Energy Rekords sublabel Beat That will release a new Slagsmålsklubben single soon for "Hit Me Hard".
The Bear Quartet's Mattias Alkberg releases his debut solo album "Tunaskolan" on February 11 and here's the tracklist:
01. Haparanda Here We Come
02. Släng mina rester i en grop
03. Don Quixote
04. Med spöken
05. Fyllskalle
06. Levande begravd
07. Haschkollektiv
08. En hotbild
09. Matti & Angelica
10. Sundbyberg
11. Icke-maktens prerogativ
Digfi.com reports on Swedish Americana music: http://digfi.com/digfi/digfi?action=se.two4hr.digfi.main.appl.PageChronical&id=4300 (in Swedish)
No doubt you probably heard something about the upcoming Europe reunion show at the Sweden Rock Festival, but there's a lot of other bands playing too. Here's a brief overview from P3 Musikjournalen: http://www.sr.se/p3/musikjournalen/arkiv.asp?DagensDatum=2004-01-20&Artikel=355046
The rest of those live Sophie Zelmani mp3s have been added today. There's a new radio playlist up today as well.
The Meshuggah songs "Perpetual Black Second" and "Straws Pulled at Random" will be featured in the game 'Fallout: Brotherhood of steel' from Interplay. The band is also reportedly confirmed for this summer's Arvika Festival.
Bassist Andreas Eriksson has left long-running Swedish grind act General Surgery. Glenn Sykes of Regurgitate will be filling in until a suitable permanent replacement can be found. The band currently plans to play their first live show in 14 years at Club Nocturnal in Göteborg, Sweden on February 14 and is also planning on doing a short headlining tour in April as well as maybe some summer festival dates.
Indie/punk DIY label Eye Will Drown has a new website design: http://www.eyewilldrown.tk/
Wired for Mono has completed work on their new CD "RE: Golden Hits EP" and it will be released February 9 on the newly-established J. Mejsel Records. There will be a special release party on February 11 at O-Baren in Sturehof and more dates to follow.
The new Veslefrekk album "Vals" featuring the core trio of Jarle, Ståle and Arve from Supersilent will be out in April on NorCD.
Head over to Cardigans Country for a nice, quick overview of what's going on with the band as of late.
Swedish hip-hop artist Hamish has confirmed "För mkt Jävla..." as the first single from his upcoming album "En Bild Säger Mer Än Tusen Ord". Dogge from The Latin Kings makes a guest appearance on the track and a video is in the works with director Jan Vasquez (Fattaru, Masayah).
David & The Citizens, Love is All and Cato Salsa Experience have been confirmed for the Emmaboda festival.