Swedish shoegazers Degrees have a new album "Dream on dreamy" coming out at the end of the month and you can now preview a few of the tracks from it at Bandcamp: http://degrees.bandcamp.com/album/dream-on-dreamy
Look for a video for the track "Idiot dreaming" to come out May 10.
Adrien Begrand braves the reissued back catalogue of Swedish power-metal louts Sabaton for PopMatters: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/139970-once-more-unto-the-breach/
Heavy masturbation and unibrows on display in this NSFW clip from Swedish electro/pop act Lilla Sällskapet: http://youtu.be/5bTpIQAb7d4
Swedish noiserockers ÅBE will be touring to France and back this summer -- help them out with shows and floors to sleep on: http://aabe.se/?p=109
They're also working on a new record which should be out around midsummer, expect more details as they progress.
Highly esteemed artist Mr. Dennis Dread takes you behind the scenes into the creation of the artwork for "Aion of Drakon", the new album from Swedish doom act Saturnalia Temple: http://dennisdread.blogspot.com/2011/04/gross-anatomy-part-13.html
A new video from Fredrik, the first official clip from the band's new album "Flora" outside of the excellent full album stream. Details:
Inspired by early motion picture magicians like Stan Brakhage, Harry Smith, Isidore Isou and Viking Eggeling, it features an abstract take on Palm Shadowplay using "a vintage British overhead projector, an off-white canvas, scissors, paper, 8 hands and a fishtank full of flammable liquids". The colorations are natural and come from the way the lens refracts light at various distances, much like a prism. The effect has been "accentuated and slightly colour-corrected to fit the overall style".
"Flora" also got a decent review at Pitchfork today: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15388-flora/
sits down for a chat with Fredrik Zmuda, CEO of Norway-based streaming music service WiMP, a competitor of Spotify: http://blogs.playgroundmusic.com/intlpub/music-business-interviews-wimp
The Finnish Music Information Centre hails skweee label pioneers on their 5th anniversary and the release of the new double compilation "Harmönia family album": http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/0/86C8F5BCA7AAADF6C225787F003FE369?opendocument
Fluid Radio reviews the new Jasper TX album "The black sun transmissions": http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2011/05/jasper-tx-the-black-sun-transmissions/
New music from Skellefteå-based artist Vote Dukakis plus a tweaked-out remix courtesy of fellow Norrlander Chicagojazzen: http://c-h-i-c-a-g-o-j-a-z-z-e-n.blogspot.com/2011/05/just-real-mothafucka-goin-out-for-loot.html
Worth checking out.
A new video from I'm Kingfisher for the tune "A continent lost". Direct link: http://youtu.be/PF5-mBEHbZs
Panter are streaming their new EP "Newlyweds arrived" at Bandcamp: http://panter.bandcamp.com/album/newlyweds-arrived-ep
Recommended!
The new Rigas single "Make it rain" (feat. Baba Stiltz and Anna Maria Espinosa) is now streaming at SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/florafauna/rigas-make-it-rain-feat-baba
So, uh, this exists. Direct link: http://youtu.be/VjXoddug8KQ
Leila K is legendary and you're not. She's also back with a brand new tune produced by Wallenberg and you can head over to Discobelle to hear the whole thing and also to learn more about Wallenberg's new album "Legends": http://www.discobelle.net/2011/05/04/wallenberg-wants-your-remixes/