Slightly OT but not really: Jakob Lusensky's book "Sounds like branding" (with design by Robert Samsonowitz, who brews a great beer besides playing in We Live in Trenches) will be getting an international release in July: https://www.soundslikebranding.com/?p=2136
The book's subtitle is "How to use the power of music to turn customers into fans", in case that helps perk your interest.
The new Ticktock EP "In the belly of the whale #1" (remember?) is out now and can be previewed at Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ticktockgoestheclock/sets/ticktock-in-the-belly-of-the-whale-1/
Swedish pop duo The Sound of Arrows have a new single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FHEn8rJ4Vw
It will be officially released on April 25 as a 12" and digital download via .
Iceland Music Export reports on For a Minor Reflection's upcoming US dates centered around their appearance at SXSW: https://www.icelandmusic.is/News/1712/For-a-Minor-Reflection-Hit-US-Shores/default.aspx
Scraps of Tape are done tracking their new album -- read the full studio report: https://scrapsoftape.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/post-recording/
Kind of underwhelming considering the long wait for new material, but I'll take it. Even mediocre Margaret Berger tunes are better than most.
Up next from on March 18, "Spiritual non-believers" from The Last Hurrah!!, a "dronepop" project headed by HP Gundersen: https://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/the-last-hurrah/rcd-2109-the-last-hurrah-spiritual-non-believers/
"Paranoid", video #9 out of 11. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udlojutPxFU
Music Export Norway has awarded their 2nd Export Program grant to label (Moddi, Katzenjammer, Far From Tellus, etc.): https://www.musicexportnorway.no/propeller-receives-export-program.4888137-149133.html
Niels Nielsen has signed with upstart American label and will be releasing his new album "Welcome to the promising land of hi-5ers and hopeless people" on May 2. Also signed, fellow Swede Patrik Torsson whose new album "At the line of the border" will be out this spring as well. More info: https://www.saintmarierecords.com/
Swedish synth-focused mag Zero Music is going online-only after a 16-year run. Read the editors' statement here: https://www.zeromagazine.nu/nyhet.asp?id=1911 (in Swedish)
The publication will continue on as an online-only venture and as such will be expanding their web offerings in the near future.
Shout Out Louds are heading back out on the road in late March:
03/28 - La Machine du Moulin Rouge, Paris (FRA)
03/29 - La Nef, Angoulême (FRA)
03/30 - La Vapeur, Dijon (FRA)
03/31 - La Laiterie, Strasbourg (FRA)
04/01 - Centre Culturel Paul B, Massy (FRA)
04/02 - Le Brise Glace, Annecy (FRA)
04/03 - La Salumeria della Musica, Milan (ITA)
04/04 - Bronson, Ravenna (ITA)
04/05 - Cabaret Aleatoire, Marseille (FRA)
04/06 - Apollo, Barcelona (ESP)
04/07 - Sala Heineken,, Madrid (ESP)
04/08 - Santiago Alquimista, Lisbon (POT)
04/09 - Mondo Club, Vigo (ESP)
The latest featured aritst on Umeå's excellent live music site Hammock Sessions is instrumental/folk act Folkvang: https://www.hammocksessions.com/2011/02/19/folkvang-konditori-nybro-umea/
RIYL whistling.
So does this mean that The Haunted is looking to cash in on Takida fans or what?
Check out the brand new Giana Factory single "Dirty snow", the first of of their "Remakes Collection" in which a different act covers said tune for the flip: https://gianafactory.dk/2011/02/new-release-dirty-snow-anders-trentem%c3%b8ller-remake/
Trentemøller is featured on this one and upcoming collaborators include Glasvegas, Veto, Autolux and WhoMadeWho.