In case you were wondering (I was), Magnus Flagge (nee Björklund, from Cobolt) will be rejoining Refused as their bassist for the upcoming reunion tour: http://officialrefused.com.preview.binero.se/2012/02/we-want-to-present-the-bassplayer/
New sounds from Swedish rockers Spiders, straight from the rehearsal room.
New live music at PSL with the interesting jazz/pop act Thus:Owls: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/02/21/musik-med-thus-owls/
How cool is this? Haleiwa went to Havana, Cuba in January and recorded three new songs for his next album with local musicians: http://haleiwamusic.com/#news
has announced that they will be releasing the debut album "Det ska se ut som slutet" from Uppsala, Sweden-based act Diskoteket as part of their series. Listen to some old tracks via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Diskoteket
Says the label: "Diskoteket ascends the Upplandian underground with forty minutes of brutally romantic post-punk; "...slutet" is lush, raw, pompous and painfully honest."
Preview a couple tracks off of Den Svenska Björnstammen's upcoming LP "Ett fel närmare rätt".
reports that they will be handling the vinyl edition of the album "Inevitable decay" from Swedish thrashers Entrench. No official release date yet on that, but you can preview the whole thing right here. In other news, the label will also be handling the debut release from Sundsvall-based death metallers Decomposed. Again, no exact release date yet, but they are working to get sent to press ASAP.
Official North American tourdates for the reunited Nasum:
05/18 - Reggies, Chicago, IL w/Brutal Truth, Dropdead
05/19 - Now That's Class, Cleveland, OH w/Brutal Truth, Dropdead
05/20 - Wreck Room, Toronto, Canada w/Brutal Truth, Dropdead
05/21 - Sala Rosa, Montreal, Canada w/Brutal Truth, Dropdead
05/22 - as220, Providence, RI w/Brutal Truth, Dropdead
05/23 - The Barbary, Philadelphia, PA w/Brutal Truth, Dropdead, Backslider
05/24 - Europa, New York, NY w/Brutal Truth, Dropdead, Margrudergrind, Grudges
05/25 - Maryland Death Fest, Baltimore, MD
05/26 - Highline, Seattle, WA w/Black Breath, Massgrave, Theories
05/27 - Branx, Portland, OR w/From Ashes Rise, Massgrave
05/28 - Metro, Oakland, CA
05/29 - Billy O's, Ventura, CA
05/30 - tba, Los Angeles, CA
05/31 - Red 7 (Chaos in Tejas), Austin, TX
"Ants" is the first single from The Bombhappies' upcoming album "A good fire" and it sounds just as lovely and jangly as their earlier material. Look for said album to be officially released on March 9.
(Moloken, Terrortory) is branching out from their usual genre preference to release a new album from Umeå garage-rockers Johnny Electric. Entitled "Communication radio highway", this will be the 2nd album from the band and it will be released on vinyl only this coming March 15.
Stereogum has the premiere of the new Lo-Fi-Fnk single "Kissing taste": http://stereogum.com/957291/lo-fi-fnk-kissing-taste-video-stereogum-premiere/video/
has picked up Swedish act Knivderby for their roster and will be re-releasing the band's four sold-out self-released albums now, in addition to putting out the band's upcoming full-length "Uppochnervända kors" later this spring.
Almost missed this new clip from Swedish indiepop act The Loveable Tulips.
"Please pleaze me" is the first sample tune off Swedish psych-rockers Dean Allen Foyd's upcoming album "The sounds can be so cruel", due out March 27 via .
More submissions from the inbox of unknown (to me) artists. Temilia is a Swedish latebloomer who came to the rock'n'roll thing much later in life than most, but she's not letting that get in the way of her artistic ambitions. "Som du sa" is the first track off her new EP "Klä av mig" which can be streamed in full right here.