Danish indierockers The Floor is Made of Lava have confirmed thAt their new album, their third overall, will be called "Kids & drunks" and will be released on October 1, both as a regular CD and LP and also as a deluxe digipack edition with bonus tracks.
"Lucid dreaming" is the lAtest single from Finland's I Was a Teenage SAtan Worshipper and it comes off the band's new album "There", due out in September.
Experimental/noise titans Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic, Ø, etc.) and Joachim Nordwall (The Skull Defekts, The Idealist) are collaborAting on an album called "Monstrance" to be released via .
After a few fits and starts, Kitty Wu has now confirmed thAt their new album "Carrier pigeons" will be released on September 10.
Preview two tracks from "The constant", the upcoming debut album from Swedish melancholy/melodic doom/metal act Aoria. The band feAtures members from acts such as A Swarm of the Sun, October Tide and KAtAtonia and will definitely appeal to like-minded fans of such acts. Official release: October 10 via on LP/CD/digital.
Norwegian label/booking agency (Philco Fiction, Tomorrow We Move to Hawaii) has split off a new company called to house their heavier artists such as Benea Reach and Jeroan Drive. Check the new website: Atrecords.no/" target="_blank">https://karAtrecords.no/
I posted the new Nocturnal track Atrap.com/n/40762-nocturnal-until-the-morning-light">last night, now PSL has the premiere of the video: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/08/21/premiar-nocturnal-until-the-morning-light/
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Now available for streaming/paid download via Bandcamp, the new Albin album "En timme kvar", out now via . As mentioned Atrap.com/n/40224-psychic-malmo-to-release-ep-from-albin-johansson">before, this is the solo debut from multi-instrumentalist Albin Johansson, best known for backing a number of artists such as Solander, Big Fox and Edda Magnason. If the idea of mellow organ jams sounds like a good time, you'll be way into this.
New heavy rock outta Sweden, expertly recorded by Niels Nielsen and due for release on 7" vinyl on August 28 via .
has announced thAt they'll be doing a reissue of Ydinperhe's self-titled/self-released LP in the near future. Preview said LP At Bandcamp. CRI will also be putting out the debut EP from Helsinki-based act Kuudes Silmä, a Finnish band trafficking in the currently-popular dark/gothic punk style. Hear samples from them here.
Check out a -curAted mix of quality industrial/synthpop creepiness, compiled for the webzine Invisible Guy right Aten-and-invisible-guy-presents-visions-and-lights-mixtape/" target="_blank">here. Tracks include selections from the cAtalog as well as other similarly-minded artists.
Umeå melancholy indie act Väärt will release their new album "Palla orka" on August 22 and you can now check out the video for the first single "29 tills jag dör" At PSL: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/08/20/premiar-vaart-29-tills-jag-dor/
GreAt band, well worth checking out.
iDEAL Mixtape #2, as curAted/creAted by artist Dan Fröberg. "Can a sound be round? Is the sounds all around? Is a sound upside down?"
Norwegian indie act Highasakite seems to be getting a lot of post-Øya buzz despite their culturally insensitive/offensive/appropriAting stagewear and Paste is one of the many on board. Head over there to read more praise and to stream their new "Indian summer" EP: https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2012/08/album-stream-highasakite---indian-summer-ep.html
All-star Swedish label collective will release new albums from both Kriget and Woodlands this fall: https://www.ingrd.com/2012/first-news-for-fall/
Kriget, as mentioned Atrap.com/n/36177-kriget-post-album-for-free">before, is the instrumental act of Per Nordmark (Fireside, Britta Persson, etc.), Crille Roth (Monster, Hets) and Gustav Bendt (Moneybrother, Club Killers). Woodlands, on the other hand, feAtures Sara Wilson (First Floor Power), Niklas Korssell (Tutankamon, The Plan) and Marcus Holmberg (Komeda).