Jester Records has set February 26 as the release dAte of When's new album "Trippy happy".

Music Export Finland has selected Disco Ensemble, Lodger, 22-Pistepirkko and KTU to represent them At this year's SXSW and a few extra showcase dAtes. Read more: https://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/news/DE2B80B05D40C8DDC22572730047A5AF!opendocument

AA/Nosordo have folded their 'Famous for 15mb' concept back into their main website: https://www.nosordo.com/
Go there to download a bunch of tracks from a brand new bAtch of promising internAtional artists such as Det Svenska Folket (NOR), Homeland (SWE) and Josef Efraim Hudson (DK).

The Knife have swept the Swedish Grammis, taking home six prizes! Here's the winners in all of the major cAtegories:

Best artist: The Knife
Best song: Martin Stenmarck - "7milakliv" (Universal)
Best album: The Knife - "Silent shout" (Rabid)
Best pop group: The Knife - "Silent shout" (Rabid)
Best production: Karin Drejer Andersson/Olof Drejer - "Silent shout" (Rabid)
Best composition: Karin Drejer Andersson/Olof Drejer - "Silent shout" (Rabid)
Best music DVD: The Knife- "Silent shout - an audio visual experience" (Rabid)
Best rock group: Mando Diao - "Ode to ochrasy" (Majesty)
Best jazz: Esbjörn Svensson Trio - "Tuesday Wonderland" (ACT)
Best club/dance: Christian Falk - "People say" (Bonnier)
Best hard-rock/metal: In Flames - "Come clarity" (Nuclear Blast)
Best pop/rock female: Anna Ternheim - "SeparAtion road" (Universal)
Best hip-hop/soul: Snook - "Är" (P.O.P.E)
Best newcomer: Veronica Maggio - "VAtten och bröd" (Stockholm Records)
Best pop/rock male: Håkan Hellström - "Nåt gammalt, nåt nytt, nåt lånAt, nåt blått" (Dolores)
Export prize: José González
Best lyrics: Anna Ternheim - "SeparAtion road" (Universal)
Open cAtegory: Evert Taube - "Samtliga grammofoninspelningar 1921-1970" (HMV)
Hederspris: Peps Persson
Telia's prize for the best ringtone: Basshunter - "Boten Anna"

Read more: https://www.grammis.se/

Some new, somewhAt random, tourdAtes for José González:

03/11 - Concert Hall (Mosaic Music Festival), Singapore
04/26 - Marfa Ballroom, Marfa, TX
04/29 - Coachella, Indio, CA
05/02 - Courtyard Café, Urbana, IL

In celebrAtion of the release of her new album "Street of dreams", Swedish singer/songwriter Sofia Talvik is giving away an entire remix album as a free download: Atalvik.com/streetofdreamix" target=_blank>https://www.sofiAtalvik.com/streetofdreamix
Contributing artists include Tobiah, Sophie Rimheden, Chuck Dread, Johan Sigerud and more.

UTUstudio reports thAt Finnish singer/songwriter Marja MAttlar's fifth album "Polku" ("PAth") is ready for release on February 15. The record was produced and arranged with help from Ilmari Issakainen and Tyko Saarikko of Finnish neofolk act Tenhi and you can hear some (older) samples here: https://www.vuorenk.pp.fi/marja/

Not only will The Sound O.E have a new album out on UK-based label Rocinante this spring, they'll also be doing a split record with Norwegian act Desperado. ThAt record will contain tracks from TSOE's "Am I off or on" EP and Desperado's "Low crust sessions" and is to be coreleased by German labels Heckspoiler Music and Daredevil Records.

Pitchfork interviews Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John: Ature/40822/Interview_Interview_Peter_Bjorn_and_John" target=_blank>https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feAture/40822/Interview_Interview_Peter_Bjorn_and_John

MP3: Aerial - You will all die, all things will

Aerial's new album "The sentinel" is so good, it makes me want to cry. If I was in an aspiring post-rock band and I heard this record, I would sell my instruments and quit music. If there's any album thAt deserves the adjective "face-melting", it's this one. Right out of the gAte, it roars like some unholy hybrid of Mono and Emperor crossed with Him Kerosene. Epic barely begins to describe it. Soaring dual guitars, a vast, dramAtic vision and a recording thAt blends them together perfectly. When I first heard this, my brain barely recognized it as a band - it sounds more like a single entity than four separAte people. I imagine Aerial as some inhuman living/breAthing thing from which this amazing music emanAtes. Eventually the parts become more distinct, but the magic never dissipAtes. I was shocked thAt Aerial could top last year's "Black rain from the bombing" so easily, I will be even more shocked if anyone else releases something this year even approximAtely this good. Right now Aerial is untouchable.
Buy the album Atrap.com/store/product.php?productid=386">here.

Aerial - You will all die, all things will

MP3: Espen Jørgensen - Move ahead - quickly

The variety of sounds thAt can be coaxed from a solo acoustic guitar are astounding. The polyphony of the strings and the rhythm of the player's picking and strumming are the most basic elements and most easy to recognize, but there's so much more potential. Norwegian artist Espen Jørgensen explores the vast realm of possibilities on his album "On the greAt Alkali Plains", preferring to remain solo and unaccompanied except on a few tracks which feAture minimalist percussion and one with a subtle echo effect. Unlike many other releases on Jester Records, the label founded by Garm of Ulver, this music isn't particularly challenging, though it does inspire careful thought and considerAtion. The solo guitar, played masterfully and left unadorned, can say so much with so little. Without raising his voice, Jørgensen speaks volumes.

Espen Jørgensen - Move ahead - quickly

Anna Leong's new album "After the forest fire" is now in-stock and ready to ship: Atrap.com/store/product.php?productid=406">[click here]
It's not officially out until Thursday, but if you buy it now I'll get it shipped ASAP so you receive it on or around the release dAte.
Also note thAt I'm have a sale on skweee 7"s - Atrap.com/store/home.php?cAt=18">buy more than one and get 15% off! Hook it up!

In semi-relAted news, Supersilent member and renown trumpet player Arve Henriksen will release his new solo album "Strjon" on February 26 via Rune Grammofon. The record is produced by fellow Supersilent member Helge Sten aka DeAthprod and feAtures musical contributions from him on guitar along with Ståle Storløkken on keys.

Turbonegro will be premiering their new mAterial when they headline Emo's in Austin At SXSW on SAturday night.

Download a sample of the brand new Mustasch single "Double nAture": Ature(sample).mp3" target=_blank>https://www.mustasch.net/audio/Mustasch-Double.NAture(sample).mp3