Grande Roses - Dancing oak (live video)
A quick taste of something new from Grande Roses that will be on the band's next EP. Direct link: http://youtu.be/XfwtABrsNUQ
Country: Sweden
First Aid Kit recording with Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes
Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit are currently at ARC Studios in Omaha, NE working on a new album with producer Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes). Read more: http://cosmosmusicgroup.com/index.php?newsdetail=32
Necro Facility - Do you feel the same (Henrik Bäckström remix)
Necro Facility lead vocalist Henrik Bäckström remixes his own band, erasing a few of my issues with the music in the process. Direct link: http://soundcloud.com/progressproductions/necro-facility-do-you-feel-the
New Atlas Losing Grip now streaming
The new Atlas Losing Grip album "State of unrest" is now available for full streaming + preorder: http://blackstarfoundation.bandcamp.com/album/state-of-unrest
The official release date is May 28 via and if the samples I've heard are any indication, this is gonna be a stellar album. Really excited to hear it myself!
It's a Trap! Clubnights come to Stockholm!
Now confirmed for Friday, June 10 at Debaser Slussen in Stockholm capital city: Katharina Nuttall! Even better: it's free! So come on out and see a great artist in a great club! Full details: http://www.debaser.se/kalender/6503/
This Is Head - De trop
This Is Head's new 12" single "De trop" is out today via and the label is giving away the title track as a free download: http://www.adrianfiles.com/A1.De_Trop.mp3
The b-side of the physical edition features two remixes of the tune "0007", one by one by Korallreven and another by Hans Appelqvist.
Maim
Deceased to exist
Soulseller Records
This isn't really doing it for me like it should. I love my old-school Swedish death metal and I'm as much into the resurgence of the style as anyone but, let's face it, the genre is a hell of a lot more populated now than it ever was back in the day. With that in mind, bands really need to up their game in order to genuinely recreate the vibe once reserved for the genre gods of the late '80s and early '90s. There's something about the production on "Deceased to exist" that fails to hit the mark and, to these ears, it's the fact that there's no real punch behind the sound. Bands that sounded like this back in the day generally did so through lack of resources when recording a demo and, given the genre in which Maim reside, it's quite possible that they're deliberately recreating this dirty, relatively weak sonority in an attempt to sound grim and nekro. Musically, it's nothing to get excited about and, as much as I love the style, I can't see Maim getting too much airplay in Chez Norby.
- John Norby
Help Theresa Andersson via Kickstarter
Swedish expat singer/songwriter Theresa Andersson is using Kickstarter to fund her new album: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/269826550/theresa-andersson-live-lets-record-my-new-album-to
Switchlight Records to press Oldfashioned Ideas LP
will be doing a limited 12" run of Oldfashioned Ideas record "We're in this shit together", one of the nominees for the 2010 Manifest Award for best punk album: http://switchlightrecords.blogspot.com/2011/04/oldfashioned-ideas-were-in-this-shit.html
Picture - Heaven 7 (video)
New Swedish pop via from an artist known as Picture. Grab the track here: http://lookopenbusiness.bandcamp.com/track/heaven-7
Epidemics tour report
Swedish punkrockers Epidemics report back from tour: http://epidemicsrock.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/tour-report/
Zero Tolerance interviews Saturnalia Temple
Zero Tolerance interviews Swedish occult doom metal act Saturnalia Temple: http://v2.ztmag.com/blog/news/?p=1733
New website for Imperial State Electric
Imperial State Electric are the latest band to wisely abandon myspace for their own website: http://imperialstateelectric.se/
Sincerely Yours reveals Team Rockit 7"
have revealed their latest signing Team Rockit and have a new 7" from the act posted for sale/free download: http://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0163.php
They also have a new video from jj posted as well: http://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0162.php
Is "Om sanningen ska fram" this year's sommarplåga?
Aftonbladet says that the new Eric Amarillo single "Om sanningen ska fram" is this year's sommarplåga: http://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/article12992172.ab
Who else is the competition?