Episode #4 of Listen to Norway's "99 minutes" podcast series is now online: http://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2010081612422029193408
Featured artists include Valkyrien Allstars, Motorpsycho, Arne Nordheim, Kvelertak, Todd Terje, The Whitest Boy Alive and more, plus an interview with renown jazz pianist Tord Gustavsen.
Is Kvelertak hyped because they recorded at God City with Kurt Ballou and supported Converge on tour, or did they get to do that stuff because they were hyped before? Excuse my ignorance, but I wasn't paying attention. Regardless, I can't say that I'm much interested in their kitchen-sink stew of modern hardcore and metal. "Ordsmedar av rang" is easily the most coherent, straight-up rock track on their self-titled debut, but that doesn't make it good. When they stick to basics, it's monotony; when they keep throwing odd twists and turns into their songwriting, it's annoying. A can't win situation.
Kvelertak - Ordsmedar av rang
Lots of new European dates for Kvelertak, the first two supporting The Sword, the rest with Coliseum and Bison BC:
11/05 - FZW Club (Visions Party), Dortmund (GER)
11/06 - Forum (Visions Party), Bielefeld (GER)
11/07 - 007, Praha (CZ)
11/08 - Feierwerk, Munchen (GER)
11/09 - Cassiopeia, Berlin (GER)
11/10 - Beta, Copenhagen (DK)
11/12 - Garage, Oslo (NOR)
11/13 - Café 44, Stockholm (SWE)
11/14 - Hafenklang, Hamburg (GER)
11/15 - MuK, Giessen (GER)
11/16 - Perron55, Venlo (NL)
11/17 - Underworld, London (UK)
11/18 - Sugar Mill, Stoke-On-Trent (UK)
11/19 - Ivory Black, Glasgow, Scotland (UK)
11/20 - The Well, Leeds (UK)
11/21 - The Marque, Norwich (UK)
11/22 - 013, tilburg (NL)
11/23 - Trix, Antwerpen (BEL)
11/25 - Jubez, Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe (GER)
11/28 - Garage, Saarbrüken (GER)
11/29 - Dynamo, Zürich (CH)
11/30 - Magnolia, Milan (ITA)
12/01 - Locomotiv, Bologna (ITA)
12/02 - Shelter, Wien (AUS)
12/03 - Juha, Rosswein (GER)
12/04 - Julius-Leber-Haus, Essen (GER)
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Johan Heltne - Krieg ist krieg und schnaps ist schnaps
02. TALK 1
03. Tiger Tape - She is fiction
04. Terrible Feelings - Blank heads
05. Pistol Disco - Organ and drum
06. TALK 2
07. Ludwig Bell - Kärlek slutar alltid med bråk
08. Bonghit - Maratondröm
09. Murmansk - Silver heel
10. TALK 3
11. Robyn - Criminal intent
12. Pettersson & Fredriksson - Langas
13. Lapko - A new bohemia
14. TALK 4
15. The Megaphonic Thrift - Candy sin
16. Park Hotell - Trouble kid
17. Champagne Riot - Heart stab
18. TALK 5
19. Britta Persson - Meet a bear
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU (except this week -- there's no repeat tonight). That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
A-ha's final single "Butterfly, butterfly (the last hurrah)" now has a video: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=&release=107916463
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka
02. Contrazt - Ser på verden
03. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries
04. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren
05. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel
06. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
07. Guren Hagen - Alle de beste
08. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn
09. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og Deilig - Knutsen og Ludvigsen
10. Roy Lønhøiden - Tilbake i tid - de beste sangene
11. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen
12. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
13. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min
14. Madrugada - Industrial Silence
15. StMorritz - Tusenvis av ting
16. Diverse artister - Go'natt
17. Steff Nevers - Ain't no bad life
18. Celine - Jentekveld
19. Divin' Ducks - Best Of
20. A-ha - Hunting High And Low
Norwegian prog act White Willow has a new website: http://www.whitewillow.info/
Keep an eye out for their new album "Terminal twilight" to be released later this year.
Listen to a new track from Norwegian act The Brigade: http://soundcloud.com/ccap/the-brigade-we-all-fall-down
The band's forthcoming debut album "Dead man's gold" was produced by Janove Ottesen of Kaizers Orchestra and will be released on September 30 via .
Röyksopp have posted the new song "Drug" for streaming: http://royksopp.com/the-drug-release
Said track comes off their upcoming album "Senior".
Norwegian sludgerockers Succuba has finally gotten themselves a new bassist and have also added a second drummer: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=39798262&blogId=538098922
has signed Norwegian metal act Furze and will be releasing their new album "Reaper subconscious guide" in November.
"The magician" is the first single from Frost's upcoming album "Radio magnetic", the Norwegian duo's first release "Love! Revolution!" back in 2007. Can't say that I'm all that crazy about the song with those weak synthy horns, but the clip is definitely something to look at. Direct link: http://vimeo.com/13890486
has posted details for their next release which will be Supersilent's 10th album "10": http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/supersilent/rcd-2102-supersilent_-10
The official release date is August 23.
Laleh and Madcon have been added to the lineup of the Culture Collide fest in LA: http://culturecollide.com/index.php/news/entry/second_wave_of_artists_announced_for_culture_collide
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka
02. Contrazt - Ser på verden
03. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries
04. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel
05. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren
06. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
07. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn
08. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
09. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Knutsen & Ludvigsens beste
10. Madrugada - Industrial Silence
11. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen
12. Divin' Ducks - Best Of
13. Steff Nevers - Ain't no bad life
14. Diverse artister - Go'natt
15. Celine - Jentekveld
16. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min
17. Guren Hagen - Alle de beste
18. A-ha - Hunting High And Low
19. StMorritz - Tusenvis av ting
20. A-ha - 25