JR Ewing will play the Mars Volta-curated All Tomorrow's Parties festival in the UK this December.

Norway's JR Ewing will be doing a one-off gig at the Empty Bottle in Chicago on September 17. This is being organized as part of the band exchange arrangement program between the club Blå in Oslo and the Empty Bottle.

This week's MTV UpNorth video chart:

01. Apulanta - Pahempi Toistaan
02. Midnight Monkeys - Monkeys On Attack
03. TwoPointEight - Red Eye
04. Division Of Laura Lee - Dirty Love
05. Peshi - Hush Hush
06. JR Ewing - Fucking & Champagne
07. Darin - Why Does It Rain
08. Lene Marlin - How Will It Be
09. Venke Knutson - Just A Minute
10. Madrugada - Stories From The Streets
11. Soak The Sin - Hands Up
12. Looptroop - Chana Masala
13. Cheek - Liiku
14. Östermalm - Le Åt Allt
15. Timbuktu - Det Löser Sig
16. Movie - The Fool
17. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo Fiction
18. Röyksopp - Only This Moment
19. Hellacopters - Everything's On TV
20. Lilyjets - Going Blind

Challengers:
01. Tingsek - Egoflow
02. Brandon - What U See
03. Laleh - Live Tomorrow
04. Alcazar - Start The Firt
05. Cast - Problembarn

Go here to vote for your favorite: http://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=4753

This week's MTV UpNorth video chart:

01. Midnight Monkeys - Monkeys On Attack
02. Division Of Laura Lee - Dirty Love
03. Apulanta - Pahempi Toistaan
04. Darin - Why Does It Rain
05. Peshi - Hush Hush
06. JR Ewing - Fucking & Champagne
07. Hellacopters - Everything's On TV
08. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo Fiction
09. Lene Marlin - How Will It Be
10. Röyksopp - Only This Moment
11. Östermalm - Le Åt Allt
12. Soak The Sin - Hands Up
13. Cheek - Liiku
14. Lilyjets - Going Blind
15. Madrugada - Stories From The Streets
16. Robyn - Be Mine
17. Movies - The Fool
18. Jim Stärk - Going Down That Lonely Road
19. Timbuktu - Det Löser Sig
20. Håkan Hellström - Dom Kommer Kliva På Dig Igen

Challengers:
01. TwoPointEight - Red Eye
02. Shout Out Louds - Very Loud
03. Briskeby - Miss You Like Crazy
04. Venke Knutson - Just A Minute
05. Looptroop - Chana Masala

Go here to vote for your favorite: http://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=4753

This week's MTV UpNorth video chart:

01. Midnight Monkeys - Monkeys On Attack
02. Division Of Laura Lee - Dirty Love
03. Peshi - Hush Hush
04. Darin - Why Does It Rain
05. Ane Brun / Ron Sexsmith - Song No. 6
06. JR Ewing - Fucking & Champagne
07. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo Fiction
08. Hellacopters - Everything's On TV
09. Amerika - Big City Boy
10. Lene Marlin - How Will It Be
11. Östermalm - Le Åt Allt
12. Soak The Sin - Hands Up
13. Spånka NKPG - Livin Lovin Dancing
14. Cheek - Liiku
15. Movies - The Fool
16. Mary Onettes - Make Me Last
17. Timbuktu - Det Löser Sig
18. Håkan Hellström - Dom Kommer Kliva På Dig Igen
19. Jim Stärk - Going Down That Lonely Road
20. Robyn - Be Mine

Challengers:
01. Madrugada - Stories From The Streets
02. Apulanta - Pahempi Toistaan
03. Lilyjets - Going Blind
04. Röyksopp - Only This Moment
05. Rigo - Say Say Say

Go here to vote for your favorite: http://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=4753

Norwegian hardcore act JR Ewing has updated their website with soundsamples from the new major-label debut album "Maelstrom": http://www.thejrewing.com/
The band is currently in negotiations for an international release and hopes to have it out all over the world by the fall. More details to come soon.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Ulf Lundell - Högtryck
02. Robyn - Robyn
03. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
04. Carola - Störst av allt
05. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
06. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
07. Mustasch - Powerhouse
08. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
09. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
10. Helena Paparizou - My Number One
11. Electric Banana Band - Electric Banana Band och Trazan & Banarnes bästa
12. Laleh - Laleh
13. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
14. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten Under Broarna
15. Jill Johnson - Being Who You Are
16. Bodies Without Organs - Protoype
17. Caroline W. - Bossa Supernova
18. Shirley Clamp - Lever Mina Drömmar
19. Moneybrother - To Die Alone
20. Eldkvarn - Atlantis

