Swedish upstart indie label Sing Your Life! has posted a new EP from Lionlove for free download: http://www.singyourlife.se/
Lionlove in indiepop duo sideproject for Charlotte and Daniel from Vijaya and Spider & I respectively. The eventual live band will feature Anders Ljung and Roger Olsson (The Grand Opening, Vijaya).
Download the new Suburban Kids with Biblical Names single "Loop duplicate my heart": http://www.labrador.se/mp3/skwbn-loop_duplicate_my_heart.mp3
The new album "#3" comes out October 12 via Labrador and you can hear some more samples here: http://www.labrador.se/
Nominees for the MTV European Music Awards:
Best Danish Act:
Mew
Carpark North
Nephew
The Raveonettes
Nik and Jay
Best Swedish Act:
Kent
Moneybrother
Timbuktu
The Hellacopters
Christian Walz
Best Norwegian Act:
Röyksopp
Marion Raven
Turbonegro
Thomas Dybdahl
Ane Brun
Best Finnish Act:
The Rasmus
HIM
Nightwish
69 Eyes
Apocalyptica
Norrland psych-rockers The Spacious Mind have a new live CDR called "Pickin' berrys and playin' blues" that they did in Skellefteå this summer. Email to get a copy.
Check out some photos from the final Gluecifer rehearsal: http://www.gluecifer.com/pics_rep.htm
Super-limited business-card CD label Elefantkvinnan will unveil two new discs from Anne Laplantine and Playdo with a show at Nefertiti in Göteborg on October 6.
Check out an e-card for the new Burst album "Origo": http://relapse.com/ecards/burst2/
It comes out October 17 in the UK and October 24 throughout Europe via Relapse Records.
The new Bjorn Yttling-produced album from Montys Loco has been confirmed for a February/March 2006 release via NONS. The first single "Wasteland" (as posted here awhile ago) will be out in November.
Download a brand new song from Hemstad: http://suchgreatheights.se/hemstad/Hemstad%20-%20Dom%20staller%20fan%20inte%20annat%20an%20till%20och%20krav.mp3
Drowned in Sound reviews the new one from Mew: http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/13216
New international tourdates for Swedish indie-folk act Amandine:
10/28 - Stockholm University, Stockholm (SWE) w/Isolation Years
11/02 - Diagonal, Forlí (ITA)
11/04 - La Limonaia, Fucecchio (Firenze) (ITA)
11/06 - Zuni, Ferrara (ITA)
11/12 - Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA w/American Analog Set
11/16 - The Middle East, Cambridge, MA w/Tristeza
11/18 - North Six, Brooklyn, NY w/Tristeza
MP3: Peter Bjorn and John - Tailormade
Hidden Agenda is on a roll with US reissues of some amazing Swedish records. José González justifiably has been getting most of the press so far for "Veneer" (one of 2003's best albums), but we shouldn't ignore Peter, Bjorn and John and the album "Falling out" - one of 2004's best releases. I bought their 2002 self-titled debut release simply on strength of bassist Bjorn Yttling's prestigious production credits and have been a fan ever since. There's a good reason why they have the lead-off track on my "Reader's companion" compilation. The best part about "Falling out" is how the record works as a whole. It's a concept record, not in the way as say "Operation: Mindcrime", but that it's thematic in terms of the overall mood. I actually posted mp3s for every song from the record when it first came out, but here's one of favorites again for those that missed out the first time around.
Peter Bjorn and John - Tailormade
The latest top 10 Norwegian album chart:
01. Raga Rockers - Ragas beste 1983 - 2000
02. Diverse - De beste til meg og mine venner
03. Jorun Stiansen - Unstable
04. De Lillos - Festen er ikke over det er kake igjen
05. Kari Bremnes - Over en by
06. Ravi & DJ Løv - Den nye arbeidsdagen
07. Kaizers Orchestra - Maestro
08. Marion Raven - Here I am
09. Liv Marit Wedvik - Home sweet home
10. Klovner i kamp - Ørnen tek ikkje unga