Upcoming releases on the way in 2009 from Danish rock'n'roll label Bad Afro:
01/19 - Serena Maneesh – Montrose cadaveric 7"/download
03/01 - The Setting Son – Spring of hate LP/CD/download
Spring 2009 - The Mojomatics – Don't believe me when I am high 7"/download
Spring 2009 - The Dolly Rocker Movement – Our brave new world 7"/download
Fall 2009 - Baby Woodrose/The Setting Son – split 7"
Fall 2009 - Baby Woodrose – tba LP/CD/download
Both The Mojomatics and The Dolly Rocker Movement are non-Scandinavian acts and will be featured on the new Bad Afro sub-label Bad Afro International, so that's probably the last you'll ever see them mentioned here.
Details are now posted for The Low Frequency in Stereo's new album "Futuro", due out January 12 via Rune Grammofon: http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/the-low-frequency-in-stereo/rcd-2082---the-low-frequency-in-stereo_-futuro
José González is going to Australia in February:
02/06 - City Recital Hall, Sydney
02/07 - Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane
02/09 - Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
02/11 - Wrest Point Entertainment Centre, Hobart
02/13 - Governor Hindmarsh, Adelaide
02/14 - Perth International Arts Festival, Perth
Monzano bassist Eivind Almhjell to be the first Norwegian in Space? Read more: http://www.howisannierecords.com/article.php?id=122&p=
Watch Frida Hyvönen and band sing "Santa Lucia": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY4iA3YLGpc
Here is Crucified Barbara's new video for the single "Sex action": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZGP4oabVFY
Swedish indie artist Major Major has recorded an English version of the classic Adolphson & Falk tune "Blinker blå" and posted it for free download: http://backgroundnoiserec.wordpress.com/2008/12/13/124/
PSL is reporting that Markus Krunegård (Laakso) has started a new band with Jari Haapalainen (The Bear Quartet) called Fear of Love. Expect an album this summer?
Röyksopp are celebrating their birthday with a free download track called, appropriately enough, "Happy birthday": http://www.royksopp.com/
Mando Diao's new single "Dance with somebody", their first from the upcoming album "Give me fire" (due out February 13), will be released on December 19.
Scraps of Tape's new album "Grand letdown" will be out in March via Tenderversion. I'm not sure if the tracklist has been 100% confirmed yet or not, but I've been told that the band has recorded covers of both "Filler" by Minor Threat (awesome) and "Eric" by Carpet People (more awesome). And the five songs I've had the pleasure of hearing so far: very, very awesome. Be patient!
A Camp, the solo project of Nina Persson from The Cardigans, will release their new album "Colonia" in the US/North American on April 28 via Nettwerk.
Check out a teaser video for the new Skambankt album "Hardt regn", due out in January: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjezbVvNIkc