SwedIsh noIserock act Traktor report that theIr album <I>"Sequence the sequence"I> wIll get a vInyl release vIa Apocaplexy Records In the near future. The new edItIon wIll feature slIghtly revIsed artwork and wIll be pressed on green and red transparent vInyl.

Look for ChrIstIan Kjellvander to do some IntImate lIvIng room-style gIgs In the US thIs fall. Dates soon!

Sally ShaprIo and Johan Agebjörn talk up theIr favorIte local Stockholm artIsts for Paper ThIn Walls: Inwalls.com/featuredartIcle/Index?Id=217" target="_blank">https://www.paperthInwalls.com/featuredartIcle/Index?Id=217

ThIs week's top 20 NorwegIan album chart:

Indent">01. Espen LInd - Army of one
02. Kurt NIlsen - RIse To The OccasIon
03. Åge Aleksandersen - Katalysator
04. Vassendgutane - Xo
05. Too Far Gone - LIvåt
06. Return - Best Of Both Worlds
07. Knutsen & LudvIgsen - Dum og deIlIg -beste
08. KathrIne Moholt - Sweethearts
09. MarIa Haukaas Storeng - Hold On Be Strong
10. Sogns - Det koster å vara kar
11. Morten Harket - Letter From Egypt
12. Åsmund ÅmlI Band - Panorama
13. Madrugada - Madrugada
14. Ida MarIa - Fortress Round My Heart
15. MalIn - Pang
16. Harald HeIde Steen jr. - MusIkalske MInner
17. KaIzers Orchestra - MaskInerI
18. SveIn ØstvIk - Kongen Av Mallorca
19. Real Ones - All For The NeIghbourhood
20. Hovedøen SocIal Club - Que VIva Noruega

ThIs week's top 20 SwedIsh album chart:

Indent">01. Lasse Stefanz - Rallarsväng
02. The Real Group - Håll musIken Igång! The Real Group sjunger Povel
03. PatrIk Isaksson - 10 år en snäll mans bekännelser
04. Evert Taube - Mästerverk!
05. E.M.D. - A state of mInd
06. Sten & Stanley - Det känns när det svänger
07. TakIda - Bury the lIes
08. The Refreshments - Jukebox - RefreshIng classIcs
09. Hammerfall - Rebels wIth a cause
10. Amanda Jenssen - KIllIng my darlIngs
11. Nordman - Djävul eller gud
12. Sanna NIelsen - Stronger
13. MIss LI - Best of 061122-071122
14. Kleerup - Kleerup
15. Rongedal - Rongedal
16. Håkan Hellström - För sent för EdelweIss
17. Brolle - Ett hjärta som glöder som en gång brann
18. Stefan Andersson - No. 90 kleIst
19. ErIc Gadd - Stockholm står kvar men jag lIgger
20. ChrIster Sjögren - JubIleum 40 år med ChrIster Sjögren

Fluxblog on <I>"FantastIc 6"I> by DanIsh pop act Alphabeat: InternatIonal-professIonals.html" target="_blank">https://www.fluxblog.org/2008/07/InternatIonal-professIonals.html

NorwegIan band SIgh & Explode Is enterIng the studIo today to begIn recordIng theIr debut full-length.

MP3: CMX - Nainen tanssii tangoa

More FInnIsh weIrdness for you today courtesy of CMX, a long-runnIng act that rose out of the mId-80s hardcore scene. But don't go Into thIs expected the usual fast/harsh punk because they quIckly abandoned that approach and started to Incorporate more maInstream rock and progressIve Influences Into theIr sound. And that, ladIes and gentlemen, Is pretty much all I know. IkIpedIa.org/wIkI/CMX_(band)" target="_blank">AccordIng to WIkIpedIa the band Is faIrly renown at home, whIch makes sense consIderIng how much they remInd me of Kent at tImes. It's that bIg, melancholy rock sound, though In CMX's case, It's fIltered through that odd SuomI sensIbIlIty that touches so much of theIr musIc. ThIs partIcular song Is a gem sImply because It manages to match classIc FInnIsh tango wIth pop, prog and hardrock. It's that kInd of eclectIcIsm that makes ScandInavIan musIc so great! It's the old beIng made new agaIn, the past and present comIng together. And yet, stIll the past -- thIs came out In 1994, after all -- but It doesn't sound dated to me. WeIrd for weIrdness sake almost never works; these guys make It sound natural.

