A West Side Fabrication has confirmed the release of La Masa's album "I allas åsyn" for June 13. Hear a sample at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/westsidefabrication

Swedish punkrockers Ninja Dolls on tour in Germany:

10/16 - E-Werk, Oschatz
10/17 - Subway To Peter, Chemnitz
10/18 - Wild at heart, Berlin
10/19 - Alte Pauline, Detmold
10/20 - Beat-Club, Hamburg

The Eardrums music blog has a nice feature on the various music videos nominated for the 30th Norwegian Short Film Festival: https://eardrumsmusic.com/2007/06/11/music-on-film-norwegian-music-videos-nominated-for-the-30th-norwegian-short-film-festival/
Featured artists include Lionheart Brothers, 120 Days, Hanne Hukkelberg, Thomas Dybdahl, Draumir, Superfamily and more.

My playlist for this week's radio show on Sirius:

01. Bogus Blimp - By five o'clock tea
02. TALK 1
03. Sivert Høyem - Smalltown supersound
04. Pluxus - Kinoton
05. Brick - No names
06. TALK 2
07. Hebosagil - Let us go
08. Dialog Cet - Crocodile hunt
09. Hurdy Gurdy - Ynglingen
10. Anja Garbarek - The last trick
11. TALK 3
12. E.S.T. - When god created the coffee break
13. Miss Li - I'm sorry, he's mine
14. Afenginn - Ralli i d-mol
15. Magyar Posse - Whirlpool of terror and tension
16. TALK 4
17. Susanne Sundfør - I resign
18. Sällskapet - Nordlicht
19. Nisse Hellberg - Kärlekens express
20. TALK 5
21. The Spacious Mind - Rider of the woodlands
22. TALK 6
23. Him Kerosene - Ladybugs
24. Svenson - Don't get lost
25. Namur - Marching
26. TALK 7
27. Tellevika + Firefox AK - Eric
28. Carpet People - A girl without a skin
29. Anna Ternheim - Lovers dream (feat. Fyfe Dangerfield)
30. Knife and Ape - No arms no legs
31. TALK 8
32. Brighter Death Now - American tale

Got a package from Celebrity Lifestyle today with new Pistol Disco and Kompjotr Eplektrika CDs. Look for 'em to be added to the webstore this evening.

It's from a few years ago, but the "Cooking with Rockstars" interview with Sune Rose Wagner of The Raveonettes is now online: https://www.thejenvilleshow.com/artists/raveonettes.html

Ratatoskonline talks to Christer Lundberg from Universal Poplab: https://www.ratatoskonline.net/article/interview-universal-poplab

Maia Hirasawa's next single will be "Gothenburg", my favorite song on her album. Listen at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/maiahirasawa

Check out the Lo-Fi-Fnk website for new dates in France and Russia: https://www.lo-fi-fnk.com/

Loney, Dear's next single "Saturday waits" will be released on 7" vinyl and as a paid download on July 16. The b-side will be "I do what I can" from the "Citadel band" album.

Gustav and the Seasick Sailors will be back to tour the US again this summer: https://www.marilynrecords.se/gustav/default.asp?view=gustav/tour

Only in Finland? Doom act Reverend Bizarre tops the single charts with the 16-minute epic "Teutonic witch": https://yle.fi/lista/listat/singlet.php

MIC Norway profiles electronica artist Bjørn Torske: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007060814412390151979
His forthcoming album "Feil knapp" is highly touted and receiving great reviews everywhere.

The Washington Post Express talks to Norwegian jazz group Zanussi Five: https://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2007/06/voice_from_the_deep.php

Stylus sits down with Dungen guitarist Reine Fiske: https://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/interview/dungen.htm