Check out The Wild Shore, a brand new Stockholm 4-piece featuring Jimmy Ottosson (ex-Torpedo/The Je Ne Sais Quoi/Will Gambola Sing/etc) on guitar, Arvid Engström (ex-Wired for Mono) on vox, Robert Klaesson (Hari & Aino) on drums and Krister Sund on bass: http://www.thewildshore.com/
Mattias Alkberg reports that Neverna has finished a new album. No details as to when/how it will be released, but he does confirm that it will be rockabilly-free.
Konrad from the excellent label has started two new offshoot projects that he runs on his own. First is , a label devoted to releasing "hardrocking bands with their roots in the 70's as well as the early 80's" who have so far only signed French act Soul Manifest whose self-titled debut album will be released later this month. Unfortunately they're not a band I'll be covering, but the samples on myspace sound pretty darn good. Secondly, and far more topical for IAT!, is Konrad's other project which will be specializing in one of my favorite subjects: reissuing crucial early Swedish death metal on vinyl. They've already put out two LPs, both vinyl editions of demos from the acts Obscurity and Mega Slaughter, and coming up next will be a 3xLP boxset from Sorcery and Sarcasm with LPs from Inverted and Curse to follow. More info and samples at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/tothedeath666
Dungeon Acid = Jean-Louis Huhta. This track comes off the debut 7", out now via . Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC7FQn-vBHA
Dates are finally confirmed for our upcoming IAT! Clubnights at Debaser Malmö! First up on December 10 we have hard-rockers Graveyard (who I presume will be premiering matering from their forthcoming, much-anticipated album) plus recent -signees Riddarna! Maybe even guest DJs too, who knows? And then in January, Last Days of April who will be playing in support of their new album "Gooey" which just came out on . Look for a support act to be announced soon and see you there! ('cept that I won't)
Apparently this is a big deal in Sweden right now and spreading, but it's been completely outside my radar until now. Very much not my thing, but anyhow, good luck to Tejbz in becoming the Basshunter of pop-punk. Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3JZjElZG2c
will be putting out a 7" from The Skull Defekts ahead of the band's new album with Daniel Higgs, due out next year via . Featured tracks are "Gospel of the skull" b/w "Push it down on me" and it should be out in January.
Ólafur Arnalds takes Drowned in Sound on a restaurant tour of Reykjavík: http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4141296-%C3%B3lafur-arnalds-young-composers-guide-to-reykjav%C3%ADk-dining
is doing a reissue of classic Swedish power/indiepop act Happydeadmen's debut album "Eleven pop songs" on the occasion of said album's 20th anniversary. The new edition will include new liner notes from label boss Ola Hermanson, the man who originally released the record, as well as Johan Angergård, who of course you should know from Acid House Kings/The Legends/Club 8/. More info and sample tunes at the website: http://www.fractiondiscs.se/
Absolut Noise has a new track up from Life Before Man, a long-running/never-documented Swedish indie act featuring my friend Mattias from Culkin/KVLR: http://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2010/11/internet-killed-tape-stars.html
If you dig noisy guitar-driven indie (such as Mattias' other/previous bands), you will dig this. I do.
Prejka reports on , a new label from Malmö which will be releasing a series of 12 7"s documenting their city's interesting experimental music scene: http://prejka.se/?p=4931
The first three confirmed releases are Skeppet, Pets or Food and a Gaerra/Mirrors are Black split.
Early confirmations for SXSW 2011 include Alcoholic Faith Mission, Giana Factory, FM Belfast, Spleen United, WhoMadeWho and Those Dancing Days. Full list: http://sxsw.com/music/shows/bands
has signed Oslo-based act Systematic Confusion and will be releasing their debut album in early 2011. Preview a couple tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/systematicconfusionmusic
Pitchfork has Under Byen's creepy new video for "Unoder": http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/musicvideo/9926-under-byen-unoder-paper-bag
Shame that the music isn't more compelling to go with the visuals.
Swedish music mag Gaffa has launched their own awards initiative and will be doling out prizes in 12 categories (6 domestic-only) as determined by reader votes: http://gaffa.se/priset2010