The first batch of acts have been confirmed for the 2012 edition of the Spanish Nordic arts + music fest Dias Nordicos in late September have been confirmed and they include Turboweekend, Kúra, Hanna Kolstø, Husky Rescue and Lilla Sällskapet. Full details: http://www.diasnordicos.com/
"On my side" is the latest video from Turboweekend which they filmed in their rehearsal space and streamed live.
Danish Radio is streaming the brand new Turboweekend single "On my side": http://www.dr.dk/p3/musik/p3suu/2012/04/30/turboweekend-on-my-side-dk
Turboweekend have confirmed that their new single "On my side" will be officially released on April 30. The band will also be offering an early premiere of the track and two other new ones when they stream a live concert from their rehearsal space on the 25th.
Danish melancholy pop/dance act Turboweekend will be back with a new single this spring and a new album in summer.
Turboweekend is doing some sort of video advent calendar thing at Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/turboweekend?sk=app_178091127385
The new Joker single "Here come the lights" which features vocals from Silas Bjerregaard of Danish act Turboweekend is tracklisted at Pitchfork today: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12331-here-come-the-lights-ft-silas-of-turboweekend/
Turboweekend covers Robyn for Danish National Radio.
Turboweekend will be doing a one-off gig at the Borderline in London on April 6.
Presenting Turboweekend's brand new fan-created video for "Into the pavement". Direct link: http://vimeo.com/20237782
The Line of Best Fit interviews Danish dance/rock act Turboweekend: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2011/02/tlobf-interview-turboweekend/
Looks like the group will be coming over to the UK for a few shows in April.
The nominees for Gaffa's Danish music awards have been announced:
Album:
De Eneste To - De eneste to (/)
Efterklang - Magic chairs ()
Kashmir - Trespassers ()
The Floor Is Made Of Lava - Howl at the moon ()
The Rumour Said Fire - The arrogant ()
Band:
De Eneste To (/)
Efterklang ()
Kashmir ()
The Floor Is Made Of Lava ()
The Rumour Said Fire ()
Female artist:
Fallulah ()
Henriette Sennenwaldt (
Male artist:
Jacob Bellens (Murder) ()
Jesper Lidang (The Rumour Said Fire) ()
Kasper Eistrup (Kashmir) ()
Søren Huss ()
Tobias Kippenberger (The Floor Is Made Of Lava) ()
Newcomer:
De Eneste To (/)
Fallulah ()
Ginger Ninja ()
The Rumour Said Fire ()
Vinnie Who ()
Hit song:
Dúné - Dry lips ()
Dúné - Let go of your love ()
Hej Matematik - Party i Provinsen ()
Nephew Feat. Landsholdet - The Danish way to rock ()
Turboweekend - Trouble is ()
Music video:
Burhan G Feat. Nik & Jay - Tættere på himlen (dir: Michael Sauer Christensen) ()
De Eneste To - Morten (dir: Casper Dalhoff) (/)
Kashmir - Still boy (dir: Jakob Printzlau) ()
The Floor Is Made Of Lava - Leave me now (dir: Casper Balslev) ()
Under Byen - Unoder (dir: Manyar I. Parwani) (
Full list: http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/44683
The Statens Kunstråd/Danish Arts Council has announced the recipients of their grant money for 2011: http://www.kunst.dk/musik/omtilskud/hvemharfaaettilskud/
Bands receiving funds include Powersolo, Cody, Slaraffenland, Murder, Marybell Katastrophy, Efterklang, Afenginn, WhoMadeWho, The Tremolo Beer Gut, When Saints Go Machine and Turboweekend, among many others.
The excellent Danish electro/pop act Turboweekend have a new 5-song EP called "Bound" that they are giving out for free/donation: http://www.turboweekendbound.com/
There's a lot of guests on said EP, including Casper Clausen from Efterklang, Jeppe Skjold and Niklas Antonson of Slaraffenland plus a whole lot more. They're also looking to fans to help out with making a video for the track "Into the pavement" -- more details on that here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0AZZVp_5dg
Check out high quality video footage of Turboweekend and When Saints Go Machine's recent concert at Vega: http://vegaplayer.dk/