Washington City Paper previews the artists appearing at this year's Nordic Jazz Fest in Washington DC: https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/06/13/nordic-jazz-festival-boasts-big-acts-unexpected-sounds/
Swedish heavy rockers Doomdogs have announced that their new album "Unleash the truth" is confirmed for release on August 22 via and will be available both on CD and 2LP. Preview a couple tunes at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/doomdogs
Dogsmile (ex-Camouflage) have a new song up on myspace (and a new drummer): https://www.myspace.com/dogsmileswe/music/songs/treating-loneliness-82430601
Swedish death metallers Morbus Chron are streaming 2 new tracks at myspace from their forthcoming full-length debut "Black hole reverence", due out later this year via : https://www.myspace.com/morbuschronband
I've given up on liking Adam Tensta's music at this point, but the video is bonkers.
Off-topic, I know, but amusing: https://www.dagensmedia.se/nyheter/kampanjer/article2441519.ece
Koko is a new act featuring Emil Lundgren and Sven Johansson and "If I could win" is the first sample of the duo's forthcoming album "K:O". Sven's bandmate Elina Johansson from Dear Euphoria contributes guest vocals here and elsewhere; likewise, Johan Ivansson (Tove Styrke, Erik Hassle) and other famous Stockholm-dwellers lend their talents to other tracks. More details will be revealed in time, meanwhile just enjoy this one song.
Witchcraft has started rehearsing in preparation of recording their fourth album.
"In-between singles and in-between shows Edda sits at home restless. Welcome to Edda's home, she lives in a round and small place." The song "Magpie's nest" comes off of Edda Magnason's debut album "Goods", out now via .
Look for the new Lo-Fi-Fnk single "Boom!" to be released on June 27 with the album "Last summer" to follow in August. Preview here: https://soundcloud.com/gimme-indie/lo-fi-fnk-boom
Teddybears have partnered with Swedish clothing company WeSC instead of a traditional record label and will be releasing something new on June 30. As for what it is and how it'll be released exactly, details have not yet been revealed.
Kvalität has a new video up from Bored Man Overboard: https://www.kvalitat.com/2011/06/bored-man-overboard-vanishing-slow/
BulletUp until now, Sweden's answer to AC/DC have been just that -- a Scandinavian version of Angus Young and co. that at times sounded more like the Aussie quintet than they did themselves. Bullet did it with such class, however, that there were rarely cries of 'rip-off'; rather, the majority of people who found their way to the band raved about their similarities in a positive light. Three albums in and we still have that unquestionable 'DC style, but "Highway pirates" shows that the band have this time found a voice more unique to themselves. There's more of a hair metal vibe on here, particularly in the guitar leads and the sung-in-unison chorus parts and this, in itself, marks an essential development in the band's output. Let's face it, "Bite the bullet" and "Heading for the top" were killer releases in their own right, but one more AC/DC-meets-Accept overloaded album may well have found Bullet fall on the wrong side of favour. Songs such as "Fire and dynamite" and "Down and out" display the classic Bullet style and waver little from that formula, while others -- the title track and "Knuckleduster" as prime examples -- show Bullet at their hard rockin' best. More of this and they'll be unstoppable.
- John Norby
Peter Bjorn and John talk food with the Huffington Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-r-collins/peter-bjorn-johns-eternal_b_874454.html