Fever Ray has just released a new single in which she covers "Mercy street" by Peter Gabriel and NME has it as a free download for a limited time: http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=122&p=8922&title=fever_ray_cover_peter_gabriel&more=1&c=1
There will be a new Scorch Trio album in late September on , their first with new drummer Frank Rosaly who replaces skronk-scene mainstay Paal Nilssen-Love.
New international live dates for Norwegian artist Rockettothesky:
08/07 - Die Kunstapotheke, Berlin (GER) (performing as Nude on Sand)
08/18 - Église de la trape/Mazeroles, Perigord (FRA)
08/19 - Chapelle de Bourgnac, Perigord (FRA)
08/20 - Cave de CIVRB, Cloitre des Recollets, Bergerac (FRA)
09/02 - Punktfestival, Agder Teater, Kristiansand (NOR) (performing as Jenny Hval aka Rockettothesky)
09/25 - The Rich Mix Arts Centre, London (UK) (solo performance/poetry reading as Jenny Hval)
09/30 - Nordic Sounds Festival, Amsterdam (NL)
Preview the new Simon Says No! single "Solitary rush": http://soundcloud.com/brilliance/solitary-rush
"Special thanks to my parents, my dog and Anette. And to all the families and individuals who have adopted and/or fostered a dog over the past 13 years."
Video by Nadine Byrne (The Magic State) and her sister (I presume?) Tanya. Direct link: http://vimeo.com/14176381
Gimme Indie is streaming the new Ludwig Bell album "Jag har försökt förklara": http://www.minradio.se/gimmeindie/
The official release date is August 25 via .
The new Vanhelgd album will be called "Church of death". Tracklist details at myspace: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=316883180&blogId=538352754
Lambgoat reports that Finnish metal acts Finntroll, Ensiferum, Rotten Sound and Barren Earth will be touring North America together in early 2011: http://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=14982
Pioneering Swedish synth duo Adolphson-Falk will be releasing a 4CD boxset on October 10 entitled, appropriately enough, "101010". Said collection will include all of their recordings from the 80s plus 20 bonus tracks and an 80-page booklet. They've already recorded a new single together with their old associate Greg FitzPatrick called "Gjord för mig" which is being released to radio this week.
Sweden-based digital music retailer Klicktrack has merged with Phonofile to become the biggest digital distributor in Scandinavia: http://www.phonofile.com/news.php#7
In addition to enabling artists and labels to sell their own wares via Klicktrack, the new partnership will now allow them to further aggregate their content to all other digital retailers.
Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons will be playing the ShockWave Party Festival in Bremen, Germany on September 11: http://www.shockwaveparty.de/festival.php
has posted the artwork and preorder details for the new The Bear Quartet album "Monty Python", due out September 15: http://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=279
It will be released in tandem with the single "Fist or hand".
More newly published, older live recordings at PSL, this time from Sambassadeur: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/08/17/musik-med-sambassadeur-2/
Check out pics from the Haust/Okkultokrati official record release show on Friday the 13th: http://okkultokrati.blogspot.com/2010/08/photos-from-haustokkultokrati-show.html
Also note that Okkultokrati's debut 7" "Knarkskog" is being repressed: http://okkultokrati.blogspot.com/2010/08/knarkskog-repress.html
100 copies, red vinyl, totally crucial. The shirts are pretty bad-ass too (even my wife likes it), though I've yet to cut the sleeves off mine as directed.
Norwegian indie act Kråkesølv are working on a new album at Grand Sport Studio in Oslo with Christian Engfelt and Øystein Greni, tentatively titled "Bomtur til jorda" and set for a November 9 release.