has announced that they will be releasing the debut 7" EP from Finnish power-pop/punk-rockers First Times this coming August; sample two of the four tunes above. The label will also be releasing The Phoenix Foundation's new album "Silence" this coming August which I believe will be the band's 5th album in their 10 years as a band.
Delay Trees have been picked up by the label and this tune is the first sample from the band's upcoming album, due out this fall.
Watch Figurines frontman Christian Hjelm perform a live version of one of the songs from his upcoming solo record.
Kalle Magnusson from the label dispels many of the myths concerning artist royalties and digital service payouts in 2012: http://blog.mediaevolution.se/2012/06/26/mythbusting-spotify-doesn%E2%80%99t-give-any-money-to-artists/
This is merely one example of many which shows the gents at speaking out against what many of the old vanguard would like you to believe.
Danish postpunk act Melting Walkmen are currently streaming their upcoming 7" EP "Broken glass" at SoundCloud.
New from Chechen aka Frej Larsson and Linus Eklöw with vocals from Unni Håkansson, extra beats from Carli and cultural appropriation quite a few steps removed from the source.
I had no idea that Viisikko put out a full-length, but apparently they did and the whole damn thing is up for streaming/download via Bandcamp. Cassette copies are sold out, but apparently a proper vinyl pressing is on the way and I'll try my best to keep y'all posted. Recommended? Very.
Of course this is happening the weekend I leave Sweden: on July 27-28, Börlange will host the new music festival War & Hate which will feature a brutal assortment of metal and power electronics acts such as Brighter Death Now, IRM, Omnizide, Survival Unit and many more. Full details: http://www.warandhate.se/
I'm not crazy about Eboi's rapping, but Marcus Price's production is always solid.
has announced the signing of new act Birthgiving Toad, the moniker of young Danish artist Lasse Bækby Buch, and will be releasing three of his records this coming year -- the full-length albums "For awkward company" and "As fruit hat" plus the EP "Music for young centaurs".
Head to ' website to hear the brand new Necrovation track "Sepulchreal" in the site's mediaplayer: http://www.agoniarecords.com/
"All my friends are alcoholics," so goes the refrain of Sibille Attar's debut single, just released via . Worth checking out.
Check out this trailer for the upcoming Efterklang album "Piramida", due out this September via /. The clip features footage of the band in the abandoned Russian island of Spitsbergen, an Arctic island near the north pole where the namesake ghost town of Pyramiden is located.
Check out Jens Lekman's new Marcus Söderlund-directed video for the tune "Erica America". Also, Jens will be tour the states alongside Taken By Trees this fall -- dates here.