First Aid Kit - What's the point (Johnossi cover)
Check out First Aid Kit covering Johnossi's single "What's the point" on Swedish TV4 program Nyhetsmorgon: http://soundcloud.com/setfirerun/i-dont-mind-at-all
Country: Sweden
Jason Lytle to produce Division of Laura Lee
Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) is currently hanging around Göteborg where he will be producing the new Division of Laura Lee album. Pretty sure those guys are just about done with basic tracking so maybe we'll be hearing it by summer?
Pyramido studio diary
Swedish crust/doom act Pyramido is keeping a studio diary while they are recording their new album "Salt": http://pyramido.blogspot.com/
and are the labels that will be releasing the finished product.
Rock N Roll Allstars ready album, single
Recent signees Rock N Roll Allstars have now officially completed work on their debut album which will be released in fall. Look for the very unsubtle-sounding lead single "Fuck me I'm famous" to debut in early March.
All Scandinavian top 20 albums of 2010
Fellow Nordic music blog All Scandinavian took their time, but they did finally get around to assembling their top 20 albums of the year: http://allscandinavian.com/4931/the-20-best-albums-of-2010/
Check elsewhere on their site for a few other best of-type posts.
Meshuggah discuss their next album
Decibel did a video interview with two of the dudes from Meshuggah discussing their upcoming album which will be out later this year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3JT7ivNIvM
Martin Senter - Det snurrar i min skalle
Check out Martin Senter covering the Familjen track "Det snurrar i min skalle": http://soundcloud.com/martinsenter/det-snurrar-i-min-skalle
New Edda Magnason gets release date, single posted for download
has confirmed that the new album "Goods" from Swedish singer/pianist Edda Magnason will be released on March 30. Download the lead single "Handsome" here: http://www.adrianfiles.com/Handsome-Singel_Edit.mp3
Look for a video for the track to appear soon.
Listed: The Skull Defekts
Daniel Fagerström and Joachim Nordwall of The Skull Defekts (and a million other projects) do the "Listed" thing for Dusted, hyping some of their favorite Swedish acts: http://dustedmagazine.com/features/959
First Love, Last Rites - I'm gone (video)
The brand new video from Umeå-based indierockers First Love, Last Rites. Download the mp3 here, preview/purchase the band's self-titled debut here.
Those Dancing Days - Reaching forward (video)
Easily a highlight of the P3 Guld live experience though neither the official album version nor the TV mix compare with the how it felt and sounded in-person. I'm pretty excited to hear the rest of the record now, though I'm also kinda tempted to give them a bad review in hopes in makes them even more pissed off/more awesome. Look for a fresh interview with the band to appear here soon, but not too soon as I've only just begun to dig myself out of the pile of work left for me after taking two days off.
Peter Bjorn and John - Second chance
Stereogum has the premiere of a brand new track from Peter Bjorn and John: http://stereogum.com/623851/peter-bjorn-john-second-chance-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/
As mentioned before, the band's forthcoming album "Gimme some" is great and well worth waiting for.
SR P3 Guld 2011 winners
All this talk of P3 Guld and I never even listed the winners! Here they are:
Best artist: Robyn - "Body talk pt. 1"
Guldmicken (best live artist): Robyn
Best song: "Dancing on my own" - Robyn
Best group: Johnossi - "Mavericks"
Best newcomer: Tove Styrke
Best dance: Skudge - Various productions
Best hip-hop/soul: Carlito - "Guldburen"
Best pop: This is Head - "0001"
Best rock/metal: Khoma - "A final storm"
Heading home
Hard to form coherent thoughts on such little sleep, but I can say with full certainty that I had a blast at P3 Guld. Expect a thorough writeup in days to come; in the meantime, I am just about to start the long journey home. Thanks again to Sveriges Radio for bringing me over, thanks to all my friends both old and new, so glad I could be here. Until next time!