Check out the new Krister Linder video for "Turning daisies": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xJav-BVaKE
He's also done music for a bunch of new movies including "Down-loading Nancy" (dir: Johan Renck) and "Metropia" (dir: Tarik Sahle) and will be producing Enter the Hunt's next album.

Popjustice talks to BassHunter about his UK #1 single "Now you're gone" and his recently circulated porn tape: http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2073&Itemid=266

The New York Times reviews a Rune Grammofon showcase in NYC featuring Opsvik & Jennings and Huntsville: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/15/arts/music/15opsv.html?ref=arts

MP3: Marybell Katastrophy - Hip

"Hip" starts out sounding like a piano being dragged down stairs. Not tossed, mind you, it goes it bursts. There are hints of a cohesive melody, but it keeps shifting in microtonal increments amidst squeals and squalls. "Violent and exciting," she sings and her choice of words is apt. "Playful and distorted." The chorus however, is something else entirely, a driving rush of screeching distortion and mechanical pounding bassnotes. "Childish and obnoxious," back into the verse, this time keeping it short and to the point. It calls to mind the twisted circus atmosphere of The Paper Chase, except whereas they typically sound Hunted and haunted, Marybell Katastrophy is definitely the hunter. It's not so distressing as it is celebratory. There's a certain glee to it and that makes it all the more inviting. Irresistible even.

Marybell Katastrophy - Hip

Check out the (supposedly) risqué new video for BassHunter's international crossover single "Now you're gone" (essentially "Boten Anna" minus the nerdy lyrics): http://thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/music/article486448.ece

Rune Grammofon has announced that their first release for 2008 will be from Box, an international supergroup of sorts featuring Raoul Björkenheim (Scorch Trio), Ståle Storløkken (Supersilent, Humcrush), Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, John Zorn) and Morgan Ågren (Zappa's Universe, Mats/Morgan, Flesh Quartet). No exact release date yet, but I'll keep you posted. Also on the way is a new 10th anniversary edition of their excellent "Money will ruin everything" compilation + book set featuring 2 CDs of mostly exclusive material from a wide range of Rune Grammofon artists - I have the first one and it is excellent. Later on in the year, look for new releases from Skyphone, Scorch Trio and Humcrush in the spring and then Arve Henriksen, Susanna, Huntsville and Jono El Grande later on. Plus a few TBA surprises, of course.

MIC Norway profiles drone act Huntsville ahead of their upcoming European tour: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007110716031228597390

The playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Kaizers Orchestra - Ompa til du dør
02. TALK 1
03. Logh - Thieves in the palace
04. Élodie - At the end of the line
05. Beem - Ducker
06. TALK 2
07. Hell On Wheels - Alexander
08. Isolation Years - Albino child
09. Honey Is Cool - Bolero
10. TALK 3
11. Mob - Wait for me
12. Skywriter - For heaven's sake
13. Menfolk - Zero is also a number
14. TALK 4
15. Plain Fade - Datura
16. Division of Laura Lee - Dirty love
17. Det Gamla Landet - Det heliga landet
18. TALK 5
19. Elope - Black eyed citizen
20. Fontän - You, me & a tree
21. Gehenna - Touched and left for dead
22. TALK 6
23. Mustasch - I Hunt alone
24. Cobolt - The Atlantic Ocean takes her back
25. Blinders On - Blinders are on
26. Madrugada - Higher
27. TALK 7
28. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - I could have sworn I heard them SING
29. Notre Dame - Into the coven
30. TALK 8
31. The Motorhomes - The man

My playlist for this week's radio show on Sirius:

01. Bogus Blimp - By five o'clock tea
02. TALK 1
03. Sivert Høyem - Smalltown supersound
04. Pluxus - Kinoton
05. Brick - No names
06. TALK 2
07. Hebosagil - Let us go
08. Dialog Cet - Crocodile Hunt
09. Hurdy Gurdy - Ynglingen
10. Anja Garbarek - The last trick
11. TALK 3
12. E.S.T. - When god created the coffee break
13. Miss Li - I'm sorry, he's mine
14. Afenginn - Ralli i d-mol
15. Magyar Posse - Whirlpool of terror and tension
16. TALK 4
17. Susanne Sundfør - I resign
18. Sällskapet - Nordlicht
19. Nisse Hellberg - Kärlekens express
20. TALK 5
21. The Spacious Mind - Rider of the woodlands
22. TALK 6
23. Him Kerosene - Ladybugs
24. Svenson - Don't get lost
25. Namur - Marching
26. TALK 7
27. Tellevika + Firefox AK - Eric
28. Carpet People - A girl without a skin
29. Anna Ternheim - Lovers dream (feat. Fyfe Dangerfield)
30. Knife and Ape - No arms no legs
31. TALK 8
32. Brighter Death Now - American tale

