PSL has the premiere of a new collaboration track featuring Per Egland and Kicki Halmos (Masquer): http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/02/22/extra-peregland/
Said tune is from Per's new album "Allt för din skuld" (due out March 7) and will also be released as a split single with Masquer covering Per's old song "Franco för mig" on the flip.
Get past the goofy intro and dig some solid blackened sludge from Norway's Black Hole Crew.
No denying that Mustasch are patently uncool and aggressively dumb, but I can't deny I still dig 'em sometimes.
Danish melancholy pop/dance act Turboweekend will be back with a new single this spring and a new album in summer.
Solid new punkrock from Northern Sweden featuring members from UX Vileheads.
has posted details for the upcoming Susanna album "Wild dog", due out March 16: http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/susanna/rcd-2128-susanna-wild-dog-cd/
Thanks for the folks at EMI Norway for taking the time to post the new Gunnhild Sundli (ex-Gåte) video "Gi mæ fred" on Vimeo so that international folks like me can get a chance to see it.
There's another new song from Norwegian artist Sissy Wish streaming at her website: http://shesastar.sissywish.com/
Sample a bit of the upcoming Trepaneringsritualen 10", due out March 2 via .
In case you were wondering (I was), Magnus Flagge (nee Björklund, from Cobolt) will be rejoining Refused as their bassist for the upcoming reunion tour: http://officialrefused.com.preview.binero.se/2012/02/we-want-to-present-the-bassplayer/
New sounds from Swedish rockers Spiders, straight from the rehearsal room.
New live music at PSL with the interesting jazz/pop act Thus:Owls: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/02/21/musik-med-thus-owls/
How cool is this? Haleiwa went to Havana, Cuba in January and recorded three new songs for his next album with local musicians: http://haleiwamusic.com/#news
has announced that they will be releasing the debut album "Det ska se ut som slutet" from Uppsala, Sweden-based act Diskoteket as part of their series. Listen to some old tracks via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Diskoteket
Says the label: "Diskoteket ascends the Upplandian underground with forty minutes of brutally romantic post-punk; "...slutet" is lush, raw, pompous and painfully honest."
Preview a couple tracks off of Den Svenska Björnstammen's upcoming LP "Ett fel närmare rätt".