Tag: News

Norwegian singer/songwriter Egil Olsen was recently robbed in Oslo and the Eardrums blog has the lowdown in English: https://eardrumsmusic.com/2007/11/12/norwegian-singer-songwriter-egil-olsen-robbed-in-oslo-please-help/

Labrador Records will be reissuing Johan Hedberg's (Suburban Kids with Biblical Names) self-titled solo debut EP on Cosy Den as a 10" vinyl EP with the song "Hurra för fredag fest och öl" tacked on as a bonus track.

PopMatters reviews the new Hives album: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/50782/the-hives-the-black-and-white-album/

pHinnWeb on the Helsinki Complaints Choir: https://phinnweb.blogspot.com/2007/11/helsinki-complaints-choir.html

Morten Harket from A-ha will be releasing his new solo album "Letters from Egypt" early next year with the lead single "Movies" coming out next week on November 19. The track is a cover of "My woman" by Norwegian act The Locatmotives and originally appears on their 1999 album "Albert". Listen to it at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/locomotivesnorway

The New York Times on esteemed Norwegian metal act Enslaved: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/arts/music/08ensl.html

Danish indie act Spleen United has confirmed that their new album "Neanderthal" will be released on January 14.

Danish/German trio 18th Dye has signed with Crunchy Frog and is working on a new album for release sometime around March 2008. Listen to tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/18thdye

Listen to Annika Norlin (Hello Saferide/Säkert!) play a cover of Generalens visa"" by Cornelis Vreeswijk: https://webbtv.dn.se/index.aspx?id=2990&mediaType=sound&mediaFile=external-link
The track appears on a new tribute album which you can read more about here: https://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2198&a=714692 (in Swedish)

Her Eyes Wild, the duo of Elin from The Light Bulb Project and Emil from 64revolt, have a brand new track posted for free download: https://webzone.k3.mah.se/kmk03017/empan/Her_Eyes_Wild_-_Some_might_say.mp3
If it sounds familiar that would be because it is an Oasis cover.

If Society has announced that the new Frivolvol album "Who needs maps when we got time" will be out in February. As mentioned before, you can now preview a track at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/frivolvol

Red Carpet will be releasing one last 3-song CDR single for their final show on November 28 at Dubrovnik in Helsinki. Listen to two of them at myspace, including their cover of "Sad eyed disco dancers" by ex-labelmates Viola: https://www.myspace.com/redcarpetpop

Check out a short promo clip for 22-Pistepirkko's forthcoming single/album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwdh6CGeGP4

There's now a video for the Studio "It's possible" remix of "Impossible" by the Shout Out Louds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM69iMNdR60

Discobelle has an exclusive remix from Danish producer Kasper Bjørke: https://www.discobelle.net/2007/11/10/kasper-bjorke/
I'm not usually a big techno fan, but his new album "In gumbo" is surprisingly killer through and through.