Swedish indie act You Say France & I Whistle has officially signed with and will be releasing their debut album "Angry men" in Europe on October 28, everywhere else in January. The band will also be coming over to the US in October to play House of Sweden in Washington DC, CMJ in NYC and Culture Collide in LA.
The new album "The lion's roar" from Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit has been confirmed for release on January 23. This is the first preview.
The Aquarian gives a good rundown of Peter Bjorn and John's career thus far and engages frontman Peter Morén in a bit of Q&A: http://www.theaquarian.com/2011/09/07/interview-with-peter-moren-from-peter-bjorn-and-john-good-enough-to-gimme-some/
New instrumental music from the duo Vyn coming this winter via .
Scraps of Tape will be heading to Germany for a few dates to support their new album "Resident flux":
11/02 - Schaubude, Kiel
11/03 - Schokoladen, Berlin
11/04 - Cairo, Würzburg
11/05 - AZ Conni, Dresden
Örnsberg rework and remix Leila K's "Legendary" on the occasion of her 40th birthday.
Peter Bjorn and John have been forced to cancel a couple gigs on their current tour due to John suffering from drummer-related injuries: http://peterbjornandjohn.com/blog/2011/09/gimme-some-bad-news/
Billboard reports that has purchased Denmark's , parent label to , and Sweden's , among others: http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/universal-music-acquires-denmark-s-mbo-group-1005339372.story
Cult of Luna has gathered their forces back in Umeå to write songs for their next album. Expect recording to begin this fall.
are giving away the new Karin Park single "Tiger dreams" as a free download in anticipation of her upcoming 10" EP release of the same name on September 19.
Spain's multidisciplinary Scandinavian arts festival Días Nórdicos is back for a 2nd year this coming September and October. As before, featured events will include talks, art exhibitions, film and of course, music -- artists confirmed so far include Zebra & Snake, Andi Almqvist, Anna Brønsted (Our Broken Garden), The Megaphonic Thrift, Junip and more. Full details: http://www.diasnordicos.com/
The Deer Tracks are heading to Japan this fall:
11/13 - Shibuya O-Nest, Tokyo
11/14 - Club Vijon, Osaka
Been awhile, but Soviac are finally back with new music. "French" is the first single from the band's forthcoming release "The back album", officially due out on October 7 via .
Pitchfork says The Field's new album "Looping state of mind" is 'Best New Music': http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15790-looping-state-of-mind/
The lineup for Mikael Sörling's next two "Turist i tillvaron" Swedish punk/hardcore comp LPs has been confirmed: http://sirling.blogspot.com/2011/09/ingen-rast-ingen-ro-turist-i-tillvaron.html
A few names I've covered before, but plenty of stuff I have not. As for the first volume, it's available for preorder and can also be heard via Spotify.