Sirius playlist week #2

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

01. November - En ny tid är här
02. TALK 1
03. Viola - 2010s (maybe the world won't end)
04. Love Is All - Kungen
05. Niels Nielsen - We are youth
06. NEI - 40 rabbits
07. TALK 2
08. Voices Break the Silence - Lost
09. Oriel Joans - Knuckles whiten
10. Ljudbilden & Piloten - Arms and legs together
11. David Åhlén - Great is thy faithfulness
12. TALK 3
13. Sambassadeur - Sandy dunes
14. Folkvang - Stugsista
15. Nirvana 2002 - Slumber
16. TALK 4
17. Obliteration - Exterminate
18. Java - Smokescreen
19. Thee Gutted String - White
20. TALK 5
21. Grande Roses - The farm

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.

Love Is All in the Pfork track reviews

The new Love Is All track "Kungen" got a mediocre writeup at Pitchfork: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11703-kungen/

Urørtfinalen

The nominees have been announced for the NRK Urørt Festival best unsigned act competition. Go here to listen and vote: https://nrk.no/urort/articleWP.aspx?p=620 (in Norwegian)
Nominated acts include Kvelertak, The Pink Robots, Proviant Audio , CCTV , Jabaman , Team me , Blood Command , moi , Put Your Hands Up For NeoTokyo and Leif & the Future.

Adrian signs This Is Head

Adrian Recordings has announced the signing of Malmö-based Krautrock act This Is Head and will be releasing their debut full-length "0001" this coming spring in cooperation with the band's own label Easy. This Is Head has previously released two vinyl-only singles, a 7" and a 12".

Culkin in the studio

Swedish noiserockers Culkin are currently in the studio working on what might end up as their full-length debut. Watch: https://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=https://www.youtube.com/v/4y4g8C0-bs4&start1=0&video2=https://www.youtube.com/v/L9m2g5QWZi0&start2=0#comment-29356942

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
02. Frøya - My American Dream
03. Bjørn Eidsvåg - De Beste
04. Sivert Høyem - Moon Landing
05. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ild & Vatten
06. Jahn Teigen - Teigen - 40 Største Hits
07. John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen - For Sant Til Å Være Godt
08. Dum Dum Boys - Tidsmaskin
09. Claudia Scott/Casino Steel/Ottar Big Hand Johansen - Honky Tonk Night - The Best
10. Helene Bøksle - Det Hev Ei Rose Sprungen
11. Jonas Fjeld feat Henning Kvitnes - Den Gamle Veien
12. Tine Thing Helseth - Mitt hjerte alltid vanker
13. Kråkesølv - Trådnøsting
14. Jokke & Valentinerne - Levende (så lenge det varer)
15. Ole Edvard Antonsen - Desember Stemninger
16. Herborg Kråkevik - Kvar Ein Dag
17. Röyksopp - Junior
18. Diverse artister - Dansejul
19. Malin - Malin
20. Stage Dolls - Always

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Erik Grönwall - Erik Grönwall
02. Calle Kristiansson - Calle Kristiansson
03. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
04. Hästpojken - Från där jag ropar
05. Thåström - Be-bop-a-lula hela jävla dan (1989-2009)
06. Kent - Röd
07. Jill Johnson - Music row II
08. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
09. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Samling
10. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
11. Streaplers - Ett år i taget
12. Gentlemen - Awaken me
13. The Refreshments - 8 cd collection
14. Irya's Playground - Irya's Playground
15. Niklas Strömstedt - 30 år i kärlekens tjänst
16. Malena Ernman - La voix du nord
17. Larz Kristerz - Om du vill
18. Hans Martin - Höstglöd
19. Takida - The darker instinct
20. Sofia Karlsson - Det allra bästa 1999-2009

Ja Ja Ja November documentary

The folks behind the Ja Ja Ja Scandinavian music showcase in London have made themselves a short doc on the November event featuring guests Kira Kira, I Was A King and TV Off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ffksvr_8oE

New album from The Bear Quartet in the fall

Mattias Alkberg says there will be both a new Bear Quartet album and a new solo album this coming fall, along with a new solo single "så fort som möjligt/as soon as possible": https://www.mabd.se/?p=536
I also think that Mattias and I share a birthday, but that's far less newsworthy. Anyhow: grattis!

Black metal is big business in Norway

Thank Lordi? Norwegian black metallers Keep of Kalessin are one of two finalists vying to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest -- watch their entry performance of the song "Dragontower": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW3wU2fDc2o
Read more: https://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=8033

Troels Abrahamsen is a busy man

Troels Abrahamsen reports that his delayed album "BLCK" will finally see the light of day on March 8. But that's not all, he's also producing the new Veto album which gets underway later this month.

All Scandinavian top 20 of 2009

All Scandinavian lists their top 20 albums of 2009: https://allscandinavian.com/2977/the-20-best-albums-of-2009/

José González doc to open the Gbg Film Fest

"The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of José González", a documentary film on the namesake artist directed by Mikel Cee Karlsson and Fredrik Egerstrand, will open the 33rd annual Göteborg International Film Festival on January 29 at Draken Cinema. Read more: https://www.giff.se/us/nc/public/artikel/post/jos-Gonzalez-opens-the-festival-114.html
No word on any other screenings yet, but I'll keep an eye out.

Musik med [ingenting] (again)

Following up [ingenting]'s performance of "O helga natt", here's a new episode of PSL with them playing their own song "Lång väg": https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/01/07/musik-med-ingenting/

Blue for Two now on Kning Disk

Blue for Two (Freddie Wadling) has signed with Kning Disk for the release of their next, long-awaited album. No title or release date yet, but it should be out before summer.