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Norwegian radio channel NRK P3 are currently running a vote to find the best Norwegian song of the decade. Bigbang songs Girl In Oslo, Welcome To The Mountains and Saturn Freeway are selected to compete, and you can vote for them at their webpage at this location: http://nrkp3.no/bestenorske/
Girl In Oslo is currently at number 7, [...]

In an article published a month ago under the title ” Westlake Village firm’s mikes help novices record music like pros”, a Los Angeles based firm called Blue Microphones demonstrate a iPhone recorder device called “Mikey”, using Øystein as a test dummy. The whole article in English can be found @ LA Daily News homepage.

For those of you who haven’t read up on the Bigbang history, it all started with Øystein shelving his skateboard and picking up the guitar. Skateboard zine Tacky.no found some old videos recorded, with pictures of Norwegian skateboarders around those days:
“Øystein Greni was one the 90s, and overall, best Norwegian skater. He was a pro at [...]

Norwegian web music zine Furoreiharare did an interview with Midlake talking about their new upcoming record due to be released early next year. Seems they picked up on our channels, since they mention Øystein playing guitar on one of their tracks…
Whole interview can be found here. Check out Midlake @ MySpace, or their official homepage.
Roughly [...]

The first concert date after the US release of Edendale January 19th have just been confirmed:

Bigbang – Live @ The Roxy Theatre, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, Los Angeles – January 21st 2010.

More US dates will be announced later on, expected to be in January and March/April.
About The Roxy:
The Roxy Theatre (often just The Roxy) is [...]

According to Norways biggest newspaper VG, the album is one of the top 10 best records since 2000. The list is topped by Røyksopp’s “Melody AM” from 2001.
Rough english translation:
On their fourth record the (maybe) most consistent Norwegian rock band finally gets under their own skin, matching its tremendous live capacity. A bloodstained album pushed [...]