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Friday, March 9 2007

Scandinavia's Hot Music from the Cold North

Held deep in the ice-bitten annals of Trondheim, Norway, By:Larm 2007 gathered hundreds of Scandinavian musicians for a massive, three-day music-and-arts festival. PopMatters covers the best new Scandanavian talent emerging from the festival and offers 20 exclusive MP3s and an exclusive mix.


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Wednesday, September 2 2009

Datarock: Red

Datarock fail to pass the second album test with another collection of Teflon '80s post-punk tunes.


Thursday, June 14 2007

Datarock: Datarock Datarock

Two years later, the US finally gets to join the Datarock party.


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Thursday, October 8 2009

Datarock - "The Pretender" (video)

Datarock's new video for "The Pretender" (from Red) was inspired by John Carpenter's 1988 Roddy Piper flick, They Live. If we're lucky, the next one…


Tuesday, August 25 2009

Datarock - "Computer Camp Love" (video)

Clever rhyming, infectious beats, and Revenge of the Nerds references make this Norwegian electro-rock band a no-brainer.


Thursday, July 9 2009

Datarock - Red (new album / video)

Datarock Red (Nettwerk) Releasing: 1 September 2009 (US) / 8 June 2009 (UK) SONG LIST 01. The Blog 02. Give It Up 03. True Stories…


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