall - Bloodbound
19. Moneybrother - They're Building Walls Around Us
20. Christian Walz - Never Be Afraid Again

Challengers:
01. Håkan Hellström - En Midsommarnattsdröm
02. Mando Diao - Down In The Past
03. Gubb - Om Änglar Finns
04. LAB - When Heaven Gets Dirty
05. Karen - Onsket

Go here to vote for your favorite.

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

01. Thomas Dybdahl - A Lovestory
02. In Flames - Touch Of Red
03. Smak - Hallanvaara
04. Pain - Same Old Song
05. The 69 Eyes - Devils
06. Dreamboy - Uncalled For
07. The Ark - One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young
08. Lazyboy - Underwear Goes Inside The Pants
09. Annie - My Heartbeat
10. Husky Rescue - City Lights
11. Embee / Vanessa Liftig - Not Tonite
12. Johnny Deluxe - Vi Vil Ha Mer
13. Kapasiteettiyksikkö - Usko Parempaan
14. The Confusions - Don't Let the World Catch You Crying
15. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himlen men ingen vill dö
16. Fibes Oh Fibes - One Hour Baby
17. Titiyo - Loving out of nothing
18. Kevin - Theme From Forever
19. Maria Arredondo - Burning
20. Various Danish Artists - Hvor Små Vi Er

Challengers:
01. Hammerfall - Bloodbound
02. Moneybrother - They're Building Walls Around Us
03. Lake Placid - This Air
04. Christian Walz - Never Be Afraid Again
05. Fountainheads - Perfect

Go here to vote for your favorite.

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

01. Thomas Dybdahl - A Lovestory
02. The 69 Eyes - Devils
03. In Flames - Touch Of Red
04. The Ark - One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young
05. Embee / Vanessa Liftig - Not Tonite
06. Smak - Hallanvaara
07. Annie - My Heartbeat
08. Pain - Same Old Song
09. Husky Rescue - City Lights
10. Dreamboy - Uncalled For
11. Titiyo - Loving out of nothing
12. Johnny Deluxe - Vi Vil Ha Mer
13. Kapasiteettiyksikkö - Usko Parempaan
14. The Confusions - Don't Let the World Catch You Crying
15. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himlen men ingen vill dö
16. Fibes Oh Fibes - One Hour Baby
17. Kurt Nilsen - My Street
18. Kevin - Theme From Forever
19. The Similou - All This Love
20. Maria Arredondo - Burning

Challengers:
01. Morten Abel - Our Love Is Deep
02. Laleh - Invisible
03. Jennie Löfgren - I Walk Alone
04. Lazyboy - Underwear Goes Inside The Pants
05. Various Danish Artists - Hvor Små Vi Er

Go here to vote for your favorite.

Thomas Dybdahl
One day you'll dance for me, New York City
EMI

This is 24 year old Norwegian Dybdahl's third long player. Taking hints from Ed Harcourt and Bright Eyes, the palette from which he paints from is both fragile and weary. "It's always been you" is a heartfelt weepie that features whispered breathy vocals and a gorgeous piano refrain, all drenched in subtle strings. Title track "One day you'll dance for me, New York City" has an underlying country feel to it with a gently picked banjo, whilst Dybdahl's lyrics are concerned with typical outsiderdom. The young Norwegian doesn't anything new or different on this record, he's just a great songwriter.
- Nick Levine

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

01. The 69 Eyes - Devils
02. The Ark - One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young
03. Johnny Deluxe - Vi Vil Ha Mer
04. In Flames - Touch Of Red
05. Thomas Dybdahl - A Lovestory
06. Embee / Vanessa Liftig - Not Tonite
07. Maria Solheim - The Snow Has Killed
08. Pain - Same Old Song
09. Tim Christensen - Lost and found
10. Kurt Nilsen - My Street
11. Titiyo - Loving out of nothing
12. The Similou - All This Love
13. Dreamboy - Uncalled For
14. Kapasiteettiyksikkö - Usko Parempaan
15. The Confusions - Don't Let the World Catch You Crying
16. Smak - Hallanvaara
17. Fibes Oh Fibes - One Hour Baby
18. Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Believe I've found
19. Kevin - Theme From Forever
20. Maria Arredondo - Burning

Challengers:
01. Amerika - Early Night
02. Annie - My Heartbeat
03. Stonebridge - Take Me Away
04. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himlen men ingen vill dö
05. Husky Rescue - City Lights

Go here to vote for your favorite.

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

01. The Ark - One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young
02. The 69 Eyes - Devils
03. Johnny Deluxe - Vi Vil Ha Mer
04. Maria Solheim - The Snow Has Killed
05. Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Believe I've found
06. The Similou - All This Love
07. Tim Christensen - Lost and found
08. Kurt Nilsen - My Street
09. Titiyo - Loving out of nothing
10. Dreamboy - Uncalled For
11. In Flames - Touch Of Red
12. Ephemera - On The Surface
13. Kapasiteettiyksikkö - Usko Parempaan
14. The Confusions - Don't Let the World Catch You Crying
15. Bobby - Come Crashing In
16. Kevin - Theme From Forever
17. Fibes Oh Fibes - One Hour Baby
18. Embee / Vanessa Liftig - Not Tonite
19. The Tough Alliance - Holiday
20. Ison & Fille - Vill Va Highwon?

Challengers:
01. Maria Arredondo - Burning
02. Smak - Hallanvaara
03. Pain - Same Old Song
04. Espen Lind - Unloved
05. Thomas Dybdahl - A Lovestory

Go here to vote for your favorite.

