Musik med Loney Dear
Live music with Loney Dear at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/02/16/musik-med-loney-dear/
New Melody Club album due out April 22
The new Melody Club album "Goodbye to romance" is set for release on April 22.
Musique Machine reviews 'Hollywood'
Musique Machine reviews the album "Hollywood" from prolific Finnish act Circle: http://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=2124
Musikparlamentet goes global
Danish music industry workshop consortium Musikparlamentet will be concentrating on the international market at their next meeting on February 25: http://www.bandbase.dk/musikparlamentet
Joensuu 1685 - (You shine) Brighter than light (video)
Finnish shoegazers Joensuu 1685 have posted their video for the track "(You shine) Brighter than light" on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwBX31rHEAI
SVT Garage on YouTube
The SVT live music program Garage, hosted by Johannes Hallbom of the band Tony Clifton, has been quite busy adding new clips to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=garage07&view=videos
Definitely great to see new stuff from Two White Horses.
Pg.Lost to get rerelease treatment
Black Star Foundation will soon be rereleasing a special double-disc bundle of Pg.Lost's album "It's not me, it's you!" and the "Yes I am" EP as a single package with new artwork.
Powersolo - Pirates of the oblivion d/l + album stream
Powersolo is giving away the song "Pirates of the oblivion" as a free download: http://www.powersolo.dk/BSB
Their new album "Bloodskinbones" is also available for streaming at myspace in its entirety: http://www.myspace.com/powersolo
Stream 'This is Jonna Lee'
Jonna Lee's new album "This is Jonna Lee" will be streaming on myspace for a week starting tomorrow: http://www.myspace.com/jonnaleemusic
Mattias Hellberg & The White Moose to get European release
Mattias Hellberg & The White Moose have licensed their album "Out of the frying pan, into the woods" to German label Stickman for a wider European release. It will be out in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy on April 17 and in BeNeLux on April 20.
Dundertåget - Ifrån mej själv (video)
Check out Dundertåget's brand new video for the single "Ifrån mej själv": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucb8eALLBqQ&fmt=18
Hellsongs - 10,000 lovers
Listen to Swedish lounge-rockers Hellsongs cover "10,000 lovers" by TNT: http://www.myspace.com/hellsongs
Pistol Disco has a new website
Pistol Disco has a new website: http://www.pistoldisco.com/
Look for their new album "Evergreen" to be offered as a free download soon, as well as on vinyl for old folks.
Aerial signs to new Japanese label, preps 3rd album
Aerial has now signed with Flake Records for the Japanese release of their upcoming third album. No release date yet, but Swedish label Nomethod informs me that it's 95% mixed and on track for being mastered in mid-March.
New label: Hommage Records
Hommage Records is a new Norwegian label devoted to early 80s synth music and their first release is "Maskindans", a 2CD comp exploring the roots of Norwegian postpunk. See their website for more detail: http://www.hommage.no/
I'm pretty excited to hear this as is one of my absolute favorite genre timeperiods.