Brooklyn Vegan — The record features saxophonist Emil Nikolaisen of Serena-Maneesh, with vocal contributions from Tim Burgess of The Charlatans, Tess Parks, and more. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Lately, an unlikely trio of studio wizards — ’70s rock mastermind Todd Rundgren, space-disco warlock Hans-Peter Lindstrøm, Serena-Maneesh guitar-mangler Emil Nikolaisen — has been working on a collaborative album called Runddans. The album com... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Dana (distortion) Yavin Serena-Maneesh "Somnambulism" @ IPR 4/26/2014 Anyone who came down to ISSUE Project Room on Saturday (4/26) to check out avant-garde Norwegian noise band Serena-Maneesh, expecting another loud rock show were in for a surpr... more info

Stereogum — Todd Rundgren is the Pennsylvania-born studio-rock wizard who helped define how American big-money rock music sounded in the 1970s. Hans-Peter Lindstrøm is the Norwegian space-disco producer whose burbling deep-groove tracks helped open dance music ... more info

Stereogum — Just like last week, here are this week’s attention-worthy videos. New ones from Serena-Maneesh, Antony and the Johnsons, Gatekeeper, Gordon Voidwell, James Blake, Kid Cudi, Mark Ronson, Torche, and Warpaint, along with a cute/creepy kid video from... more info

5 Acts — Doors open for this show tonight at DC9 at 8:30 and tickets are $14. Wovenhand plays at 9:00 and Serena-Maneesh at 10:30. 18+ more info

Stereogum — Don’t take parenting tips from the fresh-faced couple in Serena-Maneesh’s “D.I.W.S.W.T.T.D.” video. But please do note the play on “S&M.” Then spend the rest of the clip coming up with potential meanings for “D.I.W.S.W.T.T.D.” (Make s... more info

DrownedInSound — There have been some astonishing things to come out of Norway, but perhaps none as astonishing as Serena-Maneesh bassist Hilma Nikolaisen, who tonight – and presumably at every show – appears to stand at about seven feet tall, at a conservative ... more info

Stereogum — Serena-Maneesh’s “D.I.W.S.W.T.T.D.” sorta sounds like Stereolab in its original form: This remix of the S-M 2: Abyss In B Minor track picks up on that, brings it home. Stereolab’s reclamation appears on the first of a series of limited-editio... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-20 Trondheim, Norway - Klubb Pstereo09-03 Kristiansand, Norway - Punkt Festival09-04 Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia09-10 Wytorna, Poland - Soundit Festival09-12 Berlin, Germany - Magnet09-13 Hamburg, Germany - Indra09-14 Cologne, Germany - Werkstatt... more info