Danish heavies Rising have officially signed with German label and will soon begin recording their debut full-length with producer Jacob Reichert Nielsen in late March. Expect a late October release with a European tour to follow.
The new I'm From Barcelona album "Forever today" has been confirmed for release on March 23 with the lead single "Get in line" to precede it later this month.
Upstart label has signed Swedish rockers El Camino and will re-releasing the band's "Satanik magiik" EP in an expanded version with two additional tracks in mid-March on both LP and CD. Listen here: http://www.myspace.com/elcaminomusic
Looptroop Rockers have announced that their new album "Professional dreamers" will be released on March 9, their first album with Cosmic back in the fold after a 2-year absence. Look for the title track to be released as a single soon.
Retro hardrockers Graveyard have officially signed with who will be releasing the band's much-anticipated new album "Hisingen blues" in late March.
The Holy Ghost, the new band of Jens Åker (Trapdoor Fucking Exit, Java), finally has some new material up for preview: http://www.myspace.com/theholyghoststhlm
Good to hear even more quality noiserock coming out of Stockholm!
Powersolo's new album "Buzz human" has been confirmed for release on February 14 via . Hear the poetic title track: http://www.powersolo.dk/
Norwegian label will be putting out a split 12" featuring Finnish act Joensuu 1685 and US artist Brad Laner (ex-Medicine). 1000 copies, due out March 14, full tracklist and cover art here: http://splendour.no/post/2713139579
The next Victims album will be called "A dissident" and it should be fully mixed by next week with an official release date of April 12.
New live dates for Peter Bjorn and John:
02/16 - Comet Club, Berlin (GER)
02/23 - White Heat @ Lexington (sold out), London (UK)
02/28 - Bitterzoet Amsterdam (NL)
03/02 - International Paris (FRA)
02/30 - Dingwalls, London (UK)
04/31 - The Ruby Lounge Manchester (UK)
04/01 - Stereo, Glasgow (UK)
04/06 - Molotow Hamburg (GER)
04/08 - Botanique - Orangerie, Brussels (BEL)
04/09 - Point FMR, Paris (FRA)
A new video from Cryme, the duo of Mattias Gustafsson (Altar Of Flies) and Daniel Fagerström (The Skull Defekts, Optic Nest, etc.). Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyf61EE7cRA
It's a long way off, but Ane Brun has confirmed some new UK dates for November:
11/08 - Deaf Institute, Manchester
11/09 - King Tuts, Glasgow
11/10 - HMv Institite – The Library, Birmingham
11/11 - Scala, London
has confirmed that the new Acid House Kings album "Music sounds better with you" will be released on March 22 and will be available on both CD and vinyl. They've also announced a new single from new band/The Mary Onettes sideproject Det Vackra Livet called "Viljan" which will be officially released on February 2. Listen at Tram7: http://www.tram7.se/2011/01/12/det-vackra-livet-viljan/
Skippers Corner is now moving beyond virtual mixtapes and is now putting out an actual 30m cassette compilation of Swedish punk: http://sailorpunk.blogspot.com/2011/01/omslag.html
Featured acts include Desperat, Glöm Dä!, Beyond Pink, Spotlicks, Headons and Kronofogden.
Malmö-based psych act VED is heading to Germany in March:
03/23 - Schokoladen, Berlin
03/24 - Cairo, Würzburg
03/25 - Conne Island, Leipzig
03/26 - Ostpol, Dresden