Swedish duo New Found Land will be touring around Europe later this month:
10/22 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
10/23 - Hafen 2, Offenbach (GER)
10/24 - Carrotmob, Berlin (GER)
10/30 - Silent Friday, Stuttgart (GER)
10/31 - TBA, Osnabruck (GER)
11/01 - De Kreun, Kortrijk (BEL) w/Susanna & the Magical Orchestra
11/02 - Botanique, Brussels (BEL) w/Susanna & the Magical Orchestra
11/04 - Blågårds Apotek, Copenhagen (DK)
11/05 - Debaser, Malmö (SWE) w/Taxi! Taxi!
Swedish artist Prince of Assyria will release his debut album "Missing note" on November 16 via Kning Disk. Preview a few tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/princeofassyria
If you dig dark, melodramatic rock ala Nick Cave/Leonard Cohen/Madrugada, you definitely need to check this out.
Swedish act O'Spada were the Guardian's new band of the day on October 19: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/oct/19/new-band-ospada
Adrian Recordings will release the new Dmitry Fyodorov single "Coconut office" on Friday, October 23. This will be the first sample of what to expect from their forthcoming album.
Norwegian bossa-pop artist Maria Due has signed with TrustMe Records who will be releasing her debut album "Kissing in public" on February 8, 2010. Head to myspace for samples as well as info on her CMJ showcase later this week: http://www.myspace.com/mariadue
Alt-country act Friska Viljor is the latest live music guest at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/10/19/musik-med-friska-viljor/
Kristian Anttila and his girlfriend Amanda Ericsson have started a new band together called Universal Zoo and you can hear their first single "The panda song" at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/universalzoo
Nö Music has the lowdown on the 41 various up-and-coming/demo acts selected to play By:Larm next year: http://www.nomusicmedia.com/2009/10/20/bylarm-demo-bands-announced/
The latest "Nya Vågen" column at The Line of Best Fit features Pistol Disco (always great), Outmen, The Bear Quartet and more: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2009/10/nya-vagen-5/
Swedish goth-country act Isobel & November have created a short promo video for their upcoming album "The ghostwater gospel", due out November 30: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65AJ0lvTOwk
Norwegian avant-metal act Fleurety promised new material long ago and now they've finally come through with the first in a series of planned vinyl releases: "Ingentes atque decorii vexilliferi apokalypsis", a limited 2-track 7" on Aesthetic Death Records featuring re-recordings of material from the early 90s. The a-side "Descent into darkness" first appeared on the band's 1993 demo "Black snow" and the new take features guest musicians Hellhammer and Necrobutcher from Mayhem as well as vocals from Runhild Gammelsæter (Thorr's Hammer, Khlyst). As for the flip, we have "Absence", a song that was originally recorded for the "Blackend Vol. 1" compilation in 1995 which appears now with Plenum (Virus, Audiopain) on bass and Bjeima (Delirium Bound, Swarms) on drums. Full details here: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=102125736&blogId=515119350
Danish act Moi Caprice is releasing a singles compilation called "All we fear is love - A singles collection" on November 23 featuring fourteen cuts from the band's discography as well as two new, previously unreleased tracks as well as a bonus disc featuring eight re-recordings of old songs.
Swedish indierockers Penny Century are heading back to the UK at the end of the month:
10/31 - The White Room, Sunderland
11/01 - Seaham Leisure Centre, Seaham
11/03 - The Works, Middlesborough
11/05 - Cartridge World, Sunderland (invite only)
11/06 - Institute of Arts, Durham
11/07 - Cluny 2, Newcastle
Dødpop, repping Norwegian Skweee worldwide. It's still a mostly instrumental sound, but up and comers are pushing the sound into new territories, new regions. Guest rhymes from Sadat X of Brand Nubian? Hell yeah, take it international; mix up the old-school and the new. I love the beat on this track, it's so sparse, dirty and slow. Sweden and Finland are still the big brothers of the scene, but Norway is pushing hard.
Hedmark - Put the world on it (feat. Sadat X + Twan)
The video for Kent's new single "Töntarna" is now on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WqKUnhAU7g