Sincerely Yours has posted the video for the new Joel Alme single "The queen's corner": http://www.sincerelyyours.se/video/yours0073.html
Lowe's new album "Kino international" will be released on May 30 with the first single "A 1000 miles" preceding it in April.
The new Parker Lewis EP "Written and directed by Parker Lewis" will be released by Mad For It on April 7. Download a remix track by fellow Swede Alvy Singer: http://www.madforit.se/parker/mp3/MFIT002%20-%20Parker%20Lewis%20-%20Risky%20Dancing%20by%20Alvy%20Singer.mp3
The Hwem netlabel has a new release from Swedish drone artist We Were Dancing posted for free download: http://www.archive.org/details/freehwem004
The 23seconds netlabel has a new release posted from Swedish act Please: http://www.23seconds.org/
Fluxblog on Danish artist Marybell Katastrophy, one of my own current favorites: http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/03/lets-just-agree-that-it-was-fun.html
Aversionline on Swedish black-metal act Kill: http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/03/25/kill-inverted-funeral-cd/
Norwegian rockers Wonderfools will release their new album "Too late to die young" on April 18 in Sweden (the home of label Wild Kingdom), May 12 in Norway and May 16 throughout Europe. Hear samples: http://www.myspace.com/thewonderfools
Swedish gothrock act Subvision has broken up and frontman Tobias Forge is going solo. Look for his debut album "Passiflora" under his own name (and backed by Magna Carta Cartel) to be released later this year. Samples: http://www.myspace.com/forgetobias
A Perfect Friend's sophomore album "Timber and modern ways" is confirmed for a late 2008 release. Exact date and details tba.
It looks like the cover art for the new Hellacopters album "Head off" has been revealed: http://www.hellacopters.com/
Very "Never say die", doncha think? Also, it appears that from the tracklist that it will be an all-covers album of various bands the Hellacopters have championed throughout their career. Check it:
01. Electrocute - "Demons"
02. Midnight Angels - The Peepshows
03. Im Watching You - The Humpers
04. No Salvation - Turpentines
05. In The Sign Of The Octopus - The Robots
06. Veronica Lake - New Bomb Turks
07. Another Turn - The Maharajas
08. I Just Dont Know About Girls - Asteroid B-612
09. Rescue - Dead Moon (?)
10. Making Up For Lost Time - The Bellrays
11. Throttle Bottom - Gaza Strippers
12. Darling Darling - The Royal Cream
13. Straight Until Morning - Powder Monkeys
Torpedo will tour Northern Europe in May and preliminary dates can be found at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/torpedo
MP3: Lapko - Killer whales
Lapko is a band I stumbled across recently, somewhat randomly (thanks for the totebag Daniel!). I had seen their name before, but had never fully investigated due to their affiliation with Fullsteam Records, one of Finland's biggest indie labels. I know that it's unfounded (and unfair), but I can't shake my prejudice that they only put out watered-down punk/hardcore records from bands like Disco Ensemble. Anyhow, Lapko proves to be an exception (along with Downstairs, Callisto and many other bands the label represents) and their most recent album "Young desire" sounds surprisingly fresh. Opening track "This is aggressive melancholy" serves as an apt descriptor- before I even peeped their bio I was thinking that they sounded like a mix of Mew and Tool, two very obvious comparisons. And after watching the video for today's mp3 selection "Killer whales", you might want to add The Cult to that list as well. This is the kind of stuff I find to be woefully underserved in today's "hip" quarters, as intelligent hard-rock with obvious arena-sized aspirations is not nearly as fashionable as willfully obscure indierock. Too bad, 'cuz all too often, you're missing out.
Lapko - Killer whales