National Records has a new website, now with actual news content: http://www.national.se/
Delusions of Adequacy loves the new Moonbabies EP: http://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewid=5682
Check out the video for "Wildhearts" from Melody Club: http://exodus.interoutemediaservices.com/deliverMedia.asp?id=f4622f5a-b33c-4e94-9c0d-b24f65b01c00&delivery=stream
Music 77 has started to record their second full-length album with engineer Lars "Adrenaline" Hammarström at Tonelaboratories Studios in their hometown of Göteborg.
I guess Gluecifer is now history? The website is currently down, but more info should be available here soon: http://www.gluecifer.com/dead.htm
Ex-Entombed drummer/current Hellacopters frontman Nicke Andersson filled in on guitar with his old bandmates at the Peace & Love Festival in Borlänge last weekend as regular guitarist Uffe Cederlund was on tour with his other band Disfear.
Swedish indie/folk-pop act Pello Revolvers have posted two tracks from their new EP "No spare tyres" for free download: http://www.pellorevolvers.com/
I can't exactly pinpoint who these guys remind me of, but I dig it. They don't sound totally similar, but I suspect that fans of Isolation Years might appreciate them.
Garmarna and Hurdy Gurdy on tour in the US:
09/20 - College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine
09/22 - Satalla, New York, New York
09/23-24 - Lotus World Music & Arts Festival, Bloomington, Indiana
09/25 - Carlson Theater, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, Washington
09/27 - New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
09/28 - Flickinger Center for Performing Arts, Alamogordo, New Mexico
09/29 - Lobo Theater, Albuquerque, New Mexico
09/30 - San Juan College, Farmington, New Mexico
10/02 - Nordic Roots Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dorothy's Magic Bag has a new minialbum called "Sfinxen, Påsen och Garderoben" available for free download via the X-Dump netlabel. Check it: http://www.x-dump.com/eng/news_com.php?news=91
Finnish psych-folk weirdos Lau Nau, Hertta Lussu Assä, Pekko Käppi, Tomutonttu, Taikuri Tali, Islaja and Kuupuu will be playing the US together alongside American acts The Skaters and Davenport as part of the "Voyages on Vinlandia" tour. Here's the dates so far:
08/21 - A/V Space, Rochester
08/23 - 345 Eldert St Rooftop, New York City
08/24 - Tommy's Tavern, New York City
08/25 - Tommy's Tavern, New York City
08/26 - P.A.'s Lounge, Boston
08/27 - Nom D'Artiste, Boston
08/28 - tba, Autonomous / Gladtree Collectives Present
08/29 - tba
08/30 - The Church, Portland
08/30 - Special broadcast of Finnish WFMU recordings at 3:00pm Eastern
08/31 - The Church, Portland
09/01 - Private Party, Providence
09/02 - AS220 8:00PM, Providence
09/03 - tba, Philadelphia
09/04 - tba, Philadelphia
09/05 - the Nightlight, Chapel Hill
09/06 - Harvest Records, Ashville
09/07 - tba, Knoxville
09/08 - tba, Nashville
009/09-10 - Spooky Action Palace, St Louis
09/17 - Nottingham Coop, Madison
09/18 - the Empty Bottle, Chicago
Please note that not every act is playing each show, so be sure to check with your local venue if there's a particular band you want to see.
Greetings from Vancouver, Canada! I'm currently travelling abroad for work, so my schedule is a little messed up, but I'm still online. As I keep saying, just bear with me and it'll all be okay.
New mp3 from Dexter's Moon, the low-key folk act fronted by Jenny Kellerman, older sister to Rasmus of Tiger Lou/Las Puertas and Mårten of Statemachine. Musical talent obviously runs in the family. This track is the closing tune from the group's new album "Come rain", out now on the clan's own Combat Disc Records. Good stuff, of course. How could you expect less? Hopefully I'll also be getting some copies of the record into my own mailorder soon.
Viktor Sjöberg of Structures Sonores and the people behind Lady Godiva Operations have launched a new label called Elefantkvinnan that will be issuing music exclusively on biz-card size CDs. Not only is it an aesthetically pleasing format, but it also limits each artist to a mere five minutes of material. Sometimes the best art is created under self-imposed rules, so I'm all for the experiment. Anyhow, first up are discs from Dwayne Sodahberk, Helge Ljudfors and Lasse Marhaug. More info: http://elefantkvinnan.ladygodivaoperations.com/