Dagavisen is counting down the top 30 Norwegian albums of all-time: http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/musikk/article293966.ece
Summary of what's posted so far:

30. Turboneger - Apocalypse Dudes
29. Tre Så Kinesere - 365 Fri
28. Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
27. Madrugada - The Nightly Desease
26. Kung Fu Girls - This Is The Kung Fu Beat
25. Sissy Wish - You May Breathe
24. Lillemor - Lokkemann
23. Terje Rypdal - Bleak House
22. a-ha - Hunting High An Low
21. Thomas Dybdahl - That Great October Sound

My radio show this week is all about good-time summer jams:

01. TALK 1
02. Junior Senior - Move your feet
03. Tigerbombs - 1000 sparks
04. Säkert! - Vi kommer att dö samtidigt
05. TALK 2
06. Maia Hirasawa - And I found this boy
07. Margaret Berger - Samantha
08. The Knife - Heartbeats
09. The Ark - The worrying kind
10. TALK 3
11. Bamse - Kapten Busters sång
12. Marit Bergman - Adios amigos
13. Last Days of April - Playerin
14. Nic & the Family - Hej Monika
15. TALK 4
16. BassHunter - Boten Anna
17. The Alpine - No I in team
18. Aqua - Barbie girl
19. TALK 5
20. I'm From Barcelona - Treehouse
21. Bertine Zetlitz - 500
22. Eric Prydz vs Floyd - Proper education
23. TALK 6
24. Children of Bodom - Oops, I did it again!
25. Whale - Hobo humpin' slobo babe
26. Kurt Nilsen - She's so high
27. Desert Planet - Return of the ninja droids
28. TALK 7
29. Laakso - Italy vs Helsinki
30. Peter Bjorn and John - Young folks
31. September - Cry for you
32. TALK 8
33. Randy - Summer of bros
34. Ace of Base - All that she wants
35. Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-Garde - Democracy
36. TALK 9
37. Håkan Hellström - Kann ingen sorg för mig Göteborg
38. Seven Feet Four - Last days of summer
39. Tiger Lou - The war between us (Rupesh Cartel remix)
40. Madrugada - The kids are on high street
41. TALK 10
42. Europe - The final countdown

Download the companion "Summer jam '07" podcast mix right here.

Podcast: Summer jam '07

Updated livedates for I'm From Barcelona, including a new NYC show:

05/27 - Papillons de nuit, St Laurent de Cuves (FRA)
06/29 - Microcosm, La Roche sur Yon (FRA)
06/30 - Eurockéennes, De Belfort (FRA)
07/06 - Rock dans tous ses états, Evreux (FRA)
07/07 - Oxegen, Punchestown Racecourse (IRL)
07/13 - Melt Festival, Ferropolis/Gräfenhainichen (GER)
07/14 - Latitude, Southwold (UK)
07/15 - Indian Summer, Glasgow (UK)
07/16 - Concorde 2, Brighton (UK)
07/26 - Emmabodafestivalen (SWE)
07/27 - Neapolis Festival, Neapel (ITA)
07/28 - The Secret Garden Party, Cambridge/Huntingdon (UK)
07/28 - Hana-Bi, Ravenna (ITA)
08/02 - Sudoeste Festival (POR)
08/04 - Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL
08/05 - Jelly NYC Pool Parties, Brooklyn, NY
08/06 - Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY
08/16 - Pukkelpop (BEL)
08/24 - Pstereo, Trondheim (NOR)

Cokemachineglow talks to Norwegian drone/experimental act Huntsville: http://cokemachineglow.com/feature/interview/Huntsville.html

New summer festival dates for I'm From Barcelona:

05/27 - Papillons de nuit, St Laurent de Cuves (FRA)
06/29 - Microcosm, La Roche sur Yon (FRA)
06/30 - Eurockéennes, De Belfort (FRA)
07/06 - Rock dans tous ses états, Evreux (FRA)
07/07 - Oxegen, Punchestown Racecourse (IRL)
07/13 - Melt Festival, Ferropolis/Gräfenhainichen (GER)
07/14 - Latitude, Southwold (UK)
07/15 - Indian Summer, Glasgow (UK)
07/16 - Concorde 2, Brighton (UK)
07/28 - The Secret Garden Party, Cambridge/Huntingdon (UK)

If you missed my radio show on Friday, you also missed my wife and I serenading our border collie Parker with a little IFB. He sure does hate them.