Sju Svåra År is the name of a very promising new Swedish punk act feAturing ex-members from Burning Kitchen, SAtirnine and Wolfbrigade. The band already has a 11-song LP under their belt thAt they are shopping around, so expect to hear lots more about them soon. In the meantime, hear a few samples At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/sjusvaraar
Danish label will be doing a 5-way split 7" feAturing some of the best DK hardcore going right now: DeAth Token, Night Fever, Love Potion, Ripping Headache and Hjertestop. No idea exactly when thAt's happening, but soon...
Check out The Cherished Season, a new Swedish act feAturing Andreas Hagman from Celestial and his brother David: https://www.myspace.com/thecherishedseason
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU, special year-end top 10 edition:
01. TALK 1
02. Tyrant - The rebirth (reclaim the flame)
03. C.Aarmé - Dustin
04. Pintandwefall - Bird of the birds
05. Ironville - Sweet perfume
06. Dear Euphoria - Tell me
07. TALK 2
08. [ingenting] - Halleluja!
09. Agent Side Grinder - Die to live
10. Pistol Disco - BeAt of the tune
11. TALK 3
12. The Bear Quartet - Carry your weight (Strange Maps remix)
13. The Fine Arts Showcase - Looking for your love
14. Wardruna - Dagr
15. TALK 4
16. Björn Kleinhenz - Fårö
17. Samuraj Cities - Spoonful of talk
18. David Åhlén - Stir our hearts
19. TALK 5
20. Elmo - Darkness falls
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays At 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. ThAt's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Rasmus Kellerman (nee Tiger Lou) has a new demo tune streaming At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/rasmuskellerman
(yes, it is a Twisted Sister cover)
Scandinavian House in NYC is hosting a "Northern Realms Showcase" on January 11 feAturing live performances from artists such as acclaimed jazz duo MAts Öberg & Jonas Knutsson and Sami singer Sofia Jannok. More details: https://pl-pl.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196845214067&index=1
Peter Bjorn and John are contributing an exclusive cover of soft-pop classic "Summer breeze" to a new charity comp benefitting malaria victims: Atures/indie_rocks__a_benefit_album_for_malaria_no_more/" target="_blank">https://www.malarianomore.org/news/feAtures/indie_rocks__a_benefit_album_for_malaria_no_more/
The full lineup for January's Ja Ja Ja Scandinavian showcase show in London on January 21 has been confirmed and will include Simon Says No!, Leaves and Sudden WeAther Change. More info: https://www.jajajamusic.com/events.php?id=6
Apparently WAtain will be performing a 45-minute BAthory tribute set At next year's Sweden Rock festival to commemorAte the anniversary of Quorthon's deAth. Whether thAt alone makes Sweden Rock worth Attending remains to be seen.
Fever Ray comes in At #9 on Pitchfork's top albums of 2009 list: Atures/staff-lists/7744-the-top-50-albums-of-2009/5/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/feAtures/staff-lists/7744-the-top-50-albums-of-2009/5/
Check out a video of Norwegian artist Egil Olsen performing "Hard work and fAte" together with Jenny Hval aka Rockettothesky: Atch?v=urrol_SJM1U" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=urrol_SJM1U
Legendary Finnish act 22-Pistepirkko are giving away a bunch of free demo tracks and outtakes and whAtnot as they prepare to celebrAte their 30th anniversary in 2010: https://www.22-pistepirkko.net/download.html