Kingsize going web-only
The final print edition of Sweden's premiere hip-hop mag Kingsize will roll off the presses in April. The mag will continue online-only thereafter.
Country: Sweden
Out of Vogue - Fingers crossed
"Fingers crossed" is the first official full-length sample tune from the upcoming Out of Vogue EP "The welfare year", 's first new release in over 10 years. Official release date: March 9.
Solander in the US
Solander is confirming their SXSW and US tour plans and here's the latest:
03/14 - SXSW / Official showcase @ St David's Bethell Hall (9:30 pm), Austin, TX
03/15 - SXSW / Riot Act Media party @ Diving Swan (2:20 pm), Austin, TX
03/16 - SXSW / NXNA @ Weirdos (3 pm), Austin, TX
03/16 - SXSW / Hyde Park Bar & Grill South (6 pm), Austin, TX
03/17 - SXSW / SXSNackbar (12 noon), Austin, TX
03/21 - Sail Inn, Tempe, AZ
03/23 - Trunk Space, Phoenix, AZ
03/24 - Tin Can Alehouse, San Diego, CA
03/25 - tba, Los Angeles, CA
03/26 - The Knockout, San Francisco, CA
03/27 - Luigi's, Davis, CA
03/29 - Kelly's Olympian, Portland, OR
Look for the band's album "Passing Mt. Satu" to be released over here on March 20 via . Also, check them out playing live on TV4 Nyhetsmorgon right here.
Soso - My women, my guitars (video, feat. Kriget)
Soso (nee Sophia Somajo) covers Cody ChesnuTT in her bedroom with a bit of help from instrumental trio Kriget (sort of).
Sailor & I – Tough Love (Aril Brikha remix video)
More often than not I could usually care less about remix tracks, but watching a video of the actual production underway makes it far more interesting. The cribbed Kate Bush melody still kinda irks me though.
MP3: Culkin - Glow
Can't deny that I count various members of Culkin as my personal friends, but that doesn't mean I don't sincerely believe they are a good band. Wait, scratch that: great band! I know I'm predisposed to enjoy guitar-based indierock -- that much is obvious -- but that also doesn't mean that Culkin automatically qualify on that front either because there's a shit-ton of bands with dudes playing guitars who are straight-up garbage. Along with Tennis Bafra and a few others, Culkin herald the arrival of what I hope to be a new age of Swedish indierawk, with one foot in the past (see song titles such as "Tim Kerosene" and if you don't get it, do your homework) and eyes toward the future. The vital ingredients: strong hooks, a muscular rhythm section and dense melodies. Culkin has it all, along with triumphant guitar solos as a bonus.
"Glow" is the slow-burn epic opener of the band's new album "Several Sundays" and I hope they don't get mad at me for sharing it with you, but I'm doing it anyway. Act first, apologize later y'know. Buy the CD here or listen at Spotify.
Culkin - Glow
Pig Eyes - We are kings
New sounds from Swedish old-man noiserockers Pig Eyes. The debut EP is in the works.
Paper - You don't have to be afraid (live video)
Check out Paper performing a new, as-yet-unrecorded song live at Sticky Fingers in Göteborg.
New Noise - Old Kids
Tour doc: José Saxlund (ex-Abhinanda, Out of Vogue) and Fredrik Holmgren () travel from Stockholm to Umeå for Refused's secret reunion warmup gig. Many misspelled English subtitles are provided for the Swedish illiterate.
Deportees (+ Lykke Li) at Pitchfork
Deportees get tracklisted at Pitchfork by way of a Lykke Li guestspot: http://pitchfork.com/news/45661-listen-to-lykke-li-sing-on-a-track-with-swedish-band-deportees-a-new-name-to-go-by/
Death and Vanilla preview
is now streaming the new Death and Vanilla album in full. Ordering details and more are available here.
Tove Styrke + Gnucci Banana - Bad time for a good time (video)
PSL has the premiere of the new Tove Styrke/Gnucci Banana collaboration single/video "Bad time for a good time": http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/03/06/premiar-tove-styrke-feat-gnucci-banana-bad-time-for-a-good-time/
Guilt Trip - Inanimate
"Inanimate" is the first single from the upcoming Guilt Trip album "Feed the fire", due out March 23 via and sounding very heavily influenced by early Skinny Puppy. Preorder now and get a bonus disc with remixes.
Svedberg & The Hillside Stranglers - Only place I know (video)
"Only place I know" is the first single off Svedberg & The Hillside Stranglers' upcoming album "City serenade", due out March 28 via . The vocals don't do much for me, but I dig the band and the arrangement. RIYL Boy Omega, Isolation Years.
Freddie Wadling unveils Kingdom of Evol
has announced that they have signed Freddie Wadling's new postpunk/industrial project with producer Per Svensson entitled Kingdom Of Evol and will be releasing their debut album "Dark passages * Nocturnal incidents" in early May. Far more exciting than the Freddie covering a bunch of old Bond tunes, that's for sure. Full press release here.