New music from Sista Sekunden
Swedish hardcore act Sista Sekunden are streaming a couple new tracks at myspace off their forthcoming record: http://www.myspace.com/sistasekunden
Country: Sweden
New Timo single soon
"Outcast", the second single from Timo Räisänen's latest record "The anatomy of...", will be officially released on April 28.
MOG best of by:Larm mix
MOG has created a Best of by:Larm-themed Scandinavian music mix for download/streaming: http://mog.com/MOG_Features/blog/1884075
Sirius playlist week #15
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Johan Heltne - Din alkoholism är ingen alkoholism
02. TALK 1
03. Per Egland - Merkurius brinner (Martin Senter remix)
04. Gösta Berlings Saga - Bergslagen
05. TALK 2
06. Moses - Warning
07. Repoman - Flock of jackdaws
08. Darkthrone - I am the graves of the 80s
09. TALK 3
10. Pallers - The kiss
11. Ikons - Slow light (Pistol Disco remix)
12. TALK 4
13. Herätys - Pelkkää pahoinvointia
14. Love Is All - Bigger bolder
15. Susanne Sundfør - The brothel
16. 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.
Who is Homeland?
WTF is this? Nicke Borg of Backyard Babies is going solo under the name Homeland, a moniker already taken by fellow Swedish artist Mikael Carlsson (ex-David & the Citizens). He'll be making his live debut at the Peace & Love Festival in Borlänge, Sweden this summer.
Refused are back! (not really)
is reissuing Refused's seminal and overrated album "The shape of punk to come" on June 9 in a new expanded edition that will include a previously unreleased live album and a DVD of guitarist Kristofer Steen's documentary "Refused are fucking dead". There will also be a 2LP edition on white vinyl which will include download codes for the live record. More info: http://www.officialrefused.com/
Masshysteri - Dom kan inte höra musiken
has posted a sample tune from Masshysteri's new self-titled album: http://nyvag.weebly.com/1/post/2010/04/masshysteri-masshysteri.html
I got hooked up with promo mp3s yesterday (tack Jonas!) and listened to it three times -- it's a seriously great album. Very highly recommended!
New album details for Robyn
Robyn has confirmed that "Body talk, pt. 1" is the title of her upcoming record, the first of three she has planned for 2010. The official release date in June 7 and the Diplo-produced single "Dance hall queen" will be released that same day.
Nicolai Dunger live in Germany
Nicolai Dunger will be doing a few Germany dates this month with support from London-based Swedish expat John Alexander Ericson:
04/12 - Gebaude 9, Cologne
04/13 - Molotov, Hamburg
04/14 - Magnet Club, Berlin
New music from Cocoanut Groove
Cocoanut Groove has a couple new tracks posted for donation/free download and streaming: http://cocoanutgroove.bandcamp.com/
Moloken interview at Vile Noise
The Vile Noise webzine has a new interview up with Swedish act Moloken: http://www.vilenoise.com/interview-with-moloken-progressive-sludge-metal-from-sweden/
Holmes - The strangest calm
There's a new single from Holmes available for free download/streaming: http://holmes.haleri.se/album/the-strangest-calm
Look for the band's new album "Have I told you lately that I loathe you" to be released on June 18 via .
Service now streaming
is now streaming their entire catalogue at their newly revamped website: http://srvc.se/
Pallers - The kiss
has posted a new track from Pallers for free download: http://www.labrador.se/TheKiss/Pallers-TheKiss.mp3
The official release date is May 26.