Mando Diao has announced that "You can't steal my love" will be the band's debut single in the UK, to be released on February 21 via Majesty Records. I presume a proper release for their most recent album "Hurricane bar" will follow shortly thereafter. I can only presume that these guys will do okay over there considering how much England seems to love bands with incredibly pompous attitudes.
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The nominees for the 2005 Spellemannspris, Norway's equivalent to the Grammy, have been announced. Here's a selection of the categories:
Female artist:
Maria Solheim - "Frail"
Sissy Wish - "You May Breathe..."
Bertine Zetlitz - "Rollerskating"
Male artist:
William Hut - "Versus the End of Fashion Park"
Sondre Lerche - "Two Way Monologue"
Odd Nordstoga - "Luring"
Pop act:
Kings of Convenience - "Riot on an Empty Street"
The National Bank - "The National Bank"
Savoy - "Savoy"
Rock:
Gluecifer - "Automatic Thrill"
Gåte - "Iselilja"
Span - "Mass Distraction"
Tellusalie - "Tangerine Dreams"
WE - "Smugglers"
Electronica/contemporary:
Biosphere - "Autour de la lune"
Deathprod - "Morals and dogma"
Lars horntveth - "Pooka"
Lasse marhaug - "The shape of rock to come"
Metal:
Black Debbath - "Den femte statsmakt"
Enslaved - "Isa"
Mayhem - "Chimera"
Hip-hop/R&B:
Jaa9 & Onklp - "Sjåre brymæ"
Madcon - "It's all a madcon"
Tungtvann - "Iii:folket bak nordavind"
Jazz:
Børre Dalhaug - "Bigbandblast!"
Sharp 9 - "No:network"
Skomsork - "Skomsork"
Solveig Slettahjell - "Silver"
Petter Wettre - "Hallmark moments"
Open category:
Frode Fjellheim - "Aejlies gaaltije - the sacred source"
Karl Seglem - "Femstein"
Trygve Seim - "Sangam"
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra - "List of lights and buoys"
Transjoik - "Uja nami"
Music video:
Margaret Berger - "Lifetime guarantee"
Illumination feat. Anneli Drecker - "Kool karma"
Jim Stärk - "Morning song"
Kings of Convenience - "I'd rather dance with you"
Bertine Zetlitz - "Fake your beauty"
Newcomer of the year:
Annie - "Anniemal"
Margaret Berger - "Chameleon"
Madcon - "It's all a madcon"
Side Brok - "Høge brelle"
Span - "Mass distraction"
Hit of the year:
Erik Faber - "yesterday's call"
Jim Stärk - "Morning song"
Kurt Nilsen - "My street"
Odd Nordstoga - "Kveldssong for deg og meg"
Ravi & Dj Løv - "Dødsøt"
Winners will be announced on February 26. Read more: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005010714073264546578
PopMatters reviews Mnemic: https://popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/mnemic-audio.shtml
Code is the name of a new black-metal act featuring Vicotnik from Ved Buens Ende/Dødheimsgard on bass, Kvohst from Void (aka Ionman) on vocals and AiwarikiaR from Ulver on drums. The band's recently-completed debut album "Nouveau gloaming" will be released by Spinefram in March.
Smalltown Supersound sub-label Smalltown Superjazz has signed Free Fall, a trio featuring Ken Vandermark, Ingebrigt Flaten and Håvard Wiik. The group previously released their debut album "Furnace" on Merge Records offshoot Wobbly Rail in 2002. The new, as-yet-untitled album is due out in April. (via)
Zyklon is reportedly working on a new album for release this coming August. Read more: https://www.bravewords.com/news.html?id=21993
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. The Ark - State of the Ark
02. Daniel Lindström - Daniel Lindström
03. Lasse Stefanz - Röd Chevrolet
04. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
05. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
06. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
07. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
08. Uno Svenningsson - Ett andetag från dig
09. Björn Afzelius & Mikael Wiehe - 1993 - Malmöinspelningarna
10. Marie Fredriksson - The Change
11. Arne Domnérus - Best of Dompan
12. Christian Walz - Paint by Numbers
13. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
14. Soundtrack of Our Lives - Origin vol. 1
15. Agnetha Fältskog - My Colouring Book
16. Totta Näslund - Totta 7: Soul!/På drift
17. Markoolio - Bäst off
18. Peter Jöback - Storybook
19. Silverbullit - Arclight
20. Ulf Lundell - OK Baby OK
Danish folk/country duo Spildt Mælk have an album's worth of material available for download on their website: https://www.spildtmaelk.dk/
They plan to travel to Malmö to record their first proper record in March.
Long-running Swedish death-metal act Dismember has signed with Regain Records. The band's last album "Where ironcrosses grow" was released last year on Karmageddon Media.
Swedish hard-rockers King just entered a studio in Köping to record three brand new tracks. They hope that this will be the first step in what will eventually become their debut full-length album.
Head over to Elin Sigvardsson's website to hear some samples from the new album "Smithereens", due out February 2.
Denmark's Lampshade is touring Germany in February:
02/16 - Knust, Hamburg
02/17 - Hafen 2, Offenbach w/Tiger Lou
02/18 - FZW, Dortmund
02/19 - Museumskeller, Erfurt
02/20 - Pfefferberg, Haus, Berlin
Apparently The Ark are setting their sights on conquering the world market: https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,585104,00.html (in Swedish)
They better get on it before the whole new-wave sound becomes passé. The new album "State of the Ark" really leans heavily upon the current trend, but probably has enough quality songwriting to help it rise above the rabble.
Download the video for "2004" from The Je Ne Sais Quoi: https://www.cilla.com/tjnsq/video/tjnsq_-_2004.wmv
The clip was made using various footage the band filmed during their December European tour.