PopMatters reviews Ghost

PopMatters approves of Ghost's "Opus eponymous": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/132786-ghost-opus-eponymous/

Holmes - There'll be no Christmas without you

Holmes is giving away "There'll be no Christmas without you" as a free download from now until the 25th: http://holmes.haleri.se/track/therell-be-no-christmas-without-you

Masshysteri RIP

Gaffa reports, by way of Dennis Lyxzén, that Masshysteri has split up: http://gaffa.se/nyhet/45175
Huge bummer, especially considering they released one of the best albums of 2010.

Gaffa top 10 Danish albums for 2010

Gaffa's top 10 favorite Danish albums of 2010:

01. Efterklang - Magic chairs
02. Søren Huss - Troen & ingen
03. 4 Guys From The Future - Under the new morning sun
04. De Eneste To - De eneste to
05. Love Shop - Frelsens hær
06. Agnes Obel - Philharmonics
07. The Floor Is Made Of Lava - Howl at the moon
08. The Malpractice - Tectonics
09. The Rumour Said Fire - The arrogant
10. The Informations - Noah's ark

Link: http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/45156

Sad Day for Puppets back to the UK

Sad Day for Puppets are heading back to the UK in February:

02/04 - Bodega, Nottingham
02/05 - Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds
02/06 - Captain's Rest, Glasgow
02/07 - Moho Live, Manchester
02/08 - Social, London
02/09 - Proud Galleries (Music Week Breakout Night), London
02/10 - Cellars, Portsmouth
02/11 - Flapper, Birmingham
02/12 - Jam, Brighton

Beastmilk - Children of the atom bomb

Finnish postpunk act Beastmilk recorded some new material recently and are streaming a raw mix of one track at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/beastmilkeverywhere
The band is currently seeking a label interested in doing a 7".

New live cassette from Agent Side Grinder

Agent Side Grinder have a new self-released live cassette entitled "Industrial beauty" that they are selling through their website: http://www.agentsidegrinder.com/
No idea if this is related to the live CDr planned for release on Aural Pleasures, but perhaps in the know can comment. Either way, I plan to grab a copy.

Robyn gets US Grammy nomination

Congrats to Robyn for her US Grammy nomination of "Dancing on my own" in the "Best Dance Recording" category: http://www.cbs.com/specials/grammys/nominees/

Tigerspring Christmas calendar

Danish label Tigerspring is doing the Advent calendar thing with video sessions of various artists and first up is Our Broken Garden: http://tigerspring.net/?p=318

Service, the app

Service now has an app: http://srvc.se/service/app

Those Dancing Days - Fuckarias (video)

Spin has the premiere of Those Dancing Days' new video for the song "Fuckarias": http://www.spin.com/articles/exclusive-those-dancing-days-debut-first-song

Rumble in Rhodos - White dancing

Fysisk Format have posted a new single from Rumble in Rhodos for listening: http://soundcloud.com/tigerfysisiskformat/rumble-in-rhodos-white-dancing

Peder Nabo album preview

Preview a couple tracks from Peder Nabo's debut solo album "Ur nattens prinsessa", out now via Kalligrammofon Records: http://soundcloud.com/kalligrammofon/sets/peder-nabo-ur-nattens-prinsessa
Says the label, as I have yet to listen: "The album could be described as a dreamy and atmospheric soundscape built around the use of electric guitars, reminiscent to works by artists like Loren Connors and even Angelo Badalamenti!"

2010 European Border Breaker Awards

Scandinavian recipients of this year's European Border Breaker Awards:

Norway: Donkeyboy
Sweden: Miike Snow
Denmark: Aura Dione

Read more: http://www.europeanborderbreakersawards.eu/

Sailor & I - Indian summer

Swedish indie duo Sailor & I are streaming their new 7-track EP "Indian summer" at SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/sailorandi/sets/indian-summer