Sirius playlist week #19

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Sweatmaster - Turnover
02. TALK 1
03. Viola - Leave it all again (feat. Bääbs)
04. Regulations - Down the street
05. The Bear Quartet - Sweet beef
06. TALK 2
07. Mattias Alkberg - Lys upp mig en stjärna
08. Susanne Sundfør - Turkish delight
09. The Skull Defekts - Remain in cruxus (dub)
10. TALK 3
11. Obliteration - Ingesting death
12. Zombiekrig - Håll käften ge mig dina pengar
13. Grande Roses - The astronaut
14. Brutus - Solution
15. TALK 4
16. Ikons - Guns
17. Rising - Grail of bone
18. The Aches - Dancing syllables
19. TALK 5
20. Eskatol - Fane av løgner

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

Nekropsalms, now on cassette

The extra-kvlt cassette edition of Obliteration's excellent "Nekropsalms" album is now available from Ormeyngel, along with quite a few other items of fine quality Norwegian darkness: https://ormeyngel.bigcartel.com/
For those of you holding out for copies of the "Nekropsalms" LP (+ bonus 7"!), I ordered a few copies for distro and should be getting them soonish.

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Karpe Diem - Aldri Solgt En Løgn
02. Thomas Dybdahl - Waiting for that one clear moment
03. Gitarkameratene - Kanon! Gitarkameratenes aller beste
04. Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel
05. Tove Bøygard - Tove Bøygard
06. Trond Granlund - Sanger jeg lærte av faren min
07. Chand Torsvik - Kongeriket Norge
08. Aleksander With - Still Awake
09. John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen - For Sant Til Å Være Godt
10. Jenny & Arne - From Our Hearts
11. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix 2010
12. Lars Vaular - Helt om natten, Helt om dagen
13. Finn Kalvik & Erik Fosnes Hansen - Neste Stasjon Grorud
14. 1349 - Demonoir
15. Raga Rockers - Shit Happens
16. Øystein Sevåg - The Red Album
17. Knut Magne Myrland - Sjelespor
18. Terje Rypdal - Crime Scene
19. Staut - Staut
20. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Timoteij - Längtan
02. The Ark - In full regalia
03. Johnossi - Mavericks
04. Anna Bergendahl - Yours sincerely
05. Mikael Wiehe - Ta det tillbaka!
06. Scotts - Vi gör det igen
07. Rolandz - Jajamen
08. Salem al Fakir - Ignore this
09. Ola Magnell - Rolös
10. Play - Under my skin
11. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
12. Cookies n Beans - Beg, borrow and steal
13. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
14. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a scheme
15. Crashdïet - Generation wild
16. Jill Johnson - Music row II
17. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
18. Petter - En räddare i nöden
19. Dundertåget - Dom feta åren är förbi
20. Björn Skifs - Da capo

Casiokids back to the UK

Casiokids will be back in the UK at the end of the month:

05/26 - Heaven, London
05/27 - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham
05/28 - The Forum, Tunbridge Wells
05/29 - Dot to Dot Festival, Bristol
05/30 - Dot to Dot Festival, Nottingham
05/31 - Dot to Dot Festival, Manchester

Listed: Trentemøller

Trentemøller does the "Listed" thing for Dusted: https://dustedmagazine.com/features/905

Strange Ears closing statement

As mentioned here, Danish label/booking agency Strange Ears is shutting down and now it's official. Read the official statement from bossman Steffen Rasmussen: https://bitterculture.blogspot.com/2010/05/tankerne-bag.html (in Danish)

Beta Satan - Proof

Listen to Beta Satan covering fellow Dane Kim Las (Money Your Love): https://www.myspace.com/betasatan
Said track will appear on a new 2xCD version of Las' album "Shackles of amusement" (previously released on vinyl only) featuring a bonus disc of reinterpretations of his songs as performed by bands such as Beta Satan, I Got You On Tape, Choir Of Young Believers and more.

Under the Radar interviews Jónsi

Under the Radar interviews Icelandic artist Jónsi: https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/jonsi/

New Kendal Johansson 7" on Sincerely Yours

There's a new 7" from Kendal Johansson out on Sincerely Yours: https://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0140.php
See the video for the Big Star cover title track "Blue moon" here: https://vimeo.com/8240414

Fredrik live on NPR (video)

Check out video footage of Fredrik performing live for NPR: https://www.frdrk.org/2010/05/06/npr/

Beast needs new singer

Via I Just Can't Hate Enough comes word that frontman Modde has left Beast to concentrate on his other band Nitad, so of course the band is looking for someone new to fill his role. Listen here: https://www.myspace.com/stockholmbeast

Remix Disco Ensemble, win a phone

Basso, Nokia and Fullsteam Records are teaming up for a Disco Ensemble remix competition: https://basso.fi/discoensemble

Hjertestrop to record new LP

Danish punkrockers Hjertestrop will be going into the studio in mid-June to record a new LP. They'll be releasing it via Hjernespind in Europe while Fashionable Idiots will handle things in the US. Also, look for the band to tour the East Coast in November -- dates coming soon.

Playground signs Little Children

Little Children (nee Idiot Kid) has been officially picked up by Playground Music.