Swedish rockers Blues Pills will be heading south this July for a run of shows:
07/20 - Bocanegra, Piloña (ESP)
07/21 - Milhoes de Festa, Barcelos (POR)
07/22 - Ibu Hots, Vitoria (ESP)
07/25 - Nasti Club, Madrid (ESP)
07/26 - Loui Loui, Malaga (ESP)
07/27 - Texola, Elda (ESP)
07/28 - Rocksound, Barcelona (ESP)
07/29 - La Traviesa, Torredembarra (ESP)
The band's debut EP "Bliss" is out now via and is available on 10" vinyl as well as digital.
will be doing a limited LP reissue of early 70s Swedish psych/proggrock act Resan with in-depth bio/liner notes provided by Reine Fisk (The Amazing/Dungen). Read more/preorder here.
A preview of what will become ' final nail in their coffin.
The blog Invisible Guy is interviewing all of the bands involved with the "Hotet från Skogarna" Swedish punk comp project and up first is Grundskolan: http://invisibleguy.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/interview-with-grundskolan/
New Swedish rock'n'roll courtesy of The Gloria Story from their upcoming Anders "Boba Fett" Lindström (The Hellcopters)-produced EP "Out of the shade", due out May 25 via /.
No official release date yet, but will be releasing the new album "The serpent's redemption" from Swedish death-metal crusters Bombs of Hades. The label's reissue of the band's first album "Chambers of abominations" is out now.
New Swedish pop from Faye (nee Fanny) via and licensed to for a 7" release in the UK in July/digital release on June 25.
PSL has the premiere of the new YAST video "Strangelife": http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/05/24/premiar-yast-strangelife/
Randy is confirmed for West Coast Riot on July 26 and since I will actually be in Sweden at that time, there's a small possibility that I will be there. We shall see...
A visual preview of the forthcoming Arcana album "As bright as a thousand suns", due out May 28 via .
Out of Vogue are heading to Spain:
05/24 - 13 Monos, Salamanca
05/25 - La Faena II, Madrid
05/26 - Casal Joves de Roquetes, Barcelona
Swedish experimental label is calling it quits after 10 years with two final releases, one of which is a compilation spotlighting their biggest genre specialty -- new dark, electronic sounds from the Swedish underground: http://releasethebats.com/
has announced that they will be releasing new singles from both Miss Li and The Baboon Show on May 30. Miss Li's track is called "My heart goes boom" and comes off her upcoming album, due out in September along with extensive touring and so on. As for The Baboon Show, their tune is called "Dancehall Killers" and is the first taste of the band's next album which is coming this fall. Hear more new stuff (Little Marbles, Kristian Anttila) from at SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/national
"Music For The Statues of Gothenburg is a piece written for three statues along Kungsportsavenyn, the main street of Gothenburg. It is an observation on the sonic landscape of the city and a question about the usage rights of the public space." Composed by Andreas Bygdell (The Touch) and performed by Martin Molin (Detektivbyrån). More: http://felsteg.com/project/music-for-the-statues-of-gothenburg/