New international dates for JR Ewing:
12/05 - Metro, London (UK)
12/06 - Bar Academy, Birmingham (UK)
12/08 - Tanzhalle, Hamburg (GER)
12/09 - Blue Shell, Cologne (GER)
12/10 - tba, Berlin (GER)
Lambretta vocalist Linda Sundblad will be releasing a solo album in the near future. The music is said to be a departure from her other act and will be "clubbier, poppier, more Madonna and Gwen Stefani." (via)
Dark Dose posts on Loveless, the band founded by Kim Larsen after he left Saturnus: https://darkdose.com/?p=93
The Suburbs Are Killing Us on Norwegian jazz singer Solveig Slettahjell: https://www.christopherporter.com/2005/11/solveig-slettahjell-photo-taken-at.html
Her previous album "Silver" won the 2004 Spellemannspris in the jazz category and writer Christopher Porter contends that her most recent album "Pixiedust" is a major contender for this year as well.
CPH-Sound has a new website: https://cph-sound.com/
Jezebel Recordings has updated their website with artwork, details and mp3 clips from their new "A trilogy of dreams noise and silence" 7" series featuring the Swedish post-rock acts EF, Molia Falls and Scraps of Tape. Go there now: https://www.jezebelrecordings.com/
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Sophie Zelmani - A decade of dreams 1995-2005
02. Lena Philipsson - Jag ångrar ingenting
03. Eva Dahlgren - Snö
04. The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
05. Laleh - Laleh
06. Nanne - Alltid på väg
07. Hardcore Superstar - Hardcore superstar
08. Darin - Darin
09. Björn Afzelius - Björn Afzelius bästa
10. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
11. Rikard Wolff - Allt du kan önska! det bästa från: Rikard Wolff
12. Christian Kjellvander - Faya
13. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
14. ABBA - ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits - JTM
15. Hans Martin - Minnenas promenad
16. September - In Orbit
17. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
18. Monica Zetterlund - Monicas bästa
19. Ulf Lundell - Lazarus
20. Weeping Willows - Singles Again
Starting today and for the next 12 weeks, Hanif will be posting a new demo track for free download. Each mp3 will only be available for that week, so keep checking back to make sure you get every one: https://www.hanif.nu/demos.htm
Aftonbladet reports that Per Gessle has set his sights on the US market: https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,727347,00.html (in Swedish)
Aftonbladet also says that Hello Saferide is prime for export: https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,727429,00.html (in Swedish)
New mp3 today from Majessic Dreams off their debut full-length album. We here at IAT were quite smitten with the duo's debut EP "Listen to the moon", so I was quite excited when the new disc showed up in my mailbox. The way they combine low-key pop with glitch/noise is absolutely sublime. Especially on this song - I just love the way that the acoustic guitar figure smolders with vibrating pulses of distortion. It's like watching a campfire burn itself out so that nothing is left but glowing embers. Quiet, beautiful and of course very recommended.
Kristofer Åström will be releasing a new 4-song EP early next year entitled "Black valley", completing the EP trilogy begun by "Dead end" and "There for". Tracklist:
01. So much for staying alive
02. Black valley theme
03. Finally home
04. The blackest pond
Don't forget that many of Kristofer's fine releases are available for sale as in both CD and mp3 format in the IAT webstore.
Finland's Boys of Scandinavia have a new website: https://www.boysofscandinavia.com/
Check out a video of I am Bones from their trip to Roskilde: https://www.iambones.dk/mp3/gimle_vitaminer.MPG
Norway's Hurra Torpedo, best known for their appliance-smashing cover of "Total eclipse of the heart" has a trailer from their recent US tour documentary up on their website: https://www.hurratorpedo.com/
How come no one told me they were touring? I didn't even know they were back together. Sheesh. More here: https://www.thecrushingblow.tv/
Updated tourdates for Norway's Datarock:
11/18 - Good Life @ 103 Club, Berlin (GER)
11/19 - tba (GER)
11/20 - Tanzhalle St. Pauli, Hamburg (GER)
12/09 - Transmusicales Festival, Rennes (FRA)
12/19 - Mono, Oslo (NOR) w/Ungdomsskulen
12/20 - Helsinki, Tavastia (FIN) w/Ungdomsskulen, Saul Williams
01/13 - Hulen, Bergen (NOR)
01/20 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
02/10-20 - Australian tour tbc