Criminal heaven preview
Prefix is hosting a full-album stream of the new We Are Serenades album "Criminal heaven": http://www.prefixmag.com/news/we-are-serenades-criminal-heaven-album-stream-pref/64390/
Country: Sweden
Refused - Live at Coachella (audio)
Full audio of Refused's live set from Coachella: part 1 / part 2
Border and PIAS join forces to launch PIAS Nordic
Export Music Sweden reports that (that's Play It Again Sam, in case it rings a bell) has joined forces with Sweden's leading distributor to launch a new pan-Scandinavian distribution venture under the banner : http://www.exportmusicsweden.org/2012/04/pias-and-border-launch-pias-nordic/
Other Scandinavian operations taken under the wing of this joint operation include (Norway), (Denmark) and (Finland).
The Radio Dept. heading south
The Radio Dept. will be heading to South America in July:
07/04 - Centro de Eventos Cerro Bellavista, Santiago (CL)
07/06 - Beco 203, Sao Paulo (BR)
07/07 - Teatro Odisseia, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
The fall of discontent
Björn Kleinhenz' new album "The fall of discontent", now available on Bandcamp and Spotify (as I randomly discovered last night). As with everything Björn does, this album is very highly recommended.
The Dead 2012 teaser (video)
Swedish punkrockers The Dead have a 5-song EP in the can and are looking for a label. You interested?
MP3: Scraps of Tape - Filler
Happy birthday to Ian MacKaye who turned 50 this week.
Scraps of Tape - Filler
The Silent Ballet reviews The Samuel Jackson Five
The Silent Ballet reviews the new self-titled album from Norwegian postrockers The Samuel Jackson Five: http://thesilentballet.com/reviews/2012/04/the-samuel-jackson-five-the-samuel-jackson-five
Üni Foreman - Cooper (video)
PSL has the premiere of recent signees Üni Foreman's debut video "Cooper": http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/04/18/premiar-uni-foreman-cooper/
Millencolin presents "The Melancholy Connection"
Besides their upcoming festival, Millencolin will also be celebrating their 20th anniversary with the release of a new b-sides collection called "The melancholy connection", due out May 28 via . Billed as a follow-up to the 1999 comp "The melancholy collection", the disc will feature cuts from 2000's "Pennybridge pioneers" through today, including two new previously unreleased tracks and a 90m DVD with all sorts of extras.
Stereo Explosion - Out of order
Via #1 Hits from Another Planet comes word that revived ex-The Ark band Stereo Explosion has posted a trio of tracks to SoundCloud. Not sure what I think yet, but I am (very) cautiously optimistic.
Rigas - Allting går åt helvete
is giving away the brand new Rigas single "Allting går åt helvete" as a free download: http://www.brilliant.nu/ffs15.html
Expect a new full-length album in May.
Out with the old, in with the new
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PopMatters reviews We Are Serenades
PopMatters reviews Swedish duo We Are Serenades' debut full-length "Criminal heaven": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/156942-we-are-serenades-criminal-heaven/