Danish indie act Larsen & Furious Jane have confirmed that their new album will be called "Dolly" and will be released via the band's own label now that is defunct. There's no official release date yet, but the lead single "Out of pocket" can be previewed here: http://www.momowave.org/
Check out an e-card for the new Djerv album featuring snippets from every tune: http://djerv.indierec.net/
Every year the Swedish electronic music festival Voltfestivalen invites an acoustic ensemble to cover various genre classics and this year the honor of performing goes to The Uppsala Chamber Music Choir who will be playing the following:
Mr Oizo - Flat Eric
New Order - Blue Monday
Björk - All is full of love
It all goes down June 11 at Uppsala Concert Hall. Details: http://voltfestivalen.se/
Peter Bjorn and John are holding an art show at the TriBeCa Grand Hotel in New York City featuring all of the various illustrations that Jonas Torvestig created as inspired the band's most recent (and quite excellent) album "Gimme some" and the number 3. It opens tonight at 7pm ET and will eventually make its way to Chicago, Los Angeles and then back to the band's home country of Sweden.
Swedish crustpunks Anatomi-71 have posted a couple preview tunes off their forthcoming LP "Från primat till reptil": http://anatomi-71.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-album-preview.html
Finnish death metallers Vorum will be heading to Uppsala, Sweden in late July to record their first full-length album.
Air France will be travelling abroad in July to do some DJ gigs opening for Memory Tapes:
07/05 - Fleche d’Or, Paris (FRA)
07/06 - XOYO, London (UK)
07/07 - Manchester Deaf Institute, Manchester (UK)
07/08 - The Arches, Glasgow (SCO)
Gaffa reports that the Swedish Grammis have split the Urban/Dance category back into electro/dance and hip-hop/soul for next year's awards: http://gaffa.se/nyhet/50120
They've also brought back the Best Video award and have followed the lead of P3 Guld by dropping the male/female artist categories to just have one Best Artist.
A quick preview of something new from ' latest signees Team Rockit, via Pistol Disco.
A short little ditty from Lufra showing off Umeå's preferred mode of transportation. Direct link: http://youtu.be/BdJkfxgtMbc
Jens Lekman recommends that you read Grace Paley as that's his chosen topic of the month for June: http://www.jenslekman.com/records/smalltalk.htm
I concur, though it probably helps if you're Jewish (and/or socialist). But seriously, besides her excellent short stories, she's one of the very few poets whose work I've read and consistently enjoyed. Oh, and Jens also says he's finishing up mixing a new EP too.
has posted details for the new In the Country CD/DVD "Sounds and sights": http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/in_the_country/rcd-2113-in-the-country-sounds-and-sights-cd-dvd/
Also at PSL, news that Fibes, Oh Fibes! has recorded a new album with Pontus Winnberg of Miike Snow: http://psl.svt.se/psl/2011/6/8/extra-extra-fibes-oh-fibes-produceras-av-miike-snow-pontus-och-gastas-av-fontan-och-den-franska-trion/
PSL has the premiere of the new Invasionen video fro "Arvegods" plus a bit of Q&A (på Svenska) with frontman Dennis Lyxzén: http://psl.svt.se/psl/2011/06/08/videopremiar-invasionen-arvegods/
/ will be releasing the debut LP from female-fronted Malmö-based punk band Vånna Inget this coming fall. Listen: http://soundcloud.com/vanna-inget/sets/v-nna-i/