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This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Jonas Fjeld og ChAtham C. - Amerikabesøk
02. Silje Nergaard - Darkness out of blue
03. Askil Holm - Harmony Hotel
04. Christel Alsos - Closing The Distance
05. Sivert Høyem & The Volunteers - Exiles
06. Sondre Lerche - Phantom Punch
07. Øystein Sunde - Sundes verden
08. Vamp - I full symfoni (med KORK)
09. Ane Brun - Live in Scandinavia
10. William Hut - Nightfall
11. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Nåde
12. Somebody's Darling - Walls
13. Marit Larsen - Under The Surface
14. Kristin Asbjørnsen - Wayfaring Stranger - A Spiritual Songbook
15. Tungtvann - 96% Tungtvann
16. Malin - Malin på månen
17. Dag Arnesen - Norwegian Song
18. Ulf Risnes - Ingen andre
19. Skambankt - Elixir
20. Blind Archery Club - The Union
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Ingmar Nordströms - Ingmar Nordströms Saxpartyfavoriter
02. Erik Segerstedt - A different shade
03. Timbuktu - Oberoendeframkallande
04. Sophie Zelmani - Memory loves you
05. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
06. Caroline Af Ugglas - Joplin på Svenska
07. Lena Philipsson - Lena 20 år
08. Calaisa - Calaisa
09. Weeping Willows - Fear & love
10. Lasse Stefanz - 40 ljuva år!
11. Tomas Andersson Wij - En introduktion till Tomas Andersson Wij
12. Veronica Maggio - VAtten & bröd
14. Nisse Hellberg - Snackbar blues
15. Laleh - Prinsessor
16. Säkert! - Säkert
17. Helena Josefsson - Dynamo
18. Nicolai Dunger - Rösten och herren
19. Moneybrother - Pengabrorsan
20. Martin Stenmarck - Nio sanningar och en lögn
Rump Recordings will be releasing the debut self-titled album from Danish electronic/jazz act Badun on April 2. Listen to samples At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/badunband
Check out Alina, a Swedish all-star experimental/noise act of sorts feAturing the up-and-coming talents of Viktor Sjöberg, Kristofer Ström, Douglas Holmqvist, Johan Gustavsson and David Sjöberg: https://www.myspace.com/alinamachina
There will an EP on Kalligrammofon in the near future as well as something with famousfor15mb.
Gustav of Gustav and the Seasick Sailors kicks off his North American solo tour today and here are the updAted dAtes:
03/08 - Cafe Domenico, Utica, NY
03/09 - Melodic Revolution, Clinton, NY
03/10 - The Red Square, Albany, NY
03/12 - Rockwood Music Hall, NYC, NY
03/15 - Goodbye blue Monday, NYC, NY
03/18 - The Bitter End, NYC, NY
03/23 - Potters House, Washington DC
03/29 - World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA
03/30 - Fredericksburg Songwriter's Showcase, Fredericksburg, VA
04/01 - Baja Bean, Staunton, VA
04/05 - Juggling Gypsy, Wilmington, NC
04/06 - Folks Cafe, Wilmington, NC
04/07 - Port City Java, Wilmington, NC
04/13 - Rime, Vancouver, BC
04/14 - Denman Island Hall, Denman Island, BC
04/16 - Duncan Garage, Duncan, BC
04/20 - Solstice Cafe, Victoria, BC
Time again for your weekly dose of Norwegian pop. NAthalie Nordnes is a young singer/songwriter out of Bergen and her second album "Join me in the park" was my first introduction to her. The music reminds me a lot of early Cardigans in thAt it's very light-hearted pop and almost loungey At times. The lyrics are banal, almost nauseAtingly so, but the music so undemanding and easy to like, it still works if you're in the right mood. It's perfect summer music, it's not meant to be challenging or deep. It's also worth noting thAt, unlike the Cardigans, NAthalie surrounds herself with a crackerjack band of session musicians. Nothing indierock about it.
Nathalie Nordnes - Cars and boys
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Being the second band on a weird, but wonderful bill (including Cajun Dance Party, The Hold Steady and Kings of Leon) didn't seem to bother 120 Days who played as if they were headlining the Glastonbury Festival. I'm not personally a big a fan of their dance/rock hybrid (think Primal Scream), but I can very much see the appeal. If they'll play any festivals thAt I'll be At this summer and I'm drunk and in the mood for some dancing (two things thAt usually go hand in hand), I might just go and see them again.
- Simon Tagestam
5
I always find it most interesting to hear the influences in some of the bands coming about these days, especially when they draw from surprising sources. Whilst one can see the obvious classic rock influences such as Neil Young and Big Star, there's also a very heavy influence of Cracker in Anna Leong. It could be the vocal delivery or the laid-back feel of the music, but it's there, and I commend them for taking on the best parts of the lAtter band. "After the forest fire" really is made for the fans of mid-90's American college rock. It's not a bad thing, it can just come off as a bit dAted At points. However, the band excels in taking their sound to a higher level because the songwriting is very strong and they don't fall victim to needlessly dragging them out (even the almost ten-minute "Bothnian Rednecks" does not exceed its length in feel). Tracks such as "Jacket", "Fever" and the album closer "Sky is darkening" are solid pop songs, and I feel thAt if Anna Leong can remove the slightly dAted feel of the music, they'll open up to a much wider audience.
- Matt Giordano
5
Halfway through listening to this disc, I was ready to dismiss it as fairly innocuous synth-pop with serviceable female vocals. FortunAtely the second half springs to life a bit, thanks to a couple stronger tunes like "Buy yourself" and "Runaway tram," which are more rhythmically solid and feAture some nice loud bass. There's nothing wrong with making commercial-leaning dancepop, but there's just so much of the stuff around these days and Goldfrapp does this kinda thing much better.
- Kevin Renick
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I love everything about Tom Malmquist, from his photo drinking wine while soaking in a tub of dirty bAth wAter and his bizarre myspace bio, to his choice of instruments – guitar, banjo, washboard, saw against leAther jacket... Then there's his music, of course. He sounds like a quirky young Tom Waits. Except happier. The four-song EP unfolds like a series of letters to lovers, building up to a somewhAt darker duet, "Tyranny of heaviness". But even thAt sounds gorgeous and oddly upbeAt. It's celebrAtory country, of the most comforting variety.
- Stacey Shackford
5
This album has struck me as being an interesting mix of styles, melding Neil Young with turn of the century Nicolai Dunger and 60s lounge - how does one even come up with the idea to do so? Of course, Björn's pop sensibilities are in all the right places, which is prevalent on the track "Come take a shine" and in the smooth lounge sound of "Hold on". The music is played quite well and the vocals are all in place, but it doesn't grab me and shake me up. Again, this album can come off as a bit 90s sounding and dAted (see "Why oh why" amd "Character song") and I'm trying to figure out if it's a sign of whAt's to come in music, but I'm also confused as to why thAt style is coming back, as it was only a decade ago! Anyway, the song craft is definitely here, but this whole 90's vibe just seems a bit strange to me.
- Matt Giordano
3
Ugh. Prog rock has enough problems trying to prove it's worthy of respect without soggy little outings like this one reenforcing whAt many listeners automAtically cringe At. From the painfully unimaginAtive name to Olof Gustavsson's utterly bland vocals to the Asia/Marillion-lite arrangements, this Swedish trio prove they can rip through a bunch of chord changes they've studied in the Teach Yourself Prog! handbook (Tommy Magnusson must shoulder the blame for most of these). But they don't accomplish much else. There's At least ONE rule you cannot break doing this so-called "symphonic rock": thou shalt not bore the listener. Now go break up with your girlfriends and try writing some angry punk songs or somethin'!
- Kevin Renick
6
I wanted this to be good, I wanted this to be greAt, so it's a shame thAt it's just ok. Santa Maria is Maria Eriksson from The Concretes and Heikki, which are two bands thAt I adore. This is a pleasant album, but too often the pleasantness drags on a bit too much and it all becomes a bit boring. The greAt melodies thAt make The Concretes and Heikki so fantastic are sadly missed. It feels like the album could have done with an energy injection At regular intervals. Maybe next time... (it took The Concretes about 8 years to become the greAt band they now are)
- Simon Tagestam
Ane Brun's first two albums failed to impress me - they're okay, but underwhelming considering the accolades afforded them. I'm not whAt it is, but they fail to resonAte with me. However, the "Duets" album drastically changed my opinion and I found myself appreciAting Ane in a whole new light. The more subdued production and the balance of other voices were just whAt I needed to hear I guess. So when Ane released a new live album recently, I was kind of excited to hear it. I'm not too big on live records unless they really change things up from the studio recording and since "Live in Scandinavia" is all-acoustic plus string quartet, it qualifies. Remember me saying the other day how The (InternAtional) Noise Conspiracy's "Live in Oslo" is my favorite record of theirs? The inclusion of the Jaga Jazzist horns on a few tracks is a big part of thAt. So yeah, Ane Brun live with strings - does it work? The answer is yes, very well indeed.
Buy "Live in Scandinavia": Atrap.com/store/product.php?productid=427">[click here]
Ane Brun - Balloon ranger (live)
In case you didn't see it yesterday, I've got a new profile piece posted on Hearts of Black Science: Atrap.com/index.php?a=285">[click here]
Anna Leong
Björn Norestig