Mixtapes & Cellmates tour support
Mixtapes & Cellmates are seeking fan support to help them make it to SXSW: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mixtapesandcellmates/sxsw-2010-or-bust
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Musik med Joel Alme
Live music with Joel Alme at PSL: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/01/29/musik-med-joel-alme-2/
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Motorpsycho - Heavy Metal Fruit
02. Frøya - My American Dream
03. Bjørn Eidsvåg - De Beste
04. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
05. Stage Dolls - Always
06. Shining - Blackjazz
07. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ild & Vatten
08. Claudia Scott/Casino Steel/Ottar Big Hand Johansen - Honky Tonk Night - The Best
09. Sivert Høyem - Moon Landing
10. John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen - For Sant Til Å Være Godt
11. Pony the Pirate - This is Our Psychopedia!
12. d'sound - Starts and Ends
13. WigWam - Non Stop Rock'N'Roll
14. Dum Dum Boys - Tidsmaskin
15. Jahn Teigen - Teigen - 40 Største Hits
16. Alf Prøysen - De kjente og kjære sangene
17. Jonas Fjeld feat Henning Kvitnes - Den Gamle Veien
18. Torbjørn Egner - Samlede CD-er
19. Lindstrøm and Christabelle - Real Life Is No Cool
20. Kråkesølv - Trådnøsting
Lasse Marhaug to tour US, Japan
Norwegian noise master Lasse Marhaug is doing a West Coast tour in a few weeks with John Wiese and dates can now be found at his website: https://www.lassemarhaug.no/
Dates for Japan in April are posted as well.
Manifest 2010 winners
Here are the winners of the 2010 Manifest Awards, Sweden's alternative Grammy:
Punk/Hardcore: Troublemakers - Made in Sweden ()
Dance: Samuel L Session - The man with the case ()
Jazz: The Opposite - Intertwined ()
Dansband: Blender - Välkommen in ()
Rhythm: Jaqee - Kokoo Girl ()
Composer: Lisa Nordström and Lisen Rylander Löve (Midaircondo)
Lyrics: Ken Ring
Rock: Makeouts - In A Strange Land ()
Pop: El Perro Del Mar - Love Is Not Pop ()
Hårdrock/Metal: Abandon - The Dead End ()
Synth: Arvid - Andetag ()
Singer/songwriter: Kristofer Åström And The Rainaways - Sinkadus ()
Folk/ballad: Tore Berger - I huset långt på landet ()
Hip-hop: Mohammed Ali - Processen ()
Best poplabel:
Best live: Fever Ray ()
Best unsigned: Fulmakten
Read more: https://www.manifestgalan.se/125.aspx
Petter Seander to release solo album in March
Petter Seander (Kristian Anttila, Sleeping Beauty) will release his debut solo album "The denial of me, myself & I" on March 3. More info: https://www.petterseander.com/
CMI to reissue Apatheia
is reissuing "Lifethesis", an early album from Swedish apocolyptic folk act Apatheia, the solo alias of Linus Andersson (Coph Nia, Svartenbrandt, Reign of Bombs). Read all about it: https://www.coldmeat.se/mailorderitem.asp?id=3090
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Erik Grönwall - Erik Grönwall
02. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
03. Calle Kristiansson - Calle Kristiansson
04. Nordman - Korsväg
05. Kent - Röd
06. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
07. Thåström - Be-bop-a-lula hela jävla dan (1989-2009)
08. Joel Alme - Waiting for the bells
09. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
10. Andreas Grega - En sak i taget
11. Dan Berglund - Tonbruket
12. Gentlemen - Awaken me
13. Malena Ernman - La voix du nord
14. Caroline Af Ugglas - Så gör jag det igen
15. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Samling
16. Hästpojken - Från där jag ropar
17. Jill Johnson - Music row II
18. Martin Stenmarck - Septemberland
19. The Refreshments - 8 cd collection
20. Thåström - Kärlek är för dom
FM Belfast album to get US release
Icelandic artist FM Belfast will finally have their debut album "How to make friends" given a proper US release this spring via . Download the single "Par avion": https://www.pluseinn.com/mp3/howtomakefriends/Par_Avion_Master.mp3
Apparatjik to play live, release album
Soundvenue is reporting that Apparatjik, the all-star project featuring Jonas Bjerre (Mew), Guy Berryman (Coldplay) and Magne Furuholmen (A-ha), will be making their live debut on February 1 at the CTM Festival in Berlin where they will perform inside of a glass cube. Or something like that. And they'll be releasing their full-length debut that day too. Read more: https://www.soundvenue.com/nyheder/2010/01/29/albumdebut-fra-apparatjik-paa-vej (in Danish)
More in English: https://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/358746952/apparatjik-to-perform-in-glass-cube-drop-debut-album
Jónsi confirms album release, tour plans
Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi has confirmed that his new solo album "Go" will receive an international release on April 5. Look for international tourdates to be announced on February 1 with shows starting in North America in April.
The Silent Ballet reviews Daníel Bjarnason
The Silent Ballet gives high marks to Icelandic composer Daníel Bjarnason: https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/3065/Default.aspx
A review of a review
Mimmi Skog of Pascal calls out Aftonbladet writer Per Magnusson for sexism: https://rogertsblogg.blogspot.com/2010/01/att-recensera-en-recensent.html (in Swedish)
New Under Byen now set for April release in America
Under Byen have now confirmed that their new album "Allt er tabt", their fourth overall, will be released in North America on April 6 via . Domestic Danish label still has it confirmed for February 8.
Twitter integration on artist pages
I suppose this is one of those "climb the mountain because it's there" deals, but I've added Twitter functionality to our artist pages. See Brothers of End's page for example: https://www.itsatrap.com/artist/Brothers+of+End
Unfortunately I only have a mere handful of twitter ids entered into the database right now so please leave a comment with your suggestions of other artists I should add.