Beatrice Eli - The conqueror
New quality Swedish pop, officially due out on January 16.
A quick little number from a band featuring a member of Young Dreams. "Gonzo blues" was released earlier this year as a 7" bia and will be followed by a their full-length debut in late spring/early summer.
Sunny pop from The Concept for the first official day of winter.
Last Days of April are touring Europe in February:
02/17 - Beatpol, Dresden (GER)
02/18 - Hafen 2 Festival, Offenbash (GER)
02/19 - Museumkeller, Erfurt (GER)
02/20 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg (GER)
02/21 - Hafenklang, Hamburg (GER)
02/22 - HBC, Berlin (GER)
02/23 - Schlachthof, Kassel (GER)
02/25 - Frapé, Aalen (GER)
02/26 - Heimat, Regensburg (GER)
02/28 - Hafenkneipe, Zurich (CH)
02/29 - Uniersidad, Vitoria (ESP)
03/01 - Tourmix, Girona (ESP)
03/02 - 12 & Medio, Murcia (ESP)
03/03 - Moby Dick, Madrid (ESP)
Marvins Revolt might not exist as a band anymore, but that doesn't stop them from sharing this outtake from "Patrolling the heights" as a special holiday gift.
Ex-Lack act Anchorless has been officially picked up by and will be releasing their debut full-length "Every nook and crany" in February.
Artists are now confirmed for volume 4 of Mikael Sörling's Swedish punk comp "Turist i tillvaron": http://sirling.blogspot.com/2011/12/alla-band-till-turist-i-tillvaron-vol-4.html
A few of the names you may recognize: Makabert Fynd, Burning Kitchen, Asta Kask, Crash Nomada, Gamla Pengar and Desperat.
will be releasing two new records from Bushman's Revenge in January, along with the debut from El Doom & The Born Electric (ex-The Cumshots/Thulsa Doom) followed by, in February, a new double album from Motorpsycho. Samples at the label's website: http://www.runegrammofon.com/mp3player/
Yet another live video of the always-wonderful Säkert! performing for PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2011/12/19/musik-med-sakert-3/
There's now a video for the new single from The Megaphonic Thrift.
Norwegian music website Musikknyheter's top 10 albums of the year: http://www.musikknyheter.no/news/9113
Their top 10 songs are here: http://www.musikknyheter.no/news/9121
The final episode of Listen to Norway's fine 99 Minutes webcast for the year.
We're still over a week away from the new year, but that's not gonna stop us from unveiling the first confirmations of our 2012 It's a Trap! Clubnights! Up first on January 20, we've got Uppsala's We are the Storm plus from Denmark, the confusingly-named Helsinki Poetry. Dates in February and March are still pending, but April is already on lock with Caotico set to grace the stage! Expect more details soon!
Excerpts from the upcoming Finn Loxbo album "Lines, curtains", duet out February 27 via esteemed Swedish label .
There's a new EP from Swedish/Norwegian artist Sharku up at the 300AD digital collective website: http://300ad.tumblr.com/post/14458575221/sharku-chronology-ep