Good lord, how do people get their hands on a Listen to Norway package? 60+ records from Norway? Yikes! That’s such an awesome thing to send out into the world, probably mostly untouched by Norwegian music. Really though, who are these 250+ receipients? The music clips on this site aren’t doing it for me…

Magnet’s new album “The Tourniquet” came out on Monday. IN NORWAY. It may be a small world but Norway is still far away. Even though just about everything I’ve read about the album so far has been in Norwegian, I can already tell that it’s…really good. Obviously. Check out all these reviews that you probably can’t read! But oh lordy, something in English: review of his free show at Platekompaniet. I feel a bit better now. This is the only album of the year that I’m really excited about, not because I’m uninsterested in other music but because I love Magnet’s music that much. Uh huh. It’s not too big of an obsession…really. Anyway, the album is coming out in the US in the fall, methinks, but you should keep this album in mind now. RIGHTNOW.