will be releasing the new album "Aventure" from long-running Swedish psych/folk act Kebnekajse, their 9th overall and 3rd since the band's reunion back in 2001. More info and preorder details here.
Finnish punkrockers Heartbreak Stereo are streaming their entire new "Double EP" in full via SoundCloud.
A new homemade cellphone video from Swedish punkrockers Knifven.
iDEAL Mixtape #3 comes to us courtesy of Swedish visual artist Fredrik Söderberg, who you might know from the album covers he's done for Junip and The Skull Defekts. As for the sounds, the descriptor says neo/dark-folk, but I haven't had a chance to listen yet myself.
Malmö indierockers YAST have a new video for the tune "Believes".
Den Stora Vilan star in a "retrofuturistic journey" video for the tune "För långt ut". Definitely worth checking out!
New stuff from Swedish techno artist Özgür Can featuring guest vocals from the one-and-only Rasmus Kellerman (Tiger Lou). Look for Özgür's new album "Put me in a box and label me" to be released on September 28; as for Rasmus' new so-far-anonymous project, expect to finally hear songs very, very soon.
The new Familjen album "Allt på rött" isn't getting an international release anytime soon as far as I know, but those of us outside Scandinavia can take a listen now via Soundvenue: www.soundvenue.com/nyheder/2012/09/12/hoer-familjens-nye-festalbum
More from Randy Barrcuda's new LP "Random works of Randy Barracuda". NSFW.
An early taste of the upcoming Fort Fairfield album "The straw boys", due out this winter via .
Graveyard will be heading out on tour in late November and are bringing fellow Swedish rockers Spiders along for the ride:
11/29 - Markthalle, Hamburg (GER)
11/30 - Trix, Antwerp (BEL)
12/02 - Bristol Fleece, Bristol (UK)
12/04 - 02 ABC, Glasgow (UK)
12/05 - The Ruby Lounge, Manchester (UK)
12/06 - London O2 Academy2 Islington, London (UK)
12/07 - The Haunt Brighton, Brighton (UK)
12/09 - Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)
12/11 - Mascotte Club, Zurich, CH
12/12 - Conrad Sohm, Dornbirn (AUS)
12/13 - Arena, Vienna (AUS)
12/14 - Backstage, Munich (GER)
12/15 - Strasse E, Dresden (GER)
12/16 - Batschkapp, Frankfurt (GER)
12/17 - Vera, Groningen (NL)
12/18 - Essigfabrik, Cologne (GER)
12/19 - C-Club, Berlin (GER)
New melancholic navel-gazing out of Göteborg. I'm not big on crowd-sourcing, especially when it comes to bands looking to fund their vanity projects, but you can pitch in to help him put out his EP right here.
Pitchfork is not too terribly impressed with The Raveonettes latest record "Observator": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17027-observator/
Speaking of new bands with Kristofer Åström, he's also got another new project called Fuck Tornadoes that's a bit more rock'n'roll like the name implies. Hear a 2nd tune here.
"Ticket machine" is the official debut single from Norwegian indiepoppers Making Marks (ex-mylittlepony).