Can't say I know all of the acts featured, but here's a new Xmas comp from with a new tune from Testbild! and others: http://moonlighting.bandcamp.com/album/through-ice-candlelight-shapes-like-your-starry-christmas-eyes
There will be a new Testbild! album on in May called "Barrikad" which will be quite different than anything they've done before; a) it is almost entirely acoustic and b) it is sung in Swedish. Preview here: http://kalligrammofon.com/barrikad/
Check out The Ocean Tango, a collaboration between Swedish experimental pop act Testbild! and Frenchman Louis Philippe: http://oceantango.bandcamp.com/
The CD version of the album won't be available until November, but it looks like the files are all available now. And as far as vinyl goes, they are requesting feedback to weigh demand.
Issue #5 of Friendly Noise is now online: http://www.friendlynoise.se/fzn/5
A bit more English-language content this time out for the non-natives. Oh, and a new Testbild! song too.
Pics from the Testbild! "Imagine a balloon" single release: http://hem.bredband.net/isotop/foto090826.html
Testbild! will be releasing a brand new single this weekend, but it can only be heard in conjunction with the release of a hot air balloon -- after that, all archives are destroyed. It all goes down August 22 in Malmö. Details: http://www.friendlynoise.se/fyn-105-imagine-a-balloon/
Friendly Noise (Testbild!, Differnet) has a new single from Swedish act Sail a Whale posted for free download: http://www.friendlynoise.se/fyn-101-sail-a-whale-find-me-a-boy-see-you-inside/
Viktor Sjöberg has just about finalized his new record "Breakfast in America": http://elefanten.blogspot.com/2009/03/writing-it-all-down.html
Lots of great guests, including Jens Lekman (naturally), Jonas Odhner (Sonores) and Douglas Holmqvist (Auton, Testbild!).
UK-based label Stereo Test Kit is looking for a few more Swedish acts to round out their upcoming comp "Records make great pets - Vol. 2". Go to their website for submission details: http://www.stereotestkit.com/
Acts confirmed so far include Park Hotell, Testbild! and Hajen.
Swedish label Friendly Noise has outlined their plans for 2009 which will include a new limited release every three months, should they receive enough pre-orders to make it worthwhile: http://www.friendlynoise.se/guide-to-friendly-noises-release-plan-for-2009-in-ten-points/
First up is the new album "Aquatint" from Testbild!. Click the above link for more info and preorder details.
Friendly Noise has a new 2-track single from Testbild!, the first taste of what's to come on their upcoming album "Aquatint": http://www.friendlynoise.se/single-from-forthcoming-testbild-album-aquatint/
Action Biker's debut album "Hesperian Puisto" will finally be released on March 27 via Friendly Noise in connection with a special label showcase to be called "Friendly Night" at Debaser Slussen in Stockholm. Artists Testbild!, Most Valuable Players and Differnet will perform live and it will also celebrate the release of another new disc, "Splendid isolation", an anthology of all of Friendly Noise's mp3 releases to date.
Friendly Noise has yet another new mp3 single for free download, this one coming from the artist Testbild! covering Monica Zetterlund's Eurovision entry "En gång i Stockholm": http://www.friendlynoise.se/mp3-releases
Testbild!'s new album "Une teinte intense" will be a concept piece about Isabelle Eberhardt. Look for it in early September via Friendly Noise.