Caotico album gets a release date

The new Caotico album "Sunrise confessions" has been officially confirmed for release on February 22 via Baseline/Sony Music.

Gaffa SE top 30 Swedish album highlights

Swedish highlights from Gaffa SE's top 30 albums of 2011:

3. Mattias Alkberg - Anarkist (Teg Publishing/Playground)
4. Anna Järvinen - Anna själv tredje (Stranded/Universal)
5. Skriet - Det Beslutande Organet (Novoton/Border)
8. Invasionen - Saker som jag sagt till natten (Sony Music/Sony)
12. Graveyard - Hisingen Blues (Stranded/Universal)
14. Deportees - Islands & Shores (Universal/Universal)
16. I Break Horses - Hearts (Bella Union/Cosmos)
18. The Field - Looping State of Mind (Kompakt/Border)
20. Syket - With Love (Baseline Music/Sony Music)
21. Jonathan Johansson - Klagomuren (Hybris/Border)
28. Movits! - Ut ur min skalle (Universal/Universal)
29. Det Vackra Livet - Det Vackra Livet (Labrador/Border)
30. Ison & Fille - För evigt (Hemmalaget/Playground)

See the full list: https://gaffa.se/artikel/55303 (in Swedish)

Dante - Runners

A new track from Dante, aka Dante Kinnunen of The Concretes. Look for his solo debut to be released in early 2012 via Baseline Music.

Baseline picks up Caotico

Caotico, the new Umeå electro track featuring members from Industri Royal, has been officially picked up by Baseline Music, home of Syket and Lorentz & M. Sakarias.

Newkid to officially release single in May

Swedish rapper Newkid will release his new single "Gör det för" on May 10 via Baseline/Family Tree Music with an album to follow in August. Listen at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/meetthekid

Newkid
Newkid on the block
Baseline

With Afasi & Filthy, Lorentz & M. Sakarias, Alexis Weak and Mohammed Ali, the future of Swedish hiphop looks quite exciting. The latest promising pubescent is Newkid who recently signed to Lorentz and M. Sakarias's label Baseline, and also released the mixtape "Newkid on the block" last month. Newkid's only 18 years old which shows to some extent, especially in his lyrics (most of them are about buying sneakers, parents and other big teenage problems, all rapped/sung in Swedish), but the production is very slick and Newkid's got a very appealing flow. The lyrics might be puerile, but they are also very affable. Newkid should really become a massive star in Sweden, he's a bit like a rapping male Swedish version of Miley Curys, but ace (which I guess is almost the opposite of Miley Curys). It's not as strong as the Lorentz and M. Sakarias's "Summer in the city" or Alexis Weak's "Välkommen till Gullmarsplan" mixtapes (Lorentz and Weak feature on one song each here, two of the best songs on the tape), but it all bodes very well for the future.
Download here: https://www.megaupload.com/?d=ND4U62SB
- Simon Tagestam

MP3: Mangrove - River of my soul

Last week I featured a bunch of new mp3s from National Records, this week I'm going to start off with a few choice cuts from the Swedish hard rock label Transubstans. I'm always excited when something new shows up from them, because even when it's derivative nth-generation rehash, it's almost always done so killer, I barely notice. Some of their proggier acts definitely push boundaries, but screw it; I even dig the most Baseline riff-rockers they can churn out. For example: Graveyard? Hell yeah. Glad to see they're getting respect in the US too, though labelmates Siena Root are a touch better for my money (new album very soon, can't wait!). Interested in hearing more bluesy heaviness along those same lines? Check out Mangrove. Not nearly as retro-obsessed as their aforementioned peers, though they bring the rawk just as loud and proud. And actually, the touchstone act for these guys wouldn't be Black Sabbath, Deep Purple or any other oft-cited 70s act of their ilk, rather I'd say it's (mid-to-late period) Soundgarden. There's tons of pentatonic runs as you'd expect, but there's a definite psych-pop thing going on as well. The vocals approximate a reined-in Chris Cornell too, especially on the choruses. He can't quite nail the siren wail, but I always found that stuff kind of annoying, so it doesn't bother me in the slightest. I just like that it's heavy and catchy. And totally killer, 'natch.

Mangrove - River of my soul

Download a new track from Swedish hip-hop artist Highwon: https://www.hemmalaget.nu/media/audio/Highwon-SenaNatter.mp3
The track is called "Sena Nätter" and it comes from Baseline Music's new mixtape "Baseline Mixtape Vol..1" on Redline Records.