Swedish label has been reconfigured and passed into the hands of Norrbottens läns landsting (the county council of Norrbotten) as of March 1. The initial plan is for the municipality of Luleå to become part-owners later this spring with other Norrland municipalities to be offered partnerships in the future. Says the label: "Business will continue in a slightly altered direction. The new BD Pop is a production and resource centre with the mission to support artists and music productions based in Norrbotten and to contribute to such projects with contacts, knowledge, resources and arenas." More here: http://www.bdpop.se/about.php (in Swedish)
I can think of at least a few people I know who should get in on this: Håkan Lidbo is attempting to set a new world record for the most producers featured on a single track and is asking all comers to send in their 4-bar mix of two 125bpm samples which will eventually edited together into a single track by Håkan. Read all about it: http://recordlabelservices.com/hakans-world-record-attempt/
We are the Storm have signed with and will be releasing their new single "Galileo" next week. The band's full-length debut "To the North-Pole" will follow later on down the road.
"Syng meg sanger" is the new single from Norwegian act Folk & Røvere off their forthcoming album "Hvis du ikke finner meg, så let i byene", due out May 9. The band reports that they will tour with a full band in support as well, their first time on the road since 1999.
01. Andreas Mattsson
02. Håkan Hellström
03. Kent
04. Syket
05. Säkert!
06. The Radio Dept.
07. The Bear Quartet
08. Bright Eyes
09. Veronica Maggio
10. Lykke Li
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Swedish indierockers Bolywool report that their new EP "Thoughts in arpeggio" will be released in a few weeks via the band's own . Expect previews online soon.
Of the Wand & the Moon will be releasing a new 7" in mid-March featuring "Shine black algia" b/w "Hold my hand", neither of which will appear on the forthcoming full-length "The lone descent".
Danish dance/pop act WhoMadeWho will be releasing the new, supposedly darker-sounding 8-track mini-album "Knee deep" on April 11 with another as-yet-untitled full-length album to follow sometime in fall. Look for the new single "Every minute alone" in a couple weeks.
Swedish doom act Saturnalia Temple report that their new album "Aion of Drakon" has been sent off for pressing and will be released in April/May via / with artwork by Dennis Dread.
It's a Bird! It's a Plane!, the new Swedish act featuring Joel Sjöö (They Live By Night) and Andreas Söderlund (Sounds Like Violence, Niccokick), will be doing a number of European dates supporting Glasvegas:
03/06 - Vega, Köpenhamn (DK)
03/07 - Kägelbanan, Stockholm (SWE)
03/09 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
03/10 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
03/17 - Nouveau Casino, Paris (FRA)
03/18 - Sugar Factory, Amsterdam (NL)
will be putting out a split 7" featuring Deathcrush and American act The Paranoid Critical Revolution this spring with another 7" from the excellent Dark Times to follow soon thereafter.
Danish label has announced that they will be releasing the debut album from Messy Shelters on March 28. Get more info and a sample tune here: http://www.messyshelters.net/