Trepaneringsritualen cassette listening session
Listen to side A of the ultra-limited (only 23 copies!) Trepaneringsritualen cassette released via : http://dreadwords.tumblr.com/post/11348995165/side-a-of-the-ultra-limited-trepaneringsritualen
Country: Sweden
Bastard Priest album preview
Invisible Oranges is doing a full album stream of the new Bastard Priest record "Ghouls of the endless night": http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2011/10/full-album-stream-bastard-priest-ghouls-of-the-endless-night/
PB&J live on Jimmy Kimmel (video)
Peter Bjorn and John performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. More at Hulu: http://www.hulu.com/watch/288053/jimmy-kimmel-live-peter-bjorn-and-john-dig-a-little-deeper
Pitchfork reviews Pallers
Pitchfork reviews the new Pallers album "The sea of memories": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15920-the-sea-of-memories/
Little Gang album coming soon
Little Gang, the new band of Jacob Snavely (Dag för Dag), Carl von Arbin (Shout Out Louds), Rebekka Karijord and Erik Nilsson, will release their debut album "Half of everything" on October 19 and have a new website where you can preview a few tunes: http://wearelittlegang.com/
Lowe US tour
Swedish electropop act Lowe is coming back to the US for a week and a half of dates in support of their new album "Evolver":
10/13 - Darkroom, Chicago, IL
10/14 - The Shrunken Head, Columbus, OH
10/15 - 31st Street Bar, Pittsburgh, PA
10/16 - Digital Ferret, Philadelphia, PA
10/17 - Real Radio Show, New York, NY
10/19 - R Bar, New York, NY
10/20 - DJ-set@Breezeaway, Manchester, NH
10/21 - Asylum , Portland, ME
10/22 - Elm Bar, New Haven, CT
Anna Maria Engberg - Wonderland (video)
The first sample of Anna Maria Engberg's upcoming debut album, due out in January 2012.
The Silent Ballet reviews Roll the Dice
The Silent Ballet reviews the latest work "In dust" from Swedish ambient/electronic act Roll the Dice: http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/4447/Default.aspx
New website, new releases from Raison d'Être
Swedish dark ambient act Raison d'Être has a nice new website that's no longer purely Flash-based: http://raison-detre.info/
As always, Raison d'Être mastermind has lots of new releases on the way including "Music for film and exhibition I + Natura Fluxus" 2CD+DVD under his legal nom de guerre Peter Andersson, a new version of the Necrophorus album "Underneath the spirit of tranquility" and an upcoming live album from Raison d'Être entitled "When the Earth dissolves in ashes" that will be released via . Definitely looking forward to that last one for sure -- samples and more info at the link above.
Fenriz' Band of the Week: Obnoxious Youth
Fenriz has selected Uppsala hardcore thrashers Obnoxious Youth as his band of the week: http://www.myspace.com/officialdarkthrone/blog/544502897
Personally, I'm not so into this style, but in no way can I deny that they excel at it.
Loney Dear - D major
Loney Dear's interpretation of Nobel Prize winner and fellow Swede Tomas Tranströmer's poem "C-dur", off his latest record "Hall music". Very prescient.
Scraps of Tape - Wieldless (video)
Here we go, the long-promised video from Scraps of Tape filmed during the band's artwork photo shoot last June. How many Malmö friends in the audience do you recognize?
Anna Ternheim - The longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss (video)
The first official clip from the new Anna Ternheim album "The night visitor" featuring Anna performing "The longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss" together with Dave Ferguson on his porch in Goodletsville, Tennessee.
Division of Laura Lee - Cabin jam
Brand new tunage from Division of Laura Lee, only 2 more free downloads as of posting time. This is the first sample of the band's upcoming record which was produced by Jason Lytle (Grandaddy).