Drowned in Sound takes a detailed look at the past decade of Norwegian music with a special focus on its presence in the UK: https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4141322-out-of-the-black-%E2%80%93-norway-2000-2010-and-beyond
Kaka, the solo project of Richard Karlsson from The Mo, will now release his new album "The two" on March 30 via . The new single "Stars" is out now I believe.
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week unique to our group:
01. Firefox AK
02. The Bear Quartet
03. Håkan Hellström
04. Kent
05. Veronica Maggio
06. Cut Copy
07. Lykke Li
08. Säkert!
09. The Radio Dept.
10. Britta Persson
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Familjen's latest single "Man ser det från månen" is out today via and the label is giving away the radio edit as a free download: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=310
The Quietus interviews The Skull Defekts about their new record "Peer amid" which they recorded together with Daniel Higgs: https://thequietus.com/articles/05691-fukked-in-the-head-the-skull-defekts-daniel-higgs-interview
The Shiloh's video for their new single "Head vs. heart". Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XrNYUhIJs0
The new Erik Hassle single "Are you leaving", the first result of his collaboration with Kent songwriters Jocke Berg and Martin Sköld, is now streaming at Aftonbladet: https://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/article8570260.ab
At last, a full-length preview of a Terra Tenebrosa track off their forthcoming album "The tunnels", due out March 4 via . The band features ex-members of Breach and is totally crushing, as one would expect.
The Grand Opening is heading out on the road later this week to do a run of shows in Germany with support to be provided by Folke aka Torbjörn Zetterberg on many of the dates:
02/18 - Schnürschuh Theater, Bremen (GER)
02/19 - Raststätte, Aachen (GER) w/Folke
02/20 - Jubez, Karlsruhe (GER) w/Folke
02/21 - Südstadt, Munchen (GER) w/Folke
02/22 - Mata Hari Bar, Nürnberg (GER) w/Folke
02/23 - Detektor FM (Radio Show), Leipzig (GER)
02/24 - Crystal Club, Berlin (GER)
02/25 - Ostpol, Dresden (GER) w/Folke
02/26 - AJZ Chemnitz, Chemnitz (GER)
Preview Those Dancing Days forthcoming album "Daydreams and nightmares". Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ5gtyEC1nU
Check out Danish act Treefight for Sunglight doing a live studio session for The Line of Best Fit: https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2011/02/tlobf-sessions-treefight-for-sunlight-what-became-of-you-and-i/
Finally, a sample of Säkert! på engelska, and one of my favorites from the latest album to boot: https://sakert.blogspot.com/2011/02/weak-is-flesh.html
Expect the English version of "Facit" to be released this summer.
Video #8/11 from Pintandwefall's new record "Time is right for Romans, baby". Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfyHEiwwLPI
Pelle Carlberg is heading out on a solo tour on China in March: https://www.pellecarlberg.se/live.htm
The new Robert Svensson single "The madness". Download the mp3 here: https://nomethod.se/?p=403