MF/MB/ will be releasing a remix collection on July 12 called "Altered" mostly featuring reworkings of their tracks by other artists, but also a number of remixes the band themselves have done for others such as The Sounds, Agent Side Grinder, Simian Ghost, Katharina Nuttall and even Americans !!!. Check out the latter here: http://www.adrianfiles.com/!!!-Jamie_My_Intention_Are_Bass-MFMB_Remix.mp3
Mikael Sörling's upcoming "Turist i Tillvaron" Swedish punk comp is now mastered and sent for pressing and you can check out the artwork and tracklist here: http://sirling.blogspot.com/2011/06/arets-samlingsplatta.html
Looks like there's a volume 2 already in the works as well for this fall. Artists confirmed so far include The Baboon Show, Tomma Händer, Kaffekatt, Mimikry, Brottskod 11 and more.
Looks like Tram7 got a hold of that new Nicolas Makelberge tune "Welcome to emotion": http://www.tram7.se/2011/06/13/nicolas-makelberge-welcome-to-emotion-mp3/
have signed Umeå leisure-rockers Deportees and will be releasing their next album in fall.
Swedish experimental artist Skogar (aka Johannes Brander) will be collaborating with American artist Sharon Van Etten on an upcoming project, due out sometime later this year. In the meantime, check out a review of his most recent cassette release "Magic/Khands" at Foxy Digitalis: http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/?p=11559
In other news, Skogar's next release will be his first ever on LP as opposed to CS or CDr and it is coming via the newly-founded label . More details on that when I get them.
Interview magazine talks to Peter Bjorn and John (well, actually just John and Bjorn) and artist Jonas Torvestig about their new art show and their apparent partnership in a new record label called : http://www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/culture/2011-06-10/peter-bjorn-and-john/
More here: http://www.grandlifenyc.com/2011/06/10/thumbs-up-for-peter-bjorn-and-john/
Swedish underground indie/experimental cassette label has assembled a comp of their bands covering eachother as their 20th release and are giving it away as a free download: http://periferinac.blogspot.com/2011/06/prf-020.html
Monty hates autotune and wants to make sure you know for sure: http://www.entillhimmel.se/news/demo-hatar-autotune/
Out now via , "De-compositions" from Jonas Palm, an early recording made after the release of his first album "Ze wörmnest" from 1980 and never before released: http://www.borft.com/details.php?ProdID=1104
If you're into early minimal synth, the samples sound killer.
Cut City will be printing the name of each and every person who purchases their new/final/superb album "Where's the harm in dreams disarmed" on the back cover of the upcoming vinyl edition, that is, unless they decide to opt out: http://wherestheharm.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/credit-where-credits-due/
Personally, I'd just be happy to pre-pay for the LP, thank-you list or not.
Robyn will be performing a concert at JFK Int'l Airport in NY on June 20 and Stereogum is giving away passes: http://stereogum.com/729582/win-passes-to-see-robyn-at-a-jetblue-terminal/news/
The latest single from Swedish reggae/hip-hop artist Kapten Röd.
Scraps of Tape will be doing a special art-exhibit/photo-shoot/live-show/video-shoot at Gallery Krets in Malmö on June 17. It's free, but your likeness may be preserved for all eternity as part of the band's documentation of said evening, though that may mean you'll be the world's next big YouTube star (for a moment). Anyhow, there will also be cheap refreshments and the band will premiere some new tunes from the upcoming album and there may even be some extra-special guests. It all goes down at 18:00 and again: it's free. Can't lose.
A newly posted track from Zobibor, off the band's new cassette EP out now via .
From David Åhlén's latest release, the "New Jerusalem" EP. Essential.