will be catering to the vinyl-impaired by compiling Swedish metal act Noctum's two records, "The seance" and "The fiddler" -- both previously released on wax via , onto one CD for release on December 14. If you dig occult metal with a retro vibe ala Mercyful Fate or Witchcraft, you should definitely check these dudes out.
Swedish industrial act Agent Side Grinder will be releasing the new single "Wolf hour" (feat. Henric de la Cour) on November 29.
A new clip from Swedish artist Kristoffer Hedberg off his upcoming album "Mina jag och du", due out December 7.
Via PSL, here's a charming song and video from Swedish indiepop act Pushy Parents.
An official video from "Crime City" hardcore heroes Hårda Tider. Looks like the band will be touring Asia over New Year's too -- stick around to the end for a flyer with dates.
Some serious Robyn-worship going on in this new clip from fellow Swede Vanbot.
Having finally heard "Säkert! på engelska", it's no wonder that Annika Norlin was reluctant to translate her work to English. This is wordy, complicated stuff and while she did a more than admirable job making it work, it's still kinda messy at times, much like the emotional content of the material. Fitting, I suppose, though perhaps not quite as poetic as the original. Still, even less-than-stellar Annika is far, far better than most, whether it's with Säkert! or Hello Saferide or whatever else she sets her mind to, and I'm sure that all of us with lackluster Svenska skills are more than glad she took the time to bother.
Säkert! - The flu
CHARTattack interviews lead vocalist Victor Nillson of Swedish krautrock act MF/MB/: http://www.chartattack.com/features/2011/nov/15/five-questions-with-victor-nilsson-of-mfmb
is streaming another track from their excellent "Svensk bonnasynth" "hillbilly synthpop" comp.
Kristofer Åström will be spending a lot of time in Germany this March:
03/11 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
03/12 - Mephisto, Hannover (GER)
03/13 - Apex, Göttingen (GER)
03/14 - Falkendom, Bielefeld (GER)
03/15 - Tower, Bremen (GER)
03/16 - Alter Schlachthof, Lingen (GER)
03/17 - Gebäude 9, Köln (GER)
03/18 - FZW, Dortmund (GER)
03/19 - Garage, Saarbrücken (GER)
03/20 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER)
03/21 - Jubez, Karlsruhe (GER)
03/22 - Schuur, Luzern (CH)
03/23 - White Rabbit, Freiburg (GER)
03/24 - Kulturladen, Konstanz (GER)
03/25 - Ampere, München (GER)
03/26 - Hirsch, Nürnberg (GER)
03/27 - Objekt 5, Halle (GER)
03/28 - Beatpol, Dresden (GER)
03/29 - Comet, Berlin (GER)
03/30 - Café Koeppen, Greifswald (GER)
03/31 - Volksbad, Flensburg (GER)
Swedish metal act Portrait will be touring abroad in the new year:
01/10 - Modra Vopice, Prague (CZ)
01/11 - Club 202, Budapest (HUN)
01/12 - Mega Club, Katowice (POL)
01/13 - Progresja, Warsaw (POL)
01/14 - Estrada, Bydgoszcz (POL)
01/15 - Alte Zuckerfabrik, Rostock (GER)
01/17 - Backstage Halle, Munich (GER)
01/18 - Bitte, Milano (ITA)
01/19 - Rock It, Aalen (GER)
01/20 - Jugendhaus, Wangen (GER)
01/21 - Kiff, Aarau (CH)
01/22 - Werkstatt, Cologne (GER)
01/24 - La Scene Bastille, Paris (FRA)
01/25 - Cafe Central, Weinheim (GER)
01/26 - 013, Tilburg (NL)
01/27 - Atak, Enschede (NL)
01/29 - Hafenklang, Hamburg (GER)
01/31 - Bastard Club, Osnabrück (GER)
02/01 - Garage, Saarbrücken (GER)
02/02 - Schweinebärmann, Braunschweig (GER)
02/03 - Biebob, Vosselaar (GER)
02/04 - Live-Club, Bamberg (GER)
02/05 - Vortex, Siegen (GER)
Check out a video interview with Grande Roses, one of my current favorite bands.
Swedish skate-punks Thräshers are currently in the studio working on laying down 9-12 tracks for an upcoming flexi 7" to be released via flexi-specialist label : http://dbeatrawpunk.blogspot.com/2011/11/thrashin-up-studio.html
PopMatters is less impressed than most when it comes to Korallreven's debut full-length: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/150870-korallreven-an-album-by-korallreven/
The lead track from the new Lissi Dancefloor Disaster EP now has a video.