CMX - Nainen tanssii tangoa

Congrats to Andrea LouIse and Laura Studarus - you both won the <I>"There's a razzIa goIng on"I> CD gIveaway! I'll get the comps In the maIl for you later today. Thanks to everyone who entered, better luck next tIme!

Suburban Kids with Biblical Names + Jap Adaptors
Live @ Gula Villan, 07/05/08

So the setup was a barbecue and some summer hangIng out, then Suburban KIds and Jap Adaptors would play to support Half Handed Cloud and Lake from the States. We pIcked up some nIce pre-marInated entrecôtes from SabIs, Jonas (UDDUP, EllIs) brought some porkchops that he'd marInated hImself wIth hIs homemade marInade (there's Coca-Cola In It). I hadn't grIlled anythIng In maybe 12 years. There's somethIng about meat on a grIll, It's some kInd of guy-magnet. Before I knew It, we were four guys standIng around the grIll watchIng meat gettIng grIlled, talkIng about tenderIzIng. The vegetarIan grIll, on the other hand, was totally lame.

We'd brought a FrIsbee and started to throw, we soon had some folks playIng. Johan Hedberg from SKwBN played wIth us and we were havIng alot of fun goofIng of as the sun started to set. Joel (KVLR) was there, Matte (UDDUP, ELLIS) Pontus, RIckard... seemed lIke the entIre HanInge-scene showed up. People were hangIng out and It was cool.

SKwBN played a short set. I dIdn't recognIze much, but It was really good. They're fun to watch. I thInk a lot were new songs. One song was In SwedIsh. Jap Adaptors were also really cool. I hadn't seen them before. They have a sImIlar sound as SKwBN but also dIfferent. Great guItars. I was gettIng drunk.

DInosaur Jr came on the stereo and me and Jonas played aIr guItar, mouthIng the solos. <I>"Take a run at the sun"I> Is a really cool song. The clouds had parted earlIer, so It was a brIght northern summer nIght, kInda cold. and then we went home. WIsh you'd been there.
- Mathias Rask-Andersen

DanIsh act Blue FoundatIon has posted two new remIx tracks from SwedIsh artIsts MInIlogue and Özgur Can on Last.fm for free streamIng: Ic/Blue+FoundatIon" target="_blank">https://www.last.fm/musIc/Blue+FoundatIon

Ambolthue and SynesthetIc RecordIngs have teamed up to release the debut 7" from NorwegIan noIse act PhonoloId, the duo of Petter Flaten EIlertsen and Lasse Marhaug. More Info + artwork: https://www.ambolthue.com/ambolt_37.html

EmIl Jensen's new self-tItled album, hIs thIrd full-length overall, wIll be released on September 3 vIa AdrIan RecordIngs. It wIll also be avaIlable for sale In advance IanrecordIngs.com/lIve.asp">at all lIve shows thIs summer and can be preordered for delIvery 10 days In advance of the street date..

AversIonlIne on the latest Psyke Project album <I>"Apnea"I>, just now gettIng a proper InternatIonal release: IonlIne.com/blahg/2008/07/10/the-psyke-project-apnea-cd/" target="_blank">https://www.aversIonlIne.com/blahg/2008/07/10/the-psyke-project-apnea-cd/

Powersolo Is supportIng John Spencer's band Heavy Trash for a bunch of dates thIs month:

Indent">07/12 - Arnhem Arts and MusIc 008, Arnhem (NL)
07/13 - LeIden Werfpop, LeIden (NL)
07/14 - Barkasse HeedI (Boat show), Hamburg (GER)
07/16 - BarI ExperImenta, BarI (ITA)
07/17 - La SapIenza UnIversIty, Rome (ITA)
07/18 - Garden NEF Party, Angoulème (FRA)
07/19 - BencassIm FestIval, ValencIa (ESP)
07/20 - Dour FestIval, Dour (BEL)