This year's Where the Action Is tour will feature top Swedish acts The Ark, Hellacopters, Håkan Hellström and Moneybrother. Hard to beat that for a lineup, eh? Dates:
08/03 - Trädgårdsföreningen, Göteborg
08/05 - Mölleplatsen, Malmö
08/12 - tba, Linköping
08/13 - Sparregården, Karlskrona
08/27 - tba, Stockholm
More info: https://www.wheretheactionis.se/
Check out a sample of the new Mustasch single "Dogwash": https://www.mustasch.net/audio/tmp/Dogwash(sample).mp3
Hjörtur posted a new album worth of material for free download: https://www.hjortur.dk/hjortur/harp-player.html
Download "Good bye song", the new single from Doctor Dunbars Medicine Band: https://www.antnestrecords.com/download/dr_d/Doctor%20Dunbars%20Medicine%20Band%20-%2001%20-%20Good%20Bye%20song.mp3
The Pop AlÞing nusic blog talks about Heikki: https://apopalthing.blogspot.com/2005/04/heikki_27.html
Aversionline gives praise to the latest from Bloodbath: https://www.aversionline.com/reviews/2360/
Here's this week's YLE/Morjen top 10 Nordic video chart:
01. Smak - Nousen (FIN)
02. Feiled - Lost (FIN)
03. Carpark North - Human (DK)
04. Korpiklaani - Hunting song (FIN)
05. Disco Ensemble - We might fall apart (FIN)
06. The 69 Eyes - Lost boys (FIN)
07. Anniina - Who's about to cry (FIN)
08. YOR123 & Skandaali - 99% (FIN)
09. Kent - Max 500 (SWE)
10. Strip Music - 24 hrs (SWE)
Challengers:
11. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo-fiction (FIN)
12. Apocalyptica feat. Lauri Ylönen - Life burns! (FIN)
13. Looptroop - Fort Europa (SWE)
Delusions of Adequacy reviews Ak-momo: https://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewid=5414
Stylus reviews the new Jaga Jazzist: https://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2968
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Eldkvarn - Atlantis
02. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
03. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
04. Shirley Clamp - Lever Mina Drömmar
05. Bo Sundström - Skåne
06. Totta Näslund - Totta 8: Greatest Hits!
07. Freddie Wadling - Jag är monstret
08. Moneybrother - To Die Alone
09. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
10. Darin - The Anthem
11. Jill Johnson - Being Who You Are
12. Laleh - Laleh
13. Christer Sjögren - Love Me Tender
14. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
15. Hammerfall - Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
16. Jimmy Jansson - Som en blixt
17. Grymlings - Grymlings
18. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
19. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
20. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
Tiny Mixtapes reviews The Perishers: https://www.tinymixtapes.com/musicreviews/p/perishers.htm
The new Elektrofant video for the song "Cocaine" is up for streaming on NRK's Urørt website: https://www11.nrk.no/urort/article.aspx?articleid=4592159
Brand new exclusive track today from Montys Loco. It's a glorious pop nugget - less than two minutes, but still capable of packing quite a wallop. Epic melodies, but not epic length. Anyhow, the group is currently recording new material under the tutelage of producer Björn Yttling (Peter, Bjorn & John, Caesars), but is currently labeless. They put out records on NONS/MNW in the past, but seeing as how that relationship has been severed and NONS is indie again, I can only presume that budgets are much tighter and there's just not enough money to go around. Not to criticize the label's business tactics (I know budget constraints first-hand), but it's a real shame since this song is so good. Not only that, it shows great promise for more to come. Oh-well. Wait and see what happens.
The celebrate the arrival of spring, Thehelpmeplease have posted a new websingle for the song "Hesitate in love" on their website: https://www.thehelpmeplease.tk/
Torpedo, Las Puertas and Firefox will all be touring Germany together in June:
06/02 - Astra Stube, Hamburg
06/03 - Nexus, Braunschweig w/Audrey
06/04 - Blue Shell, Köln
06/05 - tba
06/06 - Carambolage, Karlsruhe
06/07 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden
06/08 - Mannheim/Saarlouis
06/09 - Bla, Bonn
06/10 - Besetzes Haus, Erfurt
06/11 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg
06/12 - tba
Pontus and Eric from Torpedo (and also Tiger Lou, drums and bass respectively) will be doing the live rhythm section thing for Las Puertas, in case you were wondering.