Perfect Porridge interviews magnet: magnet_speaks.html" target=_blank>https://www.perfectporridge.com/2006/03/magnet_speaks.html

Pitchfork reviews the new magnet album: magnet/tourniquet.shtml" target=_blank>https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/magnet/tourniquet.shtml

Swedish singer/songwriter Anna Ternheim on tour around Europe:

03/19 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
03/20 - magnet, Berlin (GER)
03/21 - Prime Club, Köln (GER)
03/22 - Ampere, München (GER)
03/24 - Szene Wien, Wien (AUS)
03/26 - Schüür, Luzern (CH)
03/27 - Saltzhaus, Winterthur (CH)
03/29 - Kaserne, Basel (CH)
03/30 - ISC, Bern (CH)
04/04 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
04/05 - Lantaren/Venster, Rotterdam (NL)
04/17 - Café de la Danse, Paris (FRA)
04/18 - National Teater, Vendome (FRA)
04/19 - La Lunes les Pirates, Amiens (FRA)
04/20 - Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing (FRA)
04/21 - Scène Nationale, Dieppe (FRA)
04/22 - Le Ciel, Grenoble (FRA)
04/23 - Le Poste á Galène, Marseille (FRA)
04/24 - Thèatre Galli, Sanary Sur Mer (FRA)
04/28 - Le Printemps de Bourges, Bourges (FRA)
05/05 - Ole Bull Scene, Bergen (NOR)
05/06 - Rockefeller, Oslo (NOR)

Reviews, pics and even video from magnet's recently started US tour: magnet.com/2006/03/tour-reviews-photos-and-video.html" target=_blank>https://www.homeofmagnet.com/2006/03/tour-reviews-photos-and-video.html

Bear Quartet on tour in Europe!

03/30 - Kreuz, Fulda
03/31 - Atomic Cafe, Munchen
04/02 - Underground, Köln
04/04 - tba, Zurich
04/06 - tba, Bern
04/07 - Live club, Bamberg
04/08 - magnet, Berlin
04/09 - Prinzenbar, Hamburg
04/13 - Moritzbastei, Leipzig

Upcoming tourdates for Norwegian rockers WE:

02/28 - Logo, Hamburg (GER)
03/01 - Underground, Cologne (GER)
03/02 - Kl. Backstage, Munchen (GER)
03/04 - Mudd Club, Berlin (GER)
03/06 - NRK 1, Store Studio, Oslo (NOR) No Limits Tour w/Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band
03/09 - Samfunnet, Bodø (NOR) No Limits Tour w/RMatJHB
03/10 - Studentersamfundet, Trondheim (NOR) No Limits Tour w/RMatJHB
03/11 - Rockefeller, Oslo (NOR) No Limits Tour w/RMatJHB
03/12 - Aulaen, UKEN 06 Bergen (NOR) No Limits Tour w/RMatJHB
03/18 - Emos (SXSW), Austin, TX w/Turbonegro, Hellacopters, more
03/19 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA w/Serena Maneesh
03/20 - Echo Lounge, Los Angeles, CA w/Serena Maneesh
03/28 - Columbiahalle, Berlin (GER) w/Monster magnet, Witchcraft
03/30 - Club X, Herford (GER) w/Monster magnet, Witchcraft
03/31 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER) w/Monster magnet, Witchcraft
04/01 - Werk 2, Leipzig (GER) w/Monster magnet, Witchcraft
04/03 - Soundgarden, Dortmund (GER) w/Monster magnet, Witchcraft
04/04 - Live Music Hall, Cologne (GER) w/Monster magnet, Witchcraft
04/05 - Longhorn, Stuttgart (GER) w/Monster magnet, Witchcraft
04/07 - Tonhalle, Munich (GER) w/Monster magnet, Witchcraft
04/08 - Linz Posthof (AUS) w/Monster magnet, Witchcraft
04/09 - Vienna Arena (AUS) w/Monster magnet, Witchcraft
04/11 - Xtra, Zurich (CH) w/Monster magnet, Witchcraft
04/15 - AOL Arena, Sea Devils NFL Game, Hamburg (GER)
05/16 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE)
06/03 - Rock Am Ring Festival (GER)
04/04 - Rock Im Park Festival (GER)
04/03 - Wacken Open Air, Dörpstedt (GER)

New Nordic music reviews in the latest High Bias update:

Backyard Babies - Live live in Paris
José González - Stay in the shade
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Truckfighters - Gravity X

New Scandinavian music reviews at PopMatters today including both magnet_the_tourniquet/" target=_blank>magnet and Burst.

