Dark Times - Distrust
New tunage from Norwegian noiserockers Dark Times from the band's forthcoming 7", due out soon via . Sounds great, as always.
Country: Norway
Oslo Ess - Hold deg våken (video)
A new video from Norwegian pop-punk act Oslo Ess for the song "Hold deg våken".
Dark Entries to reissue System Liliputt
US synthpop label will be giving Norwegian act System Liliputt's 1984 limited cassette release "Harpa" the vinyl reissue treatment in September, tacking on a few unreleased demos as a bonus.
Pitchfork goes to Øya
Pitchfork goes to Øya and manages to report on seeing only one actual Norwegian band, Kvelertak: http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/8023-ya-2011/3/
Seriously, why bother?
Roll the Dice to release new album, play London
Roll the Dice: new album "In dust" due out on September 12 with the duo's UK live debut following on the 20th at Cafe Oto.
Hubro to release new Mats Eilerstsen album
has announced that they will be releasing Mats Eilertsen's new album "SkyDive" on September 2, his sixth album overall. Preview the track "Parachute psalm" as posted above.
Besides his own quintet, Mats is also known for his work with artists such as Tord Gustavsen and Food, among others.
New Susanne Sundfør EP, tourdates
There's a new Susanne Sundfør EP featuring remixes of her song "Turkish delight" as done by fellow Norwegians Tommy Tee, LidoLido and Souldrop. Not sure if there will be a physical edition, but the digital files can be acquired via iTunes. In other news, she'll be doing a few Northern Europe dates in late September:
09/25 - Roter Salon, Berlin (GER)
09/26 - Brotfabrik, Frankfurt (GER)
09/28 - Ono, Bern (CH)
Zweizz & Joey Hopkins
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Jester Records
It's clear from the offset that this album is something unique. After all, when you have so many tracks in which beauty and madness share a simultaneous space, there's no denying that there's a creative genius at work here. As it happens, we have two creative geniuses in collaboration on this album: Norway's Svein Egil Hatlevik (here under the guise of Zweizz) and the sadly departed US-chaos merchant Joey Hopkins (of Midget Factory fame). The two met online a few years ago and promptly put their maniacal heads together to come up with eleven tracks of unclassifiable weirdness that have culminated in this self-titled opus. There's so much going on here that it's impossible to take in on one listen, from the Commodore 64-industrial barrage of "dWill 2 dPower" to the off-kilter ABBA-esque musings of "How we ate the flesh", this is an album that commands respect. Track of the album is "The goat", which kicks off with a cybersheep chorus followed by something that sounds like a bizarre reimagining of the "Alien" soundtrack. The album also benefits from a wealth of guest appearances from Carl-Michael Eide (Virus, Aura Noir), Kristoffer Rygg (Ulver), Torgny Knutson Amdam (Amulet) and Ingrid Aarvik Berge (Norma Sass), to name a few. To the untrained ear most of this might sound like random incoherence. In actual fact, it's one of the best lessons in controlled chaos that you're ever likely to find. This is a whole new level. This is lounge music for lunatics.
- John Norby
Hubro to release Huntsville/Splashgirl split
will be releasing a series of limited edition LPs starting with a split featuring Huntsville and Splashgirl, both of which also have full-length albums of their own out now on the label. Anyhow, said split will contain previously unreleased material and only 200 copies total will be made for sale. More info and preorder details: http://www.hubromusic.com/
Karin Park comes to the UK
Swedish-born/Norway-residing artist Karin Park will be making her UK live debut on August 18 at The Queen of Hoxton in Shoreditch, London. Though I know her primarily as a successful pop artist (as I'm sure is the same for many others), apparently she's decided to take a left-turn with her new, far more experimental album "Tiger dreams" which was recorded with producer Christoffer Berg (The Knife, Fever Ray, Little Dragon) and will be out in September. Check out the video for the title track here: http://vimeo.com/26911844
Katzenjammer - I will dance (when I walk away) (video)
Kinda weird to watch a screen capture of this video when Katzenjammer's site is MIA and other locations are locked down, but fans will make do with what they can. Look for their new album "A kiss before you go" to be released on September 9.
Terminal twilight preview
This is an extended preview of Norwegian prog act White Willow's forthcoming album "Terminal twilight", due out October 11 via /.
The exorcism of Necrobutcher
Mayhem bassist Necrobutcher (aka Jørn Stubberud) will be heading to Arizona to be exorcised by TV preacher Bob Larsen and the whole thing will be captured to tape by Norwegian TV (NRK) for public broadcast -- read more about it here, including comments from Jørn expressing open skepticism: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=161693
Aversionline on Wits End
Aversionline covers the new 7" EP from Norwegian 90s-style emo/hardcore revivalists Wits End: http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2011/08/08/wits-end-st-7/
MP3: Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O - Hey honey
Starting with a sax squeal like a boiling kettle, this is the sound of keeping on keeping on, as performed by Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O. That's what you do when your entire life has been devoted to rock'n'roll, as is most certainly the case for these dudes. They can kick up quite a racket too, especially on tunes like "Hey honey". Definitely not bowing out quietly, that's for sure.
Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O - Hey honey