Rebecca & Fiona worldwide?
Black Book ponders whether or not Swedish tabloid pop duo Rebecca & Fiona have what it takes to make it Stateside: http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/are-rebecca-fiona-swedens-next-act-to-pop/26781
Country: Sweden
Last Fair Day Gone Night
Katatonia will be doing a few separate headlining gigs in the US when they come over to tour with Opeth next month: http://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=16679
Hammer Smashed Playlist: Thomas Ekelund
Thomas Ekelund (Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words) lists his current musical playlist picks for Hammer Smashed Sound: http://www.hammersmashedsound.com/2011/08/playlist-thomas-ekelund.html
Imperial State Electric to release new 7"
Imperial State Electric will be releasing a new 7" on featuring "You don't want to know" b/w a cover of Rod Stewart's classic "Maggie May".
MP3: Autodafeh - Stompers
I'm kind of obsessed with this song right now. It's not new, but it's new to me and I stumbled across it while falling down an extended EBM wormhole in my possibly misguided attempt to investigate new Swedish music of that genre. I say "misguided" because as much as I enjoy this stuff when it's done well, so so so SO much of it is absolute garbage and I've been let down too many times. Then there's the fact that if you get too self-conscious about how truly goofy this stuff can be -- for instance, I can think of at least three tunes that rip off Front 242's bounty hunter motif in their classic "Headhunter" -- it's very easy to write it off, but let's not go there. It's aggressive dance music, you should expect a certain amount of lunkheadedness. Autodafeh go the extra mile by demanding you to MOVE. The rhythmic heavy breathing is the icing on the cake. Turn it up and pretend you're this guy.
Autodafeh - Stompers
Scraps of Tape present The Noble Beast of Malmö
Scraps of Tape has officially launched their new record label/production company/artistic collective , their first release being the new SoT 7" single "Flera meter kort": http://scrapsoftape.wordpress.com/the-noble-beast-of-malmo/
Look for new releases from various constellations of the SoT membership in the not-so-distant future, both musical and otherwise.
Gnucci Banana - Famalam jam (video)
The song widely considered to be this year's sommarplåga now has a video.
Ghost - Live video
Nice to see some high-quality live footage of Ghost instead of the usual mediocre crowd-sourced stuff. Really looking to seeing them on tour with Enslaved in October.
Parker Lewis - Dream baby (video)
Here's the video for the new Parker Lewis single "Dream baby".
Roll the Dice to release new album, play London
Roll the Dice: new album "In dust" due out on September 12 with the duo's UK live debut following on the 20th at Cafe Oto.
Soldier One returns
Swedish bitpop/powerviolence duo Soldier One are back after a long absence with a new album entitled "Witnessing the orchestration of time" which they will be releasing first as a trilogy of free download EPs before the physical version is ready on November 11. Grab part one "Quantum fluctuation" here and bookmark it to grab the next one a month from now: http://www.soldier001.com/
Metal Blade picks up Noctum
Swedish occult metal act Noctum has signed with after release one album and an EP via .
Under the Radar reviews I Break Horses
Under the Radar reviews Swedish shoegaze hype I Break Horses: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/hearts/
MP3: Skraeckoedlan - Fågelsång
For some reason I can't explain, I keep reading Skraeckoedlan's name as Snackadolodon which makes me think of a Doritos-obsessed dinosaur or something, and while I suppose that is probably actually a-okay for a Swedish stonerrock band, I'm not sure that's the image they're going for. Anyhow, regardless of however you want to say their name and what images it may conjure, I can say for sure that these dudes bring the heavy with confidence and competence, just like you'd expect from anything -related. Nothing musically groundbreaking mind you, but I must say that I very much appreciate hearing a band like this singing in Swedish as opposed to repeating the same old tired desert/driving/party clichés so many others of their ilk wallow in. And if they are repeating the same stuff på Svenska, I remain blissfully ignorant.
Skraeckoedlan - Fågelsång
September Malevolence - End of new beginnings
Swedish post/indierockers September Malevolence are streaming a new tune at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/September-Malevolence/16360370031?sk=app_178091127385
"End of new beginnings" is the first track from the band's new album "Our withers unwrung", due out August 26.