Much like North American music industry get-togethers SXSW and CMJ, Oslo's by:larm festival livens up its afternoon-seminar schedule with celebrity Q&A events. Among this year's guests of honour -- including Joy Division/New Order bassist Peter Hook, Undertones frontman Feargal Sharkey, Karl Bartos of Kraftwerk, Rough Trade Records boss Geoff ...

Friday afternoon at by:Larm, a panel of music journalists gathered in an Oslo conference room to discuss their fate in the age of the blogger. More than just waxing eloquently about favourite records, the job description now includes 18-hour work days, video, podcasts and SEO-optimization. But music critics aren't the only ones in Oslo ...

Each February for the past 12 years, Norway's by:Larm festival has showcased emergent Scandinavian artists to visiting international media and industry, hosting early-career sets from future breakout acts like Lykke Li and Ida Maria. But at today's festival opening Q&A address, it turned the spotlight over to Alan McGee, a 49-year-old ...

By:Larm may not yet be the most renowned music festival in the world, but it's certainly the most practical. Not only do showcases begin on time, and not only are many of the festival's 28 venues located literally footsteps away from one another, but in the event of a snowstorm -- as Oslo experienced on Thursday night -- you can still take in the ...