Deathcrush - Lesson #1 (for Snoop Dogg) (live video)
Deathcrush perform a capella for InMyKitchen.
Country: Norway
Mental Overdrive - Time/Mind
From the first part of the new Mental Overdrive EP series "Everything is connected", due out November 21. More info here: http://www.mentaloverdrive.net/
Maja Ratkje/Stephen O'Malley - Engebøfjellet; Where were you when they cut me down from the gallows?
Preview a bit from the Maja Ratkje/Stephen O'Malley collaboration project "Engebøfjellet; Where were you when they cut me down from the gallows?" plus interview content (in English) where they talk about the project: http://ratkje.no/2011/10/engeb%C3%B8fjellet-where-were-you-when-they-cut-me-down-from-the-gallows/
More here: http://radionova.no/artikkel/musikk-som-seig-materie
Årabrot - The money will roll right in
Årabrot covering Fang, a combination that sounds just about as perfect as you might imagine.
Drowned in Sound presents Nordic Sounds
Drowned in Sound has launched a new Scandinavian music column called Nordic Sounds: http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4143878-nordic-sounds-1-backwards-and-forwards
Content covered include their selections for the best albums of 2011 so far, a bit of a news roundup and some coverage of Iceland Airwaves.
Magnus Eliassen - Hei, frøken DJ
Norwegian artist Magnus Eliassen has a new single now streaming at YouTube. "Maskinisten", the first album in his planned album trilogy "Virkelighetsflyktning", will be out on November 11.
Live at the Office: Solveig Slettahjell
More Norwegian music live at the office, this time from jazz vocalist Solveig Slettahjell and pianist Morten Qvenild.
Live at the Office: Ragnhild Hemsing and Hallgrim Hansegård
Folk/dance artists Ragnhild Hemsing and Hallgrim Hansegård are the latest performers to appear on Listen to Norway's excellent "Live at the Office" video series. More: http://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2011110213304888173037
SXSW 2012 first round confirmations
The first official confirmations for SXSW are out and Scandinavian artists on the list include Agent Fresco, Delay Trees, I Got You On Tape, Marit Larsen, Niki & The Dove, 120 Days, Team Me and Thulebasen. Read more: http://sxsw.com/node/9610
Team Me on tour
Norwegian act Team Me will be heading abroad later this month:
11/17 - tba, Köln (GER)
11/18 - Exil, Zürich (CH)
11/19 - Gare de Lion, Will (CH)
11/20 - Treibhaus, Luzern (CH)
11/21 - Le Kiwi, Clermond Ferrand (FRA)
11/23 - tba (GER)
11/24 - Goldmarks, Stuttgart (GER)
11/25 - Autumn Falls Festival (V2*), Brussel (BEL)
11/26 - on3-festival, München (GER)
11/27 - Lucerna Music Bar, Prague (CZ) w/The Wombats
11/28 - Rhiz, Vienna (AUS)
12/01 - D! Club, Lausanne (CH) w/The Wombats
12/02 - Kofmehl, Solothurn (CH) w/The Wombats
12/03 - Deposito giordani, Pordenone (ITA)
12/04 - New Age Club, Treviso Roncade (ITA) w/The Wombats
12/05 - Maggazzini Generali, Milan (ITA) w/The Wombats
Splendour to release Maribel 7"
will be releasing a new 7" single from Norwegian shoegazers Maribel on November 24. Said record will include the a-side "Jezebel jive" b/w "Reverie" on the flip.
Simen Tangen preview
Preview a couple tracks from Simen Tangen off his upcoming album "Fall/1998", due out early 2012 via : http://www.oslogrammofon.com/
Dark Times 7" details
The upcoming Dark Times 7" debut is now confirmed for release on November 29 via and will be celebrated with a show at Last Train in Oslo. Peep the cover art: http://www.sheepchaserecords.com/index/Sheep_Chase_Records.html
New Alog to be 4LP
Alog's new album "Unemployed" will be released as a 4LP set in addition to the CD: http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/alog/rlp-3116-alog-unemployed-4lp/