This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. The Rasmus - In My Life
02. Kurt Nilsen - She´s So High
03. Junior Senior - Rythm Bandits
04. HIM - The Sacrament
05. Bertine Zetlitz - Twisted Little Star
06. The Lost Patrol feat. Lisa Miskovsky - Alright
07. Paperboys - What U Need
08. Killer - Naughty Boy
09. C21 - She Cries
10. Briskeby - Hey Baby
11. Outlandish - Guantanamo
12. Moneybrother - Stormy Weather
13. Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd
14. The Cardigans - You´re The Storm
15. Darude - Next To You
16. Qwan - One Life, One Love
17. The Sounds - Rock n´ Roll
18. Span - Found
19. José Gonzales - Crosses
20. Dilba - Diamonds And Motorcars
Challengers:
01. Paula Lobos - It´s Your Life
02. Hardcore Superstar - Honey Tongue
03. Don Johnson Big Band - One MC, One Delay
04. September - La La La (Never Give It Up)
05. The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
"Running partly concurrently with Matthew Herbert was Jaga Jazzist. A Norwegian 10-piece whose members double and even triple instruments to create an incredibly flexible unit, the band plays a blend of music that is entirely its own, mixing virtuoso solos (including bass clarinet) with complex ensemble arrangements. While there's a slight touch of prog rock in the compulsive time-changes, Jaga Jazzist is the best band I've seen all year. Real music may be catching up with the Big Chill aesthetic after all."
That's the UK's Independent talking about Jaga's recent performance at the Big Chill Festival. Read the entire article here.
Sweden's Energy Rekords has signed Stockholm-based "melodic synth/EBM" group 8kHz Mono. Look for their debut album "Monochromator" soon.
The new Broder Daniel album will be called "Cruel Town" and now has a release date of October 1. The first single "When We Were Winning" comes out in September. Check out the press release and read for yourself. (in Swedish)
Planet Superfly will be in London for September 8-10 doing media promotion and playing a one-off gig at the Notting Hill Artsclub. Other upcoming shows for the band:
08/23 - Skyltenfestivalen, Linköping (SWE)
08/30 - Parklife fest, Linköping (SWE)
09/18 - KB, Malmö (SWE) w/Franke
Swedishmetal.net has posted an mp3 from the upcoming Dimension Zero album "This is Hell". The track is called "Blood on the Streets" and the record comes out October 13 from Regain Records.
The Finnish Music Information Centre's latest publication "Inventing Finnish Music – Contemporary Composers from Medieval to Modern" by Kimmo Korhonen is now available online: click here
"Lullabies for the Electronic Age" - Dusted Magazine reviews Arne Nordheim - "Dodeka".
Via DJ Martian comes this review of Supersilent's recently reissued CD "1-3" from BBC Music.
Opeth has announced the dates for their upcoming Scandinavian tour:
10/15 - Nosturi, Helsinki (FIN)
10/16 - Pakkahuone, Tampere (FIN)
10/17 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä (FIN)
10/19 - Klubben, Stockholm (SWE)
10/21 - KB, Malmö (SWE)
10/22 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
10/23 - Voxhall, Aarhus (DK)
10/24 - The Tivoli, Helsinborg (SWE)
10/25 - Rockefeller, Oslo (NOR)
10/26 - Folken, Stavanger (NOR)
10/28 - Kåren, Göteborg (SWE)
10/29 - Downtown, Örebro (SWE)
10/30 - Village, Västerås (SWE)
10/31 - Skylten, Linköping (SWE)
11/01 - Pipeline, Sundsvall (SWE)
Spiritual Beggars frontman Janne Christoffersson sideproject Grand Magus have set October 20 as the release date for "Monument", their second album. View the cover art from artist Hugh Gilmour (Motorhead, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Venom, etc.) here and check out the tracklist:
01. Ulvaskall (Vargr)
02. Summer Solstice
03. Brotherhood of Sleep
04. Baptised In Fire
05. Chooser of the Slain (Valfader)
06. Food of the Gods
07. He Who Seeks Shall Find
As mentioned in passing on 08/15, Misconduct are planning a Scandinavian tour for this fall. Here's the first set of confirmed dates:
08/23 - Punk NoN Stop, Gislaved (SWE) w/Troublemakers, Köttgrottorna, more
09/05 - Rock För Moc, Finnåker(SWE) w/Mimikry, Dog Almighty, Outbreak, more
09/06 - Club Slacker, Göteborg (Henriksberg) (SWE)
09/10-12 - tba (SWE)
09/13 - UFFA, Trondheim (NOR)
Besides those two upcoming dates in London (see 08/12), Peter, Björn and John are also doing a split 7" EP with the British band Spearmint that will be out in October. Power-pop fans should definitely check these guys out. Some sound samples are here.
Why wait until the press release goes out on Monday? Here's the dates for that upcoming Christian Kjellvander/Nicolai Dunger Swedish tour:
10/13 - Chinateatern, Stockholm
10/14 - Katalin, Uppsala
10/15 - Gävle Konserthus, Gävle
10/16 - Parkteatern, Örebro
10/17 - Konserthuset, Jönköping
10/18 - Konserthuset, Göteborg
10/23 - Konserthuset, Helsingborg
10/24 - Konserthuset, Västerås
11/07 - Kalmarsalen, Kalmar
11/08 - Loius De Geer Konserthuset
Tickets go on sale September 1.
Dub Sweden has posted a bunch of pics from their summer festival shows here and has also posted the video for the track "Ice My Fire" online over here.