Check out the video for "Teenage tiger" from Finnish act The Micra Girls: https://www.themicragirls.com/jee/video/micravideo.html
Danish noiserockers Marvins Revolt have been reborn as a three-piece and have two new demo tracks on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/marvinsrevolt
Hybris is offering up The Kid's new single "The noble art of jealousy" as a free download: https://hybrism.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-single-from-kid.html
Recommended!
Estonia-based audio blog Microlips talks to My Darling You!: https://microlips.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-darling-you-sweden.html
Powersolo's new video for the single "Plasma crystal dope" is now online: https://www.powersolo.dk/playerplasma.html
Dark Dose on Sonores: https://darkdose.com/?p=145
I passed the CD to Jesse when his band Daylight Dies passed through Seattle on tour with Katatonia and Moonspell. I didn't stick around for the latter (besides the fact that I'm not really a fan, it was raining hard and I had a long drive home), but the others were great. Good to read that he's enjoying the disc, just as I thought he would - it easily made to be one of my top picks from last year.
This week's Norwegian top 20 album chart:
01. Sivert Høyem & The Volunteers - Exiles
02. William Hut - Nightfall
03. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Nåde
04. Kristin Asbjørnsen - Wayfaring Stranger - A Spiritual Songbook
05. Odd Nordstoga - Heim te mor
06. Vamp - I full symfoni (med KORK)
07. Sissel - De beste 1986-2006
08. Jan Werner - Stronger
09. 120 Days - 120 Days
10. Øystein Sunde - Sundes verden
11. Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes og Askil Holm - Hallelujah - Live
12. Thomas Dybdahl - Science
13. Marit Larsen - Under The Surface
14. Morten Abel - Some Of Us Will Make It
15. Malin - Malins Jul
16. Åge Aleksandersen - Snöharpan
17. Malin - Malin på månen
18. Diverse artister - Jul i Svingen
19. Rockettothesky - To sing you apple trees
20. Leif Ove Andsnes - Horizons
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Markus Fagervall - Echo heart
02. Moneybrother - Pengabrorsan
03. Laleh - Prinsessor
04. Nisse Hellberg - Snackbar blues
05. Lasse Stefanz - 40 ljuva år!
06. Björn Skifs - Andra Decennier
07. Orup - Faktiskt
08. Martin Stenmarck - Nio sanningar och en lögn
09. Peter Jöback - Flera sidor av samma man
10. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Hund
11. Anna Ternheim - Separation road
12. The Refreshments - It's gotta be both rock & roll
14. Abba - Number ones
15. Eric Gadd - Gaddamn - The ultimate collection
16. Lisa Miskovsky - Changes
17. Lars Winnerbäck - Efter nattens bränder - 1996-2006
18. Vikingarna - Bästa
19. Koop - Koop islands
20. Anders Ekborg - Äkta vara
All About Jazz on the latest album from Norwegian trio In the Country: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=24263
Personally, I feel it doesn't grab me as much as their debut, but I still need to spend more time with it before I pass final judgement.
Forthcoming releases on the way from Finnish label Some Place Else in the next few months:
Mockingwyrd - Cracks in the Void 3" CDR
Moljebka Pvlse - Sadalsuud CD
No Xivic & Gelsomina - tba CD
Niko Skorpio - tba 7"
The label is also working on plans to celebrate their 10th anniversary this year with a book+CD release, but few details have been confirmed so far.
One of the first reviews I've seen of the new Franky Lee album: https://www.punktastic.com/reviews/2302
It's not posted on Antenna.nu yet, but here's a new interview with Norwegian avant/metal musician Zweizz (as profiled here): https://blog.myspace.com/zweizzmusick
Norwegian hard-rockers WE have started work on a new album with the hopes to have a new single out around late May/early June.
Shining's new album "Grindstone" will get a European release in March. Dates for other territories will vary.
Sudd's new mp3 focus for January is on Goto80: https://www.sudd.org/