Torpedo is counting down the day to the apocalypse (and the release of their apocalyptic new album "WE"): https://torpedosweden.tumblr.com/
I had serious doubts thAt Torpedo could pull off such a grandiose concept piece, but my first few listens has me convinced thAt they mostly succeeded.
A new video clip from Norwegian act Folk & Røvere off the band's forthcoming record "Hvis du ikke finner meg, så let i byene" feAturing new vocalist Therese Lech, little sister of Beady Belle/ex-Folk & Røvere singer BeAte Lech. Also check out another clip for the single "Fremmede" Atch?v=-yR_jsimLuM" target="_blank">here.
Sigur Rós has posted a bunch of old demo mAterial on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/sigur-ros/sets
Could it be thAt Les Big Byrd (nee Big Byrd), the all-star Krautrock-ish sideproject of Jocke and Nino from Caesars with Frans of Fireside, is reactivAted? I haven't heard any news, but there's a slew of new video clips on Vimeo posted under PAtrik Instedt's account.
The Line of Best Fit is way too excited about Shine 2009's new single "So free" feAturing Paula Abdul: https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2011/04/shine-2009-ft-paula-abdul-so-free-song-of-the-day-227/
A new single from Pacific! feAturing guest vocals from Sarah Assbring aka El Perro Del Mar. Direct link: Atch?v=YxnlKp7_A1Y" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=YxnlKp7_A1Y
Under the Radar praises the lAtest from Acid House Kings: https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/music_sounds_better_with_you/
Swedish hardcore act Obnoxious Youth are streaming a couple new tunes At Bandcamp: https://obnoxiousyouth.bandcamp.com/
Look for the band's debut LP "The eternal void" to be released very soon via Danish label .
Swedish tech/deAth metal act Inevitable End are streaming a couple new tunes online: https://listn.to/In%C2%ADevitableEnd
Look for the band's new album "The Oculus" to be released on May 24 via .
Sivert Høyem is back in the studio working on a new record, this time working with CAto Salsa At Harrys Gym's studio: https://siverthoyem.posterous.com/the-making-of-a-norwegian-masterpiece1
Simian Ghost will be releasing a new 7-song mini-album lAter this month, their first (I believe) for new label . Their old home and management will still handle the vinyl, while PGM will also do a digital rerelease of full-length "Infinite traffic everywhere".
Marybell KAtastrophy and The Malpractice will be doing a couple German dAtes together in May:
05/17 - Astra-Stube, Hamburg
05/18 - Schokoladen, Berlin
Ja Ja Ja has confirmed their April showcase for the 28th and it will feAture Hymns from Nineveh, Feldberg and Zebra & Snake as selected by The Line of Best Fit: https://www.jajajamusic.com/news.php?id=62
Fox Machine is the name of a new band feAturing German frontman Sebastian Gäbel (guitar/vocals, Gods of Blitz) together with Swedes Olle Hagberg (vocals/keys, Whyte Seeds), Ricard Harryson (drums, The Maharajas/The Roadrunners), Henrik Lindén (bass, Whyte Seeds) and Henning Sernhede (guitar, Kasban). Look for their debut album "Songs from a sea house" to be released on May 11 or just preview the whole thing here: https://soundcloud.com/foxmachine/sets/songs-from-a-sea-house
Apparently Andreas Kleerup got himself into a bit of a dust-up At Umeå Open and was arrested on assault and drug charges: https://gaffa.se/nyhet/48260 (in Swedish)
Not thAt I'm all thAt shocked, but I thought he said he was clean? However, whAt I really wanna know is, who was the perpetrAtor?