Ved on cassette comp

Prejka highlights the new Kosmisk Väg cassette comp "The new wave of Swedish cosmic music" with a mp3 from Ved: http://prejka.se/?p=4595

DHG back in 2011

DHG will return to the live stage next year: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=52188240&blogId=539505491

I'm Kingfisher talks birding

This is different: Birdguides.com interviews Thomas Denver Jonsson of I'm Kingfisher about his passion for birding: http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=2320

Yamon Yamon in Japan

Yamon Yamon is heading to Japan in late November:

11/22 - Shangri La, Osaka
11/23 - Mojo, Kyoto
11/24 - Upset, Nagoya (Ikeshita)
11/25 - Club Quattro, Tokyo (Shibuya)

Rune Grammofon: Fire! collab with Jim O'Rourke, new Ultralyd

Rune Grammofon reports that Fire! recently did some shows with Jim O'Rourke (Sonic Youth, Wilco, etc.) in Japan and also recorded some studio sessions together. Look for the end result to be released in 2011. In other RG news, check out preliminary details for their next release, "Inertiadrome" by Ultralyd: http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/ultralyd/rcd-2105-ultralyd_-inertiadrome

Britta Persson lines up next single

"Toast to M" will be Britta Persson's next single, officially out on October 8.

New Herätys 7" on the way from Hate Records

There will be a new 7" from Swedish hardcore act Herätys in October from Hate Records.

Britta Persson - Toast to M/Meet a bear (live video)

Watch Britta Persson perform a couple new songs on Swedish morning TV: http://www.brittapersson.com/wp/2010/09/early-one-morning/

Mew laughs at ovum

Mew will be releasing a greatest hits comp on October 25 called "Eggs are funny" featuring a selection of 14 tracks from their career thus far plus one new unreleased cut called "Do you love it". Full tracklist:

1. Am I wry? No
2. Snow brigade
3. Introducing palace players
4. Beach
5. Silas the magic car
6. Wheels over me
7. Saliva (new mix)
8. She came home for Christmas
9. Sometimes life isn't easy
10. Do you love it
11. Eight flew over, one was destroyed
12. 156
13. Special
14. The zookeeper's boy
15. Comforting sounds

Scraps of Tape line up special German shows, prep new album, more

Swedish postrockers Scraps of Tape didn't play out much in 2010, but they've lined up four extra-special German gigs for November at their favorite venues/cities:

11/10 - Az Conni, Dresden
11/11 - Schokoladen, Berlin
11/12 - Cairo, Würzburg
11/13 - Steinbruch, Duisburg

These won't just be regular shows though -- the band has compiled a special limited edition record featuring live versions of new songs plus various b-sides from their most recent album "Grand letdown" and will be giving copies away to the first 50 attendees at each show. And they won't be available anywhere else either, as they're only pressing 200. The band will be doing some special limited-edition posters and t-shirts though, so even latecomers don't go away empty-handed. Scraps also say they'll also only be playing material from "Grand letdown" plus some new songs off the record yet to come -- the one they are currently in the process of writing.

The Good The Bad - 030 (video)

I suppose that a masturbatory girl+guitar fantasy is a pretty way to get people interested in your instrumental garagerock act. NSFW. Direct link: http://vimeo.com/15252531

Presenting: Kvalität (feat. The Tiny)

Kvalität is a new Swedish-based website devoted to intimate live music video: http://www.kvalitat.com/
Their first featured artist is the always-excellent The Tiny. They will also be doing a launch party at Landet in Stockholm on October 2 with live performances from Bored Man Overboard and Harald Björk.

Black Steel Worship tour

Finnish thrashers Urn are teaming up with Swedish acts Interment and Diabolical for a short European tour:

11/24 - Sugarbar, Stockholm (SWE)
11/25 - Bambi Galore, Hamburg (GER)
11/26 - 013, Tilburg (NL)
11/27 - AJZ Bahndamm, Wermelskirchen (GER)
11/28 - Decimo Secolo, Brescia (ITA)
11/30 - Channel Zero, Ljubljana (SVN) 12/01 - Randal Club, Bratislava (SVK)
12/02 - Tirish Pub, Banska Bystrica (SVK)
12/03 - Kawarna, Slavonice (CZ)
12/04 - Festung, Bitterfeld (GER)
12/05 - Blackland, Berlin (GER)

New music from Atoi

Danish melancholic electro act Atoi is streaming a couple new tracks from their forthcoming album "Waves of past relations", due out October 25: http://www.myspace.com/atoidk

TLOBF on the Danish scene

The Line of Best Fit reports on the Danish music scene: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2010/09/pop-scene-denmark/