Backyard Babies frontman Nicke Borg will be releasing his debut solo album "Chapter 2" (following previous EP "Chapter 1" which was released last October) on May 4 as Nicke Borg Homeland, which I believe to be his full stage name as so not to confuse him with other likewise named artists. His Melodifestivalen entry "Leaving home" will serve as the lead single.
Swedish electro/pop act Montauk have a new 12" EP out on Canadian label and you can preview the whole thing at SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/infobrill000/sets/brill006-montauk-the-newsroom/
Blackvector Magazine gives the new Necro Facility album "Wintermute" a perfect 10/10 review: https://www.blackvector.se/necro-facility-wintermute-album-progress-productions/
As always, a new month means a brand new tune from Viola: https://www.violamusicclub.com/2011-05-break-the-news-gently
May 2011's cut is called "Break the news gently" and is described as "a nostalgic trip in time to the bittersweet memories of 80's school discos."
A new video from Riddarna. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w-292IskXs
Pitchfork reviews I'm From Barcelona's latest record "Forever today": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15374-forever-today/
Also reviewed, the new WhoMadeWho album "Knee deep": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15382-knee-deep/
The Bombettes shill for Adidas? Sort of? Check it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw4RE7aTbEo
Shame there's only like 30 seconds of them actually playing, that's the worst part as far as I'm concerned.
Arrow Meet Francis is a new solo project from Dick Pettersson of the excellent indie act In These Woods and, while I'm not sure if he'd consider "Arrows" a "mere" demo recording or what, it's a great tune and incredibly promising for what's to come. If he gets time to work on it, that is... ITW are currently busy working on their debut full-length and if the sample track they sent me is any indication, it's gonna be fantastic.
There's a new episode of Listen to Norway's podcast series "99 minutes" up now featuring a motley assortment of music spanning all genres: https://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2011042910531797252002
Check out the video for Marybell Katastrophy's new single "There is no rhino in this room": https://vimeo.com/23037390
This week's episode of Klubbland features The Ark on their farewell tour: https://klubbland.se/2011/04/29/32-the-ark-2/
Something new and interesting from Umeå. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGtnmupeYNk
Danish indie act The Floor is Made of Lava will be recording a bunch of their shows over the summer and posting select tracks for free download: https://www.thelava.dk/summerdownloads/
To start things off, they've posted "5-vice" from their show at Store VEGA last December.
Looptroop Rockers are doing a one-off gig in LA on May 31 at The Roxy: https://www.badtasteempire.com/bad-taste-events/looptroop-rockers-in-los-angeles/
According to their currently posted tourdates they're also playing Minneapolis on the 29th, but I don't know of anything else beyond those two.
A short teaser clip of something new from : https://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0161.php