The excellent Swedish jazz/world music label Country & Eastern has delayed their planned December releases and pushed them back to late January, 2010, but they will be doing their annual Advent calendar of unorthodox Christmas music starting December 1: http://www.countryandeastern.se/
Check out Swedish duo Taxi Taxi! covering the American evergreen "Oh my darling Clementine" which they recorded for the Swedish juice company Brämhults: http://www.bramhults.se/
It's a tenuous connection between the subject of the song and the fruit, but whatever -- it sounds alright.
Issue #10 of Swedish fashion + music newsletter The Swede Beat is out now and available for reading at their new website: http://www.theswedebeat.com/blog/magazine/10-streets-of-sweden/
Kristofer Åström will be releasing a new EP called "When her eyes turn blue" on December 4 which will be available on both CD and 10" gatefold vinyl. 6 songs, including 4 previously unreleased cuts from the "Sinkadus" sessions.
The Silent Ballet reviews the latest Erik Enocksson record "Man tänker sitt": http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/2922/Default.aspx
Kashmir has revealed that their next album, due out February 1, will be called "Trespassers".
Elias & the Wizzkids have confirmed that their new Andreas Söderlund-produced album "Just do it" will be released on February 2. The first single "Oh these nights" will be officially released on December 2, but you can already check out for free right here: http://www.eliasandthewizzkids.se/OhTheseNights/
Irish-born Danish resident and ex-IAT.MP3 artist Adam McCormack (Imagine I Had Hands) has been picked up by Play/Rec who decided to track down as many of his old demo tracks from the last 3 years as they could (24 total) and will be streaming them in batches of six each week until the end of the month. After that, they get a digital release for super cheap. The first set goes up tomorrow, December 1: http://www.myspace.com/playrec
Obviously recommended -- I've been a fan of Adam's work both solo and with his band from the first time I heard him.
Swedish death metal maniacs Bastard Priest are streaming two new tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/bastardpriestsweden
Their forthcoming LP is definitely one of my most anticipated releases of 2010.
The new Hymns from Nineveh Christmas EP "Uncomplicated Christmassongs" is now up for streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/hymnsfromnineveh
The video for [ingenting]'s excellent single "Dina händer är fulla av blommor" is now online: http://www.vimeo.com/7721838/
Kning Disk's new website is now open: http://www.kningdisk.com/
Pad & Pen Records have announced the signing of Århus-based indie act King's Light Infantry. Look for their debut EP in spring with an album to follow in 2011.
Norwegian electronic act Mental Overdrive has confirmed that their new album "Anti-LBM" will be released on December 7 and will be released as part of their "Exclusive Music" series of one-of-a-kind eBay auctions. Otherwise, for those not willing to try their luck at the auction, the music from said album will be heard "in darkened clubs around the globe" at various live performances.
Umeå Open, Sweden's first major festival of 2010, has announced their initial lineup: http://www.umeaopen.se/
Worth noting since sometimes this is a good indication of who to pay attention to next year.