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March 4, noted Norwegian singer-songwriter Hanne Hukkelberg's Rykestrasse 68 heads to North American thanks to the Nettwerk label, following a 2006 release (to much international aplomb) in her native Norway.

The disc, "a tribute to the six months she spent living in Berlin," is a darker, more somber affair than its well-regarded predecessor, Little Things. 68 features members of Jaga Jazzist and Shining, and sports a rather bizarre (but extremely effective) cover of the Pixies' "Break My Body". A video for "A Cheater's Armoury" drawn up by MTV animator Andreas Palegolas is included with the disc.

Hukkelberg will make her way to this year's South by Southwest festival, and a brief U.S. tour is being plotted around the trip. Those dates have yet to emerge, but Hukkelberg's got a pair of Scandanavian dates set in stone over the next couple months.

Rykestrasse 68:

01 Berln
02 Cheater's Armoury
03 The Pirate
04 Fourteen
05 The Northwind
06 Obelix
07 Break My Body
08 Ticking Bomb
09 Pynt

Hanne:

01-10 Groningen, Netherlands - EuroSonic
02-09 Oslo, Norway - Fabrikken (Sunkissed)
03-12-16 Austin, TX - SXSW