The new record from long-running Norwegian act DumDum Boys is set for march 13. The first single "Enhjørning" is officially released tomorrow.

Dark Dose posts on one of my all-time favorite metal bands At the Gates: m/?p=111" target=_blank>https://darkdose.com/?p=111
"Terminal spirit disease" was also my first introduction to the band and remains in my top 10 to this day. I must've listened to it at least three or four times in a row the day I brought it home.

Stylus takes "an obvious look at Abba": magazine.com/feature.php?ID=2109" target=_blank>https://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=2109

Also at Stylus today is their review of recent singles including tracks from Nightwish, A-ha and Bodies Without Organs: magazine.com/feature.php?ID=2107" target=_blank>https://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=2107

Fluxblog has posted a track from the new Knife album: my-god-how-beautiful-knife-we-share.html" target=_blank>https://www.fluxblog.org/2006/01/my-god-how-beautiful-knife-we-share.html
Obviously this means the new record "Silent shout" has leaked, but you already knew that right? I figured most respectable bloggers would hold off a bit longer for an album that's not due until march, but I guess either matthew is too excited about it or he doesn't care about such self-imposed rules.

The winners of Norway's Alarm awards:

Alarmpris: Sofian
Rock: madrugada - The Deep End
Pop: Ane Brun - A Temporary Dive
metal: El Caco - The Search
Hip-hop/rap: Paperboys - When Worlds Collide
Newcomer: mira Craig
Club: Röyksopp - The Understanding
Jazz: Shining - In the Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A monster
Post-rock/electronica: Cloroform - Cracked Wide Open
Song: madrugada - The Kids Are On High Street
Live: Purified In Blood
Video: Cast
Fan: Henning Klokkeraasen/Kaizers Orchestra

Newly signed to Plugged's hard-rock imprint Plug or Die are the bands Paperback Freud and Rise And Shine. Look for new stuff from them around march/April.

Denmark's Lake Placid will be contributing their version of the song "Everything counts" to an upcoming all-Danish Depeche mode tribute to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the first Dm single being released in Denmark. Other bands on the comp include Sterling, moi Caprice, Tiger Baby, Jet (aka Dub Tractor), Track 72 (aka Tue Track), The Figurines and Diefenbach a.o.. It comes out February 27.

In other Lake Placid news, the band is now spread out all over the world with members in Copenhagen, NYC, malmö and Berlin, but they still have plans to make music together, they just won't be playing any shows for awhile.

The winners of the P3 Gold awards:

Best pop: Jenny Wilson - "Love and Youth"
Best hip-hop/soul: Hearin’ Aid - "The Boom Lucy"
Best rock/metal: Burst - "Origo"
Best dance: Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso
Guldmicken (best live): Lars Winnerbäck
Best newcomer: Laleh - "Laleh"
Best female artist: Laleh - "Laleh"
Best group: Kent - "Du & jag döden"
Best male artist: Timbuktu - "Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö"
Best song: Timbuktu - "Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö"

This week's top artists for the m/group/itsatrap" target=_blank>It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group:

01. Death Cab for Cutie
02. Cat Power
03. The Strokes
04. Tiger Lou
05. Bright Eyes
06. Håkan Hellström
07. Belle and Sebastian
08. The Arcade Fire
09. The Postal Service
10. Kent

And the less-interesting top 10 tracks for the week:

01. Irene - Stardust
02. Irene - Baby I Love Your Way
03. Irene - Baby I Love Your Way
04. Cat Power - The Greatest
05. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
06. Cat Power - Could We
07. José González - Heartbeats
08. Pet Politics - Provence
09. Cat Power - Love & communication
10. Cat Power - The moon

Want to see your favorites listed here? Please join us! Go here to learn more: m/help/" target=_blank>https://www.last.fm/help/

Trapdoor Fucking Exit has finally decided to give their website it's annual update now that the new album "Crooked life/Straight world" is finally out: m/" target=_blank>https://www.trapdoorfuckingexit.com/
The band will play a record release show at Garaget in Stockholm on February 10.

Finnish singer/songwriter Astrid Swan will be making the trip to SXSW this year and will also be joining Swedish troubadour José González as support for his shows in LA along with a gig at Canadian music Week, in Toronto, Canada on march 3. Full details: m/gigs/" target=_blank>https://www.astridswan.com/gigs/

BBC radio host Gideon Coe has selected Sara Culler as his weekly download pick: music/shows/gideon_coe/" target=_blank>https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/gideon_coe/

Check out Alarma man's new video for the song "This is a teaser": maman/Alarma_man-This_Is_A_Teaser.mpg" target=_blank>https://www.voidfaith.net/band/alarmaman/Alarma_man-This_Is_A_Teaser.mpg