This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (01) The Pipettes - "Your kisses are wasted on me"
02. (02) Arctic Monkeys - "The view from the afternoon"
03. (NY) Dub Sweden - "On your telly"
04. (09) Primal Scream - "Country girl"
05. (06) Supersci ft. Chords - "On the grind"
06. (08) Christian Falk w/Robyn and Ola Salo - "Dream on"
07. (04) The Sounds - "Tony the beat"
08. (12) Justice vs. Simian - "We are your friends"
09. (03) SLS - "Get back"
10. (NY) Archie Bronson Outfit - "Dead funny"
11. (NY) SwingFly - "Save the trees"
12. (05) The Raconteurs - "Steady as she goes"
13. (07) Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"
14. (14) Tiger Lou - "Nixon"
15. (NY) David & The Citizens - "Are you in my blood"
16. (NY) Hot Chip - "Boy from school"
17. (11) I'm From Barcelona - "Collection of stamps"
18. (13) Laakso - "Never satisfied"
19. (17) Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Dani California"
Leaving the chart: Dirty Pretty Things - "Bang bang you´re dead", Lil’ Kim - "Whoa", Up Hygh ft. Little Brother - "Keep on", Johnossi - "Execution song", The Fine Arts Showcase - "The shoplifter's union" and Sture Alléns Dansorkester - "Lita på mig".
Gaffa is reporting that Danish label Good Guy's Recording Company is working with American label Funzalo to promote acts The Breakers and Green Pitch in the US: https://gaffa.dk/nyheder/view.php/news_id=15474 (in Danish)
This week's top 20 Norwegian student radio chart:
01. Goodnight Monsters - 20 Fingers 20 Toes (Musikkoperatørene)
02. Bonk - The House (Racing Jounior)
03. Darkside Of the Force - Everywhere We Go (C+C Records)
04. Adem - Warning Call (Domino)
05. The Goo Men - Out Tonight (No Fucking Hippies)
06. Malajube - Montreal 40C (Dare To Care)
07. Lorraine - I Feel It (Universal)
08. Franz Ferdinand - L. Wells (Domino)
09. Feeder - Lost & Found (PIAS)
10. Kate Havnevik - Unlike Me (Continentica)
11. Ugly Duckling - Bob Your Head (PIAS)
12. Infadels - Love Like Semtex (PIAS)
13. Snow Patrol - You¹re All I Have (Fiction)
14. Quasi - The Rhino (Domino)
15. Silence The Foe - I Killed The Last Punk (Playground)
16. Islands - Big Bluff (Rough Trade)
17. Racing Ape - You¹re On Your Own (Warner/Chappel)
18. Johnossi - Execution Song (V2 Records)
19. The Appleseed Cast - February (Racing Junior)
20. Be Your Own Pet - Ouch (XL Recordings)
Watch José González perform three live songs on AOL: https://www.aol.co.uk/music/sessions.adp
Finnish shoegazer/drone act Cahier will be releasing two new albums soon: "Jour ouvrable II" on Foxglove and "Che me ne importa?" on Sloow Tapes. Listen to a sample from the latter here: https://www.pyhpyh.com/cahier/
Testicle Hazard, the duo of renown Norwegian noise artist Lasse Marhaug (Jazkammer, etc.) and Finn noise/improv scene-star Tommi Keränen, will be releasing a live album entitled "Beauty of nature" on Freak Animal Records featuring a recording of their performance from last year's Avanto Festival. Check out a sample here: https://lassemarhaug.teks.no/mp3/testicle_hazard/beneath_the_remains_live_at_helsinki_avanto_festival_05.mp3
Up next from the group will be a split LP with Segerhuva act Golden Serenades. More details to come.
Swedish emopop act In Memory of Me just finished recording a new EP and has posted a bunch of new songs for preview: https://www.purevolume.com/inmemoryofmesv
Recommended for fans of Jimmy Eat World and the like. Sounds good IMO.
Finnish garagepop act Tigerbombs on tour in Europe:
05/26 - Kling Klang, Wilhelmshaven (GER)
05/27 - KUZ Pelmke, Hagen (GER) w/TV Smith
05/27 - Ping Pong Club / Bakuda klub, Dortmund (GER)
05/28 - LOGO, Ahaus (GER) w/TV Smith
05/29 - Musa, Göttingen (GER) w/TV Smith
05/30 - Nil Klub, Potsdam (GER) w/TV Smith
05/31 - Magnet, Berliini (GER)
06/01 - Fundbureau, Hampuri (GER)
06/02 - Blue Shell, Köln (GER)
06/03 - Pretty Vacant, Düsseldorf (GER)
06/04 - Conne Island, Leipzig (GER)
06/05 - Paunchy Cats Lichtenfels (GER) w/TV Smith
06/06 - Storchenne, Heidelberg (GER)
06/07 - Cafe Stella, Stuttgart (GER) w/TV Smith
06/08 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER) w/TV Smith
06/09 - Sedel, Luzern (SWI) w/TV Smith
06/10 - Feierwerk, München (GER) w/TV Smith
Up until very recently all I know about Zero 7 was that they helped launch the career of Danish singer/songwriter Tina Dico. Or so she would have you believe at least - she sure milks her contributions in her press materials. I can't say I know much more about 'em now either, but I do know this: José González makes numerous guest appearances on their new album "The garden". Really, that's all I need because I've only been waiting two years or so for new José material. Zero 7's chill, downtempo electronica blends nicely with José's soft voice and gentle fingerpicking. It's not quite dentist office music, but it's definitely in the realm of AM gold ala Cat Stevens. Honestly, I don't think that's such a bad thing and the rest of the record feels pretty similar even though they change up the vocals quite a bit. An aside: I know I'm kind of late to the game with talking about this record (do a quick google search and you'll see it's been blogged to death), but it doesn't come out until June 6. Nice to see that some people still believe in long lead times. It's also worth noting that José will tour with them in the UK around late May/early June. I'd post the dates, but Zero 7's website is an abomination of flash design.
Zero 7 - Futures (ft. José González)
Don't forget: Marit Bergman and Firefox AK are playing tonight at Tack! Tack! Tack!. I do believe that the show is completely sold out, so hopefully you already got tickets if you're planning on going. Look for a full report tomorrow.
"Reader's companion volume two" got a nice mention at Chromewaves over the weekend: https://www.chromewaves.net/index.php?itemid=2210
Norwegian electronic artist Ugress has posted yet another EP for free download: https://www.ugress.com/media_music_eps.asp
Look! A new single from The Tough Alliance: https://www.sincerelyyours.se/offer.html