Anna from the Swedish postrock act Audrey is featured in the article on female drummers in the new issue of the "Music Hurts" webzine: https://www.musichurts.com/
Stylus reviews Emiliana Torrini: https://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3208
Back in 2003 In Flames guitarists Björn Gelotte and Jesper Strömblad decided to start a new sideproject to experiment with musical styles a little bit different than what they normally do. The result: All Ends, a pop-metal act with dueling female vocalists Tinna Karlsdotter and Emma Gelotte (yes, Björn's sister). The new band, which doesn't even feature Björn or Jesper actually playing live, just had their first gig the other night. Performing in the band now is Michael Håkansson (Evergrey) on bass, Fredrik Johansson on guitar and Josef Skanås on drums. Listen to samples at their website: https://www.allends.com/tracks.asp
SVU has a link for a free mixtape download from Big Rob: https://www.svenskunderjord.com/default.asp?utbrytning=sant&url=/visaNyheter.asp&QS=id=1022
Also from SVU comes word that the group Symbiot (ft. Fingers, Aegiz, Mufakka, Sci-Fi and Vanek) has broken up.
This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:
01. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
02. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
03. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
04. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
05. Robyn - Robyn
06. Ulf Lundell - Högtryck
07. Di Leva - Själens krigare: samlade sånger 1980-2005
08. Musikal - Mamma Mia
09. Carola - Störst av allt
10. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
11. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
12. Anna Ternheim - Somebody outside
13. Kina Jaarnek & Elvis Presleys Band - En hyllning till Elvis
14. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten under broarna
15. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
16. Totta Näslund - Totta 8: Greatest Hits
17. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
18. Laleh - Laleh
19. Monica Zetterlund - Monicas bästa
20. Darin - The anthem
Mayhem's upcoming show at the Slottsfjellfestival this weekend will be filmed by the BBC for use in a documentary. In other news, the band is putting together an EP of cover tunes and rerecordings for release this fall before they head back into the studio early next year to record what will be their next full-length.
Aversionline reviews the newest Peccatum CD: https://www.aversionline.com/reviews/2575/
P3 Musikjournalen is reporting that Swedish hip-hop act Latin Kings are putting out an autobiography called "Portfolio" which will include a best-of CD featuring a few new cuts. Read more: https://www.sr.se/p3/musikjournalen/arkiv.asp?DagensDatum=2005-07-21&Artikel=660931 (in Swedish)
Dusted reviews the new album from Finnish accordianist Kimmo Pohjonen which features him improvising with French drummer Eric Echampard: https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2296
Today's new mp3 is from What Happens In Vegas Stays In Vegas, yet another fine Swedish postpunk act. I guess the band used to be called Dude Party, but luckily they wised up and decided to change it. I know a lot of people are probably getting tired of this sound, but screw it I say - good music is good music. And this track is damn good, especially since it's just a demo. I'm not sure what will happen to the band after bassist/vocalist Lars moves back to the States, but you can see him play one last show with the guys at Mondo in Stockholm tomorrow night (with the very excellent Torpedo, flyer here). After that, who knows? There's a lot of potential. Listen to some more at the band's myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/dudeparty
Don't forget to enter the Seven Feet Four contest! I've giving away a couple copies of their latest EP - all you gotta do is click on the banner and fill out the form. Winners will be announced sometime next week.
HUGE congrats to Johan Sellman of KVLR who I just heard will be becoming a father in December! Awesome!
Stylus reviews the new Röyksopp: https://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3202
PopMatters has posted a feature on the Moonbabies: https://popmatters.com/music/nowhearthis/moonbabies-050720.shtml
Music for Robots posts about the new Acid House Kings: https://music.for-robots.com/archives/001065.html
For all the people who compare them to Belle & Sebastian, remember that AHK were around for many years before they existed.