Cats On Fire will be doing a bunch of shows in London at the end of the month:
04/23 - Brixton Windmill (Fortuna Pop club night w/Je Suis Animal)
04/24 - Wilmington Arms (Goonite club night)
04/25 - The Camden Crawl (afternoon acoustic Show at the Bloody Awful Poetry event at the Lock Tavern)
04/25 - The Luminaire (How Does it Feel to be Loved? club night w/Butcher Boy)
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Röyksopp - Junior
02. BigBang - Edendale
03. Diverse artister - melodi Grand Prix 2009
04. Jonas Fjeld og Chatham County Line - Brother Of Song
05. CC Cowboys - morgen & kveld
06. Sigvart Dagsland - Hymns
07. marius müllers Funhouse - Plugged 2 - Rett og slett
08. Steff Nevers - Closest to my Heart
09. Noora Noor - Soul Deep
10. deLillos - Huskeglemme
11. Silje Nergaard - A Thousand True Stories
12. Åge Aleksandersen - Åge 1
13. Kristin Asbjørnsen - The Night Shines Like the Day
14. Karpe Diem - Fire vegger
15. Elisabeth Andreassen - Spellemann
16. Kari Bremnes - Ly
17. Pegasus - min første natt
18. Åge Aleksandersen - Åge 2
19. Sie Gubba - Hemafrå
20. Vestlandsfanden - Tipping & Trygd
Fibes, Oh Fibes! new single "Love child" is officially out and the band has a new website to match: m/" target="_blank">https://www.fibesohfibes.com/
Swedish rapper Swingfly will finally release his proper debut album "God bless the IRS" on April 29. Thomas Rusiak, Kleerup and the brothers Åhlund (that's Klas and Jocke) produced.
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Caroline Af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
02. E.m.D. - A state of mind - deluxe
03. Larz Kristerz - Hem till dig
04. måns Zelmerlöw - mZW
05. Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
06. Bob Hund - Folkmusik för folk som inte kan bete sig som folk
07. Alcazar - Disco defenders
08. Shirley Clamp - För den som älskar...en samling
09. Lili & Susie - Nu och då - Det bästa med Lili & Susie
10. Kevin Borg - The beginning
11. maia Hirasawa - GBGvsSTHLm
12. Raubtier - Det finns bara krig
13. Anna Järvinen - man var bland molnen
14. marit Bergman - The tear collector
15. Salem - Astronaut
16. Sofia Karlsson - Söder om kärleken
17. Adiam Dymott - Adiam Dymott
18. Veronica maggio - Och vinnaren är...
19. Christer Sjögren - mitt sköna sextiotal
20. A Camp - Colonia
See Dada Life's bizarro new video for "Happy hands & happy feet", the first single off their forthcoming album "Do the Dada": m/watch?v=DZcxJCgOW9w&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZcxJCgOW9w&fmt=18
Hardcore Superstar's new single "Beg for it" is now up on myspace: myspace.com/hcssgbg" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/hcssgbg
Live music with mellow psych-rockers The Amazing at PSL: musik-med-the-amazing/" target="_blank">https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/04/03/musik-med-the-amazing/
Finland's The micragirls will be supporting Boss Hog (husband/wife John Spencer + Cristina martinez) on tour in may:
05/14 - Hazelwood Yellow Stage, Frankfurt (GER)*
05/15 - St. Gervais, Bienne/Biel (CH)*
05/16 - Rote Fabrik, Zürich (CH)
05/17 - Spazio 211, Torino (ITA)
05/18 - magnolia, milano (ITA)
05/19 - New Age, Roncade (Treviso) (ITA)
05/20 - Circolo Degli Artisti, Romao (ITA)
05/21 - Locomotive, Bolognao (ITA)
05/22 - Cabaret Alèatoire marseille (FRA)*
05/23 - Rocking Chair, Vevey (CH)
*micragirls only
mI reports that malmö-based music-site hosting company mubito has declared bankruptcy: musikindustrin.se/artikel/697/mubito_i_konkurs___men_artistsajterna_fortsatter_fungera.html" target="_blank">https://www.musikindustrin.se/artikel/697/mubito_i_konkurs___men_artistsajterna_fortsatter_fungera.html (in Swedish)
Apparently service is supposed to continue as usual as new management takes over.
Dusted reviews the album "Hollywood" from prolific Finnish act Circle: magazine.com/reviews/4890" target="_blank">https://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4890
The Chicago Reader profiles renown Norwegian jazz bassist Ingebrigt Haaker Flaten who is returning to the city for a series of gigs this week: m/post-no-bills/2009/03/31/whole-lotta-haaker-flaten-going/" target="_blank">https://blogs.chicagoreader.com/post-no-bills/2009/03/31/whole-lotta-haaker-flaten-going/
David Fridlund (David & the Citizens) reports that his new album is done and he's also picking up and relocating to Austin, TX by the end of July: myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=47112426&blogId=480871058" target="_blank">https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=47112426&blogId=480871058
I've been sidelined by the flu all week long, so I'm closing out this week of mp3 posts with something that doesn't require much thinking. It might get your imagination going though; I know it does for me in my doped-up fever-dream state (don't worry, I feel much better today, thanks). As I mentioned in m/?n=26114">my review of Øresund Space Collective's "The black tomato", my first impression of the group, the general mO of the band is practically self-explanatory: get a bunch of guys in the room, hit record and start jamming. I'm sure it doesn't always come out 100% awesome, but that's fine because they cull all the best material for their official releases so any and all missteps are left behind the scenes. On their new collection "Good planets are hard to find", they kick things off with an Eastern-themed jam that simmers and broods over the course of 10-minutes. It never quite peaks in an entirely satisfactory manner, but I dig it just the same - like I said, it fits my current mood and condition perfectly. No thinking, just relaxation.
Øresund Space Collective - Good planets are hard to find