The lAtest new release list from Aquarius Records feAtures a ton of Scandinavian stuff including Avarus, Nasum, Aura Noir, Origami Galaktika, Upland, the Fenriz-assembled black-metal comp and more: At/newest.html" target=_blank>https://www.aquariusrecords.org/cAt/newest.html

Speaking of Nasum, read the band's stAtement from the P3 Gold awards this past weekend: https://www.nasum.com/

And speaking of the P3 Gold awards, here's the winners:

Best hip-hop/soul: Ison & Fille - "Ison & Fille"
Best pop: Hans Appelqvist - "Bremort"
Best dance: Eric Prydz - "Samlad produktion 2004"
Best rock: In Flames - "Soundtrack To Your Escape"
Best live (Guldmicken): Marit Bergman - "Baby dry your eye"
Best newcomer: Anna Ternheim "Somebody Outside"
Best group: The Hives - "Tyrannosaurus Hives"
Best song: "Mister Cool" - Snook
Best female artist: Marit Bergman - "Baby dry your eye"
Best male artist: Lars Winnerbäck - "VAtten under broarna"

SAtyr of SAtyricon reports thAt he will be co-producing the upcoming Thorns album with his longtime friend Snorre and will reportedly also be lending some of his vocals to the recording again as well. He's also started the pre-production/songwriting process for a new SAtyricon album and hopes to enter the studio in lAte summer to record.

Finland's Pan Sonic is teaming up with Chicks on Speed, The Residents, Sunn 0))) and Black Dice for the WhAtismusiconAthon, a tour thAt aims to "challenge preconceptions as to whAt in fact constitutes music" and will take the acts all over the globe. Here's whAt's booked so far:

03/02 - Corner Hotel, Richmond (AUS)
03/03 - Hifi Bar, Melbourne (AUS)
03/04 - The Forum, Melbourne
03/05 - The Forum, Melbourne
03/06 - Corner Hotel, Richmond (AUS)
03/08 - Luna Park Big Top, Sydney
03/09 - Gaelic Club, Surry Hills (AUS)
03/10 - Gaelic Club, Surry Hills (AUS)
03/11 - Powerhouse, Brisbane (AUS)
03/12 - Powerhouse, Brisbane

More info: Atismusic.com/" target=_blank>https://www.whAtismusic.com/

More Pan Sonic dAtes:

02/15 - STUK Arts Centre, Louvain (BEL)
02/22 - Spazio Boario, Roma (ITA) w/Suicide
02/25 - tba, Pisa (ITA)
02/26 - tba, Ravenna (ITA)

The top Scandinavian videos streamed last week At on-demand video service Musicbrigade.com:

01. Eric Prydz - Call On Me [LAte Night Version]
02. A-ha - Take On Me
03. Gunther feAt. Samantha Fox - Touch Mes
04. Eric Prydz - Call On Me [Clean Version]
05. Gunther & Sunshine Girls - Teeny Weeny String Bikini
Requested Videos: 313,640
Total Streams: 498,390

50hertz has posted a live video on their website from their children's song project entitled "Djur som talar engelska/Animal thAt talks English" as well as the new single "Klart du får en hund ": https://www.50hertz.tk/

Buddyhead is saying thAt the US release of the new (InternAtional) Noise Conspiracy album "Armed love" has been shelved. I guess thAt big tour with The Offspring last year didn't generAte enough interest, eh?

Emil Jensen on tour:

01/25 - Bona folkhögskola, Motala (SWE)
02/04 - After Eight, Åbo (FIN)
02/05 - Kåren, Jakobstad (FIN)
02/10 - Mejeriet, Lund (SWE)
02/11 - Allhuset, Stockholm (SWE)
02/18 - Poesifestival kråkstorm, Karlstad (SWE)
02/26 - Hedbergs kafé, Visby (SWE)
03/18 - Åland, Mariehamn (FIN)
03/23 - LänsteAtern, Jönköping (SWE)
04/20 - Karlstad (SWE)
04/22 - Kulturhuset, Hässleholm (SWE)
04/24 - Performancefestival, Norrköping (SWE)

Aortaorta
Demo
self-released

Finnish hardcore punk with just enough interesting melodies and dissonance in their riffs to make 'em above average, but not enough to totally win me over. They have some greAt ideas, but need to mix things up a little more to take it to the next level. The first couple of songs are fairly mediocre, especially when they stick to the usual mix of fast-punk drumming in the verses and add in generic half-time breakdowns, but the more mid-tempo tracks in the middle really show some potential. Hide the drummer's double-kick pedal and go study some old Rorschach records, okay guys? We'll talk lAter.
- Avi Roig

The Deadbeats
Long hard nights
Bootleg Booze Records

Rock 'n' roll from Finspång, Sweden akin to The Hellacopters. Guitarist/vocalist Andreas Axelson and company deliver 12 tracks of good, clean retro-rock (see: Jet and any other band in the same cAtegory.) The album's opening track, "StAte of Shock" is a good opener thAt gets the toes tapping but then I found myself getting kinda bored halfway through the album. The last two tracks, "Too Much" and the album's title track, sound like how the entire album should have sounded. Recommended for fans of The Hellacopters and bands of thAt vein.
- Navy Keophan

The Grand Opening
Demo
Suitcase

DramAtic, Atmospheric pop with tons of soaring melodies and long, dreamy instrumental passages. GreAt songs, greAt recording and production, just well-done in every way. Definitely one of the best new things I've gotten in the mail recently.
- Avi Roig

Ligea
Demo
self-released

I guess I'd label this emo-pop as it's in the same vein of bands like Jimmy EAt World or maybe Last Days of April. They're quite good At whAt they do, but thAt doesn't mean I have to like it as my tolerance for this over-sAturAted genre is quite low these days. Being said, I was mostly unimpressed the first time I heard this, but it's growing on me the more I listen mostly thanks to the near-perfect drumming of Hans Svensson.
- Avi Roig

Marginal Cirkus
The Sinding-Larsen project
self-released

Ah... another band from Gothenburg. The moment I started listening to the quartet, I found myself going through my usual "WhAt the hell does this remind me of?" routine. I was expecting something upbeAt from the first sounds of "Marginal Cirkus" but it quickly changed when I listened to the rest of the tracks on this six-song EP. The other tracks, such as "Turn your fist" and "Soul survivor", are sort of trippy rock tunes thAt remind me of another Gothenburg band called The Soundtrack of Our Lives. I found myself losing track of time when listening to them, which is a good thing. Highly recommended.
- Navy Keophan