SVT to air Robyn doc
SVT will be premiering a new comprehensive on Swedish popstar Robyn on April 16, which I can only hope will eventually receive a broader/subtitled release eventually.
Country: Sweden
Stockholm Boat Sessions: Penny Century
Who can resist Penny Century playing live for Stockholm Boat Sessions? And why would you want to? Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ_jvYNbZeI
Panter announce new EP
Swedish indie act Panter has announced that their new EP "Newlyweds arrived" will be released on May 14. Expect samples online soon.
DW - Nine lives (video)
Swedish "nu-italo" duo DW (nee Darkwoods) have a new video for "Nine lives", the first single off their debut EP "Pink shades": http://vimeo.com/21478745
Under the Radar reviews PB&J
Under the Radar weighs in on the new Peter Bjorn and John album "Gimme some": http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/gimme_some/
Next In Flames album coming via Razzia
will be releasing the next In Flames album in Sweden. Entitled "Sounds of a playground fading" and recorded with Roberto Laghi, Daniel Bergstrand and Örjan Örnkloo at the band's own IF Studios in Göteborg, the official release date is June 15 with the first single "Deliver us" coming in early May.
New tunes from Erik de Vahl
Erik de Vahl is posting new music on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/edvleaks
Moneybrother mixtape
Moneybrother aka Anders Wendin made a mixtape for The Swede Beat: http://www.theswedebeat.com/mixtape/the-swede-beat-mixtape-vol-2-moneybrother
PopMatters reviews Acid House Kings
PopMatters likes the new Acid House Kings album: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/138423-acid-house-kings-music-sounds-better-with-you/
MP3: Desperat - Garanterat mangel
I've given up on doing mailorder at this point (and will probably be doing a clearance at some point soon), but I did recently do a coop buy of Desperat's excellent "Hardcore deluxe" 12" and have a single unclaimed copy left. You want it, it's yours for $32ppd in the US. Or you can wait to buy it on eBay for significantly more, if that's your choice. No doubt this one's gonna be a future bonzer, especially with an already (nearly?) sold-out run of a mere 300 copies. As for those of who wondering why you should care, Desperat is a new Swedish hardcore band with members from Mob 47 playing classic Swedish d-beat punk, just like the title of the song proclaims: "Guaranteed mangle". No need to reinvent the wheel here, just proof that old dudes often rage way harder than their younger counterparts. 'Nuff said.
Desperat - Garanterat mangel
Pitchfork reviews Gimme some
Pitchfork reviews the new Peter Bjorn and John album "Gimme some" and is, somewhat predictably/disappointingly, totally ignorant of the band's first two albums: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15251-gimme-some/
Imperial State Electric to release live 10"
Imperial State Electric will be releasing a 6-track live mini-album on April 29 called "In concert". It will be released on both CD and 10" vinyl.
MP3: Ginger Trees - Breathe
Along with the latest from Three Seasons, the new album "Along with the tide" from Swedish act Ginger Trees reasserts as the reigning champs of Scandinavian heavy/progressive rock. However, while Ginger Trees most definitely do dabble in bluesy heaviness, it's their most expansive prog side that I find much more interesting -- in fact, I'd say they're at their best on songs like this where they start to sound like late-period Anathema. Ginger Trees doesn't go all-out for doom-laden atmosphere though, opting rather to tend towards feelings of yearning and melancholy. There's still a definite aura of heaviness though, much in the same way that Opeth sounded on "Damnation". If you dig those references, no doubt you'll dig this too.
Ginger Trees - Breathe
Devil's music coming to the US
Pitchfork reports that the latest Teddybears album "Devil's music" will be getting a US release in June: http://pitchfork.com/news/41978-flaming-lips-robyn-cee-lo-on-teddybears-lp/
The original Swedish version of said album came out exactly one year ago today and features a different song order. And as for the bear heads, that's just so the dudes behind Teddybears can send hired guns to perform live for them with no one knowing the difference.
Ken Ring - Min bästa vän (video + new mixtape)
From Ken Ring's new mixtape "Kiprono", downloadable here: http://djsilenceblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/ken-ring-kiprono.html