Sofia Tavlik has a new live demo from a show she played at Öst100 in Stockholm on March 30. Tracklist:
01. Ghosts
02. Stop
03. Tonight
04. Blue Moon
05. When Winter comes
06. Borderlines
For rest of May it can be ordered from her website for 40sek, 50sek thereafter.
Karmageddon Media has signed one-man-band Glittertind aka 18-year old Norwegian musician Torbjørn Sandvik. The debut album "Evige Asatro" was entirely self-produced and recorded between 2001-2002 except for one track ("Norges Skaal") recorded this year and is set for an August 9 release date. The music is said to represent "the work [of] a 16- and 17-year-old boy spellbound by mother nature and Scandinavian art, culture, tales and traditions."
Download the new Tobias Fröberg single "What Are You Gonna Do?": http://www.silence.se/nyheter/what_are_you_gonna_do.mp3
The Shout Out Louds have recorded a new EP called "Oh, Sweetheart" with producer Björn Yttling of Peter, Bjorn and John. Tracklist:
01. Oh, Sweetheart
02. A Track And A Train
03. Seagull
The release date is set for May 26 and soundclips should be online soon.
Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's Swedish student radio top 20:
01. (18) Beastie Boys "Ch-Check It Out"
02. (13) The Von Bondies "Tell Me What You See"
03. (05) Strip Music "Desperation"
04. (01) Morrissey "Irish Blood, English Heart"
05. (NY) The Embassy "Wearing Our Pop Art Hearts On Our Sleeves EP"
06. (08) Sahara Hotnights "Hot Night Crash"
07. (03) Marit Bergman "I Will Always Be Your Soldier"
08. (02) Jens Lekman "You Are The Light"
09. (06) PJ Harvey "The Letter"
10. (11) The Tough Alliance "Make It Happen"
11. (12) Graham Coxon "Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery"
12. (NY) David & The Citizens + Mattias Alkberg "Big Chill"
13. (09) Faithless "Mass Destruction"
14. (04) Raymond & Maria "Ingen Vill Veta Var Du Köpt Din Tröja"
15. (19) Deportees "Arrest Me 'Til It Hurts"
16. (10) Franz Ferdinand "Matinee"
17. (NY) My Red Cell "In A Cage (On Prozac)"
18. (NY) Ash "Orpheus"
19. (15) Bright Eyes Feat. Neva Dinova "Black Comedy"
20. (16) Velvet Revolver "Slither"
Leaving the chart:
07. The White Stripes "There's No Home For You Here"
14. Prince "Musicology"
17. Kelis "Trick Me"
20. Weeping Willows "You Weren't Even Close"
Madrugada checks in with a note about their residence of gigs in NYC: http://www.emi.no/madrugada/news.asp
They are just one of the featured artists on the 'Live in May' streaming radio playlist on the right.
Labrador Records has updated their release schedule. There's a new CD-EP due out from The Radio Dept. this summer (title tba) along with the "Kingsize Vol. 2" compilation. [ingenting]'s debut full-length album "Ingenting duger" has been set for an October release. More details as I get them.
Apparently "The Wild" will be the first single from Kristofer Åstrõm's new album "Loupita". As mentioned before, up-and-coming singer/songwriter Britta Persson performs guest vocals on the track.
Svenskunderjord reports that Göteborg-based record label Twice Records will be releasing a comp in two weeks featuring a selection of up-and-coming Swedish hip-hop artists entitled "Unsigned". Contributors will include Alibi, Rico Wondahman, Obnoxiuz, X.O, S.T, S.P, Nabila, WordSilah, Enhet V, Los Abandonados and more. Download a sampler mp3 here: http://www.sassi-records.com/promo/twice_records_unsigned.mp3
Check out some photos from the recent Cult of Luna studio sessions: http://www.cultofluna.com/photos.htm
The band reports that they've laid down the tracks for five of the songs on their next album and only need to layer on the electronics stuff to finish them off. Until they go back into Tonteknik to take of that, they plan to "put the final touches" on the last couple songs in rehearsal so that they're fully ready for recording.
The program for the Momentum Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art in Moss, Norway from May 22 - June 27 has been confirmed and will feature music from Twinn with Kreutzerkompani/Jazzkammer and artwork from a ton of Nordic artists such as Kim Hiortøy. Frost will be performing at the pre-party on May 21. More info: http://www.momentum.no/
Some new Eskobar tourdates:
06/05 - Rust, Copenhagen (DK)
06/06 - Tower, Bremen (GER)
07/03 - Jordgubbens Dag, Vara (SWE)
07/31 - Fuji Rock Festival, Naeba, Niigata (JAP)
On May 12 Ephemera will release a special sampler album called "Score" in Denmark featuring tracks from previous releases "Sun", "Balloons and Champagne" and "Air" as well as the new track "Nice Day". It will also be released at some point in Japan, but will not get a proper release in their home country of Norway.
Here's a short newsletter from Elin Sigvardsson with some info about progress on her next album: http://www.elinsigvardsson.com/php/Brev.php?id=12 (in Swedish)
Here's the list of musicians she is currently working with:
Ola Gustafsson - guitar
Peter Forss - bass
Peter Hermansson - piano
Per Nordmark - drums