Artists are now confirmed for volume 4 of Mikael Sörling's Swedish punk comp "Turist i tillvaron": http://sirling.blogspot.com/2011/12/alla-band-till-turist-i-tillvaron-vol-4.html
A few of the names you may recognize: Makabert Fynd, Burning Kitchen, Asta Kask, Crash Nomada, Gamla Pengar and Desperat.
Yet another live video of the always-wonderful Säkert! performing for PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2011/12/19/musik-med-sakert-3/
We're still over a week away from the new year, but that's not gonna stop us from unveiling the first confirmations of our 2012 It's a Trap! Clubnights! Up first on January 20, we've got Uppsala's We are the Storm plus from Denmark, the confusingly-named Helsinki Poetry. Dates in February and March are still pending, but April is already on lock with Caotico set to grace the stage! Expect more details soon!
Excerpts from the upcoming Finn Loxbo album "Lines, curtains", duet out February 27 via esteemed Swedish label .
There's a new EP from Swedish/Norwegian artist Sharku up at the 300AD digital collective website: http://300ad.tumblr.com/post/14458575221/sharku-chronology-ep
Jonas Jonsson of Swedish indie act Bedroom Eyes has recorded a new 4-track EP under his own name which finds him doing Swedish-language covers of Teenage Fanclub, Motorpsycho, Big Star and Beth Orton. Download for free and get more details (including videos, lyrics and chords!) at his website: http://www.jonasjonsson.net/
Swedish hardcore act Förmögenhet have a brand new 7" out now via called "Rester med gäster" and, as the title implies, it features a variety of guest vocalists including folks from Nitad, Section 8, In Solitude and Between Us. It's also limited to a mere 100 copies so act fast if you want one.
Karin Dreijer Andersson of Fever Ray/The Knife has contributed a new track that she composed for the recent staging of Ingmar Bergman's "The wolf hour" by The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm to a new compilation album benefitting Japanese tsunami victims. The collection is called "We are the works in progress" and other contributors include Broadcast and Deerhunter. More here: http://feverray.com/2011/12/15/no-face-by-karin-dreijer-andersson/
Dear Euphoria, one of my favorites from last year, is slowly working on their third album, but they want to give fans something to tide them over this holiday season. Hence this song, an unreleased track from 2009's "Heal my violence", available as a free download for a limited time.
The Prince Formerly Known as an Artist (nee Andreas Magnusson of Pinto/Hanif) has a 2nd track up for free download: http://formerlyknownasanartist.blogspot.com/2011/12/kazakhstan.html
This week's Sunday Advent Mixtape comes courtesy of Simian Ghost: http://soundcloud.com/adrianrec/simian-ghost
A new tune from the forthcoming Coldworker album "The doomsayer's call", due out February 13 via .