A-ha - Butterfly, butterfly (the last hurrah) (video)
A-ha's final single "Butterfly, butterfly (the last hurrah)" now has a video: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=&release=107916463
Playground Music founder interview
has reposted a great interview with label founder Jonas Sjöström from Track & Fields about the label + distro's history and philosophy: https://blogs.playgroundmusic.com/intlpub/interview-with-label-founder-jonas-sjostrom-taken-from-tracksandfields
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Hellbillies - Leite etter lykka
02. Contrazt - Ser på verden
03. Alexander Rybak - No Boundaries
04. Aasmund Nordstoga - Friaren
05. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel
06. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
07. Guren Hagen - Alle de beste
08. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn
09. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og Deilig - Knutsen og Ludvigsen
10. Roy Lønhøiden - Tilbake i tid - de beste sangene
11. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen
12. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
13. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min
14. Madrugada - Industrial Silence
15. StMorritz - Tusenvis av ting
16. Diverse artister - Go'natt
17. Steff Nevers - Ain't no bad life
18. Celine - Jentekveld
19. Divin' Ducks - Best Of
20. A-ha - Hunting High And Low
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Kent - En plats i solen
02. Robyn - Body talk pt.1
03. Eric Saade - Masquerade
04. Lisa Nilsson - 20 - En jubileumssamling
05. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
06. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
07. Brolle - Best of
08. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
09. Lasse Stefanz - Texas
10. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
11. Kalle Moraeus - Underbart
12. Håkan Hellström - Samlade singlar 2000-2010
13. Timoteij - Längtan
14. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
15. Eric Gadd - Rise up!
16. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland - International version
17. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
18. Cookies n Beans - Beg, borrow and steal
19. Eddie Meduza - Rockabilly rebel
20. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
Murder album gets release date
Danish duo Murder have confirmed that their new album "Gospel of man" will be released on October 11.
White Willow has a new website
Norwegian prog act White Willow has a new website: https://www.whitewillow.info/
Keep an eye out for their new album "Terminal twilight" to be released later this year.
Joachim Dahlberg, solo
Joachim Dahlberg (ex-Closer) is working on establishing himself as a proper Swedish singer/songwriter and has posted a bunch of demo tunes at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/joachimdahlberg
The Brigade - We all fall down
Listen to a new track from Norwegian act The Brigade: https://soundcloud.com/ccap/the-brigade-we-all-fall-down
The band's forthcoming debut album "Dead man's gold" was produced by Janove Ottesen of Kaizers Orchestra and will be released on September 30 via .
Elias & the Wizzkids tour GAS
New tourdates for Elias & the Wizzkids:
09/13 - Weekender, Innsbruck (AUS)
09/15 - Gaswerk, Winterthur (CH)
09/16 - La Catrina, Zürich (CH)
09/17 - KiFF, Aarau (CH)
09/18 - Kornhauskeller, Waldshut (GER)
Underwater Sleeping Society 10th anniversary EP
As promised, the new 10-year anniversary EP from Underwater Sleeping Society is now available for free download: https://www.newmusiccommunity.org/new/?page_id=5&postid=666
New music from Obstacles
Danish math-rockers Obstacles are now streaming a couple new tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/obstaclesband
The band's debut full-length "Dividual" comes out September 20 via PlayRec.
New Concretes album gets new (finalized) release date
The Concretes' new album "WYWH", previously announced for release in October, has been pushed back to November 4 via label (UK) and (US).
New Håkan Hellström album confirmed
The new Håkan Hellström album "Två steg från paradise" will be released on October 13.
Dungen - Skit i allt (video)
Oh, hey -- a new Dungen video! I still prefer The Amazing and probably always will, but this song is still pretty chill. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt5PRQTh1K4
Aerial: A tribute to Sonic Youth and David Lynch (video)
Aerial pay tribute to their heroes and influences in this mini-doc. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO14cxEnbsY