Blabbermouth reports that Swedish death metal act Seance is back together and signed with Pulverised Records to release their new album "Awakening of the Gods" early next year. Read more: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=103892
The samples on myspace are very promising!
Check out Simon Buchanan of Fat Planet on lofi.tv talking about Icelandic music: http://lofi.tv/2008/01/30/icelandic-session-on-fbi-fm-in-australia/
Swedish punk rockers Enemy Alliance have another new track up on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/enemyalliance
Gbg-based indie act Minxy Soul Models have a couple new tracks up at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/minxys
Tomt Recordings is counting down to the release of the new Björn Kleinhenz album "Quietly happy and deep inside" by posting covers and remixes every Wednesday up until the record's release date on October 29. Up first, Kid Ikarus and Unikorus aka Susanna Brandin/Winter Took His Life. Check it: http://www.tomtrecordings.se/thelight
Check out the Araki (Tiger Lou) remix of Logh's "Death to my hometown", now streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/logh
MP3: Pg.lost - Pascal's law
It was bound to happen eventually, but this seals it: Swedish postrock has hit the wall. It's amazing how a genre founded on breaking the rules can turn into something so contrived and predictable, yet here we are. Listen to that tremolo picking soaked in reverb and delay and ask yourself, is this it? What might have sounded fresh and exciting 10+ years ago fails to impress in 2008. Very disappointing.
Pg.lost - Pascal's law
Check out trailer #2 for the upcoming Robert Svensson album "Young punks are on the never-never": http://www.youngpunksareonthenevernever.se/
Propeller Recordings (Superfamily, Dinosau) will be releasing Norwegian folk/pop act Katzenjammer's debut album "Le pop" on September 29. Listen here: http://www.myspace.com/katzenjammerne
The video for the new Pets single "A good day for telling lies" is viewable here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytpY0QXIESA
Award-winning Norwegian Hardanger fiddle player Åse Teigland will release her sophomore album "Stille" on October 10 via NORCD.
Finish act Kirlian Crossing has started a new free download series called "Repeat and repeat": http://www.verdurarecords.com/kirliancrossing/repeat.htm
The new Sewer Election album "Kassettmusik" is out now on iDEAL: http://www.idealrecordings.com/
Look for new releases on the label this fall from Oceans of Silver & Blood, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, Christine Ödlund and Henrik Rylander as well as the new Audionom record "Superior". I got to hear a few seconds of that one when I was in Sweden and it sounded ridiculous. Definitely something to look forward to.
Huntsville have posted a few sound clips from their upcoming 2CD album "Eco, arches & eras" at their website: http://www.huntsville.no/
They also revealed that Norwegian singer Sidsel Endresen appears as guest on the album along with American artists Nels Cline and Glenn Kotche.