Swedish instrumental rockers Alarma Man on tour in Germany:

05/05 - Rote Flora, Hamburg (GER) w/The Sound OE
05/06 - Blue Shell, Köln (GER) w/A Day in Black and White
05/07 - OCCII, Amsterdam (NL)
05/08 - de Kar, Groningen (NL) w/Soda P
05/10 - ACU, Utrecht (NL) w/Soda P
05/11 - JUZ, Mannheim (GER)
05/12 - Az Conni, Dresden (GER) w/Torchous
05/14 - magnet Club, Berlin (GER) w/Torchous
05/16 - Clubkeller, Frankfurt (GER)

Chromewaves on Jens Lekman with a few tidbits about Radio Dept., The Cardigans and magnet thrown in for good measure: https://www.chromewaves.net/index.php?itemid=2120

magnet is Spin.com's artist of the day: magnet/index.html" target=_blank>https://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/2006/02/060213_magnet/index.html

Updated US dates for magnet:

02/22 - Paradise, Boston, MA w/Stars
02/23 - Beyond, Philadelphia, PA w/Stars
02/24 - Black Cat, Washington DC w/Stars
02/25 - Webster Hall, New York, NY w/Stars
03/07 - Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA w/Isobel Campbell
03/08 - Café Du Nord, San Francisco, CA w/Isobel Campbell
03/09 - Triple Door, Seattle, WA w/Isobel Campbell
03/14 - Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles, CA

MP3: Silverbullit - Magnetic city

Today's Friday track pick comes from one of my favorite bands: Silverbullit. Not only did they put on the best show I saw last year (at Umeå Open), but their most recent album "Arclight" from 2004 easily ranks as one of the top records of the new millennium. This song I'm posting today comes from their second album "Citizen bird", the name of which became their adopted moniker when they released the disc in the US. I saw, ahem, "Citizen Bird" open for The Soundtrack of Our Lives in SF way back when, but it was only me and a couple Swedish expats who were excited. It's a shame too because who knows if the band will ever make it back over here? Maybe guitarist Andreas Nilsson's video work (The Knife, etc.) will help the band get noticed. I hope so. If people want crazy art-rock walls-of-swirling-guitar-noise they need to forget about Serena Maneesh and get the real deal.

Silverbullit - Magnetic city

Swedish singer/songwriter Anna Ternheim on tour in GAS:

03/19 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
03/20 - magnet, Berlin (GER)
03/21 - Prime Club, Cologne (GER)
03/22 - Ampere, Munich (GER)
03/24 - Szene Wien, Vienna (AUS)
03/26 - Schüür, Luzern (CH)
03/27 - Salzhaus, Winterthur (CH)
03/29 - Kaserne, Basel (CH)
03/30 - ISC, Bern (CH)

Magnus Eliassen
Second grace
Monomegamy Music

Lovers of the world, listen up. Norway's romantic troubadour, Magnus Eliassen, has just made a singer/songwriter opus that's about as filled with sweet, melodic, achingly lovely odes to matters of the heart as any record you've ever heard. And I'm not gonna suddenly get cynical or poke fun at it, either. The 11 tracks on this debut CD comprise a truly poignant, haunting song cycle that should connect emotionally with anyone who has ever been in love (or fearful of losing it). With a gentle voice that recalls Sondre Lerche (and occasionally Even Johansen/magnet, minus the latter's weariness) and a singularly romantic aesthetic, Eliassen offers warm, folksy guitar strumming and touches of poppy electronics here and there over which he delivers one sparkling tribute/confession of love after another. "I wanna fight for you/But I don't wanna win/If I'm not the right for you/And if I am I always spin/I can't lose you," goes a verse in the largely acoustic "Grace." Eliassen's falsetto on "Falling in love" is exquisite, and sentiments like "You're so beautiful, I go crazy" that would come across as cliched or sappy in the hands of a lesser artist resonate with emotional purity here. "Write back," the paradoxically bouncy "Weakness," the closing "Until we meet again" with its intimate half-whispered vocal: they're all beautiful songs. In the melodic, jaunty number "Follow me," Eliassen repeatedly sings "Are you with me?/Will you come follow me?" You bet we will, Magnus, my friend--as long as you keep making exceptionally pretty, heartfelt recordings like this.
- Kevin Renick