Textura reviews David Åhlén
Textura reviews David Åhlén's gorgeous debut "We sprout in thy soil": https://www.textura.org/reviews/ahlen.htm
Musik med Promoe och Spiderdogs
Live music with Promoe and live backing band Spiderdogs at PSL: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/06/01/musik-med-promoe-spiderdogs/
Lowood - Crash (video)
Lowood's video for "Crash" is now available at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ypP0NKfES0&fmt=18
Bonjour Recordings is busy
Swedish indiepop label Bonjour Recordings just announced four new singles from the artists Love & Happiness, Djuret, ONE and Portrait Painter(s). Follow the links for samples and more details, and for those savvy enough, view source and find yourself a Base64 decoder to get the mp3s.
Carolina Wallin Pérez to release jazz tribute to Kent
Swedish jazz vocalist Carolina Wallin Pérez is releasing an album of Kent songs called "Pärlor" on June 3 via Family Tree Music, each rearranged and redone in her own style. Preview at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/carolinawallinperez
Fever Ray to release new single "Triangle walks'
"Triangle walks" has been selected as the third single from Fever Ray's debut album. It will be available both on 12" and as a digital download and will include remixes from Tiga, Spektre, James Rutledge, Tora Vinter, Ben Hoo and Allez-Allez. Also, keep an eye out for a video made with director Mikel Cee Karlsson.
More Piroth now streaming
Swedish sister-folk/chamber-pop duo Piroth now have three more new tracks from their forthcoming album streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/sisterspiroth
Also, read a fresh interview with the band here: https://www.glue.fi/features/111-memories-of-finland
Ane Brun at Daytrotter
Check out a Ane Brun live session at Daytrotter: https://www.daytrotter.com/dt/ane-brun-cool-hearts-once-made-of-gold-concert/20030437-3737740.html
Viola - A decade
Finnish act Viola's new free single for the month of June is a special celebration of their 10 years as a band and is called, appropriately enough, "A decade". Check it: https://www.violamusicclub.com/
The band will throw their usual annual birthday party Viola's Day Fest at Semifinal in Helsinki on June 3.
New Rumskib in September, preview track now online
The new Rumskib album "Better places to dive" will be released in September. Hear a preview track called "Sleepwalking" at mainman Keith Canisius' myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/keithcanisius
Fever Ray to play UK in July
Fever Ray will be doing a number of UK dates in July:
07/11 - Loop Festival, Brighton
07/12 - Oxegen, Dublin
07/13 - Academy, Bristol
07/14 - Academy 2, Manchester
07/16 - Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
07/17 - Latitude Festival, Suffolk
Stuart Sikes to mix new Tarantula Waltz album
Producer/engineer Stuart Sikes (Cat Power, White Stripes, Modest Mouse, etc.) has been hired to mix The Tarantula Waltz' new album.
Pitchfork on the new Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas album
Pitchfork reviews the Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas collaboration "II": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13064-ii/
The Aches have a new album, but no label
Swedish pop-punk act The Aches have finished a new album and are currently seeking a new label. Preview tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/aches1
They're a solid band -- well worth checking out.
September Malevolence announce fall tour, working on new material
September Malevolence will be touring Europe again starting in late October, expect dates to be confirmed soon. Otherwise, the band is working on new material which they say is shorter and more vocal. Will they sell out and go pop? Wait and see...