Swedish electropop weirdos The State of Floral Beings have posted a bunch of remix tracks for free download: http://www.tsofb.com/
Swedish pop mp3 blog Sounds of Sweden has been made over to become Catchy Tunes of Sweden: http://soundsofsweden.blogspot.com/
Some news from Smalltown Superjazzz:
2006 will be a busy year for Smalltown Superjazzz with lots of great releases in the pipeline. There will be a brand new studio album by The Thing recorded in Atlantis Studios in Stocholm, Sweden. We also hope to release the reissues of the two first The Thing albums in 2006. We will release the longawaited studio album by Two Bands And A Legend (Cato Salsa Exp, The Thing and Joe McPhee), as well as a duo EP with Mats Gustafsson and Paal Nilssen-Love. Nilssen-Love and Ken Vandermark will also follow up their two Dual Pleasure albums. Mats Gustafsson will release both a solo album, titled "Contra songs", as well as a duo album with the great Yoshimi of the Boredoms. In February we will release Diskaholics Anonymous Trio which is the trio of Thurston Moore, Jim O`Rourke and Mats Gustafsson.
Opeth will return to the US in February and here's what's been confirmed so far:
02/16 - The Norva, Norfolk, VA
02/17 - Recher Theatre, Towson, MD
02/18 - Mr. Small's Theatre, Millvale, PA
02/19 - Bogarts, Cincinnati, OH
More dates soon.
Sublime Exile will be sending both The Beatitude and The Fakes into the studio in January, the former with Swedish producer Micke Herrström and the latter with Robbie Rowlands. Look for the The Fakes' "Storm in a tea cup" EP to be released on January 30.
Upcoming releases in 2006 from Norsordo:
The Idealist - "Tape Delays" CD
Kama Aina / Ljudbilden & Piloten - split 7"
Jahbitat / He Can Jog - split CD
Ljudbilden & Piloten - s/t CD
Det Svenska Folket - s/t CD
The amazing C.Aarmé will finally be going into the studio on December 27 to begin work on their second album. Thank goodness. In the meantime, here's a rehearsal recording as a teaser: http://www.caarme.com/music/goldenretriever.mp3
Dorian Gray's new album "Hazel grove 07:46" will be released in the US in January, the UK and Sweden in February/March and in Spain later on in 2006.
Sugarplum Fairy frontman Victor Norén will play Rolling Stones vocalist Mick Jagger in the upcoming German film "8 Miles high", a movie about German supermodel Uschi Obermeier.
The video for "All hat, no cattle" from Norwegian hardcore act Desperado is now online: http://jaguar.intrapoint.no/rw/site/desperado/aimages/Desperado_-_All_hat_no_cattle_1135191858.wmv
Check out the video for "Charlie Charlie" from Swedish/French/American all-star act Vanessa and the Os: http://damslibon.free.fr/video.htm
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart is exactly the same as last week:
01. Björn Skifs - Decennier sånger från en annan tid
02. Son of a Plumber - Son of a Plumber
03. Jill Johnson - The christmas in you
04. Monica Zetterlund - Z - det bästa med monica zetterlund
05. Darin - Darin
06. Lena Philipsson - Jag ångrar ingenting
07. Thåström - Skebokvarnsv 209
08. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
09. Björn Afzelius - Björn Afzelius bästa
10. Nanne - Alltid på väg
11. Eva Dahlgren - Snö
12. Laleh - Laleh
13. The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
14. Brolle Jr - Brolle jr tolkar cornelis - en stund på jorden
15. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
16. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - A present from the past
17. Sophie Zelmani - A decade of dreams 1995-2005
18. Carola - Jul i betlehem
19. Jussi Björling - Från operans värld till svenska sånger
20. Peter Lemarc - Sjutton sånger - lemarc sjunger lemarc
Believe it or not, long-running legendary Swedish grind act General Surgery has actually completed work on their debut full-length album. Read the press release over at DigitalMetal: http://www.digitalmetal.com/news.asp?cid=7025
Sara Culler, better known to some as David Fridlund's better half, has posted a brand new song for download: http://saraculler.webblogg.se/