The nominees for Norway's Alarm Prize have been announced:

Video:
Ugress - Manhattan Sapphire
Sondre Lerche - Two Way Monologue
Ravi & DJ Løv - Dødsøt
Wibutee - We Are In Space, So Are You
Kings Of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance With You

Rock:
Gåte - Iselilja
International Tussler Society - s/t
Gluecifer - Automatic Thrill
Euroboys - Soft focus
WE - Smugglers

Pop:
Thomas Dybdahl - One Day You'll Dance For Me, New York City
Kings of Convenience - Riot on an empty street
Minor Majority - Up for you and I
Annie - Anniemal
Bertine Zetlitz - Rollerskating

Metal:
Red Harvest - Internal Punishment Programs
Khold – Mørke Gravers Kammer
Mayhem – Chimera
Enslaved – Isa
Darkthrone – Sardonic Wrath

Hip-hop/rap:
Tungtvann - III: Folket Bak Nordavind
Jaa9 & OnklP - Sjåre Brymæ
Gatas Parlament – Fred, frihet & alt gratis
Karpe Diem – Glasskår
Madcon – It’s All A Madcon

Electronica:
Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band - Your New Best Friends
Mental Overdrive - 083
Snuten with friends - We Are The Future
Ost & Kjex - Some, But Not All Cheese Comes From The Moon
Illumination - The Poppy Rocks

Jazz:
Scorch Trio - Luggumt
Lars Horntveth - Pooka
Wibutee - Playmachine
Susanna & The Magical Orchestra - A list of lights and buoys
The Thing - Garage

P3 prize for best song:
National Bank - Tolerate
Annie - Chewing Gum
Jim Stärk - Morning Song
Kings Of Convenience - I’d Rather Dance With You
Euroboys - One Way Street

Live:
Gåte
Tussler
Thomas Dybdahl
Ralph Myerz
WE

Newcomer:
Samsaya
Bonk
Samsaya
The Beautiful People
Annie

Winners will be announced February 5, 2005. Go here for more info and to vote: http://www.alarmweb.org/

Copenhagen Records has licensed the new album "One Day You’ll Dance For Me New York City" from Norwegian singer/songwriter Thomas Dybdahl for a Danish release on January 10.

Thomas Dybdahl
A love story CDS
EMI

Thomas Dybdahl is a 24 years old singer/songwriter from Norway who looks like a pretentious hipster on his websites. His work can placed within the same category of music that has utterly swamped the Nordic countries the last few years (nowadays, for every Kristofer Åström you get twenty lousy impersonators). These facts alone (combined with the title of the actual song that this review is about) inflamed the prejudices buried deep within me to such a degree that if I hadn't taken a deep breath, sat down, and listened to the song, this review would have been nothing but a deep sigh full of cynic remarks. Now instead it'll read like this: This first single of Thomas Dybdahl's forthcoming album is a lush and gentle affair, with nothing subversive about it, that lulls along nice and quietly. Yes, it's singer/songwriter stuff in the usual way, but it's stuff done in a much better fashion than what I'm used to hear.
- Simon Tagestam

The tracklist for Norwegian singer/sonwriter Thomas Dybdahl's new album "One day you'll dance for me, New York City":

01. One day you'll dance for me, New York City
02. If we want it, it's right
03. A love story
04. Solitude
05. It's always been you
06. Don't lose yourself
07. Babe
08. Henry
09. Piece

It comes out on October 18.

Thomas Dybdahl's third album from his October trilogy, "One day you'll dance for me New York City", will be released on October 18. The first single is called "A love story" and is only being released on its own as a digital download via musiconline.no and should be available now. The track was written for and is featured on the soundtrack for the film "Monstertorsdag" which was directed by Arild Ornmundsen. Unfortunately, the trailer isn't online yet, but you can find out more about the movie here: http://www.monstertorsdag.no/

The Glitterhouse website has a bunch of great free downloads online, including The Ricochets, Helldorado, Thomas Dybdahl and more: http://www.glitterhouse.com/index.asp?lang=e&mode=downloadlist&rnd=3%2C814334E-02=&incs=false

Some of Norway's finest musicians, Lars and Martin Horntveth, Thomas Dybdahl, Nikolai Eilertsen and Morten Qvenild, have joined forces in a new band called The National Bank and will be making their live debut at the Øya Festival in Oslo on August 13. The debut album comes out August 16 and here's what the fest organizers had to say about 'em:

This is a goodie that'll blow up like a bomb when people get to hear the material. Who the members are isn't all that important, but the songs are. Every jaw at the Öya booking office dropped when we sat listening to demos and heard The National Bank through the speakers for the first time. What a glorious sound! This only confirms that a lot of Norwegians must have a special gene for melancholy that the rest of the world lacks. And we don't necessarily mean the sad kind of melancholy, but the gentle, lovely blend of sweet and sour. And no, it's not totally unbearable to be sitting indoors while the wind is blowing and the rain is pouring down if you can get to listen to this. Every song has vocals that will go straight to your heart, the string section will make your hair stand on end, and the backing vocals will make you want to hug somebody.

Norwegian singer/songwriter Thomas Dybdahl together with Nils Erga of Noxagt have produced the soundtrack for the upcoming film "Monstertorsdag". It hits theatres on October 9. Also coming in October from Thomas will be his brand new full-length album. More details when I get them. His 2002 album ""....That Great October Sound" will get a European release on June 26 via Glitterhouse.