Brut Boogaloo's video for "Hour of darkness" is now online: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1400387992
Ratatosk is publishing a series of interviews with many of the bands scheduled Eurosonic in January and is kicking things off with Finnish act Lapko: https://www.ratatoskonline.net/index.php?axelref=news&id=684
Don't forget to check out all the various top 10s I keep on posting! We've got Going Places from Saturday, Release the Bats! on Sunday and my friend Rasmus Kellerman of Tiger Lou/Araki today.
In case you were wondering, the album of the month has disappeared because I'm out of stock and I don't plan on getting any more before the end of year. Sorry!
Swedish post-punks They Live By Night have decided on "Factory" as the first single from their forthcoming debut full-length. It comes out February 7 via Razzia.
Some news from Lo-Fi-Fnk: Live bassist Nottee has parted ways with the group to "move on to greater things," but on the flipside of that, the band has added a live electronic drummer named Link. Also, look for extensive worldwide touring next year as well as new singles - first up will be "Change channel" which will get its first official European release on 12" with remixes from Jitset, Danton Eeprom and more.
Karisma Records has announced the signing of Norwegian act Gallery. Look for their debut album "Jas Gripen" to be released this spring. Listen to samples here: https://myspace.com/gallerytunes
NME votes Peter Bjorn and John's "Young folks" as the #2 single of the year: https://www.nme.com/reviews/tracks/oftheyear
Harmonica's video for "You gotta go" is now posted on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/harmonicatheband (scroll down, on the left)
Brotherhood of Broken Hearts have posted some new songs for download: https://bobh.se/
The band is currently relocating to Malmö sans Arvid, their vocalist and will be looking for a replacement.
This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (01) Mando Diao - TV & me
02. (Ny) Ison & Fille - Hela dan varje dag
03. (Ny) Albert Hammond Jr - 101
04. (07) Laleh - November
05. (02) Johnossi - Glory days to come
06. (03) Regina Spektor - Better
07. (Ny) Babyshambles - The blinding
08. (09) Muse - Knights of Cydonia
09. (06) Salem Al Fakir - Good song
10. (Ny) M Ward - Chinese translation
11. (10) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (hey oh)
12. (Ny) Panic! At The Disco - But it's better if you do
13. (17) 1990's - You're supposed to be my boyfriend
14. (13) Bodyrox med Luciana - Yeah yeah
15. (05) Koop - Come to me
16. (04) Gnarls Barkley - Who cares?
17. (Ny) Herman Düne - I wish that I could see you soon
18. (Ny) Marit Bergman - Eyes were blue
19. (16) The Streets - Prangin' out
20. (Ny) Emmon - Wake up time
Leaving the chart:
Tingsek - World of it's own
Melody Club - Destiny calling
Asha Ali - Fire fire
Juliette & The Licks - Sticky honey
The Knife - Like a pen
Chingy med Jermaine Dupri - Dem jeans
Moneybrother - De vet ingenting om oss
Jeremy Warmsley - I promise
Swedish electronic artist Håkan Lidbo is embarking on a new music/performance-art project under the name 60.01.60. Read more: https://www.600160.com/
Paper Thin Walls on Death Breath: https://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=275