Lukinzine is streaming the premiere of the new album "II" from unsigned Swedish/Finnish hardcore act Håll käften, vad vill du!?: http://www.lukinzine.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=890:hkvvdstream&catid=41:nyheter&Itemid=64
Let's get meta: Stereogum comments on the Iceage hype looking for more comments on the Iceage hype: http://stereogum.com/735741/iceage-new-brigade-comment-party-believe-the-hype/mp3s/
Looks to me like the ball is rolling ahead full-steam: Stereogum tagged them as one to watch in March and I did the same previously, way back in January, but full credit of course must go to Layla at MRR for writing them up in March 2010.
Dusted reviews the new album from the Vladislav Delay Quartet: http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6503
Soundvenue is streaming the new EP "Under the pillow, under the elms" from Danish Americana act Cody: http://soundcloud.com/soundvenue/sets/cody-under-the-pillow-under/s-hUlUv
Danish act Entakt close the door on their career with one last EP called "Stolpe op", available for free download and streaming here: http://soundcloud.com/entakt-stolpe-op
Swedish label will be celebrating their 10th anniversary this year by releasing a 2xLP compilation featuring new tracks from almost every artist that has even been involved with the label, including Parken, Pavan, Marions, The Chrysler, Sir Eric Beyond, Existensminimum, Hundarna från Söder, Rigas and more. Expect a November release.
Pitchfork reviews Finnish retro pop act Shine 2009: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15548-realism/
Malmö punkrockers Terrible Feelings have the record of the week over at Maximum Rock'n'roll: http://maximumrocknroll.com/2011/06/15/record-of-the-week-terrible-feelings/
CMG, the solo pop alias of Calle Malmgren from The Je Ne Sais Quoi, has a new album out this week via called "Homecoming". Preview at the label's website along with lead single "A love 4-ever": http://moptacodics.com/ (scroll down)
Recommended!
Swedish thrashers Undergång (as opposed to the Danish death metal act) are streaming three new songs at Bandcamp off their upcoming album "The mother of Armageddon": http://underganghc.bandcamp.com/
Death is always tragic, but when we lose an artist with the heart, devotion and beauty of someone like Gustaf Kjellvander, the whole world suffers their absence. Gustaf lived for music and was one of the rare souls who could do nothing else, though sometimes that meant living to excess. I'm glad to have known both the man and his work and am heartbroken at the news that he is now gone. Rest in peace my friend, you will be missed!
has announced that their reissue of famed death-metal act Sarcasm's discography on triple-vinyl + 7" is on track for release on July 15 and is now available for preorder: http://www.myspace.com/tothedeath666/blog/543299215
The collection includes all 6 demos the band recorded plus their never-released 1994 LP "Never after", a bonus 7" of rehearsal tracks and a 16-page booklet documenting the band's history before they broke up and members went on to form Skitsystem. Only 100 copies, so get on it quick (but save one for me?).
Quality trallpunk from Fubbix, a new (?) band on whose album "Utanför systemet" was just released this week. I'm into it, totally achieves the right balance of rawness and melody.
James Ausfahrt and his various doppelgangers making music in the park.
has posted a ton of new stuff at SoundCloud including a side of a new Trepaneringsritualen tape, new preview tunes from Ectoplasm Girls and Johannes Heldén and a Joachim Nordwall live set: http://soundcloud.com/ideal-recordings