NEWS

20 February 2009

It’s funny how good life they have up there in Norway. People go claiming their rights to the police (here). One small part of the population practice the infamous ‘Burn your local church’ sport. But most of all – its music. Please check out the boys bellow. The are calledВ Hurra Torpedo – very good.

20 February 2009

Telenor Arena in Fornebu just outside Oslo Wednesday evening Feb. 18, 2009. It was AC/DC’sВ first performance in Europe on their Black Ice World Tour Concert-goers were forced to endure long traffic jams to get to the venue.The problem got worse after the gig, with stationary traffic and apparent poor transport links leaving many people stranded. […]

20 February 2009

Superchunk has its first solid release since 2001 ready to arrive in stores. The power-pop act’s Leaves in the Gutter arrives in stores April 7 from Merge Records. The five-song effort is the first since 2001’s ‘Here’s to Shutting Up!’. Better yet, the effort indicates the ‘Chunk might be at work on a new record. […]

19 February 2009

The amazing Liverpool born Mark Foggo is coming back to Sofia, Bulgaria in Spring, bringing th Skasters to play at another episode of Radio Tangra Mega Rock’s 3rd Anniversary bash. The show is on Friday, 24th April at theВ ‘Blue Box’ club. More details to follow

19 February 2009

ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus has hit out at illegal downloaders and supporters of controversial website The Pirate Bay. Ulvaeus’ comments come during the trial of the four founders of the torrent website, which is currently underway in Sweden. Writing on Swedish website Newsmill, Ulvaeus lambasted internet users who steal online music, and think it’s OK to […]

19 February 2009

SheВ is back to her naughty tricks. The singer’s ‘I Feel Cream’ is on track for a May 5 release from XL Recordings. The album brings its share of double entendres and naughty humor, and follows up 2006’s ‘ImPeach My Bush’. Hopefully it’ll be easier to purchase than that dirty pair of underwear whose auction was […]

19 February 2009

Originally expected in April, Dave Matthews Band‘s as-yet-untitled new RCA album will now arrive June 2. The group has also announced its annual summer tour, beginning May 27 in Darien Center, N.Y. The dates will follow a previously announced spring run, which kicks off April 14 at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Support acts for […]

19 February 2009

The great US band enteredВ today ourВ Tuborg Top 40 Mega Rock ChartВ with ‘Set To Fail’В from their forthcoming new album ‘Wrath’ (Roadrunner/ Virginia Records). It will be officially out next weekand according to the album review ofВ Stefan Topuzov published on our website today: “Wrath’ is more like England’s third goal against Germany from the 1966 FIFA World […]

19 February 2009

The 2009 BRIT Awards ceremony took place on Wednesday 18 February 2009. It was the 29th edition of the British Phonographic Industry’s annual pop music awards. The awards ceremony was held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, and was broadcast live on ITV1, on Wednesday, February 18 at 8 pm (GMT). Duffy became the […]

19 February 2009

Portishead have said that although they are free of a record deal and are considering various options for their next album release, they are unlikely to give away their music free. Producer/instrumentalist Geoff Barrow, writing on the band’s MySpace blog, wrote that the band had “lots of options” with regards to the follow-up to their […]