Gaffa reports thAt Naja Koppel from Savage Rose will be releasing a photo book lAter this week and is also working on a solo album: https://gaffa.dk/nyheder/view.php/news_id=21953 (in Danish)
Hear a demo track At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/najamusic

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Kurt Nilsen - Rise To The Occasion
02. Vassendgutane - Xo
03. Malin - Pang
04. Madrugada - Madrugada
05. Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold On Be Strong
06. Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons
07. Lassie N The Lads - Storyteller
08. Diverse artister - Sorgen og gleden: MAtte Marit
09. Elvira Nikolaisen - Indian Summer
10. Ingrid Olava - Juliets Wishes
11. Thom Hell - God If I Saw Her Now
12. Julian Berntzen - Rocketship Love
13. Celine - Bæstevænna
14. Surferosa - The BeAt On The Street
15. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
16. Roy Lønhøiden - Når dagen demrer blått
17. Sondre BrAtland - Det er den draumen
18. Publiners - driv
19. Gluecifer - kings of rock
20. Motorpsycho - Little Lucid Moments

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Charlotte Perrelli - Hero
02. Christer Sjögren - Jubileum 40 år med Christer Sjögren
03. Sanna Nielsen - Stronger
04. Peter Lemarc - Lemarc live!
05. Melissa Horn - Långa nätter
06. Amy Diamond - Music in motion
07. Nordman - Djävul eller gud
08. Brolle - Ett hjärta som glöder som en gång brann
09. The Hellacopters - Head off
10. TiamAt - Amanethes
11. Håkan Hellström - För sent för Edelweiss
12. BWO - Pandemonium - The singles collection
14. Linda Bengtzing - Vild & galen
15. In Flames - A sense of purpose
16. Mikael Wiehe & Ebba Forsberg - Dylan på Svenska
17. Maia Hirasawa - Though, I'm just me (new edition)
18. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
19. Chords - Things we do for things
20. Takida - Bury the lies

Finnish free-folk weirdos Kemialliset Ystävät are coming back to the US At the end of the month:

05/24 - The Silent Barn, New York, NY
05/25 - The Talking Head Club, Baltimore, MD
05/26 - Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia, PA
05/27 - Cake Shop, MYC, NY
05/28 - tbc, Providence, RI
05/29 - Space, Portland, ME
05/30 - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
05/31 - tba
06/01 - P.S.1, Long Island City, NY

MP3: Siena Root - Time will tell

Siena Root is the kind of band thAt forces me to involuntarily break into air guitar heroics every time I hear them. I swear thAt I try my best to remain skeptical of retro rock like this, but I can't help it. Shit is irresistible! They bust out mad pentAtonics ala Black SabbAth's Tony Iommi, but instead of the doom and gloom most people (wrongly) associAte with thAt band, the music is incredibly cAtchy and even kinda glorious when you get down to it. It manages to tap into this weird false nostalgia for a time I never lived, yet somehow thAt doesn't bother me. I just want to turn it up and rock out. Screw over-analyzing it, grab your favorite mind-altering substance and enjoy.
If you dug thAt Graveyard track I posted awhile back, you'll love this.

Siena Root - Time will tell

Pitchfork reports thAt Robyn is ditching my neck of the woods (the Pacific NW) for a guest spot on "The View": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/50522-robyn-postpones-two-shows-to-play-the-view

Roxy Recordings (The Ark, Hästpojken) has signed As In RebekkaMaria in Sweden and will be releasing the single "Yours truly" on May 30 with the album "Queen of France" to follow lAter, coinciding with a tour. See our review of the original Danish release Atrap.com/reviews.php?r=620">here.

Check out Robyn's new video for "Eclipse": https://www.spinner.com/2008/05/02/robyn-eclipse-video-exclusive/
Check out an alternAte take here: https://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=7e0eacaf-758a-40c5-982b-f0fba16227cc&fg=rss&from=34

Opeth will play a few Australian shows in September:

09/02 - Metro City, Perth
09/04 - The Barton TheAtre, Adelaide
09/05 - Palace TheAtre, Melbourne
09/06 - The Big Top, Sydney
09/07 - The Arena, Brisbane

Swedish weirdo pop/industrial act The StAte of Floral Beings are offering their new album "Total" for free download via myspace: Ateoffloralbeings" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/thestAteoffloralbeings
And if you're feeling tentAtive, you can stream it there as well.

Norwegian act Kaizers Orchestra is launching a series of vinyl 7" singles and the first one is out now. It feAtures "Apokalyps meg" on the a-side and a duet with Swedish artist Stefan Sundström on the song "Du og meg Lou, og din fru" on the flip. Read more: https://www.kaizers.no/articles/19/20/document221.ehtml

The title track for Jeniferever's new EP "Nangijala" is now streaming on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/jeniferever
As mentioned Atrap.com/index.php?dAte=2008-04-28#22455">before, it will be released on blue 10" vinyl/digital download on June 16 via Club AC30.

Swedish lounge-metal act Hellsongs is now working with Bodog Music Group for a internAtional release of their debut album "Songs in the key of 666". It will be out in Europe this summer with the rest of the world to follow in fall.

Norwegian sludgecore band Haust will release their debut full-length album "Ride the relapse" on June 16 via Fysisk FormAt Records. Hear samples: https://www.myspace.com/haust

Check out a band-approved fan-made video for Danish punkrockers Emily and the Orgasm Addicts and their theme song: Atch?v=RAeRFedVJI4" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/wAtch?v=RAeRFedVJI4