Thomas Dybdahl interview at Subba-Cultcha

Subba-Cultcha talks to Norwegian artist Thomas Dybdahl: m/article_feature.php?id=6183" target="_blank">https://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_feature.php?id=6183

Medeia - The unseen (video)

It's not nearly as entertaining as their other videos, but Finnish metalcore act mediea does have a new clip for their track "The unseen": m/watch?v=gN95yzm3fLc" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN95yzm3fLc

Elin Lanto - Love made me stupid (video)

Aftonbladet has the video for the new Elin Lanto single "Love made me stupid": musikvideor/article6135844.ab" target="_blank">https://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/musikvideor/article6135844.ab

Pitchfork reviews Annie

Predictably, Pitchfork seems to find Annie's new record quite pleasant: m/reviews/albums/13696-dont-stop-all-night-ep/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13696-dont-stop-all-night-ep/

MP3: Champagne Riot - The champagne anthem

Of all the EPs that Shelflife Records put out so far since their resurrection, Champagne Riot's was by far the best so it's hardly a surprise that the band's new material is similarly great. mainman Caspar Bock spent the last year or so doing time as a backing member of Nortern Portriat; meanwhile, he m/?n=31089">hired (and fired) a new backing band, before regrouping as a duo with the addition journalist/critic Anders Reuter. The new goal: same as old, creating perfect pop. Hearing the new demo track "The champagne anthem", I think they succeeded. Again. It doesn't have the lofty grandeur of previous hot number "Scandinavian warfare", but the wordiness and unapologetic self-referentialism is fabulously fun and the chorus is infectious. Blatant pop romanticism hasn't sounded this good in a long time.

Champagne Riot - The champagne anthem

The Men - Pack up your memories (video)

Swedish garage-rockers The men have a new video for the song "Pack up your memories", the first single from the band's forthcoming album "Four good men and true" which will be out in February via Heptown Records: m/watch?v=nXheKa_-jQc" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXheKa_-jQc

MIC Norway profiles Frøy Aagre

mIC Norway profiles up-and-coming saxophonist/composer Frøy Aagre: mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009111709481926876630" target="_blank">https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009111709481926876630

Monty - En till himmel

The new monty (nee montt mardié, aka David Pagmar) single "En till himmel" is out now and it has its own website: mmel.se/" target="_blank">https://www.entillhimmel.se/
David grows with every new release and this is no exception; I like it a lot. His debut album under his new name will be out march 10, 2010 via Hybris.

Björk to contribute song to Moomins movie soundtrack

Björk is contributing a new song called "The comet song" to the soundtrack of the upcoming film "moomins and the Comet Chase", which of course is all about the little comic book creatures by Tove Jansson that all Scandinavian children should know. Expect a fall 2010 release.

Fever Ray "Live at Luleå" preview

NPR is offering a preview of the new Fever Ray bonus disc "Live at Luleå": mplates/story/story.php?storyId=120453312" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120453312

Lydia Laska finish album

Norwegian pop-black-metal-punks Lydia Laska report that their new album is done and mixed and confirmed for a march 2010 release. I'm not sure if it has a title, but they did say that many fellow Oslo-based artists make guest appearances on said album including Nattefrost (Carpathian Forest), Emil Nikolaisen and Eivind Schou (Serena-maneesh), Kjetil møster (Datarock), Sissy Wish and quite a few others. Read more: myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=20281527&blogId=518825652" target="_blank">https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=20281527&blogId=518825652

Mojo gets Lost in Music

mojo reports on seeing a few promising Finnish acts at the Lost in music Festival in Tampere: mojo4music.com/blog/2009/11/finns_aint_what_they_used_to_b.html" target="_blank">https://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2009/11/finns_aint_what_they_used_to_b.html
Some of the names mentioned that I've covered include Joensuu 1685, murmansk, Regina, Downstairs and Cats on Fire.

Hypertext - Walk me down when I'm running (video)

Norwegian indie act Hypertext have a new song on YouTube: m/watch?v=BKJ91tT5v_I" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKJ91tT5v_I

This week's Last.fm chart

Here is the m/group/itsatrap" target="_blank">It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:

01. Kent
02. markus Krunegård
03. Tutankamon
04. Håkan Hellström
05. The mary Onettes
06. A Camp
07. Bob Hund
08. Anna Ternheim
09. moneybrother
10. Deportees

Do you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod? Please join us and make your playlist count! Go here to learn more: m/help/" target="_blank">https://www.last.fm/help/

Otur confirms new single, offers preview

Swedish electro artist Otur will release her new single "And all the rules" on December 14. Preview at her website: music.com/" target="_blank">https://www.oturmusic.com/