Check out a video of Caesars visiting a Swedish retirement home to promote their new record: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=30012929 (in Swedish, but subtitled)
Norwegian rockers Brut Boogaloo have posted a pair of new tracks on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/brutboogaloo
Fact magazine talks Finnish music and interviews Kompleksi: https://www.factmagazine.co.uk/da/73834
Finnish indie act Regina will be heading out in May to do a few mainland Europe gigs. They'll play at Flèche d'Or in Paris on May 21 with fellow Finns Shogun Kunitoki and Pets on Prozac and then head off to Germany for 3 gigs (details tba).
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Sofia Karlsson - Visor från vinden
02. Tomas Andersson Wij - En sommar på speed
03. Jill Johnson - Music Row
04. Carola - Främling 25 år
05. Neverstore - Heroes wanted
06. The Cardigans - Best of
07. Fernandoz - Anders & Git - En helt ny dag
08. Caesars - Strawberry weed
09. Kikki Danielsson - Kikkis bästa
10. Lykke Li - Youth novels
11. Takida - Bury the lies
12. Amy Diamond - Music in motion
14. Kent - Tillbaka till samtiden
15. Lars Winnerbäck - Daugava
16. Marie Picasso - The secret
17. Sahara Hotnights - What if leaving is a loving thing
18. Säkert! - Säkert!
19. Sara Isaksson & Anders Widmark - Pool of happiness
20. Björn Skifs - I2I
Tar... Feathers' contribution to the upcoming tribute album "Har du hört den förut? 29 Svenska artister tolkar Förmögenhet" can now be heard at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/tarfeathers (see "Lurad igen")
Full details on said comp are still forthcoming.
The new BWO/Bodies Without Organs greatest hits record "Pandemonium greatest hits" will be out on April 9.
Norwegian act Real Ones have posted their new video for "Every dog has its day": https://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=30139752
MP3: White Knives - Welcome transplants
Resale copies of the new Great Northern Recordings comp arrived yesterday and holy shit is it good! I mean, I knew it would be at least kinda good if only because it has two new NEI tracks plus new stuff from ex-Seven Feet Four act Giant Boar, but it exceeds expectations in every way. The biggest surprise: White Knives. Consisting of Cut City's rhythm section (that's David Hagberg on drums and Max J Hansson on bass/vox) plus Joachim Nordwall from Kid Commando/Skull Defekts/The Idealist on guitar/vox, they churn out an evil, dubbed-out postpunk dirge that's absolutely killer. "Welcome transplants" takes the sinister cyclical power of Lungfish, but replaces their poeticism and mechanical precision with something far more despondent, more broken. It really gets me excited to hear more, but for now, I'm stoked on the two songs on this comp.
White Knives - Welcome transplants
Norwegian electronica/trip-hop act Folk&Røvere has posted a bunch of tracks on myspace from their forthcoming album "Lysrædd", due out April 14: https://www.myspace.com/folkogrovere
I don't know if it's just the Voices of Wonder affiliation, but I definitely am reminded of 3rd and the Mortal listening to this.
The video for the brand new Håkan Hellström single "För en lång lång tid" is up on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y92-NFRXIc
Finnish act The Crash will have their album "Pony ride" released throughout North America and the UK on May 20 via Rykodisc.
Sudd has a new EP from Fujasaki posted for free download: https://www.sudd.org/
Norwegian indiepop act Hiawata! recently recorded a new 5-song EP with Kenneth Ishak (Beezewax). Expect a May release via SellOut! Records.
Spoon Train Audio is releasing a new compilation entitled "Oslo!" featuring 15 various Oslo-based indie/pop acts showcasing their local scene. Here's the tracklist:
01. The Little Hands of Asphalt - Oslo
02. Nomber 5s - You Know
03. Truls and the Trees - Upside Journey
04. Ingeborg Selnes - The Blow
05. Je Suis Animal - Labyrinth Game
06. Campfire Kansas - Everything After
07. Harmonica - Princess
08. Lukestar - Peregrin
09. Jim Protector - Finally! A Flicker of Hope!
10. Yoyoyo Acapulco - Kamasutra Tsunami
11. Lofiman - The Music's There To..
12. My Little Pony - MacGyver Blues
13. Cold Mailman - The Great Escape
14. Monzano - Poster Boy
15. Hiawata! - Dylan McKay
Preview a few tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/poposlo