Remember this? The Swedish old-school punk gala set for April 1-3? More details are now confirmed, including a schedule for who's playing what days: http://event.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&eventID=525296.18196
will release the new IRM album "Order4" on March 31. Says the label: "Comprised by four tracks, each exactly 15 minutes in length we are thrown into a vortex of feedback, cymbaldrones, heavy bass-strumming, nightmarish pianotinkles and irreproachable synthwork." Sample at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thesoulcleaner
The excellent Swedish industrial act Agent Side Grinder will be playing a few European dates in May:
05/01 - OCCII, Amsterdam (NL)
05/03 - LiWi, Leipzig (GER)
05/06 - Pipeline Bar, London (UK)
05/07 - Le Klub, Paris (FRA)
05/08 - La Peniche, Lille (FRA)
05/18 - Debaser, Slussen (SWE)
More dates TBA.
Darkthrone, black metal and class war as discussed by 138 aka Christoffer Jonsson in Aftonbladet: http://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/article6704030.ab (in Swedish)
Check out Peter Bjorn and John performing for Pitchfork.tv's "Daytripping" program: http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/1821-peter-bjorn-and-john/1
Watch Swedish rockers Casablanca perform an acoustic version of their song "The juggler": http://www.press2play.tv/rekommenderat/15/exklusivt-casablanca-live-the-juggler
The Göteborg String Theory have posted a studio video of them performing the song "Rats and rifles" with Jaw Lesson (nee Hajen) taking lead vocals: http://www.tgst.org/
Check out The Je Ne Sais Quoi's brand new video for "Bye bye pianotie": http://www.tjnsq.net/pianotie/
Jasper TX discusses the process behind putting together his new odds'n'ends + remix collection "A voice from a dead radio": http://www.underthespire.co.uk/2010/03/a-few-words-from-mr-dag-rosenqvist/
The Eardrums blog will be putting out a new comp in April called "Between two waves" featuring a collection of collaboration tracks, all exclusive to the release except for one. The tracklist has not been revealed yet, but the first sample is now online and it features Sweden's Cake On Cake mixing it up with Amercian Jacob Borshard. Read more and check it out: http://www.eardrumspop.com/2010/03/13/soon-friends-soon-and-a-little-preview/
Brothers of End have a new video for their latest single "Beats for you": http://vimeo.com/10108321
The band will be going into Tambourine Studios in Malmö later this week to begin work on their sophomore album.
The upcoming A Smile and A Ribbon 7" on is officially confirmed for release on May 20. Featured tracks include "Den lille havfrue" b/w "Sommer".
Check out Winkler, a new project featuring Ola Hultgren of Loney Dear together with Erika Alexandersson (Thus:Owls), Jonas Östholm and Andreas Houdrakis: http://vimeo.com/10157681
Check out an e-card for the upcoming album "Beg, borrow and steal" from Swedish roots trio Cookies n Beans: http://formton.se/cookiesnbeans/
Thomas Ekelund aka Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words has revamped his discography website: http://www.whenskiesaregrey.se/