Swedish glam-rockers Crashdïet will be doing a number of American dates in November:
11/11 - Key Club, Hollywood, CA
11/12 - The Can, Garden Grove, CA
11/13 - Casbah Club, San Diego, CA
11/16 - The Palm Club, Phoenix, AZ
11/17 - Vampd Rock Bar, Las Vegas, NV
11/19 - Mexico City, Mexico
Voice Of..., the solo project of Joakim Westlund (Aerial/The Giant's Dream), has a new EP posted for free listening/download: http://voiceof.bandcamp.com/album/live-001
Swedish bitpop act 047 will be releasing the new single "Keep it to yourself" featuring guest vocals from Gustaf Spetz (Eskju Divine) on August 31. I've been fortunate enough to hear a preview and it's great!
Sad to hear it, but Pistol Disco is officially done: http://pistoldisco.tumblr.com/post/9179798458
In the meantime, check out their new project Pool: http://p0000l.tumblr.com/
has announced that they will be putting out a previously unreleased EP from 90s Swedish synthpop act Children Within. Said EP will be called "Spotlight" and will feature a number of tunes recorded after the release of the band's most well-known and final album "Freedom of choice". The official release date is set for September 14.
Inspired by an odd review in The Wire, The Skull Defekts dug down deep and took a journey to the skull of scribe Daniel Spicer and released the result on cassette. More here: http://skulldfx.tumblr.com/post/9116780381/investigating-the-skull-of-daniel-spicer
Here's the new Masquer single "Stark naked", including the b-side remix by Andreas Tilliander. The duo's much-anticipated full-length debut "Cover my face as the animals cry" will finally be released on September 14.
has finalized the artwork and is now taking preorders for the upcoming 3x7" split box featuring Swedish hardcore punk/crusties Anatomi-71, Bombstrike, Desperat, Giftgasattack, Makabert Fynd and Tortyr. : http://dbeatrawpunk.blogspot.com/2011/08/3x-long-awaited-split-7-box-soon-to-be.html
PSL has the premiere of the new Mire Kay video for "So you learned" along with an interview with the band (in Swedish): http://psl.svt.se/psl/2011/08/19/videopremiar-mire-kay-so-you-learned/
Anima MorteIf you're in any way familiar with the work of legendary Italian horror director Lucio Fulci and his longtime musical collaborator Fabio Frizzi, you'll adore this second album by Swedish prog-horror crew Anima Morte. Whilst the entire album harks back to the good old days of Italian horror, there are notable similarities between various songs and their cinematic counterparts, all given a prog-metal overhaul. "The revenant", for example, is like an updated version of Frizzi's work on "City of the living dead" whilst the title track isn't too far removed from Stelvio Cipriani's sterling work on Umberto Lenzi's 1980 classic "Nightmare city". There are numerous examples of this on here -- too many to list in a review -- but mention must be made of that fact that this album is a creative homage to an inspirational film movement rather than a rip-off of cult soundtracks. A sublime production highlights every nuance of the band's wonderful creativity and, while the music will appeal to a select audience rather than wow the masses, it will wow anyone who gives it a chance.
- John Norby
Svensk Musik rhapsodizes on Göteborg Pop City aka the Manchester of Northern Europe and the genius of Broder Daniel and Henrik Berggren: http://svenskmusik.org/article/the-manchester-of-northern-europe/
The new album "Saker jag saft till natten" from Invasionen, Dennis Lyxzén's current band that isn't AC4, will be released on September 21 via .
Swedish artist Johan Heltne has made his most recent album, the very excellent "Sara,", available as a free download: http://johanheltne.se/download/
VERY highly recommended! This is one of my absolute favorites from last year.
Swedish rockers Riddarna have a new video for the track "Hej då".
UK-based Scandinavian clubnight Ja Ja Ja have officially partnered with The Line of Best Fit full-time and relaunched with a new blog site: http://www.jajajamusic.com/
Their next actual live music event will be on September 29 at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen and will feature Sondre Lerche, LCMDF and Sykur.
