Ásgeir Trausti: Going Home Categories: Iceland • Rock • Videos Ásgeir Trausti: Going Home Also taking a first stab at English lyrics is Icelandic singer/songwriter Ásgeir Trausti. Having signed to One Little Indian Trausti will release an English version of his award winning Icelandic debut 'Dýrð Í Dauðaþögn' this fall, but first here's 'Going Home' in a live version recorded at Toe Rag Studios ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Centimeter: Motorhead Categories: Rock • Sweden • Videos Centimeter: Motorhead We first featured Centimeter and their first single in English, 'Motorhead', about a year ago saying that "glockenspiel, piano, some nifty drumming, a great theatrical voice and a beautiful climax makes (it) a great little experience." June 19, and really quite delayed according to their original release plans, the Swedish ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Hypertext: Progmatism Categories: Albums • Alternative • Norway Hypertext: Progmatism Last year Hypertext launched a project where they would release a single each month instead of an album and I was right there with them the first three months while predicting that a jewel case compilation of all twelve tracks would surface by the end of the year. To be ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Lulu Rouge: The Song Is In The Drum Categories: Albums • Denmark • Electronica Lulu Rouge: The Song Is In The Drum Way back in 2008 Buda and T.O.M. aka producers and DJ's Torsten Jacobsen and Thomas Berthelsen released their - at the time - long awaited debut album as Lulu Rouge and today the equally awaited sequel lands. Compared to 'Bless You', 'The Song Is In The Drum' is in essence ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Tôg: Når Me Våkne Opp Imårå Categories: Norway • Pop • Tracks Tôg: Når Me Våkne Opp Imårå Bringing back the 5-string and slappin' it too, Norway's Tôg are building up to the release of their second album 'Feiring' with Billy Ocean funky first single 'Når Me Våkne Opp Imårå' ("when I wake up tomorrow") taking me back to my youth in the late 1980s/early 1990s while also ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Sigur Rós: Ísjaki Categories: Alternative • Iceland • Videos Sigur Rós: Ísjaki Come mid-June Icelandic post-rock legends Sigur Rós will release their new album ‘Kveikur’ and slowly but steadily sounds begin to seep from the trio's HQ. Late March I shared the awesome ‘Brennisteinn’ and here's the latest offering, 'Ísjaki', which gives you a chance to learn a little Icelandic. A beautiful ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Shine 2009: Eurozone Categories: Electronica • Finland • Tracks Shine 2009: Eurozone Back in 2011 I had a short fling with Helsinki electropop duo Shine 2009 aka Mikko Pykäri (also Regina) and Sami Suova (also Schmami), but managed to miss their debut album 'Realism' pretty much completely. This fall a second full length will drop and I'll make an effort to not ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
MF/MB/: The Worst Dreams Categories: Rock • Sweden • Videos MF/MB/: The Worst Dreams Obviously I'm surprised that 'The Worst Dreams' is a single off MF/MB/'s second full length, 'Colossus', as I didn't include it as a recommended track in my talk-up a couple of weeks ago… Nah, it's as worthy of single status as the first one, 'Casualties', which didn't make it on ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
The New Spring: Secret Armor Categories: Albums • Denmark • Rock The New Spring: Secret Armor Recorded in just five days and with all vocals and guitars the result of live one-take recordings, 'Secret Armor' - The New Spring aka Bastian Kallesøe's sequel to 2011's eponymous debut - is about to be released in Europe and Japan, and if you're in to beautiful, present and intimate ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Hell Ahoy: Hell A Horse Categories: Albums • Denmark • Rock Hell Ahoy: Hell A Horse Hell Ahoy is barely a band and originally they had no intention of making an album. It's just three guys from the bands Marvins Revolt, Rising and Imagine I Had Hands respectively, who were to perform a single show supporting American noise rockers Dope Body. The show was a success ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Kaizers Orchestra: Violeta Violeta Volume 3 Categories: Albums • Norway • Rock Kaizers Orchestra: Violeta Violeta Volume 3 A couple of years ago one of my all time favorite Scandinavian bands, Kaizers Orchestra, embarked on a musical journey, which now turns out to perhaps be their last, with the ambitious album trilogy 'Violeta Violeta'. A romantic tragedy about a rather dysfunctional family it all began with the amazing ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Music Alliance Pact – April 2013 Categories: Denmark • Faroe Islands • Features • Finland • Iceland • Norway • Sweden • Tracks Music Alliance Pact - April 2013 We're halfway through April and that means time for a fresh edition of the World’s Greatest Mixtape bringing you 37 free songs from 37 countries around the planet courtesy of the Music Alliance Pact. For this fourth mixtape of 2013 we've decided to change absolutely nothing and you can again ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
MF/MB/: Colossus Categories: Albums • Rock • Sweden MF/MB/: Colossus Way back when ALL SCANDINAVIAN was little less than a year old Swedish six-piece MF/MB/ had me all excited (and a little bit confused) with their eponymous debut mini album which turned out to be two EPs instead which I kinda reviewed as a whole album anyway (bet you're a ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
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