Hear a brand new Jens Lekman song as performed live in London at Maida Vale: http://onethirtybpm.com/media/listen-jens-lekman-i-dont-know-what-to-do-with-this-information-live-at-maida-vale/
Punk On Okei: a 12-minute doc on the Tampere, Finland punk scene, complete with English subtitles now streaming at Vimeo.
Mother of the Forest is dead, long live Ankarkronan: http://motheroftheforest.blogspot.com/2011/11/mother-of-forest-are-fucking-dead.html
Aversionline covers Execration's "Odes of the occult" which is my pick for the best metal album of the year: http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2011/11/17/execration-odes-of-the-occult-2xlp/
A new song from Sulli, the singer/songwriter duo of vocalist Shpresa Lleshaj and Daniel Westerlund (The Goner).
Okkultokrati are heading south for a series of Spanish/Iberian dates this coming weekend:
11/20 - ¡Concierto Secreto!, Benicarló (Castellón)
11/21 - AVV Arrebato, Zaragoza (ESP)
11/23 - Sentinel, Erandio (Bilbao)
11/24 - Ibu Hots, Gasteiz (ESP)
11/25 - CSA Antiguos Almacenes de La Mina, La Gandara/Udias (ESP)
11/26 - Monkey Club, Gijon (ESP)
11/27 - Palavea Squat, A Coruña (ESP)
11/28 - La Faena II, Madrid (ESP)
will be releasing the full-length debut LP from Finnish garage-punks The Splits either late 2011 or early 2012. Hear some tunes from their recent 7" single on : http://the-splits.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts-crazy-for-you-7
Via the blog Gimme Danger, new dark atmospheric sounds from Skagul, the solo (?) project of Daniel Söderberg. Recommended!
Something new is on the way from Norwegian pop artists Donkeyboy and they're looking for fans to help "unlock" the clues via social media apps: http://donkeyboy.no/
More Swedish instrumental psych/folk, this time from Markus Hulthén who is branching out from his other act Mackaper along with friends Gustav Nygren (New Rose) and Christoffer Narin (Chicken el Diablo).
Pitchfork reviews Swedish pop duo Korallreven: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16042-an-album-by-korallreven/
Another tune from the upcoming Vyn album, due out December 7 via /. If you dig pastoral rock like Björn Olsson or The Amazing, you'll dig this and hey -- Christoffer Gunrup from the latter band will be playing some acoustic songs at the release party on December 3 at Folkoperan in Stockholm.
The Milk Factory gives high marks to Håkon Kornstad's new album "Symphonies in my head": http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/st/2011/11/hakon-kornstad-symphonies-in-my-head-jazzland-recordings/
Svensk Musik talks techno with Stockholm DJ Miss Dilemma: http://svenskmusik.org/article/swedish-house-and-techno-with-miss-dilemma/