Øyafestivalen in Oslo has one of its best years in terms of programming ever! And accordingly, some of the ticket packages has been sold out for months. When we were checking out which of our artists were playing at Oya, we found it to be a quite long list. Check here for the Oya program and corresponding artist info. • Hiawata! • Earlybird Stringband • Cold Mailman • Jenny Hval • Last Heat • The Captain & Me • The Retardos • Kalashnikov • Duel In The Sun • Young Dreams  • Guro Von Germeten • This Is Music Inc.  • Legs 11 • VOM • Stina Stjern  • Wholy Martin • Now We’ve Got Members • Hope I Die Virgin  • Jennie Abrahamson • Los Plantronics  • Lucy Swann • The Hex • Agent Cooper • Roar Vangen • Philco Fiction • Youth Pictures Of Florence Henderson  • The Apricot  • Baertur • Bloody Beach • Paranoid James • Pristine • Center Of The Universe • CCTV • Bendik • Le Corbeau • L.I.T  • Salvador Sanchez • Dig Deeper • The Megaphonic Thrift • Goonfight  • Lonely Kamel • Supermale • Pirate Love • Lucky Lips • Dråpe  • Liliedugg • Bankmenn • Herreløse • Jens Carelius • Aristillus • Eye Emma Jedi • Envy • Heartfelt • Mungolian Jet Set • Lukestar • Mongo Ninja • Glasser • Daniel Norgren • Honningbarna • Kaia • Real Ones & Razika  • Andrea Dahle • Sandra Kolstad • Lama • Tôg  • Samling  • Bedroom Eyes • The Turns  • Hanne Kolstø • Dyst • Team Me • Jeroan Drive • Phaedra  • Hilde Marie Kjersem • Gabriel • 120 Days • Kvelertak • Wannskrækk • Teddy Trigger and the Gatling Guns • The Lionheart Brothers  • Maribel  • Hurra Torpedo • Wolves Like Us • Stein Torleif Bjella • Rumble in Rhodos • Jonas Alaska • Dråpe • Razika • Kamikaze a Go Go • Vreid • Prins Thomas • Fjorden Baby! • Mari Boine • Blackbelt Andersen

We´re proud to announce that Swedish label Darrow have signed a digital distribution deal with Phonofile. Darrow have an impressive catalogue including artists like The Refreshments (12 gold and 2 platinum albums), Dave Edmunds, Eva Eastwood, Johan ”J.B” Blohm, Nejra and many more. Darrow’s catalogue also contains albums with Hank C Burnette including the millionseller “Spinning Rock Boogie” (the only European artist to have been released on the legendary Sun label in USA), and recordings  with Totta Näslund, Tommy Körberg, Sven Zetterberg, Lasse Tennander, Billy Bremner, Steve Gibbons & Augie Meyers among others. We give them a big Phonofile welcome and we are sure this will be a fruitful cooperation.

Phonofile’s daily leader Erik Brataas says:
“We are very pleased that Darrow have given us the trust to handle their digital distribution. Darrow is one of Sweden’s best labels and certainly one of the best selling and we will do our very best to make sure their artists and releases get the the attention they deserve. I am indeed sure this will be a very fruitful cooperation.”

Visit Darrow here.

As Datarock tours the Americas post SXSW gigs they now release “Catcher in the Rye,” easily dubbed as “the most extravagant single in history”. The limited single itself comes as a designer toy with a USB stick featuring everything from the history of Datarock, including 1500 photos from their shows in 33 countries, 20 music videos, and Never Say Die – a brand new hour-long concert film. Also, they are also of course releasing a digital 5 track EP Catcher in the Rye, plus (remember this is Datarock) another EP built around their new track California. Look out for more digital snacks from the track suit redhoods. Check out the video here.