Masquer - Stark naked

Swedish duo Masquer (feat. members from Idoru and Lowood) have a couple new tracks up on their myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/masquerstockholm

TLOBF interviews First Aid Kid

The Line of Best Fit interviews Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit: https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2009/11/tlobf-interview-first-aid-kit/

Casiokids prep new single, album

Norwegian act Casiokids will be releasing the new digital single "En vill hest" b/w "Min siste dag" in Norway on November 9, their final release before the compilation album of their various Moshi Moshi singles comes out on January 1, 2010.

Agent Side Grinder - Pulse

Swedish industrial act Agent Side Grinder have added yet another new track to their myspace profile, this one being "Pulse": https://www.myspace.com/agentsidegrinder
As I've said before, I recommend them highly.

Kalligrammofon + Structures Sonores = KSS Radio

The good folks behind Swedish experimental/progressive pop labels Kalligrammofon and Structures Sonores have started a podcast and the first episode is up now: https://kssradio.tumblr.com/
The content is in Swedish for now, but they say that episodes in the future might be in English. And the music speaks for itself.

Brothers of End - Why (acoustic/live video)

Check out a video of Brothers of End playing their excellent single "Why" acoustically live in the studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6VS1-g8tTg

Lowcut reviews Marvins Revolt

Lowcut has good things to say about the new Marvins Revolt album "Patrolling the heights": https://www.lowcut.dk/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=945:marvins-revolt--patrolling-the-heights&catid=29:album-reviews&Itemid=54

Katatonia video interview

Diskant has posted an extensive video interview with two of the guys from Swedish melodic doom-metal heavyweights Katatonia: https://www.diskant.dk/artikler/interviews/katatonia-video-interview.htm

Downstairs - All you can eat (video)

Here's the new video for "All you can eat" from Finnish act Downstairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otfqAubdFmA

Piroth tour blog

Piroth have started a tour blog: https://pirothontour.blogspot.com/

Viola - No connection

Viola's new download single for the month of November is now available: https://www.violamusicclub.com/
The song is called "No connection" and is the final edition of their "autumnal triptych of holy melancholy."

Swedish Columbia giving away Ungt Blod EP, more

Upstart techno label Swedish Columbia, an offshoot of the same folks who run/ran Carcrash Records, is giving away the new Ungt Blod EP "Hunger" as a free download via Bandcamp: https://ungtblod.bandcamp.com/
Also check out the video for the track "Fadren" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6iACCe5btU
The label has also signed Gbg-based artist L.A. Diamond, a solo act from one of the dudes behind Blandmissbruk/BMK) and will be releasing his debut single "Bounce" later this month.

Sirius playlist week #44

Here's the playlist for this week's "Blog Radio" show on Sirius XMU:

01. Obliteration - Exterminate
02. TALK 1
03. Dmitry Fyodorov - Coconut office
04. Cut City - Replacement
05. High Hats - The end
06. TALK 2
07. The Skull Defekts - Millions
08. Marvins Revolt - Organize your arms
09. Interlace - Nemesis (Infect My Black Dub by Void)
10. Hearts No Static - Motif
11. TALK 3
12. We Live in Trenches - White knuckles
13. Makthaverskan - Vi var människor från början
14. Cilihili and DaBook - Orinoco flow
15. TALK 4
16. Frivolvol - It smells like something died in here
17. Björn Kleinhenz - I hate it when you go
18. Oriel Joans - Knuckles whiten
19. TALK 5
20. Bruket - Stockholm kaller

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.

Tønes + I Was A King = Skjelvekommode

Frank Tønnesen from Tønes and Frode Strømstad of I Was a King have started a new band together called Skjelvekommode which their label Hype City describes as "Jeff Tweedy and Neil Young with [a] Haua dialect." Look for an album in the spring.

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Donkeyboy - Caugh in a Life
02. Bjørn Eidsvåg - De Beste
03. Sivert Høyem - Moon Landing
04. Jonas Fjeld feat Henning Kvitnes - Den Gamle Veien
05. Anne Nørdsti - Livet er nå
06. The Blacksheeps - Blacksheeps
07. Tord Gustavsen Ensemble - Restored, Returned
08. Solveig Slettahjell - Tarpan Seasons
09. Herborg Kråkevik - Kvar Ein Dag
10. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2009
11. Diverse artister - Go'natt
12. Mari Boine - Sterna Paradisea
13. Kings Of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence
14. Bjølsen Valsemølle - Mohammeds Cafe
15. John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen - For Sant Til Å Være Godt
16. Minor Majority - Either Way I Think You Know
17. A-ha - Foot Of The Mountain
18. Alexander Rybak - Fairytales
19. Thomas Dybdahl - En Samling
20. OnklP & Jaa9 - Sellout!