Sulli - All time is light
A new song from Sulli, the singer/songwriter duo of vocalist Shpresa Lleshaj and Daniel Westerlund (The Goner).
Country: Sweden
Skagul - Rehearsing death
Via the blog Gimme Danger, new dark atmospheric sounds from Skagul, the solo (?) project of Daniel Söderberg. Recommended!
Markus Hulthén - Visa från Svedmyra
More Swedish instrumental psych/folk, this time from Markus Hulthén who is branching out from his other act Mackaper along with friends Gustav Nygren (New Rose) and Christoffer Narin (Chicken el Diablo).
Pitchfork reviews Korallreven
Pitchfork reviews Swedish pop duo Korallreven: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16042-an-album-by-korallreven/
Vyn - Evighetsminuten
Another tune from the upcoming Vyn album, due out December 7 via /. If you dig pastoral rock like Björn Olsson or The Amazing, you'll dig this and hey -- Christoffer Gunrup from the latter band will be playing some acoustic songs at the release party on December 3 at Folkoperan in Stockholm.
Talking techno with Miss Dilemma
Svensk Musik talks techno with Stockholm DJ Miss Dilemma: http://svenskmusik.org/article/swedish-house-and-techno-with-miss-dilemma/
Annika Norlin - The doctor in me
Via PSL, check out Annika Norlin (Säkert!/Hello Saferide) covering Deportees at their releasefest in Umeå: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2011/11/15/extra-extra-sakert-tolkar-deportees/
Romantiken, documented
A bit of Tomas Andersson Wij behind the scenes, working his new album "Romantiken" with producer Andreas Mattsson and others (engineer Pelle Gunnerfeldt plus Johan Berthling who I presume is arranging strings). As mentioned before, the new record (and lyric book) comes out January 25 via .
Mohammed Ali - Ghettobarn del 2 (feat. Ison & Fille)
New from Swedish hip-hop act Mohammed Ali featuring a cameo from Ison & Fille, consolidating the best Sweden has to offer in the genre in one track. Look for Mohammed Ali's new EP "Vi & resten" to be released on November 18 via .
Sexpistolstanten och Mockfjärdsvapnet
Det ärliga CV:t
Skrammel Records
This is is the sound of Stockholm punkrock scene vets having a good time, free from any sort of high-minded aspirations. Maybe I'm projecting too much of my own psyche on this, but I strongly suspect that these folks are more than content to get together semi-regularly to play music and drink beer (not necessarily in that order) and maybe then play a few shows for their friends. The fact that they got it together enough to record a long sets worth of material and press it to wax is purely incidental. Eventually you get to a point where that's just what you do, the next logical step in any band's evolution. As for the quality, a record like this is essentially critic-proof -- hence no grade -- and whether or not me or my cronies are impressed is beside the point; if you're not a member of Sexpistoltanten's social circle, this record wasn't made for you anyway. I see it as an audio postcard, a document of a very specific time and place. Local rock for local rockers. And that's totally okay.
- Avi Roig
Bob Hund - Harduingetmankandansatill? (video)
As promised, here's a new single from Swedish institution Bob Hund.
Väärt - Surkas (video)
New Norrland melancholia from Väärt off the band's upcoming album "Palla orka", due out this coming January via .
Skitsystem vs Ebba
Apparently just released a 7" of Skitsystem covering Ebba Grön: http://sirling.blogspot.com/2011/11/skitsystems-ebba-cover-i-228-exemplar.html
No idea where you can actually grab one, but then again, with only 228 copies they probably won't last long.
Pyramido to do split with Amarok
Swedish doom act Pyramido is working on new material for a split with American act Amarok to be released in spring 2012 via //.