Berlin-based Scandinavian music clubnight Nordic By Nature has a new mixtape for January: http://soundcloud.com/shibie/nordic-by-nature-honey-jan-mix
They also have a show booked for January 31 featuring Iceland's Bloodgroup at the Levee Club: http://www.nbnberlin.de/tickets.html
New dates are now confirmed for this season's It's a Trap! Clubnights at Debaser Malmö! First, we have the already-confirmed Last Days of April/Leaders Off show on January 22 and now we have also added Kvelertak + InSekt on February 4 and Pascal + Sad Day for Puppets on April 9. Be there!
The mighty Okkultokrati will be laying waste to Europe as support for Kylesa this coming February:
02/04 - Matrix, Bochum (GER)
02/05 - VK, Bruxelles (BEL)
02/06 - Kulturfabrik, Esch sur Alzette (LUX)
02/07 - Underworld, London (UK)
02/08 - Corporation, Sheffield (UK)
02/09 - Ivory Blacks, Glasgow (UK)
02/10 - Moho, Manchester (UK)
02/11 - L'Eimpreinte, Savigny Le Temple (FRA)
02/12 - Le Clacson, Lyon (FRA)
02/13 - Appartamento Hoffman, Conegliano (Treviso) (ITA)
02/14 - Feierwerk, München (GER)
02/15 - Beatpol, Dresden (GER)
02/16 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
02/17 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
02/18 - Haus 73, Hamburg (GER)
02/19 - Juha West, Stuttgart (GER)
has posted a new demo tune from Maria Due for preview: http://trustmerecords.com/nyheter/hear-new-demo-by-maria-due/
Look for Maria's new album to be released this coming fall.
New cassettes from Norwegian negative hardcore act Drugged SS and indie noiseniks Dark Times, out now via /: http://deathsquadmarch.blogspot.com/2011/01/st11-st14-ready-two-shortly-thereafter.html
Musikknyheter.no has compiled a list of the top 10 Norwegian artists who will be releasing debut albums in 2011: http://www.musikknyheter.no/news/7576
The names:
01. Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O
02. Turns
03. Honningbarna
04. Team Me
05. Oslo Ess
06. Razika
07. Tôg
08. Wolves like Us
09. Phaedra
10. Young Dreams
A new video from Ida Maria, filmed in her hometown of Nesna, Norway. Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_PQTFrIa40
is giving away a new track from Norwegian indiepop act mylittlepony (nee My Little Pony) from the band's new album "Making marks", due out January 17: http://spoontrain.no/mylittlepony-a-miracle
The label will also be posting live acoustic clips of songs from the record every week throughout the month, as you can also see at the above link.
will be releasing the new album "Selection by elimination" from Norwegian drum/bass duo La Casa Fantom on March 7. It will be available on both CD and vinyl.
Norwegian avant/electronic duo Alog will be releasing a double live album next year featuring recordings from shows in Japan. Japanese Manga artist Junko will be handling the artwork and here are some rough sketches: http://alog.net/posts/193
The 405 has a new audio interview up with Norwegian artist Bellman: http://thefourohfive.com/articles/4862
Norwegian act Blood Command has a new website: http://bloodcommand.com/
interviews Norway's Monzano as part of their week-long takeover of the site The 405: http://thefourohfive.com/articles/4844
Check out the full English text version of an interview that Haust vocalist Vebjørn Guttormsgaard did with Brazilian blog Intervalo Banger: http://okkultokrati.blogspot.com/2010/12/uma-entrevista-com-vebjrn-de-haust.html
The Silent Ballet has started to post their top 100 album picks for 2010 which, as always, includes quite a few Scandinavian releases: http://www.thesilentballet.com/tsbt/2010/100_91.html
At a cursory glance I see the names Sistol, Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson and Jaga Jazzist.