Go to www.nordiclounge.com to sample from volume 2 of their new 'contemporary Scandinavian music' comp, just released this week. Some of the artists included are Plej, Stateless, Nuspirit Helsinki, Ben Horn, Koop and Hird. They also promise to update the site regularly with pictures and DJ sets from the Nordic Lounge Club Nights.
Indieworkshop.com has posted a review of "Safety in Numbers", Surrounded's debut album on Deep Elm Records.
DJ Martian's 'If I were an editor of a weekly music magazine this week's front cover would feature' pick this week is Esbjörn Svensson Trio. The group's new album "Seven Days of Falling", "the most anticipated modern European Jazz album of the year," comes out on September 24. Read more: djmartian.blogspot.com
Thorsten Flinck has called Bert Karlsson a "skitskitstövel" (shit-boot or asshole, I guess you could say) in an open letter he wrote, which was been kindly reprinted by Aftonbladet. (in Swedish)
DigitalMetal.com has posted a review of Edge of Sanity's new album "Crimson II" and also posted a bit of commentary from EoS mainman Dan Swanö.
By way of Dagensskiva, here is thist week's Swedish student radio top 20:
| 01. (01) The White Stripes "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" 02. (15) Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" 03. (02) Whyte Seeds "So Alone" 04. (18) Spearmint "Left Alone Among The Living" 05. (04) Shout Out Louds "Shut Your Eyes" 06. (03) The Casual Brothers "Customers Choice EP" 07. (NY) Heather Nova "River Of Life" 08. (07) Arab Strap "The Shy Retriever" 09. (05) David & The Citizens "The End" 10. (06) The Libertines "Don't Look Back Into The Sun" | 11. (NY) Magnus Carlson "Elin" 12. (NY) Clones "Shut Up And Dance" 13. (NY) Peaches "Shake Yer Dix" 14. (12) Grandaddy "El Caminos In The West" 15. (11) The Knife "Pass This On" 16. (NY) Blur "Good Song" 17. (10) Kings Of Leon "Red Morning Light" 18. (16) Muse "Time Is Running Out" 19. (NY) Audio Bullys "Way Too Long" 20. (NY) Mustasch "Black City" |
Leaving the chart:
(08) bob hund "Det där nya som skulle vara så bra"
(09) Outkast "Hey Ya!"
(13) The Donnas "Too Bad About Your Girl"
(15) Radiohead "Go To Sleep"
(18) Karl Bartos "I'm The Message"
(19) The Datsuns "MF From Hell"
(20) The Chemical Brothers feat. The Flaming Lips "The Golden Path"
Click here to play the video for Broder Daniel's new single "When We Were Winning".
Check out the new Johan Lehman-directed video for the song "Painted People" from The Confusions right here. In other news, the band will be releasing "The Pilot" as a new single in France at the end of the month on Marc Music, a division of Warner Music France.
Emma from Rockfoto.nu wrote to inform me that her site has been given a slight makeover and is now available in English. As of now, only the menu changes at first when you click the 'English' button, but selecting from that point onward gets you the different language. She also promises a much bigger facelift on the site in the future.
Surferosa will be releasing a special 4-song EP called "Neon Commando" in Sweden on October 6 through Versity Music. The full length won't be released across the border until sometime next year.
Askil Holm's song "Daydream Receiver" is being featured in the new Norweigan film "Kvinnen i midt liv" from director Alexander Eik and starring actors Thomas Giertsen and Ane Torp Dahl. The track is not only featured in a funny scene for 25 seconds, but is also be used in the trailer. Check it: www.kvinnenimittliv.no
Villa Recordings has a new website with a bunch of new features. In other news from the label, the long-delayed Boy Omega and The Book Of Daniel split 7" will finally be released on October 26. Both artists are contributing two exlusive songs each to this 200 copy limited edition release, so if you want it, you should probably get on it. Robin Watkins from Dialog Cet is handling the artwork. Otherwise, The Book Of Daniel and Boy Omega are both in the studio working on their debut albums. More info soon, I'm sure.
Coming out on September 24 from Stockholm Records is the new comp "We Presents The Usual Suspects Part 1" featuring brand news song from each artist. The tracklist:
01: Looptroop feat. Timbuktu & Chords - Feel So Good
02. Kaah feat. Dynasty - Oh, Oh My Reputation
03. Awa Manneh & Binette Seck - Good Man
04. Outlandish feat. Majid & Bashir - Bread Or Dead
05. Prominent feat. Honestly - Baller
06. Diaz, Petter & Ken - Stikking STHLM
07. Pauline - A Love Supreme
08. Stephen Simmonds, Mic Mulee & A.D.L. - Uphoria
09. Masayah - Cant Deal
10. Marie Jendayi - Wish I Could
11. Bonneys - Cryin In Vain (Tears)
12. Mic Mulee feat. P.'Hollywood' Castelo - Do Something (Remix)
The Warner Music Sweden website is back up and running, including a contest to win the new Bad Cash Quartet single.
Impious are currently busy preparing material for their fourth album and are just about ready to enter guitarist Valle Adzic's own Digizone Studio for pre-production. Around February/March next year the band will enter Studio Mega to record the real thing. No title yet, but some of the songs they are working on include "Suicide Park", "Beneath The Underworld", "Death_Wish_Scar" and "Bloodspill Revelation".