"Retro game pop group" Desert Planet's new album "Joystick Pop" comes out September 29, but you can already download a high-quality mp3 and video from the record now over at their website. The video for the featured track "Lost Galaxians" was shot in Northern Lapland, Finland and is described as "b-class science fiction movie". Fun stuff.
Besides the new 3-track mp3 EP from Monotonik I posted last week, you can also download a bunch of other tracks from Bliss right here.
Sound the Sirens have posted a review of the Mute Records release of "Bring 'Em In" from Mando Diao.
Go here to download some extra unreleased tracks from The Lost Patrol.
Sparks of Seven's debut album for Burning Heart will be called "Album No.1" and comes out October 6.
Lackluster aka Finnish electronic musician Esa Ruoho has posted an interview he did at the Mor Festival in Ireland. He discusses the sad state of the Finnish electronic scene among other topics.
Mustasch has posted an mp3 of their appearance from P3 Rock the other day. Besides the interview (in Swedish), they play the new single "Black City".
Check out the video for "Chaos vs. Order" from Darkane.
This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. The Rasmus - In My Life
02. The Lost Patrol feat. Lisa Miskovsky - Alright
03. HIM - The Sacrament
04. Kurt Nilsen - She´s So High
05. Junior Senior - Rythm Bandits
06. Killer - Naughty Boy
07. The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound
08. Bertine Zetlitz - Twisted Little Star
09. Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd
10. Outlandish - Guantanamo
11. C21 - She Cries
12. Don Johnson Big Band - One MC, One Delay
13. Darude - Next To You
14. Paperboys - What U Need
15. Span - Found
16. Moneybrother - Stormy Weather
17. Paula Lobos - It´s Your Life
18. September - La La La (Never Give It Up)
19. Briskeby - Hey Baby
20. José Gonzales - Crosses
Challengers:
01. Randy - A Man In Uniform
02. Xploding Plastix - Sunset Spirals
03. Nu - Any Other Girl
04. Outlandish - Aicha
05. Moder Jords Massiva - Sound And Sense
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
The Ung Music Festival takes place is Oslo, Norway from August 30 to September 5 and features Scandinavia's best young composers performing their works, as well lectures, discussions and classes. British composer Brian Ferneyhough will mentor the proceedings, which first took place in 1946 and is the most regularly held all-Nordic music event. More info: www.unm.no
Via Export Music Sweden (ExMS) comes Access All Areas, a music industry conference to be held in Stockholm on November 26-27. The blurb:
"Sweden is currently at the forefront of an international explosion of Scandinavian pop and rock artists. Access All Areas intends to be a showcase event, held over two days, where the cream of up-and-coming talents from Sweden and the UK will perform for the benefit of the music industry and general public."
So far it seems that only José González is scheduled to play, but there's a ton of speakers and seminars that look interesting, too. Check it out: www.accessallareas.se
Also from ExMS is this page of snapshots from the Swedish delegation at this year's Popkomm conference.
Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:
01. Per Gessle - Mazarin
02. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
03. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
04. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight prayer
05. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
06. Robyn - Don't stop the music
07. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
08. Ola Magnell - Vallmoland
09. Da Buzz - More than alive
10. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
11. Robert Wells - Rhapsody in rock the complete collection
12. Lars Winnerbäck & Hovet - Söndermarken
13. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
14. Timbuktu - The botten is nådd!
15. Tomas Ledin - I sommarnattens ljus
16. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
17. The Sounds - Living in America
18. Jamie Meyer - It´s all about me
19. Per Myrberg - Sommarnatt Per Myrberg sjunger Taube
20. Moneybrother - Blood panic
Aftonbladet says that Timbuktu will be touring this fall. No dates yet.
The new Latin Kings album "Omertá" comes out in October. Various guests slated to appear on the record include Yellow Man, Jojje Wadenius, Cyndee Peters and Håkan Hellström.