Turboweekend - With every heartbeat (live video)
Turboweekend covers Robyn for Danish National Radio.
Country: Sweden
Swedish hip-hop with Petter (video)
Svensk Musik interviews genre pioneer Petter about Swedish hip-hop: http://svenskmusik.org/article/video-petter-about-swedish-hip-hop/
Grande Roses - Go home
Brand new music from the always-reliable Swedish act Grande Roses. Looks like they have a new EP on the way called "Hide".
Best Of according to Billie and friends preview
Swedesplease posted it so I don't have to -- check out two tracks from the new Bille the Vision and the Dancers best-of collection: http://www.swedesplease.net/2011/06/28/best-of-from-billie-the-vision-and-the-dancers/
Musik med Les Big Byrd
Stockholm scenesters Les Big Byrd do the live music thing for PSL: http://psl.svt.se/psl/2011/06/27/musik-med-les-big-byrd/
The Concretes - My ways (video)
The Concretes have a new video for the song "My ways": http://theconcretes.tumblr.com/post/6969907144/brand-new-and-lovely-video-for-my-ways-directed
LCTRISC - Reach the children (Book of Doom) (video)
A new clip from Swedish electro act LCTRISC featuring some nice old cautionary video footage.
Eboi - Immigrants (video)
New stuff from Swedish rapper Eboi. Can't say I love the music, but the sentiment is unfuckwithable.
Arvika ticket-holders get in free at Roskilde
Just got this alert in my inbox -- Denmark's Roskilde Festival will allow any and all ticket-holders for the now-bankrupt Arvikafestivalen into their own sold-out festival for free: http://roskilde-festival.dk/index.php?id=3865
The Deer Tracks - Dark passenger
CMJ is giving away a brand new track from The Deer Tracks as a free download: http://www.cmj.com/the-feed/news/2011/06/exclusive-download-deer-tracks-%E2%80%9Cdark-passenger%E2%80%9D/
The band's next release, "The Archer Trilogy, Pt. 2", comes out July 5 via .
Skrammel's Missbrukarna LP set for late August
As mentioned in February, is releasing a compilation LP of rare and never-released material from classic Swedish punks Missbrukarna and it's now confirmed that said collection will be called "Zooma in en zombie" and it will be released on August 30 and will feature 30+ tracks plus extensive liner notes. Download a sample tune: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15455672/Missbrukarna%20Du%20%C3%A4r%20inte%20du.mp3
Immanu El announce new album, tour
Swedish postrockers Immanu El have announced that they will be releasing their new alb "In passage", their third overall, on October 14. will handle things as usual in Sweden with doing an Asian release and handling vinyl. The band will once again be touring extensively in support and preliminary dates can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/notes/immanu-el/new-album-in-passage-release-october-2011-releasetours-in-europe-asia/10150300809333825
Arvikafestivalen is dead
The 2011 edition of the Arvika Festival, Sweden's most synth-focused fest, is cancelled and the company is filing for bankruptcy: http://www.arvikafestivalen.se/node/128
Agent Side Grinder repress
is doing a new pressing of Agent Side Grinder's excellent self-titled debut LP and it will be available on July 1 in an edition of 400 copies on black, 100 on blue. However, you can also still purchase a first-edition pressing on direct from me for $13 + s/h -- I've got 2 copies left in ye ol' mailorder distro.
jj - Celebris
Just in time for Swedish Midsommar, a new track from Spêcial Club aka jj via : http://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0167.php