This Is Head will record in March
This Is Head will begin recording their next album in March.
Opeth + Porcupine Tree = Storm Corrosion
Storm Corrosion, the official collaboration project between Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt and his producer/friend Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree), have signed with and will release their self-titled debut on April 23.
Reveries preview
is currently streaming the new album "Reveries" from Norwegian shoegazers Maribel in full via SoundCloud.
Kirsten & Marie - Na Na NaNa NaNa NaNa
Denmark's answer to First Aid Kit? Regardless of whether or not you agree, here's twin-sister duo Kirsten & Marie's new single "Na Na NaNa NaNa NaNa", the first from their upcoming album "Newspeak" which will be released on April 23 via .
Frengers en français
Sometime IAT contributor Laura Studarus waxes rhapsodically on Mew for Under the Radar: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/blog/frengers_en_francais/
Thomas Husmer leaves Efterklang
Drummer/trumpet player Thomas Husmer has parted ways with Efterklang after 10 years to spend more time close to home and his family. Read his and the band's full statement: http://efterklang.net/home/2012/02/07/thomas-leaves-efterklang/
Mixtune for Cully - Ray of sunshine (video)
New music from Danish act Mixtune for Cully aka Aage Hedensted (ex-Yellowish) featuring backing band help from folks in acts such as Bodebrixen and Larsen & Furious Jane, among others. The new album "Season of silence" will be out in March.
Riddarna - Helvete (video)
"Helvete" is the first official video from Riddarna's upcoming album "Bakom molnen", due out March 7 via .
Marie Lalá - Mrs. Sleepyhead (video)
Nice lowkey pop with a slightly retro/jazz bent. Look for Marie Lalá to release her debut EP "Search of sound" on March 14.
Culkin - Libbets Casey
I've talked a lot about Culkin the past few years, but here now finally is the band's first official single "Libbets Casey". Look for the band's much-anticipated (and totally great) album "Several Sundays" to be released on March 7 via .
Dödsvarg
Livet är en dödsorsak
Suicide Records
One man army Jon Ekström is the sole creator of the material on here, having succeeded in constructing an album that flies in the face of classification. The songs touch on a variety of genres within the metal spectrum and are cemented together with an industrial punk mindset that allows "Livet är en dödsorsak" to progress with an authentic fluidity not often found on releases displaying so many influences. If there's one uniting factor on the album, it's the raw sound that Ekström has gone for. It's a sound at odds with the super-shiny productions usually found on albums that make use of such off-kilter material and also one that is more akin to the crust and sludge genres than any sort of math-metally algorithms. "Livet är en dödsorsak" takes quite a few spins before it beds in, but, given that chance, it's a refreshing -- if quite dirty -- collection of songs that don't give the slightest toss about convention.
- John Norby
Charlotte Thorstvedt + Margaret Berger - Arrhythmia (video)
Can't say that I'm familiar with Charlotte Thorstvedt at all, but new music from Margaret Berger is always welcome.
Arts Desk Nordic Music Round-Up #3
The Arts Desk has posted a third installment of their Nordic Music Round-Up series: http://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/just-scandinavia-nordic-music-round-3
Featured artists include Jenny Hval, Alog, Mirel Wagner, Black Twig, Firefox AK, Karin Park, Den Svenska Tystnaden and many more.
New TSOOL in April
The Soundtrack of Our Lives will be releasing the new album "Throw it into the universe" on April 18. Check out a live performance of the first single "Try again": http://web.tsool.net/?p=375
Nest of the Vampyre?
Looks like new stuff is on the way finally from Swedish death metallers Tribulation: http://www.tribulation.se/