Mattias Alkberg has been added to the April 9th edition of It's a Trap! Clubnight at Debaser Malmö! That makes the full evening's lineup Pascal + Sad Day For Puppets + Mattias Alkberg, which of course adds up to totally awesome.
Swedish postrockers Jeniferever are giving away the new track "The beat of our own blood" as a free download via RCRD LBL: http://rcrdlbl.com/2011/03/09/premiere_jeniferever_the_beat_of_our_own_blood
Swedish electro/punk act Bondage Fairies have a new tune up at Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/audiolith/bondage-fairies-1-0
This is the first video from Niels Nielsen's upcoming album "Welcome to the promising land of hi5ers and hopeless people", due out May 2 via . Said album is quite a bit darker and dirtier than I expected and very highly recommended -- I listened to my promo twice yesterday and am way into it. Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IioNMGBC208
Check out a 5-minute sampler preview of the upcoming Necro Facility album "Wintermute": http://soundcloud.com/progressproductions/necro-facility-wintermute
Swedish hip-hop duo Ison & Fille will be releasing the new single "Galen" on March 15.
New Found Land is touring in April:
04/12 - Botanique, Brussels (BEL)
04/15 - Hafen 2, Offenbach (GER)
04/16 - Franz Mehlhose, Erfurt (GER)
04/17 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
04/18 - Magnet Club, Berlin (GER)
04/19 - Stille Post, Görlitz (GER)
04/20 - Riff, Magdeburg (GER)
04/21 - Feinkostlampe, Hannover (GER)
A brand new track from Edda Magnason courtesy of , just posted for streaming/free download.
Svensk Musik has a new article on the history of Swedish psychedelic music and its relation to Swedish art and culture: http://svenskmusik.org/article/swedish-psychedelia/
If you've never explored this scene before, and you should, this is a decent place to start.
Swedish gypsy/folk/punk act Dorlene Love, apparently one of the top 10 reps for the genre (out of how many now?), are changing their name to Crash Nomada and will be playing their final gig under the old moniker on March 15 at Kafé 44 in Stockholm. A new single will then follow on April 27.
At last, the proper debut single from We are the Storm, the first off their forthcoming full-length "To the North-Pole". Been looking forward to this for awhile!
Swedish female-fronted pop-punk act Epidemics have a new 7" EP they are giving away as a free download: http://epidemics.bandcamp.com/album/no-reply-e-p
The band is also heading out for a few live dates in April:
04/22 - Lobusch, Hamburg (GER)
04/23 - Koma F, Berlin (GER)
04/24 - Elba, Warsaw (POL)
04/26 - Mitril, Olomouc (CZ)
04/27 - Futurum, Prague (CZ)
04/28 - Pod Lampou, Plzen (CZ)
04/29 - L'86 (early show), Finsterwalde (GER)
04/29 - Kombi (late show), Nuenchritz (GER)
04/30 - G16 festival, Leipzig (GER)
David Myhr (ex-The Merrymakers) has a new single called "Got you where he wanted" that he's offering as a free download: http://davidmyhr.com/2011/02/28/got-you-where-he-wanted-out-now/
The video for the tune is posted at that link as well.
Swedish black/death metal act Witchvomit have a new cassette release, appropriately titled "Dirty shitty rehearsal" which sounds pretty much exactly like you'd expect: http://www.myspace.com/witchvomit
Disco Naivete got a hold of the new Fever Ray track "The wolf" which appears on the soundtrack of "Red riding hood": http://disconaivete.tumblr.com/post/3721293181/the-wolf