Swedish electropop act Lowe is coming back to the US for a week and a half of dates in support of their new album "Evolver":
10/13 - Darkroom, Chicago, IL
10/14 - The Shrunken Head, Columbus, OH
10/15 - 31st Street Bar, Pittsburgh, PA
10/16 - Digital Ferret, Philadelphia, PA
10/17 - Real Radio Show, New York, NY
10/19 - R Bar, New York, NY
10/20 - DJ-set@Breezeaway, Manchester, NH
10/21 - Asylum , Portland, ME
10/22 - Elm Bar, New Haven, CT
The first sample of Anna Maria Engberg's upcoming debut album, due out in January 2012.
The Silent Ballet reviews the latest work "In dust" from Swedish ambient/electronic act Roll the Dice: https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/4447/Default.aspx
A new video from Finnish indie/pop act The Friend.
Swedish dark ambient act Raison d'Être has a nice new website that's no longer purely Flash-based: https://raison-detre.info/
As always, Raison d'Être mastermind has lots of new releases on the way including "Music for film and exhibition I + Natura Fluxus" 2CD+DVD under his legal nom de guerre Peter Andersson, a new version of the Necrophorus album "Underneath the spirit of tranquility" and an upcoming live album from Raison d'Être entitled "When the Earth dissolves in ashes" that will be released via . Definitely looking forward to that last one for sure -- samples and more info at the link above.
Fenriz has selected Uppsala hardcore thrashers Obnoxious Youth as his band of the week: https://www.myspace.com/officialdarkthrone/blog/544502897
Personally, I'm not so into this style, but in no way can I deny that they excel at it.
Loney Dear's interpretation of Nobel Prize winner and fellow Swede Tomas Tranströmer's poem "C-dur", off his latest record "Hall music". Very prescient.
Here we go, the long-promised video from Scraps of Tape filmed during the band's artwork photo shoot last June. How many Malmö friends in the audience do you recognize?
The first official clip from the new Anna Ternheim album "The night visitor" featuring Anna performing "The longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss" together with Dave Ferguson on his porch in Goodletsville, Tennessee.
The new album "Terminal twilight" from Norwegian progressive rock wizards White Willow is out today and here's a nice full-length sample tune to whet your appetite. If you dig dark, moody rock with layers of odd analog synths, you'll be into this.
UPDATE: preview the entire record here
Brand new tunage from Division of Laura Lee, only 2 more free downloads as of posting time. This is the first sample of the band's upcoming record which was produced by Jason Lytle (Grandaddy).
Swedish post-punks Cut City have announced that their fantastic swansong album "Where's the harm in dreams disarmed?" will be getting a proper vinyl release on December 2 via //. As promised, anyone who purchased the digital version will receive a discount on the physical edition, should they want one. As for everyone else who appreciates good music, I'll be sure to post details when preorder info is available.
Iceage will be back in the UK in December:
12/06 - Corsica Studios, London
12/07 - Green Door Store, Brighton
12/08 - Kraak Gallery, Manchester
12/09 - Art School Union, Glasgow
12/10 - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
New from Swedish reggae/hip-hop act Labyrint.
Ja Ja Ja is streaming the new album "Take it personal" from Norwegian act Philco Fiction: https://www.jajajamusic.com/index.php/2011/10/listen-philco-fiction-take-it-personal-exclusive-album-stream/