All-star Swedish label collective will release new albums from both Kriget and Woodlands this fall: http://www.ingrd.com/2012/first-news-for-fall/
Kriget, as mentioned before, is the instrumental act of Per Nordmark (Fireside, Britta Persson, etc.), Crille Roth (Monster, Hets) and Gustav Bendt (Moneybrother, Club Killers). Woodlands, on the other hand, features Sara Wilson (First Floor Power), Niklas Korssell (Tutankamon, The Plan) and Marcus Holmberg (Komeda).
It's a Trap! Clubnights for the fall season are starting to be confirmed and we've already got We Are the Storm coming on September 24 and then Kriget + Like Rats from a Sinking Ship on October 1. November is almost confirmed as well with a killer Norwegian act and I'll be sure to fill you in as soon as it's ready for public dissemination. Also, more crucially imminent: Into the Woods, the new band of Sara Wilson (First Floor Power, Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons), has been added to the bill on July 16 with Kajsa Grytt! If you find yourself near Malmö on any of those dates, you know where to go!
PSL has the premiere of a new video from Little Children as well as news of new albums from Björn Olsson and First Floor Power.
I Am Bones' contribution to the upcoming Crunchy Frog 15th anniversary comp featuring current Danish acts covering tracks from the label's back-cataglogue is now streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/iambonesband
After attempting a Raveonettes song and then Junior Senior, they settled on "Lovesong" by First Floor Power in a version they describe as "Timberlake vs funk-Meshuggah." The entire collection "Saluting the Crunchy Frog-a-logue" comes out September 5.
Crunchy Frog's upcoming 15th anniversary concert will apparently be Epo-555's farewell performance. Full details: http://blog.crunchy.dk/post/15-YEARS-COME-AND-POP-OUR-CHERRY.aspx
UPDATE: didn't notice it before, but apparently Jenny Wilson will also be rejoining her old bandmates First Floor Power for this gig as well.
I had no idea: classic Swedish postpunk act Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons have enlisted Sara Wilson (First Floor Power) as their new bassist and are playing at Bonniers Konsthall in Stockholm tomorrow, April 28. And it's free! Details: http://www.ollehuge.com/test/?p=228
Watch First Floor Power play live on a balcony in Germany: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoqjQTgzkm0
First Floor Power have added the new song "People in the shadows" to their myspace profile: http://www.myspace.com/firstfloorpower
The new First Floor Power single "God damn your fingers" including a b-side remix by Casper Clausen of Efterklang is out now: http://www.klicktrack.com/klicktrack/releases/first-floor-power/god-damn-your-fingers/1
First Floor Power have a new track streaming at myspace called "To do list": http://www.myspace.com/firstfloorpower
New Peter Bjorn and John tourdates:
09/03 - Debaser Medis (Amnesty International Benefit), Stockholm (SWE) w/The Concretes, First Floor Power
09/16 - Koko, London (UK)
09/20 - Theatre UFPE, Recife (BRA)
09/23 - Studio SP, Sao Paulo (BRA)
09/24 - Studio SP, Sao Paulo (BRA)
09/27 - OneDotZero Festival, Buenos Aires (ARG)
The Debaser Medis gig will be a special one-time performance of the forthcoming instrumental album "Seaside rock" which will finally be coming out in mid-September on 180gm vinyl and digital download.
Check out the video for the new First Floor Power single "The jacket": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uYVsTqs11M
The long-awaited Licking Fingers Swedish music comp "Thank You For The Music" will finally be out on May 28 and the label will celebrate with a party that evening at Pet Sounds Bar in Stockholm. Here's the tracklist, as best I can tell:
01. Anna Järvinen - Svensktalande Bättre Folk
02. Jens Lekman - The Opposite Of Hallelujah
03. Lykke Li - Everbody But Me
04. Those Dancing Days - Dischoe
05. Friska Viljor - Old Man
06. Shout Out Louds - South America
07. The Concretes - The Sentence
08. First Floor Power - The Jacket
09. Pacific! - Runaway To Elswhere
10. Kleerup/Lisa Milberg - Music For Girl
11. The Radio Dept. - Freddy And The Trojan Horse
12. Studio - No Company
13. Peter Morén - Social Competence
14. Loney, Dear - Your Time Will Come
15. Wildbirds And Peacedrums - Liar Lion
16. El Perro Del Mar - Glory To The World
17. The Tiny - Too Heavy A Burden
18. Frida Hyvönen - See How I Come Into Town
19. Speedmarket Avenue - Sirens
20. Idiot Kid - Wide Awake
21. Nicolai Dunger - God's Waitingroom
