Torkelsen - Outside/Inside

Sellout! Music is offering up a free 2-track single from Norwegian electronic artist Torkelsen: http://soundcloud.com/selloutmusic/sets/torkelsen-outside-inside/

Parker Lewis to Sellout!

Sellout! Music will be releasing the vinyl edition of the new Parker Lewis album "Pengar & Leenden" in September in cooperation with Italian imprint We Were Never Being Boring Collective.

Sellout! Music to release Torkelsen split

Sellout! Music will be putting out a split 7" featuring Norwegian act Torkelsen paired with Americans Hard Mix: http://sellout.no/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=17&cntnt01returnid=15

Hiawata! - The deep end (video)

"The deep end" is the first single from Hiawata!'s forthcoming album "Backs to the future", due out February 7 via Sellout! Music. Direct link: http://www.vimeo.com/18002100

New website, free EP from Sellout! Music

Norwegian indie label Sellout! Music has a new website and a new EP from Munn til Munn Metoden posted for free download: http://www.sellout.no/

Hiawata! - The deep end

SellOut! Music has a new single from indiepop act Hiawata!: http://www.sellout-music.net/2010/04/new-hiawata-single-out-now.html

Top 10s for 2009: It's a Trap!

Hiawata!
Blacks on blondes EP
SellOut! Music

This light, energetic release from Hiawata! is nothing if not fun and to the point. Layered harmonies and a love of percussion are noticeable throughout, and the whole thing is over sooner than expected. The premature ending is a shame too, as the songs sparkle with personality and humor. Kicking off with the gentle and energetic "Love you like an animal", the "Blacks on blondes" EP plays darker lyrical themes with dismissive, upbeat sounds. With convincing vocals and a bluesy rock feel, it could form the basis of a soundtrack to a coming-of-age surf movie set in the 80s. "Shake it off" is the final and stand-out track of this entirely too-short EP, leaving you wondering what else these boys could do if they were only given the chance.
- Rhiannon Elston

Kenneth Ishak
Silver lightning from a black sky
SellOut! Music

I gather Ishak earned his indie cred as frontman for Norway's Beezewax. Perhaps it's not a coincidence that this solo album, precariously straddling indie and arena, is on a label called "SellOut!" It's as though he hoped that if he threw enough things together, something would stick and make him a ubiquitous radio star. Instead, for every moment of finely-crafted power-pop on here, there's at least one noodling guitar solo or overproduced distraction that renders the whole downright unlistenable.
- Nancy Baym