Blänk - Àurinko rising in the North: i ATL
New 4-song EP from the Luleå hip-hop trio Blänk recorded in Atlanta, the first of a series of EPs to be released this year.
Tag: News
Paper - Back to Bagarmossen
Absolut Noise has the premiere of the excellent new Paper track from their split 7" with Les Big Byrd: http://www.absolutnoise.com/2012/04/paper-back-to-bagarmossen-split-single-with-les-big-byrd-premiere.html
And yes, the less said about the latter band, the better.
The Swede Beat Mixtape #7: No Modest Bear
Swedish music blogger No Modest Bear made a mixtape for The Swede Beat and also did a little Q&A: http://www.theswedebeat.com/mixtape/the-swede-beat-mixtape-vol-7-no-modest-bear/
Mother of the Forest - Destroyer (video)
Mother of the Forest is back from the dead and "Destroyer" is the first sample off the upcoming album "Erik grow up, This means war", due out May 1 via .
Millencolin interviews Nine
Millencolin interviews Nine as part of their Anniversary Fest countdown: http://millencolin20year.se/home/?p=314
More new music from Lighthouse Project
Lighthouse Project have added a couple more preview tracks to their Bandcamp page for their upcoming album "We are the wildflowers": http://lighthouseproject.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-the-wildflowers
Iceage touring update
Iceage have been forced to cancel their upcoming UK/Ireland tour plans in May due to illness, but they've also updated their schedule with a lot more dates all over the world: http://iceagecopenhagen.blogspot.com/2012/04/cancelling-adding-shows.html
Grande Roses recording with Henrik Oja
Grande Roses went into the studio (Second Home?) with producer Henrik Oja (Säkert!) this past weekend to begin work on their debut full-length. Needless to say, I am greatly looking forward to the end result.
Blomst - 2 sek
Can't say that I understand exactly how this qualifies as punk, but then again, people seem to give Kvelertak a pass as hardcore band; anyhow, I digress! Blomst is a new signing to the label and this song comes off their debut EP "Hold kjeft og smil", due out April 20. Genre quibbles aside, it's worth a listen.
Egil Olsen - In the middle of Norway (happy birthday) (video)
Watch as Egil Olsen sings himself a birthday song.
Daymare - Friend fighter
Swedish blog 520 has the premiere of a new track from recent signees/Aerial sideproject Daymare: http://femtjugo.se/specialinlagg/premiar-daymare-friend-fighter/
Labyrint - Välkommen hem (video)
"Välkommen hem" is the latest video from Swedish hip-hop crew Labyrint.
It's a Trap! at memepool.com
I was pretty excited to see that famed link repository memepool.com had recently come back from a long hibernation, I'm even more stoked to see that It's a Trap! got a mention last Thursday. Thank you isosceles!
Friday Bridge - Dark heart (feat. Nicolas Makelberge)
Swedish electropop artist Friday Bridge has a new single collaboration with Nicolas Makelberge, now available for free download.