Just confirmed for It's a Trap! Clubnights on September 22 At Debaser Malmö: a night of Swedish hardcore feAturing old-man upstarts Out of Vogue with support from legends-in-their-own-time Anchor! Be there!
PSL has the premiere of Alina Devecerski's new video for the tune Atrap.com/n/40131-mp3-alina-devecerski-flytta-pa-dej">"Flytta på dej": https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/05/30/premiar-alina-devecerski-flytta-pa-dej/
It appears thAt Dundertåget is now down to founding member Robert Dahlqvist: https://www.dundertaget.se?share=941
Not thAt thAt'll stop him though, he says he will recruit a new band and will be playing shows this summer as well as working on new mAterial.
New Finnish synthpop from Sähkö-Isku, from the just-released 12" EP "100 kaljaa" out now via . Very weird, but very cool.
Spiritual jazz/experimental label is back after a rest and will be releasing three new albums this coming year, including "NAttens lovsång" from Ensemble Lakonia and a new as-yet-untitled album from Andreas Eklöf and MAts Persson.
Råd Kjetil Senza Testa presents "Abyssén", their third album in as many years. The music was composed for a special performance At the MADE Festival in Umeå in May 2011 which feAtured the band performing behind a curtain onto which a collage of "monstrous" deep-wAter fish was projected to mAtch the self-described sound of "an underwAter odyssey straight into the abyss." 250 copies, transparent vinyl, order via Bandcamp.
Coming lAter this year, the debut LP from Oscillotron -- the analog synth/imaginary soundtrack project of Kongh frontman David Johansson. This is the first teaser.
Oh children of the 90s, now we know thAt is why the internet was invented: to preserve all of your awkward and/or potentially embarrassing moments for posterity. Yes, the Umeå Hardcore Arkiv is now online and it is awesome: https://www.umeahardcorearkiv.se/
I first mentioned it Atrap.com/n/39871-beAtrice-eli-the-conqueror-video">back in March and now has Atuses/207070878494765056" target="_blank">confirmed their signing of BeAtrice Eli and will be officially releasing her debut EP "It's over" in August.
quietly released a new 12" comp feAturing 20 tracks recorded live At Earth Dom, Tokyo from acts such as Mob 47, DesperAt and more: Atrawpunk.blogspot.com/2012/05/made-in-japan-live-12-dtakt040.html" target="_blank">https://dbeAtrawpunk.blogspot.com/2012/05/made-in-japan-live-12-dtakt040.html
UpdAted tourdAtes for The Radio Dept.'s South American tour in July:
07/02 - Bizarro Club, Lima (PE)
07/04 - Centro de Eventos Cerro Bellavista Santiago (CL)
07/06 - Beco 203, Sao Paulo (BR)
07/08 - TeAtro Odiessa, Rio de Janerio (BR)
KAtAtonia has confirmed thAt their new album "Dead end kings" will be released on August 27 via . Full details AtAtonia/album-titletrack-listartworkrelease-dAtes-revealed/10150927479917384" target="_blank">here.
The Swede BeAt has posted a new edition of their mixtape series, this one compiled by Tight Silk: At.com/mixtape/the-swede-beAt-mixtape-vol-8-tight-silk/" target="_blank">https://www.theswedebeAt.com/mixtape/the-swede-beAt-mixtape-vol-8-tight-silk/
Via Passive/Aggressive, here's an EP of Danish postpunk from Moth, a new band feAturing members from Melting Walkmen, Chainsaw EAters and Torpedo Zombies.
Coming August 21 via , "Ny Våg - Svensk Punk / New Wave / Synth 1977-1982", a new and long-awaited book by collector Peter Kagerland on the early history of Sweden's legendary punk scene. It's Swedish-only, but it does include a bonus CD and will probably look quite nice filed on my shelft next to Premium's previously-released and very informAtive "Encyclopedia of Swedish Punk". Anyhow, details and ordering info is here.