Skriet - Oceandåren (video)
A new video from Skriet.
Kite - Step forward (video)
Gaffa has the premiere of Kite's brand new video for "Step forward": http://gaffa.se/tv/clip/1000
Robyn at SNL (video)
Robyn graced the stage of Saturday Night Live this past weekend and you can now watch on-demand clips of the performance over at Pitchfork: http://pitchfork.com/news/44863-watch-robyn-on-saturday-night-live/
Absolut Noise top 5 Swedish songs of 2011
Absolut Noise recounts his top 5 favorite songs of 2011 (and more in the archives): http://www.absolutnoise.com/2011/12/best-of-2011-%E2%80%93-my-top-20-favourite-songs-1-5.html
Look for a slightly different top 10 list of Swedish music from Absolut Noise to be published here sometime next week.
Magyar Posse - Crack nihilist / Malware bytez
Could it be? At long last, something new from Magyar Posse.
MP3: The Pain Machinery - Paranoise
Last year I was all about ugly, apocalyptic hardcore, this year I find that a large proportion of my listening is geared towards getting (back) into industrial/synth/EBM. One group that I've been listening to lots is The Pain Machinery and while I can't post a track from their latest album "Surveillance culture" because their label politely asked me not to, I will share a track off their 2010 release "Urban survival". "Paranoise" lacks the relentless, hard-driving beats that define much of the band's sound, but it's statement of extreme military/technology paranoia is a recurring motif, a concept well-served by the noisy clatter of machines. They can be used to work for you, but they can also work against you -- it's a variation of the same dystopic vision, an ever-present theme in this particular genre and one that comes closer to reality every day. As "Surveillance culture"'s opening track "Shine" states, "We are social media / television / you carry out what we command" -- there are dark forces at work against you, if you let them.
The Pain Machinery - Paranoise
Chaos in Tejas 2012: Nasum, Iceage, Herätys
Speaking of Iceage, the intitial lineup for the 2012 edition of Chaos in Tejas has been announced and will feature the Danish wunderkunds along with Nasum and Herätys as well as a whole host of other awesome metal/punk/hardcore bands: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/12/antisect_reform.html
Iceage BBC session
Check out Iceage doing a 3-song live session for the BBC: http://www.abeano.com/iceage-youre-nothing-more-in-session-london-photos-listen/9290
New website for Fysisk Format
, the stellar in-house label of Oslo's likewise excellent Tiger Records Shop, has a nice new website: http://www.fysiskformat.no/
They are also taking a poll as to everyone's favorite release which will also enter you in a raffle to win 5 free albums of your choosing: http://fysiskformat.tigernet.no/wp_ff/poll/
New Mustasch in February
The new Mustasch album "Sounds like hell, looks like heaven" will be released on February 1.
GAFFA-Prisen DK 2011
Here are the domestic winners of Gaffa Denmark's annual GAFFA-Prisen:
Album: Malk de Koijn - "Toback to the fromtime"
Band: Malk de Koijn
Female Artist: Oh Land
Male Artist: L.O.C.
Newcomer: Kato
Hit: Fallulah - "Out of it"
Music Video: Veto - "Am I awake or should I wake up" (dir: Rasmus Weng Karlsen)
Rock Album: Veto - "Everything Is Amplified"
Pop Album: Oh Land - "Oh Land"
Hip-hop Album: Malk de Koijn - "Toback to the fromtime"
Hard Rock Album: Hatesphere - "The great bludgeoning"
Electronic Album: Kato - "Discolized 2.0"
Go here for the full list: http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/55462
New Skriet video, new [ingenting] album
PSL has the premiere of Skriet's new video "Oceandåren": http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2011/12/08/titta-skriets-ny-bara-pa-psl/
Also via PSL comes word that [ingenting] is planning to (finally!) release a new album next fall.
Line Dance Fever - Last Christmas
Line Dance Fever add a cover of "Last Christmas" to their repertoire.
Klubbland #43: José González + The Gothenburg String Theory
There's a new episode of SVT Klubbland online today featuring José González performing with The Gothenburg String Theory: http://blogg.svt.se/klubbland/2011/12/09/43-jose-gonzalez-the-gothenburg-string-theory/