No One Here is Asking posts some tracks from the new JR Ewing: http://discodeath.blogspot.com/2005/06/jr-ewing-maelstrom.html

Norway's JR Ewing has a new website design: http://www.thejrewing.com/
Check out the video for the band's new single "Fucking and champagne": http://www.bmg.no/video/jrewing_fuchamp.wmv

JR Ewing's upcoming major label debut album "Maelstrom" has been confirmed for a May 23 release. The first single "Fucking & Champagne" comes out on April 11.

JR Ewing has announced that they will soon be releasing a new single entitled "Fucking & Champagne" which fill feature the exclusive b-side "One Without The Other". This will mark the band's first release after signing with Sony and is the first taste of what's to come from the upcoming album "Maelstrom". The new full-length comes out May 30 in Norway, elsewhere later this fall.

Norwegian hardcore act JR Ewing has signed with Sony. The new album is due out in April/May.

The latest from Norwegian hardcore act JR Ewing:

Finally, after over 2 years of touring, we're working on our 3rd record in the studio. For the last 3 weeks we have recorded drums, bass and guitars for 15 songs, most of these which will become the new JR Ewing album. Tracking has been done with Mike Hartung at Propeller Studios, as well as with Don Dons at Hangaround Sounds, both studios located in Oslo. We are extremely happy with the result so far, and from what we've heard from the selected friends we've played the stuff for, it's a refreshed and exciting JR Ewing that will be heard on the upcoming record. We're totally convinced this is the best record we could ever do, and we can't wait for you to hear it. The last leg of recording, vocals, effects and mixing, will be done in the first weeks of January with Mike Hartung and Kåre Vestrheim (Jaga Jazzist, Gluecifer, Gåte etc), so stay tuned. As far as labels and releasedates go, we will inform you all when we know more.

Norway's JR Ewing are back in the studio recording a new album with producers Kåre Chr. Vestrheim (Jaga Jazzist, Gluecifer, Gåte) and Mike Hartung (Satyricon, Savoy) and will also be tracking guitars with Don Dons of WE. The band plans to do fifteen songs that they say "represent a new side of JR Ewing," and are "simply the best songs we've ever written." There's no label confirmed yet, but expect a release sometime early next year.

Upcoming tourdates for Malkovich:

09/17 - Mukkes, Leeuwarden (NL) w/The Murder Of Rosa Luxembourg, Razor Crusade
09/19 - Lintfabriek, Kontich (BE) w/Most Precious Blood, Destiny, The Setup
10/03 - Popkomm @ Magnet, Berlin (DE) w/JR Ewing, Delorean, Burst
10/07 - Schlachthof, Bremen (DE) w/Daughters, Tephra
10/08 - Mevr. Latenstaan, Zoetermeer (NL) w/Deadweight, Omission
10/09 - Het Podium, Hoogeveen (NL) w/Among The Living, Broken Circle, Omission
10/17 - Wageni, Bochum (DE) w/Endstand, Under Siege
10/22 - Scheune, Ibbenbüren (DE) w/The Brats
10/23 - Zomaarpop/OJC Watjang, Oirlo (NL) w/Silverene, A Common Ground, Collision
11/07 - P60, Amstelveen (NL) w/Stretch Armstrong, Razor Crusade
11/20 - JH OHK, Oostende (BE) w/Vuur, Officer Jones And His Patrol Car Problems
11/24 - AB, Brussels (BE) w/The Dillinger Escape Plan, Poison The Well
12/02 - tba (UK) w/Razor Crusade
12/03 - tba (UK) w/Razor Crusade
12/04 - tba (UK) w/Razor Crusade
12/05 - tba (UK) w/Razor Crusade

The new album "A Criminal Record" is out now on CD via Reflections Records and vinyl from Crash Landing Records.

JR Ewing pays tribute to their good friend Aaron Rudra: http://www.v8.no/thejrewing/news.htm