Björn Kleinhenz fall tour diary
Mr. Björn Kleinhenz has posted an extensive collections of photos from his recent European tour: http://www.kleinhenz.se/
Country: Sweden
Carpark North signs international deal
Danish act Carpark North has signed an international deal with new Sweden-based subsidiary .
"Islands" now on vinyl
The Mary Onettes' latest album "Islands" is now available on vinyl from Labrador Records: http://www.labrador.se/shop.php3
Friendly Noise #2
Issue #2 of the excellent online zine Friendly Noise is out now: http://www.friendlynoise.se/fzn/2
It's worth noting that there is now English-language content mixed in with the Swedish.
Doomsday 2009 best-of
The Doomsday blog lists their favorite albums of the year: http://doomsdaymag.blogspot.com/2009/12/aret-enligt-undertecknad.html
Delayed Gin Joints EP available as free download
The Salad Days has a newly released and much-delayed EP from Gin Joints for free download: http://thesaladdays.nu/2009/12/15/gin-joints-young-ivy-the-conjugal-visit/
The group features rapper Young Ivy who you might be familiar with from his work with Blänk.
My Darling You! - All I want for Christmas
Download a free Christmas tune from My Darling You!: http://www.luxxury.se/mp3/My%20darling%20YOU!%20-%20All%20I%20want%20for%20Christmas.mp3
The Silent Ballet reviews Hearts No Static
The Silent Ballet is not too pleased with Hearts No Static's debut full-length: http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/2959/Default.aspx
Fever Ray and jj in Pitchfork's top 50 tracks
Fever Ray and jj are both in the top 50 of Pitchforks top tracks of 2009 list: http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7742-the-top-100-tracks-of-2009/
Musik med Kommun, more
Live music with all-star Swedish indie act Kommun at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/12/14/musik-med-kommun/
Also see their 2010 anticipated release list: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/12/14/vilken-svensk-musik-langtar-du-mest-efter-2010/
Quite a few good titles there! I'm especially eager to hear the new Ison & Fille actually.
PopMatters top albums of 2009
Jonsi and Alex, jj and Fever Ray all made it to PopMatters' top albums of 2009 list: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/117680-best-60-albums-of-2009
Moloken Euro tour diary
Moloken's full European tour diary is now online: http://www.moloken.net/
Slaktattack - The freaks (Cortex cover)
Slaktattack have posted their cover of the Swedish postpunk classic "The freaks" by Cortex for streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/slaktattack