by:Larm

A-Laget

In 2006 four Bergen rap heavyweights came together with a common cause. Together, they would become famous as A-laget, and with their first free album, “nokke feita vol.1 – Utrygt for utflipp”, they secured themselves a massive… Read more

Alit Boazu

Formed five years ago, Alit Boazu come from North Troms. They combine traditional Sami sounds with contemporary rhythms, which together become an exciting fusion of the old and the new. It’s difficult to make any direct comparisons to other bands, but… Read more

ALTAAR

Thew core members of ALTAAR are Andreas Tylden (ex-JR Ewing) and Sten Ove Toft (Utarm, Sten Ove Toft, Roggbif Records), who desire to create something more than just music. ALTAAR’s musical distillery fuses contemporary music’s outer limits (John Cage, Philip Glass),… Read more

Anchor

Out of the independent music scene and activist movement in Stavanger and Gothenburg comes the hardcore-straight edge band Anchor. With a mission to entertain, provoke and inspire to action, they’ve trawled around countless venues in all four corners of the globe… Read more

Anna von Hausswolff (S)

Everyone who hears Anna von Hausswolff stops, listens and is touched. Her voice is the definition of expressiveness. Sometimes it deliciously strokes your skin, other times it raises a storm, but it always demands a place in your heart. One finds… Read more

Asha Ali (S)

When Asha Ali released her debut album in 2006, it was hailed as the year’s most promising and exciting Swedish release. In October 2009, came the follow up, “Hurricane”, and Asha shows no sign of compromising when it comes to quality.… Read more

Audrey Horne

Audrey Horne set a new standard in Norwegian hard rock with “No Hay Banda” in 2005. The album was mixed by Joe Barresi, who set aside time to work with the band between greats like Tool and Queens of The Stone… Read more

Bjørn Hellfuck

A sexually explosive, rock orientated singer-songwriter from Bergen, Bjørn Hellfuck and his backing band have been a star ascendant, an unchallenged ace if you will, on influential Norwegian website “Urørt” (a sort of BBC Introducing meets Myspace) since the very beginning,… Read more

Blood Command

A common love of San Diego Hardcore, feelgood club music and driving pop brought the members of Blood Command together about a year ago. The result is a potent hybrid of uncompromising hardcore and danceable rock which has led to the… Read more

Bushman's Revenge

This young and powerful trio are led by Shining guitarist Even Helte Hermansen, and released their second full length album early in 2009. The album “You Lost Me At Hello” reveals a band which combines the rhythm section’s jazz/improv background… Read more

Cacadou

Violence,…….beauty,…….sea breeze! Welcome to Aboretto. The origin of Captain Ed and Cacadou. Here you can get acquainted with Fair Mariah and incite to violence with Hurricane Henry. Buy beverages of the stronger sort with Martin Shaw and learn… Read more

CCTV

CCTV hail from Haugesund, the city founded on herrings, jazz and heroin, but they are today based in Oslo. The music bears elements of indie-pop, psychedelia and electronica, and CCTV beg, steal and borrow shamelessly from their many inspiration sources. Melodious,… Read more

Children and corpse playing in the streets

Children and Corpse Playing in the Streets consists of two girls who along with friends create everything from lovely vulnerable lo-fi pop, to ramshackle dance tunes and weird noise drones. They play everything they can get their hands on when it… Read more

Chimes & Bells (DK)

Cæcelie Trier, who in recent years has been extremely active in different bands such as Choir of Young Believers, ATOI and Le Fiasko, now comes forward as a singer and songwriter in her own right with her new project Chimes &… Read more

Chrome Hill

Chrome Hill’s last album ‘Earthlings’ was declared as one of the 30 “Best Norwegian releases from 2008”, according to the bookers at Øya Festival. ‘Earthlings’ consists of nine new compositions by guitarist Asbjørn Lerheim. The music is… Read more

The Cumshots

The Cumshots are a fusion of powerful sound cascades, ambient walls of guitar, jackhammer drums and a vocalist in Christopher Schau (aka Max Cargo) who gives it everything he’s got. In October 2009 they released their fourth… Read more

Daniel Gilbert (S)

Well, my name is Daniel Gilbert and ever since my old dad caved in my musical head with Oscar Peterson Trio I’ve believed, and understood, that music in all its forms touches and influences most people, at least those who have… Read more

Danny & Pumba

Dannyboy and Pumba are two rappers who many expect much from in 2010. Both are solo artists who have been bubbling right under the mainstream radar in recent years, guesting on countless mixtapes from their contemporaries, as well as several solo… Read more

Death By Unga Bunga

“Straight out of Moss come these young kids in a band with the remarkably groovy band name “Death By Unga Bunga” (taken from an obscure record by LA punk band “The Mummies”). These are youngsters who have stumbled over some dusty… Read more

The Deer Tracks (S)

Every tale has to have a beginning. But when all of this began, is not entirely known. There’s probably a series of events leading up to all this which made the story possible to… Read more

Denga Denga

Denga Denga was started in the autumn of 2007 by Eirik Moberg and Thomas Slettebø. Moberg has earlier been active in the electronica scene under the name Rundfunk, something which resulted in the track “Hønerytme”. This was released on one of… Read more

DUNDERBEIST

Dunderbeist has traveled land and strand around the last two years to promote the first couple of albums in a series of six that are planned for release in the course of as many years. They have created furor and at… Read more

Dunderhonning

Dunderhonning were crowned as leaders of a rock-in-Norwegian wave when they in the autumn of 2007 released their mini-album “Ka du vente på?” to critical acclaim. Dagsavisen described them as their hottest tipped debutant, they were described as promising by Dagbladet… Read more