Christel Alsos - Please say (live video)
Check out a live video of Norwegian artist Christel Alsos performing the new song "Please say", the first single from her forthcoming album due out later this year: http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/222571/
Country: Norway
Nordic By Nature - You can't fake the sunshine (summer 2010 mix)
Nordic By Nature have posted a decent looking summer mixtape on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/shibie/nordic-by-nature-you-cant-fake-the-sunshine-summer-2010-mix
Which reminds me, I should post my own recent mix over there as well.
PopMatters reviews Food
PopMatters reviews the new record on from international jazz act Food: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/128356-food-quiet-inlet/
Sirius playlist week #30
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU, all metal/punk to coincide with the new podcast:
01. TALK 1
02. Waklevören - Attakk
03. Eskatol - Fane av løgner
04. Årabrot - End of the world / Revelations
05. Lögnhalsmottagningen - Positivt tankande
06. TALK 2
07. Grave - Liberation
08. Obliteration - Exterminate
09. Liket Lever - Levande begravd
10. Knugen Faller - Jag vill inte vara med
11. TALK 3
12. Haust - Anti-reproductive
13. Underachiever - Cut a smile
14. Pointless Youth - Damaged head
15. Wolfbrigade - In adrenaline
16. Darkthrone - I am the graves of the 80s
17. TALK 4
18. Nekromantheon - We're rotting
19. Slugathor - The smoke
20. Tyrant - I'll burn that bridge (before you can cross it)
21. TALK 5
22. Bitch Boys - Automobile
23. Mögel - Jag är så rädd
24. Okkultokrati - On mouth of hells
25. Victims - Another way to die
26. Nitad - Stockholmsnatt
27. TALK 6
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.
MP3: Waklevören - Oslo spy
Not that it needs to be reiterated, but Norway's been ruling the scene when it comes to filthy metal/punk. Darkthrone, Obliteration, Okkultokrati, Haust... all top-notch acts. See also: Waklevören. I'm making a mix, it'll be posted this weekend and it'll include this track.
Waklevören - Oslo spy
Kvelertak to tour UK with Coliseum
Norwegian hardcore act Kvelertak will be supporting Americans Coliseum for a batch of UK dates:
11/17 - Underworld, London
11/18 - Sugarmill, Stoke On Trent
11/19 - Ivory Blacks, Glasgow
11/20 - The Well, Leeds
11/21 - The Marquee, Norwich
Sirius playlist week #29
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Champagne Riot - A friend of a friend
02. TALK 1
03. Hur Högt - Hur högt
04. Karl X Johan - Flames
05. Nils Bech & Krazy Fiesta Arkestra - Drunk love
06. TALK 2
07. Håkan Lidbo - Zuzuvela
08. Jasmine Kara - Try my love again
09. Kaka - Below this sun
10. Viola - Neon lightning
11. TALK 3
12. Supersci - Snap out of it
13. Haleiwa - Vibraandaman
14. Korallreven - The truest faith
15. TALK 4
16. Robyn - Dancehall queen
17. Hunt - Ashes of a secret heart
18. Rasmus Kellerman - Where do you go at night
19. TALK 5
20. Tutankamon - Have you ever been in love?
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. Madrugada - Industrial silence
03. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel
04. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
05. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn
06. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren
07. Tre Små Kinesere - Kjærlighet på tunga
08. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries
09. Celine - Jentekveld
10. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
11. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen
12. Gitarkameratene - Kanon! Gitarkameratenes aller beste
13. Liv Marit Wedvik - Solid Ground
14. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og Deilig - Knutsen og Ludvigsen
15. Venke Knutson - Smiles - The Very Best Of
16. A-ha - Hunting high and low
17. Steff Nevers - Ain't no bad life
18. Diverse artister - Go'natt
19. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min
20. A-ha - Scoundrel days
New Enslaved album confirmed
The new Enslaved album "Axioma Ethica Odini" has been confirmed for release on September 27. Expect a preview to appear on myspace in four days or so: http://www.myspace.com/enslaved
Casiokids win A-ha million
As predicted, Casiokids picked up the fourth and final of the $1-million NOK A-ha stipend awards.
Rune Grammfon to release new comp, Supersilent album, more
has announced a few more new releases for August, besides the upcoming 4CD boxset version of "Timothy's monster" as previously discussed. First, they'll be doing a comp entitled "Twenty centuries of stony sleep" as release #100 which will feature "13 exclusive gems from 'old', more recent and new artists" and will be available on both CD and LP as well as an extra-special edition in 100 copies. No details on what that means exactly, but considering some of the label's other packaging, I'm sure it'll be way nice. They're also releasing Supersilent's new album "10" which contains the group's very first recordings as a trio, captured at Oslo's Rainbow Studio and said to be the "most acoustic offering" from the band yet.
Sivert Høyem live in the UK
Sivert Høyem is heading to the UK in October
10/05 - Academy 3, Birmingham
10/06 - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
10/07 - Night & Day, Manchester
10/08 - Cargo, London
MP3: Obliteration - Nekropsalms evoke the frozen age
Now in stock: Obliteration - Nekropsalms LP + 7"
Not just the best death metal release of 2009, it was also 2009's Oslo Award-winning album of year, and now it is finally available on vinyl courtesy of . A small stack of them just showed up on my doorstep so now I can offer them to you for the not-quite-a-bargain price of $24 plus s/h. If you think that sounds rough, well, that's far below what new vinyl from Norway usually costs with shipping and let me assure you, this modern classic is well worth it! 500 copies, awesome matte sleeve plus a bonus 7" featuring two exclusive cuts not available anywhere else: "Dawn of the deluge" b/w "Dead by dawn" (Dr. Shrinker)
Want one? Email mailorder@itsatrap.com. Recommended for all fans of dirty, ugly death metal.
Obliteration - Nekropsalms evoke the frozen age
MP3: Terje Isungset - Contemplation
Summer heat getting you down? For audial escapism, it's hard to beat music performed on instruments constructed from solid hunks of ice. That's composer/percussionist Terje Isungset's specialty and the result of his work truly is just as strangely cold and beautiful as you'd expect. Watch the short doc posted above and then listen to "Contemplation", off his 2008 album "Ice concerts".
Terje Isungset - Contemplation