The lineup for volume 2 of Swedish punk/hardcore comp "Turist i tillvaron" has now been 100% solidified and the record sent to press: http://sirling.blogspot.com/2011/11/vol-2-pa-press-alldeles-strax.html
Also, it looks like folks still have til January should they want to get in on volume 3.
Henrik Rylander and Joachim Nordwall of The Skull Defekts have composed the music for a new dance performance by choreographer Lotta Melin called "Restless legs". It will premiere on November 3 at Dansens Hus in Stockholm; full details here: http://dansenshus.se/Pa-scen/Lotta-Melin/
Thåström's album "Xplodera mig 2000" will be getting a deluxe 2LP reissue on November 28. The new edition will include b-sides from the "Älska dej själv" single as well as the bonus demo cuts that first appeared on the CD edition.
Malmö punkrockers Terrible Feelings have posted their "Blank heads EP" for full streaming and free download at SoundCloud.
Norwegian act Team Me will be heading abroad later this month:
11/17 - tba, Köln (GER)
11/18 - Exil, Zürich (CH)
11/19 - Gare de Lion, Will (CH)
11/20 - Treibhaus, Luzern (CH)
11/21 - Le Kiwi, Clermond Ferrand (FRA)
11/23 - tba (GER)
11/24 - Goldmarks, Stuttgart (GER)
11/25 - Autumn Falls Festival (V2*), Brussel (BEL)
11/26 - on3-festival, München (GER)
11/27 - Lucerna Music Bar, Prague (CZ) w/The Wombats
11/28 - Rhiz, Vienna (AUS)
12/01 - D! Club, Lausanne (CH) w/The Wombats
12/02 - Kofmehl, Solothurn (CH) w/The Wombats
12/03 - Deposito giordani, Pordenone (ITA)
12/04 - New Age Club, Treviso Roncade (ITA) w/The Wombats
12/05 - Maggazzini Generali, Milan (ITA) w/The Wombats
SWEHC interviews the old dudes from Pusrad: http://www.swehc.com/2011/10/28/pusrad-interview/
will be releasing a new 7" single from Norwegian shoegazers Maribel on November 24. Said record will include the a-side "Jezebel jive" b/w "Reverie" on the flip.
PSL does the live music thing with Swedish electronic duo Roll the Dice: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2011/10/31/musik-med-roll-the-dice/
It's not quite acoustic like how they usually do it, but it is most definitely all analog. Well worth checking out!
Swedish emo/metalcore label has a new comp out to promote their current roster featuring a bunch of their bands doing cover songs along with whatever their current single is -- full details here: http://www.panicandaction.com/newspost.php?id=86
Not recommended for anyone who isn't a teenager or into all-over print t-shirts, but hey- if that's you, you'll probably be stoked to know that the entire comp will be available as a free download on November 7.
Preview a snippet of the upcoming Verfver tape, coming out this December via . Pssst... Verfver = Johan G Winther of Tsukimono/Scraps of Tape.
Preview a couple tracks from Simen Tangen off his upcoming album "Fall/1998", due out early 2012 via : http://www.oslogrammofon.com/
Stream the new Navet single "Leave and let go" in its entirety as just released via .
Ja Ja Ja is running a series of label profiles, starting with out of Iceland: http://www.jajajamusic.com/index.php/2011/10/best-nordic-record-labels-1-kimi-records-is/
has announced that Maskinen and Timtuktu are the first two Swedish artists confirmed to play the Havana edition of the Peace & Love fest in 2012: http://www.national.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=582%3Apeace-a-love-havana-2012-foersta-artisterna-klara&catid=127%3Anationalbulletin&lang=en
has announced that they will be releasing the debut album "Laponia" from young Swedish composer/guitarist Daniel Ögren on November 30. Says the label: "If mountains could sing, this would be the tune. Laponia is the musical equivalent of the northern Swedish landscape bearing the same name.". More: http://www.hoob.net/downloads/pressreleases/pressrelease_HOOBCD026.pdf