Pinto - The wall again
Swedish indie act Pinto will be releasing a new self-titled album on May 3 and they are giving away the track "The wall again" as a preview: http://www.pinto.se/thewall.mp3
Country: Sweden
New 12" from This Is Head coming in May
will be releasing a new 12" single from This Is Head on May 10 featuring the new track "De trop" backed by two b-side remixes of "0007", one by Korallreven and another by Hans Appelqvist.
Torpedo's last 20 days
Torpedo is counting down the day to the apocalypse (and the release of their apocalyptic new album "WE"): http://torpedosweden.tumblr.com/
I had serious doubts that Torpedo could pull off such a grandiose concept piece, but my first few listens has me convinced that they mostly succeeded.
Les Big Byrd - Streams of unconsciousness (video)
Could it be that Les Big Byrd (nee Big Byrd), the all-star Krautrock-ish sideproject of Jocke and Nino from Caesars with Frans of Fireside, is reactivated? I haven't heard any news, but there's a slew of new video clips on Vimeo posted under Patrik Instedt's account.
Mando Diao fires drummer
Mando Diao has reportedly fired drummer Samuel Giers after nine years with the band: http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/rockbjornen2011/article12834462.ab (in Swedish)
Shine 2009 + Paula Abdul - So free
The Line of Best Fit is way too excited about Shine 2009's new single "So free" featuring Paula Abdul: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2011/04/shine-2009-ft-paula-abdul-so-free-song-of-the-day-227/
Pacific! - Unspoken (video)
A new single from Pacific! featuring guest vocals from Sarah Assbring aka El Perro Del Mar. Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxnlKp7_A1Y
Presenting: Tomma Hander
I'm a jerk who didn't mark down where I got the link from, but here's some quality new poppy punkrock outta LKPG from a band called Tomma Hander: http://tommahander.wordpress.com/
Dig the organ.
Under the Radar reviews Acid House Kings
Under the Radar praises the latest from Acid House Kings: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/music_sounds_better_with_you/
Obnoxious Youth LP preview
Swedish hardcore act Obnoxious Youth are streaming a couple new tunes at Bandcamp: http://obnoxiousyouth.bandcamp.com/
Look for the band's debut LP "The eternal void" to be released very soon via Danish label .
PSL vs Sahara Hotnights
Part 1 of PSL interviewing Sahara Hotnights and previewing a few tunes off their upcoming album: http://psl.svt.se/psl/2011/04/01/lite-varldspremiar-sahara-hotnights-nya-ohs-vart-forsta-feta-rockriff-del-1/
Inevitable End album preview
Swedish tech/death metal act Inevitable End are streaming a couple new tunes online: http://listn.to/In%C2%ADevitableEnd
Look for the band's new album "The Oculus" to be released on May 24 via .
Simian Ghost to Playground, new EP soon
Simian Ghost will be releasing a new 7-song mini-album later this month, their first (I believe) for new label . Their old home and management will still handle the vinyl, while PGM will also do a digital rerelease of full-length "Infinite traffic everywhere".
Presenting: Fox Machine (ex-Whyte Seeds)
Fox Machine is the name of a new band featuring German frontman Sebastian Gäbel (guitar/vocals, Gods of Blitz) together with Swedes Olle Hagberg (vocals/keys, Whyte Seeds), Ricard Harryson (drums, The Maharajas/The Roadrunners), Henrik Lindén (bass, Whyte Seeds) and Henning Sernhede (guitar, Kasban). Look for their debut album "Songs from a sea house" to be released on May 11 or just preview the whole thing here: http://soundcloud.com/foxmachine/sets/songs-from-a-sea-house
Kleerup busted in Umeå
Apparently Andreas Kleerup got himself into a bit of a dust-up at Umeå Open and was arrested on assault and drug charges: http://gaffa.se/nyhet/48260 (in Swedish)
Not that I'm all that shocked, but I thought he said he was clean? However, what I really wanna know is, who was the perpetrator?