Dead Frog artist Holden is working on a video with Jenny Öhlund for the upcoming single "Minority", due out August 11. The video should be done by the first week of September.
Another Dead Frog artist, Mary Celeste, is busy in studio working on their next album, due out sometime in 2004.
Sweden's biggest distributor MNW is ending its distribution business, eliminating twenty jobs in the process. The label will be utilizing Bonnier Amigo for their own products in the future and former client Silence has switched to Border. No word on what the multitude of other labels who used MNW are doing, but I'm sure we'll be hearing soon.
The Uppsala hardcore website, now updated in English.
Junior Senior finally get a proper US release this week and are already gathering all sorts of positive reviews. Head over to Supertanker.tk for links. In other news, the band is set to appear on the 'Late Show with Craig Kilborn' on CBS on August 15 and the new Sharon Osbourne show sometime in September (assuming the program makes it to air).
Bands scheduled to play the Crunchy Frog-sponsored Vibracrunch fest in Malmö, Sweden on August 22: Mew, Powersolo, Baby Woodrose, Superheroes, Learning from Las Vegas, Hank, Dub Sweden and First Floor Power. More info: https://www.crunchy.dk/asp/default.asp?News_Id=82
The new Wannadies single "Disko" comes out in the UK today. Featured b-sides include a demo version of "Butterfly Me" plus the song "Shorty".
Go here for a whole bunch of live video footage, pictures and reporting from Norway's Øyafestivalen. (in Norweigan)
Updated tourdates for various Rec90 artists:
Costar
08/11 - Barfly, London (UK)
08/27 - Waterrats, London (UK)
Lorraine
08/14 - Hoppegarden, Hamm (GER)
08/15 - Underground, Cologne (GER)
08/16 - Festival, Munster (GER)
08/18 - Barfly, London (UK)
08/19 - Barfly, Liverpool (UK)
08/20 - Barfly, Glasgow (UK)
08/21 - Courtney, Manchester (UK)
08/22 - House of Live, Paris (FR)
08/23 - House of Live, Paris (FR)
09/25 - Hulen, Bergen (NOR)
10/02 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
Sister Sonny
09/11 - Mono, Oslo (NOR)
09/12 - Garage, Bergen (NOR)
Magnet
09/15 - Club Quatro, Tokyo (JAP)
09/16 - Club Quatro, Osaka (JAP)
New from Some Place Else Records out of Finland is the Niko Skorpio vs Reptiljan "Silence is King" 7". More info and samples here.
I first linked to a Norweigan article about it on 08/07, but now it's being carried elsewhere: ex-Aqua singer Lene Nystrøm punched out Danish record producer Jens Otto Paludan at his 40th birthday party after he reportedly made comments on her 'seductive dance moves' (as MTVE.com puts it). Her debut album "Play With Me" comes out soon and she will be posing for Playboy in the near future. "However I don't undress completely," she told BT magazine. "But I feel comfortable with doing that right now, because I've never felt better, physically and mentally. I have trained very much, two hours every morning with a personal trainer, and never felt that I looked so good in a bikini."
Check this out for profiles on a number of the Norweigan artists appearing at this year's Popkomm in Cologne, Germany. All four bands featured (x.lover, Silver, The Ricochets and Helldorado) are set to play a free show at the Underground Club there on August 14.
Norway's Kovenant has set "The Dreaming Spires" as the title of their forthcoming album which is now set for an early 2004 release through Nuclear Blast. The album is reported to be "more guitar-oriented and darker" than its predecessor "S.E.T.I." (Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence).
The latest Brainwashed Brain weekly digest has reviews and samples from Smyglyssna, Vibracathedral Orchestra, Phonophani and more.
Pitchfork has posted a review of Kaospilot's self-titled debut album.
'North is the place' indeed! Musique Machine has put up an interview with Jaga Jazzist vibes/keys player Andreas Mjøs. They talk about a lot of different subjects including the Norweigan scene, various side projects such as Shining and Rotoscope, and much more.
Nova Recordings is the new distributor for Deleted Art in Europe. Check 'em out if you're interested in getting a hold of records from C.Aarmé, The New Mess, the upcoming Threeminutepopsongs debut and more.
Hammerfall guitarist Oscar Dronjak was hospitalized following an auto accident yesterday and have suspended all scheduled tour plans for the time being. Read more. (in Swedish)