Gaffa reports that Jenny Wilson is (thankfully!) recovered enough from her breast cancer scare to be touring again this spring: https://gaffa.se/nyhet/46337
She also apparently has a new double album on the way as well, entitled "Blazing".
Mandorla is currently being promoted as "the Swedish equivalent to The Beach Boys" according to some unnamed journalist and it's not too hard to see why once you hear the lush vocal harmonies on "Heartbeats away from my love", the band's new single off the forthcoming album "Based on an idea by...". They're obviously not doing too much to break new ground here, but there is certainly something to be said for the craftsmanship that goes into absolutely nailing it, and nail it they certainly do. No idea exactly when the record will be out, but they are saying sometime in March.
Can't say that I'm all that stoked on Sebastian Wijk's acoustic pop warble, but I am impressed by the closed-captioning links on this YouTube clip that turn it into an effective e-card. Hooray for technology! Sebastian's album "Down below" is out today, January 26; download an alternative acoustic version of lead single "A throw-away letter" right here: https://bit.ly/eGY6W9
has announced that the new album "Idioten" from Swedish psych/prog/folk legends Kebnekajse will be released on February 25, a full 40 years since the release of their debut "Resa mot okänt mål". Full details here: https://www.subliminalsounds.se/DOK/news.html
Norwegian indie label has announced that they will be releasing the upcoming Einar Stray album "Chiaroscuro" on February 7 and the new album "Lifting ships" from Casa Murilo on February 28.
has confirmed that hardcore/metal act Adept's new record "Death dealers" will be released on March 2 with the single "The ivory tower" preceding it on February 7. The band will also be touring, starting off with a batch of dates supporting A Day to Remember: