The Raveonettes - Recharge & revolt

The Raveonettes are once again working on new mAterial for their another album and already have a new demo tune streaming At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/theraveonettes

Sirius playlist week #18

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Kråkesølv - Skredder
02. TALK 1
03. Lama - Curses and broken glass
04. Underachiever - No rain (arson)
05. Originalljudet - The oral solution (with pear)
06. Lögnhalsmottagningen - Lumpettrick
07. TALK 2
08. Masshysteri - Låt dom hAta oss
09. Den Svenska Tystnaden - Reaktor
10. Simian Ghost - Star receiver
11. Kobert - Recipe
12. TALK 3
13. Traktor - Where wAter goes
14. Disco Ensemble - Protector
15. Hooded Menace - Night of the deAthcult
16. TALK 4
17. Menfolk - From the horse's mouth
18. MAttias Alkberg - Nerverna
19. Khoma - Osiris
20. TALK 5
21. Baby Alice - Piña colada boy

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays At 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. ThAt's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

David Sandström + Mixhell

David Sandström (Refused, Final Exit, AC4) and Igor Calavera (Mixhell, ex-Sepultura) jamming out At Scharinska in Umeå on May Day. Not the best quality, but still makes me wish I could've been there.

Direct link: Atch?v=ze8a_7lTTQ8" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=ze8a_7lTTQ8

O'Spada
Time 7"
Make Mine/Despotz Records

It's nice to hear a woman aping Prince's funk as opposed to the usual falsetto-bearing manchild. Julie Spada's nAtural range is a perfect fit for the style and she does a greAt job with it, navigAting deftly through all of the sharp twists and turns she sets up for herself in the arrangement. Shame thAt the hook isn't a bit stronger and the b-side remixes (by Montauk and Naiv) are throwaways because the beAt on the original is really happening, despite my distaste for slap-bass, wacky synth and all other obvious 80s-era musical crimes. Same shame goes for whoever decided to press this on 7" as opposed to a proper DJ-ready 12" dance single because the pressing really suffers from a deficiency of bass. Still, I must say thAt "Time" bodes well for the forthcoming full-length "Pay off", due out lAter this month. O'Spada is not without potential.
- Avi Roig

Scandipop interviews Gravonitas

Scandipop interviews Alexander Bard of BWO and Andreas Öhrn about their new project Gravitonas and also, perhaps more importantly, about the way they are promoting themselves with a simultaneous internAtional release: https://www.scandipop.co.uk/?p=2452
I'm sure thAt other internAtional fans of Scandinavian music like myself will appreciAte this, even if they aren't necessarily into mainstream pop like Gravitonas.

Details for new Puma album now posted

Preliminary details are now posted for Rune Grammofon's next release, "Half Nelson Courtship" by Puma: https://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/puma/rcd-2098-puma_-half-nelson-courtship
The official release dAte is May 25.

Viola - Leave it all again (feat. Bääbs)

It's already May in some parts of the world, so thAt means it's time for a new track from Viola: https://www.violamusicclub.com/2010-05-leave-it-all-again
This lAtest song feAtures guest vocals from Bääbs and is said to be a bit more AOR/R'n'B than usual.

Maskinen - Slut för alltid (feat. Promoe)

It's not much of a video unless you're really into sweets or food play, but this new Maskinen track is dece: https://vimeo.com/11228765

Benni Hemm Hemm - Retaliate (video)

Spinner has the premiere of the new Benni Hemm Hemm video for "RetaliAte": Ate-video-premiere/" target="_blank">https://www.spinner.com/2010/04/29/benni-hemm-hemm-retaliAte-video-premiere/

Joensuu 1685 - Electric ocean sailor (video)

Finnish shoegazers Joensuu 1685 have a new video for the song "Electric ocean sailor": Atch?v=MdJppF0QNCo" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=MdJppF0QNCo

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Thomas Dybdahl - Waiting for thAt one clear moment
02. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn
03. GitarkamerAtene - Kanon! GitarkamerAtenes aller beste
04. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel
05. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
06. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min
07. Chand Torsvik - Kongeriket Norge
08. Jenny & Arne - From Our Hearts
09. Finn Kalvik & Hans Erik Fosnes - Neste Stasjon Grorud
10. Aleksander With - Still Awake
11. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix 2010
12. John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen - For Sant Til Å Være Godt
13. Ketil Bjørnstad - Remembrance
14. Staut - Staut
15. Raga Rockers - Shit Happens
16. Knut Magne Myrland - Sjelespor
17. Thom Hell - All Good Things
18. Ingrid Olava - The Guest
19. Sivert Høyem - Moon Landing
20. Arve Tellefsen og Trondheim SO - Plays Ole Bull

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. The Ark - In full regalia
02. Anna Bergendahl - Yours sincerely
03. Scotts - Vi gör det igen
04. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
05. Rolandz - Jajamen
06. Play - Under my skin
07. Ola Magnell - Rolös
08. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a scheme
09. Dundertåget - Dom feta åren är förbi
10. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
11. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
12. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
13. Cookies n Beans - Beg, borrow and steal
14. Petter - En räddare i nöden
15. Khoma - A final storm
16. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
17. Crashdïet - GenerAtion wild
18. The Haunted - Road kill
19. Di Leva - Lovestar
20. Perikles - Var ska vi sova inAtt - en samling

New Susanne Sundfør album coming?

Apparently Susanne Sundfør is not one to rest on her laurels. She may have just released the excellent album "The brothel", but is apparently already working on a follow-up entitled "The silicone veil". WAtch her perform and talk about a couple new tracks At ABC Studios in Etne, Norway (along with a performance of "The brothel", my favorite song of the year so far): https://sebyen.no/abclive/video.php?artist=susannesundfor

Jennie Abrahamson album delayed in GAS

The GAS release of Jennie Abrahamson's lAtest album "While the sun's still up and the sky is bright" has been postponed from May 7 to August 6.

Kleerup has a band

Andreas Kleerup has started a band called Me and My Army, apparently borrowing quite a few members from Timo Räisänen. The full lineup: PAtrik Herrström (Timo Räisänen, C.Aarmé), Joel Hammad Magnusson (Timo Räisänen, Roenik), Niels Nankler (Timo Räisänen, Roenik) and Skärgårds-John (Jarla?).