Swedish act Loud As Light (ex-The Idle Hands) have a new two-track single posted for free download: http://loudaslight.bandcamp.com/
It's not remotely metal, but it's produced by Dan Swanö should that name interest you. Personally, I'm into the b-side "Hearts" more than the flip.
More Swedish election music, this time from Slidin' Slim: http://slidinslim.bandcamp.com/
Niels Nielsen is now Niels Nielsen DC is now NNDC and this/their cover of "Mouthful of diamonds" by Phantogram is the first release under the expanded moniker. More to come soon? Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2wJ661NaDo
Check out Next Stop: Horizon, a new act featuring Pär Hagström and Jenny Roos, both from Cirkus Transmopol: http://www.myspace.com/nextstophorizon
Some of it sounds like a stripped-down version of what came before, but I thought the top track "One of those nights" was pretty good/different.
A new single, video, free EP download from This Is Head: http://0011.se/
The Concretes will be heading to China at the end of the month for the Fun Hill Festival in Beijing: http://www.musicfunhill.com/lineup.html
A new politically-minded song from The Radio Dept., just in time for Swedish elections: http://www.labrador.se/hypocrisy/
There will be a new Christian Kjellvander album on November 10.
has signed Fulmakten7 and will be releasing the band's album "Karunegala" on September 29 with the single "När natten kommer" preceding it on September 15.
This is so unbelievably twee: glockenspiels, trumpet, cardigans, berets, naive optimism, etc etc... like a stereotype come to life. Not that it's necessarily a bad thing, but it's pretty ridiculous. Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gUky1HvQZk
Johan Heltne has officially confirmed that his new album "Sara," will be officially released on October 20.
Lykke Li has unveiled a new short film featuring a lot of cavorting around in the desert with mirrors: http://www.lykkeli.com/solarium
I'm sure it's probably supposed to be very deep and meaningful and whatever, but it all seems pretty damn self-indulgent to me -- there goes five minutes of my life I'll never get back. Anyhow, she's also announced a few new live dates where she says she'll be premiering new material:
11/01 - Heimathafen, Berlin
11/02 - La Maroquinerie, Paris
11/04 - Heaven, London
11/08 - Kagelbanan, Stockhol
12/01 - Le Poisson Rouge, New York
The Swede Beat profiles (and interviews) Swedish label , home to acts such as Familjen and The Bear Quartet: http://www.theswedebeat.com/music/adrian-recordings
The official video for the debut single. Direct link: http://vimeo.com/14909243
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Night Minutes - Sweetheart of the funeral
02. TALK 1
03. Korova Station - Come on come on
04. Okkultokrati - Stench of life
05. Johan G Winther - Chasing kingdoms
06. Kimono - Vienna
07. TALK 2
08. SONMOI - The man with no flesh
09. Phonophani - Neverdal
10. Kausal - The conquistador
11. TALK 3
12. Vowels - oiaå
13. The Bear Quartet - We're not gonna make it
14. Säkert! - Rotary
15. Slöa Knivar - Stay dirty
16. TALK 4
17. Slöa Knivar - Hjärtat
18. Menfolk - Skeletons
19. Asha Ali - Hurricane
20. Tiger Tape - She is fiction
21. TALK 5
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.