Roars from Denmark: Emily and the Orgasm Addicts/The Bang Bang Brain
"Roars from Denmark", a 15-minute tour doc on Emily and the Orgasm Addicts and The Bang Bang Brain. And yes, it's in English. Direct link: https://vimeo.com/17439650
New Petter album coming
All of the various tracks Petter performed on Swedish TV show "Så mycket bättre" (they should be on YouTube if you are curious) are being compiled for release on the album "Samlar ut den", due out December 27. More at Gaffa: https://gaffa.se/nyhet/45326
Norma Sass - Robbery (video)
Norwegian indie quintet Norma Sass have a new video for their new single "Robbery": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExesOa_2_J0
Look for the band's debut full-length "Hunting for treasures" to be released on January 24.
"Demons" - Signal turns red (video)
Swedish rockers "Demons" have a new video for the track "Signal turns red": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7NUNbs90M0
MP3: Rickard Söderberg - Someday my prince will come
No, it's not the sort of thing I'd normally post, but out-and-proud Swedish tenor Rickard Söderberg has a new Christmas EP out now and proceeds go towards Heder, a national project in Sweden working against LGBT violence. That's something I can support. Head to Rickard's website to hear more and to send your friends a seasonably appropriate (and socially conscious) e-postcard: https://www.rickardsoderberg.se/
New Fredrik album details
As hinted at in yesterday's top 10 list, Fredrik has a new album on the way next spring and it's now been confirmed that it will be called "Flora" and it will be released on March 29 via . Download the track "Dance of the peacock phantom" from the band's excellent new EP "Origami" for a taste of where they're heading: https://www.thekorarecords.com/sounds/DOTPP.mp3
In Solitude to Metal Blade
Lambgoat reports that has signed Swedish metal act In Solitude: https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=15459
The band recorded their new album at Nicke Andersson (Hellacopters, Death Breath, Imperial State Electric, etc.) at his new Gutterview Studios in Stockholm with Fred Estby (Dismember, Necronaut) producing. Expect a spring 2011 release. And as for those UFO comparisons, I dunno... as far as I'm concerned, the band's 2008 self-titled debut sounds way more like Mercyful Fate/King Diamond worship to me. Not that that's a bad thing.
The Ark are done
The Ark have announced that they will cease to be after releasing a final greatest hits collection and doing one last tour: https://thearkworld.com/2010/12/08/greatest-hits-album-och-avskedsturne/
As with all "greatest hits" anthologies, The Ark's "Arkeology", due out February 23, will of course contain a new single entitled "Breaking up with god" as well as another new one called "The apocalypse is over".
ABBA, the app
ABBA now has an official singalong app: https://www.9to5mac.com/40754/official-abba-app-is-singalong-friendly
New Penny Century single coming via Absolut Noise
The new Penny Century single "James Hurley" will be released as a free download on 3pm CET Christmas Eve via Swedish music blog Absolut Noise.
Nomethod December single preview
has posted sample tunes from their two new singles coming out this month, "I'm gone" from First Love, Last Rites and "Bear" by In These Woods: https://nomethod.se/?p=270
In the Country - Kungen (video)
I do believe that this is the first-ever video from excellent Norwegian jazz act In the Country. The band recently recorded a number of concerts while on tour in Norway and will be compiling the footage for a future live-DVD/artfilm/live-CD.
Debut 7" from The Magic State out now on iDEAL
Out now on , the debut 7" from Swedish experimental/noise artist The Magic State aka Nadine Byrne: https://idealrecordings.com/news#rel118
If you were lucky enough to grab a copy of "Great Northern Recordings compilation no. 4", she had two tracks featured on that including the a-side "Spectrum".