Celebrate the 21st anniversary of Mellotronen with the Melloboat Baltic cruise festival March 8-9. Acts confirmed include Anekdoten, Opeth, Mats & Morgan All Star Team ft. Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah), Ia Eklund (Freak Kitchen) and Lasse Hollmer (Samla Mammas Manna), Bo Hansson, Promise and the Monster, Comus, Katatonia and more. Go here for more details: https://www.myspace.com/melloboat
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Here are the winners in the Danish categories for this year's Danish Music Awards:
Album: Natasja - I Danmark Er Jeg Født
Group: Dúné - We Are In There You Are Out Here
Female Artist: Natasja - Natasja
Male Artist: Thomas Troelsen - Private
Newcomer: Dúné
Hit: Alphabeat - 10.000 Nights Of Thunder
Rock: Dúné - We Are In There You Are Out Here
Pop: Alphabeat - Alphabeat
Electronica: Efterklang - Parades
Hip-Hop: Suspekt - Prima Nocte
Hard Rock: Hatesphere - Serpent Smiles And Killer Eyes
Songwriter: Natasja
Producer: Private - My Secret Lover (Thomas Troelsen)
Music Video: JaConfetti - Step Up (Mary Mary)
Artwork: Efterklang - Parades (Hvass, Hannibal & Ufex)
IFPIs Ærespris: Anne Linnet
The long-promised boxset from pre-The Soundtrack of Our Lives act Union Carbide Productions is now officially cancelled, but it seems that remastered versions of all the albums (including bonus tracks) will be released in conjunction with the next TSOOL record, whenever that is.
Swedish power-pop act The Genuine Fakes have some new tracks posted at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thegenuinefakes
Pitchfork interviews Robyn: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/48760-interview-robyn
It's Monday and reports from this past weekend's by:Larm festival in Oslo, Norway are pouring in. Our own Nancy Baym (herself a presenter for the seminar portion of said festival) has submitted her own first-hand account: [click here]
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:
01. Disfear - Deadweight
02. TALK 1
03. The Social Services - Up in arms
04. Kaka - The hotspurs (the less know the faster we go)
05. The Je Ne Sais Quoi - Manic panic
06. TALK 2
07. Tiger Lou - Patterns
08. Paper - My life is going under
09. Dreamboy - Stars
10. TALK 3
11. Lack - Watchmen
12. Don't Be A Stranger - Mon chi-chi
13. Ea Philippa - Heslenes sang
14. TALK 4
15. Ef - Thrills
16. Isolation Years - Yellow cross on blue
17. Frivolvol - Satellite kids
18. TALK 5
19. Enslaved - Eld
20. The Grand Opening - Secrets revealed
21. Ultralyd - Comphonie V
22. TALK 8
23. Firefok AK - Techno tears
24. The Indecision Alarm - Alienation process
25. Looptroop Rockers - Marinate
26. TALK 7
27. Markus Krunegård - Jag är en vampyr
28. The End Will Be Kicks - Exit ramps
29. Cadillac - Locomotive
30. TALK 8
31. Lukestar - Lake Toba
32. Commando M Pigg - Baby doll
33. Printer - Minds out
34. TALK 9
35. Seven Feet Four - Auto emotion
36. Tobias Hellkvist - Abomination
37. Barra Head - Undermine
38. TALK 10
39. Britta Persson - Happy hour
40. Anna Leong - Guillotine
41. Ted Gärdestad - Can't stop this train
42. TALK 11
NME is blogging from by:Larm: https://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=15
There's nothing of any substance posted so far, but it might be worth a quick browse anyhow.
Tobias Fröberg will accompany Peter Bjorn and John frontman Peter Morén on his upcoming solo tour: https://www.tobiasfroberg.com/index_live.html
Swedish hip-hop/reggae site Skawars is taking a break... forever? See here: https://www.skawars.nu/
Opeth will do a few separate headline gigs while touring North America as part of the Progressive Nation tour:
05/04 - Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
05/08 - Big Easy, Spokane, WA
05/15 - Mr. Small's Theatre, Millvale, PA
05/23 - Le Medley, Montreal, OC
05/24 - Sound Academy, Toronto, ON
05/29 - House of Blues, N. Myrtle Beach, SC
Niccokick has a nice new website: https://www.niccokick.com/
New German dates for Motorpsycho:
05/17 - Postbahnhof, Berlin
05/18 - Live music hall, Cologne
05/20 - Backstage werk, Munich
05/30 - Schlachthof, Bremen
05/31 - Fabrik, Hamburg