Jazkammer will tour the UK in September:
09/07 - Colour Out Of Space Festival, Brighton
09/09 - Star & Shadow, Newcastle
09/10 - Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
09/11 - Nice 'n' Sleazys, Glasgow
09/12 - The Fenton, Leeds
09/13 - Red House, Sheffield
09/14 - The Cooler, Bristol
09/15 - no.signal @ S51 Factory, London
Listen to the new single "Besatt" from David Lindh's (ex-Yvonne/Broder Daniel) new band Svenska Kürkan: myspace.com/svenskakyrkan" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/svenskakyrkan
Denmark's The Kissaway Trail will support Editors on tour in the UK come October before returning in November for a string of their own headline dates. Full show list here: m/shows.asp" target="_blank">https://www.thekissawaytrail.com/shows.asp
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Postgirobygget - Tidløs
02. Trond-Viggo Torgersen - Det du kan + noe rart & noe nytt
03. Bare Egil Band - Sanger fra Bare Egil By
04. The Kids - Hits fra Kids
05. Diverse artister - melodi Grand Prix Junior 2007
06. Trang Fødsel - Hammock
07. Superfamily - Warszawa
08. Turbonegro - Retox
09. Susanne Sundfør - Susanne Sundfør
10. BigBang - Too much Yang
11. Vamp - I full symfoni (med KORK)
12. magnet - The Simple Life
13. Kim Hiortøy - my last day
14. Thomas Dybdahl - Science
15. mira Craig - Tribal dreams
16. The moving Oos - Peace & Love
17. malin - malin på månen
18. Heidi Hauge - Some broken hearts
19. Heroes & Zeros - Strange Constellations
20. Jonas Fjeld og Chatham C. - Amerikabesøk
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Eva Dahlgren - En blekt blondins ballader
02. Per Gessle - En händig man
03. Cajsastina Åkerström - Visor från förr & nu
04. Lasse Stefanz - Vagabond
05. Ted Gärdestad - För kärlekens skull - Det bästa med
06. The Ark - Prayer for the weekend
07. Sahara Hotnights - What if leaving is a loving thing
08. Sonja Aldén - Till dig
09. markoolio - Värsta Plattan
10. Sarah Dawn Finer - A finer dawn
11. måns Zelmerlöw - Stand by for...
12. Tommy Körberg - Rakt upp och ner
14. Säkert! - Säkert
15. Sofia karlsson - Visor från vinden
16. Oh Laura - A song inside my head, a demon in my bed
17. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
18. Calaisa - Calaisa
19. maia Hirasawa - Though, I'm just me
20. Cornelis Vreeswijk - CV - Det bästa med Cornelis Vreeswijk
Discobelle has a new Petter track: m/" target="_blank">https://www.discobelle.net/2007/08/16/stockholm/
Also at Discobelle, a Tough Alliance remix of Taken By Trees: https://www.discobelle.net/2007/08/15/taken-too-young/
Another new PonyRec signing? Check it: myspace.com/evilchoir" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/evilchoir
"Hell comes around" is the name of a new metal comp spotlighting bands from Odense, Denmark due out August 31. I can't say that I'm at all familiar with any of the bands listed, but you can go here for more info along with a full tracklist and links to various bands: metalforum.dk/hca/" target="_blank">https://www.odensemetalforum.dk/hca/
Badman Recording is offering up The Bell's (nee You Is Stupid) new single "I am history" as a free download: https://www.zshare.net/audio/3161871dea83b0/
I like this band a lot, so be sure to check it out.
The new fan-made video for Kristofer Åström's single "Just a little insane" is now online: myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=42713210&blogID=300047761" target="_blank">https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=42713210&blogID=300047761
Pitchfork has a new Sambassadeur track: media.com/article/download/44863-sambassadeur-subtle-changes-mp3stream" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/44863-sambassadeur-subtle-changes-mp3stream
Finally, back to some new music. New Decade is a fairly typical melancholy rock quartet from Stockholm. You get your twin shimmering guitars, steady pulsing bass and impassioned, slightly buried vocals. They're not the first, they won't be the last, but they do it well. Sometimes that's enough. However, they do throw in enough subtle and unexpected melodic twists to elevate them above the rabble. Listen to the extended instrumental section at the end of this song to hear what I'm talking about. It's those slightly dissonant harmonies that help build tension and give it that Swedish sound. It's not quite enough to earn them a wholehearted recommendation, but it's decent enough for a debut.
New Decade - While tonight still is
The question that everyone wants to know: who was the best band at Way Out West? Sounds easy enough, but it's almost impossible to answer. How can you compare Woven Hand to Boredoms to The Hives? All were fantastic, albeit in totally different ways. However, it must be said that one of the most satisfying live experiences of the entire festival had to be Laakso. A small club show at Sticky Fingers was a perfect way to close out Friday night and easily one of the biggest highlights of my trip. It's funny - except for fellow IAT contributor Jonas Appelqvist, most everyone else I know in GBG could care less about the band, but we were both incredibly excited to see them. Not that I'm all that surprised though - I can totally understand why most Swedes would be bored with the big indie acts. On the other hand, everybody agrees that "Italy vs Helsinki" is a fantastic song. It's also unanimous that The Hives are one of the world's best live bands. Not that that fact should come as a surprise, but there you go. Anyhow, Laakso delivered the kind of show I was hoping for. Energetic, cathartic, glorious, beautiful.