Lampshade will be going on hiatus at the conclusion of their upcoming tour. Personally, I'm quite disappointed since I don't think any of their various sideprojects (As in Rebekkamaria, etc.) come anywhere close. So it goes...
Finally, the tracklist for Sahara Hotnights' new cover album "Sparks":
01. Wide river (Steve miller Band)
02. In private (Dusty Springfield)
03. Big me (Foo Fighters)
04. mess around (Redd Kross)
05. Japanese boy (Aneka)
06. City of brotherly love (Cass mcombs)
07. Calm down (Birdy)
08. Love will never do without you (Janet Jackson)
09. If you can't give me love (Suzi Quattro)
10. Be forwarned (Pentagram)
Very weird for me to see them covering Cass - we grew up in the same town and has overlapping social circles.
This is the band that won the manifest award for best punk/hardcore act? Really? Over Disfear, Nitad and meanwhile? I think they're a decent band, but c'mon -- those Disfear and Nitad records are serious ragers, the latter especially. meanwhile is a bit too by-the-books dis-core for my tastes, but that's beside the point. Disco Volante should've been way outmatched. Listen to the first minute of "It's your funeral" and tell me that doesn't sound like The Hellacopters. Another great band to be sure, but come on! Even though they pick it up for the rest of the track, it's lacking the roughness I expect from punk. I don't know; usually the manifest is fairly right-on in their picks, but I think they might have blown it with this one.
Disco Volante - It's your funeral
Blistering Records is offering up the new single "Judas must die" from Swedish melodic metal act Lion's Share as a free download: https://www.blisteringrecords.se/downloads
Zip Records has locked down the date of April 28 for the US release of Little Red Snapper's album "morning light".
I don't know why no one bothers to tell me these things in advance: maia Hirasawa's excellent and charming album "Though, I'm just me" is out next week in the US via Thrive Records.
Norwegian label Synesthetic Recordings is putting out a 7" from Norwegian prog act Tangle Edge on February 16 featuring two old previously unreleased tracks. Side A is "Long time since I saw an egg" which was recorded for radio back in 1985 and the flip will feature "Ambrosia parallels", an acoustic cut from 1991. 200 copies only, so act fast: m/SYRE027.htm" target="_blank">https://www.synestheticrecordings.com/SYRE027.htm
Scandipop talks to Swedish pop artist September: https://www.scandipop.co.uk/?p=475
music Export Finland's February newsletter is now online: musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=179" target="_blank">https://musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=179
Cloudberry Cake Proselytism talks to Roger Källs from Saturday Kids/The Gwen Stacys: m/blog/?p=504" target="_blank">https://cloudberryrecords.com/blog/?p=504
Head to Tenderversion's site to preview three tracks from the new Scraps of Tape album "Grand letdown" and to get preorder info: m/" target="_blank">https://www.tenderversion.com/
Swedish postpunks Paper are coming to NYC for a 3-night stand at The Cakeshop march 4-6. Look for Norwegian artist Ingrid Olava to do the same later in the month as well.
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. deLillos - Huskeglemme
02. Kari Bremnes - Ly
03. Frøya - Jenta fra landet
04. Kristin Asbjørnsen - The Night Shines Like the Day
05. Silje Nergaard - A Thousand True Stories
06. El Caco - Heat
07. Tommy Tokyo feat Starving for my Gravy - Smear Your Smiles Back On
08. Skambankt - Hardt regn
09. Sie Gubba - Hemafrå
10. marit Larsen - The Chase
11. Vamp - St. mandag
12. Ida Jenshus - Color of the Sun
13. Fjorden Baby! - Fjorden Baby!
14. Bugge Wesseltoft - Playing
15. Bellman - mainly mute
16. Karpe Diem - Fire vegger
17. Erlend Bratland - True Colors
18. I Was A King - I was a king
19. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Pust
20. Espen Lind - Army of one
Nomethod has announced the signing of Stockholm-based electro/Krautrock act Love is a Burning Thing and will be releasing their debut single "Dancer on a chair" on march 13. Preview here: method.se/liabtecard/" target="_blank">https://www.nomethod.se/liabtecard/
Ulver will make their first live appearance in 15 years (!!!) at the Norwegian Festival of Literature in Lillehammer on may 30. Details and ticket info: myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=34726270&blogID=470259719" target="_blank">https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=34726270&blogID=470259719