For the Eardrums interviews Tommy Haltbakk of Norwegian act The Royalties: msinterviews.blogspot.com/2007/03/eardrums-interview-royalties.html" target=_blank>https://eardrumsinterviews.blogspot.com/2007/03/eardrums-interview-royalties.html

Guitarist Tapsa has left Finnish punk act Endstand and the band will continue on without him as a four-piece. In other news, the group has severed ties with Lifeforce Records and returned back home to Combat Rock Industry. They will record a new album in June for release this fall and will be touring Europe in support.

Cold meat Industry has posted details for a few upcoming releases:

Stormfågel - Ett berg av fasa CD (CmI.171)
Rome - Confessions d'un Voleur d'Ames CD (CmI.172)
Desiderii marginis - Seven Sorrows CD (CmI.173)
BDN - 1890 LP (vinyl only) (CmI.169)
All my Faith Lost... - The Hours CD (CmI.174)
v/a - Cold meat Industry Live in Australia digi-DVD (CmI.170)
Sturmast - Ibis redibis nunquam in bello peribis CD (CmI.175)

Rome isn't Scandinavian, but they're awesome so they stay. Go here for more: meat.se/" target=_blank>https://www.coldmeat.se/

Updated US dates for Finnish singer/songwriter Astrid Swan:

03/22 - Tangier, Los Angeles, CA w/Tobias Fröberg
03/27 - Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles, CA w/Kate Havnevik
03/31 - Borders (in-store) Wheaton, IL
04/03 - Uncommon Ground, Chicago, IL
04/04 - Subterranean, Chicago, IL (minty Fresh Records Night)
04/19 - Rossi's, minneapolis, mN
04/20 - Rossi's, minneapolis, mN
04/21 - Rossi's, minneapolis, mN

This week's Swedish student radio top 20:

01. (01) Arctic monkeys - Brianstorm
02. (NY) Shout Out Louds - Tonight I have to leave
03. (08) maxïmo Park - Our velocity
04. (19) The Honeydrips - (Lack of) Love will tear us apart
05. (05) Vapnet med Jens Lekman - Håll ihop
06. (NY) Bloc Party - I still remember
07. (03) Kings of Leon - On call
08. (06) The moonbabies - War on sound
09. (04) The Kooks - Ooh la
10. (13) Pelle Carlberg - I love you, you imbecile
11. (11) Lily Allen - Littlest things
12. (NY) The Ripps - Loco
13. (02) Asha Ali - Coward heart
14. (NY) Bonde Do Role - Solta o frango
15. (NY) Familjen - Kom sager dom
16. (07) maia Hirasawa - And I found this boy
17. (NY) Oi Va Voi - Yuri
18. (18) Tingsek - Proud to be part of these days
19. (NY) Common & Will.I.Am - A dream
20. (15) Jamie T - If you got the money

Leaving the chart:
Badly Drawn Boy - A journey from A to B
The Ark - Absolutely no decorum
Korn med Amy Lee - Freak on a leash
The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
Sahara Hotnights - Cheek to cheek
Tokyo Police Club - Nature of the experiment
Joss Stone - Tell me about it

Swedish rockers Sugarplum Fairy and molotov Jive on tour in Germany:

03/23 - Grünspan, Hamburg (GER)
03/24 - Alter Schlachthof, Lingen (GER)
03/25 - Bolckwerk, Cologne (GER)
03/27 - Centralstation, Darmstadt (GER)
03/28 - Elserhalle, münich (GER)
03/29 - E-werk, Erlangen (GER)
03/30 - Kalkscheune, Berlin (GER)
03/31 - moderne, Bremen (GER)
04/01 - The Atelier, Luxembourg (LUX)

Popmatters on the US release of I'm From Barcelona: matters.com/pm/music/reviews/10242/im-from-barcelona-let-me-introduce-my-friends/" target=_blank>https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/10242/im-from-barcelona-let-me-introduce-my-friends/
Unless they throw together some US tourdates, I doubt that most people will care about this record since it's already been talked to death over the last year or so.

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. D.D.E. - No går det så det suse
02. Jonas Fjeld og Chatham C. - Amerikabesøk
03. my midnight Creeps - Histamin
04. Christel Alsos - Closing The Distance
05. Askil Holm - Harmony Hotel
06. Silje Nergaard - Darkness out of blue
07. King midas - Sorry
08. El Caco - From Dirt
09. Erik og Kriss - Gull og grønne skoger
10. Skambankt - Elixir
11. Sivert Høyem & The Volunteers - Exiles
12. Vamp - I full symfoni (med KORK)
13. malin - malin på månen
14. Sondre Lerche - Phantom Punch
15. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Nåde
16. Ole Ivars - Jag trodde änglarna fanns
17. Ane Brun - Live in Scandinavia
18. William Hut - Nightfall
19. Tungtvann - 96% Tungtvann
20. Øystein Sunde - Sundes verden

Largehearted Boy is starting to compile various live recordings from SXSW, including many Scandinavian artists such as mew and Peter Bjorn and John: m/blog/archive/2007/03/2007_sxsw_live.html" target=_blank>https://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2007/03/2007_sxsw_live.html

mIC Norway on Original Silence, an international all-star group put together by renown drummer Paal Nilssen-Love: mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007032211384030410162" target=_blank>https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007032211384030410162

Also at mIC Norway, a piece on the Sondre Lerche/Thomas Dybdahl tour: mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007032215292148819409" target=_blank>https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007032215292148819409

Finnish skweee artist mesak has made a video for the track "Popkumm": m/watch?v=0x7IYaGRSVo" target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x7IYaGRSVo

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Ingmar Nordströms - Ingmar Nordströms Saxpartyfavoriter
02. Andreas Johnson - The collector
03. Sophie Zelmani - memory loves you
04. Timbuktu - Oberoendeframkallande
05. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
06. Jimmy Jansson - Sån e jag
07. Erik Segerstedt - A different shade
08. Sebastian - The vintage virgin
09. Lena Philipsson - Lena 20 år
10. Sanna Nielsen - Sanna 11-22
11. Calaisa - Calaisa
12. Sabaton - metalizer
14. Caroline Af Ugglas - Joplin på Svenska
15. Tomas Andersson Wij - En introduktion till Tomas Andersson Wij
16. Weeping Willows - Fear & love
17. Lasse Stefanz - 40 ljuva år!
18. Veronica maggio - Vatten & bröd
19. Laleh - Prinsessor
20. Säkert! - Säkert!

Nikola Sarcevic's most recent solo album "Roll roll and flee" will be released in Canada on April 23 via Freedumb Records. There is supposedly a tour in the works as well, but nothing is confirmed yet. In the meantime, feel free to buy imported copies from me: m/store/product.php?productid=354&cat=0&page=1">[click here]

Fat Planet on Swedish female mC mazy: m.au/blog/2007/03/22/mazy-sweden/" target=_blank>https://www.fatplanet.com.au/blog/2007/03/22/mazy-sweden/