The Guardian interviews José González: http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/jamming/story/0,,1700513,00.html
Dusted reviews Swedish ambient minimalist artists Tape: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2651
The BBC's Radio 1 Rock Show presents part two of their special feature on Norwegian black-metal: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/rockshow/
Cult of Luna reports that their new album "Somewhere along the highway" is finished and will be released on April 24 via Earache Records. Read the full press release: http://www.digitalmetal.com/news.asp?cid=7105
The Musikbyrån site is now updated with the new In Flames video for "Take this life" as well as The Knife's "Silent shout" and "We're from Barecelona" from I'm From Barcelona: http://svt.se/musikbyran
Coming up (tonight?) on the Musikbyrån Live series with be Robyn from Mejeriet in Lund last year to be followed by shows from The Hellacopters, Bear Quartet and more. As always, the shows will be available for streaming for a limited time shortly after they air.
Said the Gramophone posts a One Music session version of "Heartbeats" from The Knife: http://www.saidthegramophone.com/archives/rahat_lokum.php
MP3: Silverbullit - Magnetic city
Today's Friday track pick comes from one of my favorite bands: Silverbullit. Not only did they put on the best show I saw last year (at Umeå Open), but their most recent album "Arclight" from 2004 easily ranks as one of the top records of the new millennium. This song I'm posting today comes from their second album "Citizen bird", the name of which became their adopted moniker when they released the disc in the US. I saw, ahem, "Citizen Bird" open for The Soundtrack of Our Lives in SF way back when, but it was only me and a couple Swedish expats who were excited. It's a shame too because who knows if the band will ever make it back over here? Maybe guitarist Andreas Nilsson's video work (The Knife, etc.) will help the band get noticed. I hope so. If people want crazy art-rock walls-of-swirling-guitar-noise they need to forget about Serena Maneesh and get the real deal.
Silverbullit - Magnetic city
Here's a list of the various remix treatments being given to the new Knife single "Silent shout":
01. Williams Acidic Circuits remix
02. Troy Pierce: Barado en Locombia mix
03. Shinedoe remix
They will be released as paid digital downloads and on 12".
(It's the method of) Nomethod has started a new imprint entitled "Nomethod Favourites" for releasing label boss Magnus' most favorite records in limited-run vinyl editions. First up: "Saturday night" from Bear Quartet, one of 2005's best albums. Exact release date is still tbd, but I'll keep you posted.
The release of the forthcoming Jomi Massage & DR Big Band album has been postponed due to the "tense political climate" surrounding the artwork. Read the full Danish press release here or get the summary at the Morningside website: http://morningsiderecords.dk/
The full album will be available for streaming on February 6 because, as Morningside says, "the music and the lyrics is what it is about."
Swedish rock act LeGrand will be entering the studio on March 6 to begin recording their next album. So far the band has 18 new songs ready and is working on preproductions.
Magnus Uggla will be releasing a new album of Karl Gerhard covers on February 22. The title of the record will be "Ett bedårande barn av sin tid".
A new month means a new "Acid test reel" release from Finland's Kirlian Crossing: http://www.verdurarecords.com/kirliancrossing/
The latest issue of Danish rock'n'roll webzine Lowcut is now online with its usual fine assortment of interviews and reviews: http://www.lowcut.dk/