PopMatters reviews Nils Petter Molvær
PopMatters reviews the new Nils Petter Molvær album "Hamada": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/129613-nils-petter-molvaer-hamada/
Country: Norway
99 Minutes #5: Folkelarm
The latest episode of Listen to Norway's "99 minutes" podcast series is a special feature on Folkelarm, Norway's biggest folk festival: http://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2010083015333181329823
Simon Says No! - Solitary rush (video)
There is now a video for the new Simon Says No! single "Solitary rush": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ik5OSFJ00g
3:AM interviews Rockettothesky
Online literary journal 3:AM talks to Jenny Hval of Rockettothesky about her poetry and her music and many other subjects: http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-25-jenny-hval/
Sirius playlist week #35
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Bastard Priest - Power of death
02. TALK 1
03. Mindy Misty - Dead pan frenzy
04. Mother of the Forest - Kingdom
05. Säkert! - Fredrik
06. TALK 2
07. Pistol Disco - Pool
08. Obstacles - Rorschach
09. Radar - Paradigm shift
10. TALK 3
11. The Bear Quartet - Fist or hand
12. Niels Nielsen - Dpend
13. Adam Tensta - Young black boy
14. TALK 4
15. I'm Kingfisher - Willing night plants
16. Joel Alme - No class
17. Dear Euphoria - Coming down
18. The Genuine Fakes - When reality hits you
19. TALK 5
20. Brick - Call Batman
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka
02. Contrazt - Ser på verden
03. Vestlandsfanden - Livets Glade Plommer
04. A-ha - 25
05. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel
06. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
07. Guren Hagen - Alle de beste
08. Roy Lønhøiden - Tilbake i tid - de beste sangene
09. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren
10. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries
11. Jan Toft - Alle e aleina
12. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og Deilig - Knutsen og Ludvigsen
13. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn
14. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min
15. Celine - Jentekveld
16. Ingeborg Selnes - Heartcore
17. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen
18. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
19. Elg - Storm
20. Diverse artister - Go'natt
New website for Tommy Tokyo
Norwegian act Tommy Tokyo & Starving for My Gravy have a new website to coincide with the release of their new album "Go time, showtime & absolute war", due out September 27: http://tommytokyo.com/
MP3: Mindy Misty - Volcano sea
Yes, I am a total sucker for noisy indierock, especially if it has a distinct 90s bent, and Norway's Mindy Misty fit that bill to a tee. Not that I want to get all grumpy-old-man about it, but I like what I like and there's no getting around it and this stuff goes straight to the heart. Anyhow, they've apparently been kicking around for awhile already since the upcoming record "Generic communion" will be their 3rd release (due out September 6 via their own ), but this is the first I've heard of them and I'm way, way into it. They've got tons of thick Sonic Youth-esque harmonies and when they combine it with that oh-so-Scandinavian sense of melody, they can't lose. Give me slightly buried vocals and a hard-driving rhythm section on top of that and I'm sold. Easy and done! So if you dig KVLR, early Motorpsycho, Unwound, Dinosaur Jr., etc etc... you will be into this. And you should.
Mindy Misty - Volcano sea
New Fleurety finally
Fleurety's upcoming "Evoco bestias" 7", their first new material since 1998, will finally be released this fall via
New Harrys Gym album in September
Norwegian indie act Harrys Gym will release their new album "What was ours can't be yours" on September 6. Hear a sample: http://soundcloud.com/up-front-artists/old-man
Nodic by Nature Popkomm podcast
Nordic by Nature has put together a podcast mix to go with the showcase they're putting on at this year's Popkomm Festival: http://soundcloud.com/shibie/nordic-by-nature-popkomm-2010-podcast
New Årabrot tunes, new UK tourdates
The Quietus has new sample tunes from Norwegian sludge-rockers Årabrot plus news that they'll be playing two UK shows in October: http://thequietus.com/articles/04856-news-arabrot-confirm-two-uk-shows-plus-hear-new-tracks
Red Harvest is over
Norwegian industrial/metal act Red Harvest have officially called it quits: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=36203363&blogId=538548061
Pitchfork reviews Drivan
Pitchfork reviews the new album from Drivan, Kim Hiorthøy's full-band project: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14590-disko/
Supersilent 11 coming in late September
Supersilent's next album "11", their first ever vinyl-only release, will be out on September 20 via : http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/supersilent/rlp-3103-supersilent_-11-_lp