PopMatters reviews Azure Blue
PopMatters reviews Swedish pop artist Azure Blue and his debut album "Rule of thirds": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/152996-azure-blue-rule-of-thirds/
Country: Sweden
Gamla Pengar EP preview
Speaking of Gamla Pengar, it appears that the band's new 7" EP "Stekt orm" is currently streaming in full over at SoundCloud. Recommended!
It's a Trap! Clubnights 2012 update
I am thrilled to announce that in addition to the previously announced It's a Trap! Clubnights gigs with We Are the Storm/Helsinki Poetry (this Friday! holy shit!) and Caotico (April 13!), we will be welcoming Millencolin/The Peepshows indierock sideproject Franky Lee plus Tiger Bell to the stage of Debaser Malmö on February 17. And that's not all: we've also got Vånna Inget, EL-SD and Gamla Pengar coming down on March 16 and you know that one is gonna rule! Wish I could be there personally, but hey, maybe I'll make it over this coming summer.
The Famous Swedish Project to feature music from ex-Detektivbyrån member
Ex-Detektivbyrån member Martin Molin is going the opposite direction of Dödsvarg and is composing the music for the upcoming show "The Famous Swedish Project" (emphatically "not theater, not performance and not dance, but everything at once"), to be performed by PLAY Teaterkonst and set to premiere on February 6 in Göteborg. More info at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playteaterkonst
Grande Roses - Dancing away (video)
Grande Roses, one of my favorite bands of 2011, are premiering their new video "Dancing away" at Gaffa: http://gaffa.se/tv/clip/1017
Look the band to release their debut full-length later this coming year.
SWEHC on new Swedish HC
Can't say that I'm much of a fan of various acts on display here aside from maybe Keep Rising (ex-Meleeh/Ashram), but SWEHC has a good rundown on new music from various Swedish hardcore acts such asLose the Life, Agent Attitude and more: http://www.swehc.com/2012/01/14/swehc-jan10/
If you're into youth-crew or NYHC-style jams, you'll dig it, but it's not for me.
Korallreven coming to the US
Hyped Swedish new-age pop duo Korallreven will be coming to the US for a short string of shows in March, including a couple West Coast dates with Victoria Bergsman:
03/04 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
03/05 - Black Cat, Washington DC
03/06 - Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL
03/07 - Independent, San Francisco, CA
03/08 - Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA
Presenting Heather/Hollows
Preview a new track from Heathers/Hollows, the noise/improv duo of Johannes Brander (Skogar) and Johan G Winther (Scraps of Tape, Thee Gutted String, etc.): http://skogars.tumblr.com/post/15738150476/new-noise-improv-supergroup-johannes-brander
Expect a bunch of releases to surface later this year.
Bondage Fairies organize dead drop
Swedish electro-punks Bondage Fairies have organized an international dead drop to promote their upcoming self-titled record, hiding USB sticks in major cities all over the world: http://www.bondagefairies.se/
More here.
Caotico album gets a release date
The new Caotico album "Sunrise confessions" has been officially confirmed for release on February 22 via /.
Swich Opens - Mirror man
Preview a new track from the upcoming Switch Opens album "Joint clash", due out this coming February via .
New clips from Vit Päls, Brothers of End, Simian Ghost
A trio of new videos from Vit Päls, Brothers of End and Simian Ghost by way of .
The fall of discontent is ready
If you want to be one of the first folks to score a copy of Björn Kleinhenz's new acoustic album "The fall of discontent", get in touch with the man here: http://www.kleinhenz.se/
He'll be bringing a few copies with him on tour to Germany, but it can't hurt to pre-order.
New Switchblade underway this spring
According to this tweet, Swedish doom trio Switchblade will be recording a new album this spring with Karl Daniel Liden (A Swarm of the Sun/Dozer).