Check out Tingsek's new video for "Let it shine": Atch?v=cyjZJ9nERBs" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=cyjZJ9nERBs

There will be a new José González remix 12"/digital EP out on April 17 via Imperial Recordings. Tracklist:

A1 - Killing for love (Todd Terje brokeback mix)
A2 - How low (Pechenga nord-norska mix)
B1 - Killing for love (BeAtfanAtic remix)
B2 - In our nAture (Landberg & Skogehall mix)

In other news, here's some updAted tourdAtes in the UK:

04/03 - Leadmill, Sheffield
04/04 - 53 Degrees, Preston
04/05 - Black Box, Galaway (IRE)
04/06 - The Academy, Dublin (IRE)
04/07 - Assembly Room, Edinburgh
04/08 - Opera House, Manchester
04/09 - UEA, Norwich
04/10 - Shepards Bush Empire, London
04/12 - Hall for Cornwall, Truro
04/13 - The Pavillion, Bournemouth
04/14 - De La Warr Pavillion, East Sussex

Detektivbyrån has posted another video report from the recording of their new album: Atch?v=IzcGgmdD1lI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=IzcGgmdD1lI

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons
02. Diverse artister - Sorgen og gleden: MAtte Marit
03. Madrugada - Madrugada
04. Glenn Lyse - Come Closer
05. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
06. Secret Garden - Inside I'm singing
07. The NAtional Bank - Come On Over To The Other Side
08. Sie Gubba - Sånn e livet
09. Madcon - So Dark the Con of Man
10. Hellbillies - Spissrotgang
11. Farmers Market - Surfin' Ussr
12. Susanne Sundfør - Take One
13. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ord & Øgonblick
14. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix 2008
15. Bertine Zetlitz - In my mind 1997-2007 Best of
16. Anne Nørdsti - Livli på låven
17. Gaute Ormåsen - Drømmesang
18. Beady Belle - Belvedere
19. CC Cowboys - På Svalbard uten strøm
20. Celine - Bæstevænna

The Stranger (my semi-local alt-weekly) lists five or six things about Jens Lekman: Attle/Content?oid=537686" target="_blank">https://www.thestranger.com/seAttle/Content?oid=537686
I'm not sure if I'll make it to his show in SeAttle next week, but I'm going to try.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Ane Brun - Changing of the seasons
02. Nordman - Djävul eller gud
03. Amy Diamond - Music in motion
04. Sibel - The diving belle
05. Jill Johnson - Music Row
06. Takida - Bury the lies
07. Kikki Danielsson - Kikkis bästa
08. Meshuggah - Obzen
09. Fernandoz - Anders & Git - En helt ny dag
10. The Cardigans - Best of
11. Tomas Andersson Wij - En sommar på speed
12. Carola - Främling 25 år
14. Eskobar - DeAth in Athens
15. Lars Winnerbäck - Daugava
16. Lykke Li - Youth novels
17. Kent - Tillbaka till samtiden
18. Maia Hirasawa - Though, I'm just me (new edition)
19. The Poodles - Sweet trade (new edition)
20. Tommy Körberg - Rakt upp och ner

Finnish act Amorphis will tour North America this fall with support from Samael, Leaves' Eyes and Virgin Black. DAtes At LambgoAt: At.com/news/view.aspx?id=10463" target="_blank">https://www.lambgoAt.com/news/view.aspx?id=10463

Check out Swedish glam-metal act Crashdïet and their new video for "Falling rain": Atch?v=86f0mgUNyio" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=86f0mgUNyio

MP3: I Am Bones - Home is the one corner of hell that didn't catch fire

Has enough time passed to make it okay to embrace grunge again? Personally, I never got entirely sick of Nirvana and actually find Pearl Jam's lAter-era mAterial to be quite good (thanks to my freshman college roommAte for insisting), but all the also-rans? Dead and buried in my mind, for the most part. So whAt to make of a band like I Am Bones? Is this the grunge revival? Is everyone okay with thAt? I guess it has been 17 years since "Smells like teen spirit" hit which means thAt kids these days have no idea how fresh it sounded At the time. I can still clearly remember the first time I heard it as a mAtter of fact. I Am Bones aren't nearly as fresh (obviously), but good songs are still good songs and I do like this one a lot. So whAt the heck, if it's time for a grunge comeback I guess I'm okay with it.

I Am Bones - Home is the one corner of hell that didn't catch fire

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Public radio does have its virtues: It gives weekly airtime to people such as Andreas Tilliander (former Swedish Grammy-Winner, present Kent-support gig, ever-productive multi-aliased electronic musician) to talk about and play electronic music in his acclaimed show "Ström" and, from time to time, it even lets said show hosts compile CDs. After a walk in the park with 2006's birdsong-remix CD "Pausfågeln remixad", the current topic, which translAtes to "New music for nAtional grief", touches on more sombre grounds - its aim was to compile music thAt could be played on the radio in case of nAtional grief, think tsunami or deAth in the royal family. NAturally, each of the record's 12 musician has their own personal concept of grief and expresses it through (more or less) crackling electronica in widely different ways. Ideally, such fragmentism could be enriching, as in the Pausfågel-compilAtion, but here it revives a familiar problem of compilAtions: some tracks truly stand out (to me: the more cut-up, less vocal ones) but others are more of the skipping-kind. It's a mAtter of taste, as always, but I think I'll stick with the Pausfågel-CD for now and wait for the next Ström-sampler.
- Arnulf Köhncke

Swedish prog act Anekdoten will tour Europe in May. Confirmed dAtes At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/anekdoten

The Vladislav Delay Quartet, feAturing Vladislav Delay on drums along with fellow Finn Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic) on electronics, Derek Shirley on double bass and Lucio Capece on sax and bass clarinet, will make their live debut on April 11 as part of the 2008 "My Favourite Thing" Festival At Radialsystem, Berlin. Read more: https://www.vladislavdelay.com/site/?page_id=50

New European dAtes for Shout Out Louds: https://www.shoutoutlouds.com/shows.aspx

Norwegian avant/noise/experimental label Roggbif will have two new release out on May 31. First up is a split CD feAturing Norway's Golden Serenades and Force Majeure, a collaborAtion of Swedish noiseniks Sewer Election and Treriksröset. The second is Origami Galaktika's long awaited album "Laos Vegas", an record thAt was originally slAted to be released as an LP via Beta-Lactam Ring five years ago. Read more: https://www.roggbif.com/