Marit Bergman will releasing a live DVD entitled "Marit Bergman Live at Rival" on June 8. The disc will consist of said show from her recent acoustic tour along with all the videos she's ever done.
Download an mp3 for the song "Airborn" from Labrador Records act Wan Light: http://www.labrador.se/mp3/wan_light-airborn.mp3
Check out the video for "Losing you" from Kinda and the Kindred Spirits: http://www.cphrec.dk/stream/video/kira/LosingYouLARGE.wmv
Minimalist pop trio The Tiny will be entering Cristoffer Lundkvist's studio in Vallarum on July 11 to begin work on their sophomore album.
David & the Citizens will spend two weeks at the beginning of June recording new material at their countryside recording studio.
Download the track "Behind my walls" from Danish act Gravy: http://www.ponyrec.dk/music/Behind%20My%20Walls.mp3
Reign of Bombs has posted a couple tracks from their upcoming split with Bombstrike:
01. Värnlös
02. Wager of war
The band has also announced that they'll be recording some more new songs for a split with All System Fail later this summer.
The brave souls of Dead Frog Records has plowed through yet another stack of demos so that hopefully you won't have to: http://www.deadfrogrecords.com/demos-reviews/
Download the track "Scagcat" from Arabrot: http://www.thisismusicinc.com/arabrot/lyd/jesus/Scagcat.mp3
The track comes from the band's new album "Proposing a pact with Jesus", out now on Norway Rat Records. The record was produced by Billy Anderson and, as his involvement often implies, is some serious sludge-rocking stuff. I dig it.
GetLevitation talks about and posts some tracks from Swedish psych-rockers The Works: http://getlevitation.blogspot.com/2005/05/puttin-on-works.html
Check out Zyklon's video for "Core solution": http://www.candlelightrecordsusa.com/mp3s/core_solution.wmv
The band is currently hard at work on their new album "Disintegrate" and will be playing a few select festival dates this summer.
Upcoming live dates for Octavia in the UK:
06/02 - Go North, Aberdeen
06/20 - JB's, Dudley w/Green Carnation
06/21 - Rios, Bradford w/Green Carnation
06/22 - Junktion 7, Nottingham
06/23 - Wintergardens, Cleethorpes
06/24 - Lincoln Imp., Scunthorpe
06/25 - The Square, Harlow
06/26 - The Garage, London w/Gotthard
DigitalMetal reviews the Nihilist demos reissue: http://www.digitalmetal.com/reviews.asp?cid=6479
There's a new Swedish hip-hop magazine coming out called Quote. Check out their website here: http://www.quotemagazine.se/
This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:
01. (02) Jenny Wilson - "Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward"
02. (05) Eels - "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)"
03. (08) Hal - "Play the Hits"
04. (NY) The Sunshine - "She's My Television"
05. (NY) Queens of the Stone Age - "In My Head"
06. (01) Mattias Alkberg BD - "Politix"
07. (10) The White Stripes - "Blue Orchid"
08. (11) Turbonegro - "High on the Crime"
09. (12) Thievery Corporation - "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"
10. (03) The Tough Alliance - "Keep it Pure"
11. (NY) Timbuktu - "Det löser sig"
12. (04) The Fine Arts Showcase - "The Hazel Ridge"
13. (15) Turin Brakes - "Fishing for a Dream"
14. (ÅT) Maxïmo Park - "Graffiti"
15. (NY) Foo Fighters - "Best of You"
16. (NY) New Order - "Jetstream"
17. (NY) The Lost Patrol - "Golden Times"
18. (NY) The Hellacopters - "Everything's On TV"
19. (06) Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "Funeral Face"
20. (NY) Daft Punk - "Techologic"
Leaving the chart: Prominent, Kent, The Rakes, Håkan Hellström, The Kills, The House of Love, Looptroop, Hello Saferide and Audio Bullys.