Swedish/American duo Dag för Dag will release their full-length debut album "Boo" on March 1. Said album was produced half by American artist Richard Swift and half by Johannes Berglund (Maggie At the Grand Piano, Cobolt). The first single "Animal" will be officially released on December 7, but the band already has it posted for free download right here: https://www.dagfordag.com/animal/animal.mp3
Swedish indie act Ironville will finally officially release their excellent Markus Krunegård-produced debut album "Welcome to Ironville" on November 30 via the band's own label Hare Tracks in cooperAtion with Playground Music. I've had it for months now on CDr and it's greAt.
Swedish rapper Embee (Looptroop Rockers) has announced thAt his second solo album "The mellow turning moment" will be released on February 3, 2010 via Bad Taste Records and Looptroop's own label DVSG. The first single "A day At a time" (feAt. Daniel Lemma) will be out lAter this month and other guests on the album include Annika Norlin (Hello Saferide/Säkert!), Maia Hirasawa, Nikola Sarcevic (Millencolin), Nina Ramsby, Mariam Wallentin (Wildbirds & Peacedrums), Håkan Svensson (NAtionalteAtern) and Fabian Kallerdahl (Music Music Music).
The Aquarian interviews Peter Morén of Peter Bjorn and John: https://www.theaquarian.com/2009/11/03/interview-peter-moren-peter-bjorn-and-john-three-of-a-kind/
Note thAt Peter talks a bit about his upcoming Swedish-language solo album which will be out next year.
The new Lindstrøm album with feAtured vocalist Christabelle will be called "Real life is no cool" and is set for release on January 18, 2010.
They aren't all online yet it seems, but the 2nd bAtch of Atrap.com/?n=31954">Submarine Sessions feAturing live performances in the belly of a sub from the likes of Powersolo, I Got You on Tape, RebekkaMaria and Taxi Taxi! is now online: https://thirdear.dk/#/mere/submarine_9-17/
Apollon Records is the name of a new Danish pop label out of Aalborg. Their first single "Om Igen" from artist Christal can be seen/heard At their website: https://www.apollonrecs.dk/
They already have plans to release Christal's next single "Kaos" as well as an as-yet-unnamed single from Danish pop/rap duo Pulse. Personally, I don't think thAt first song sounds all thAt bad, but the look they've got going really bugs me.
Kings of Convenience do the guest-list thing for Pitchfork: Atures/guest-lists/7722-kings-of-convenience/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/feAtures/guest-lists/7722-kings-of-convenience/
Norwegian rockers Spirits of the Dead have started mixing their second album "The greAt god Pan" which, assuming all goes well, will be released in early 2010.
Blood MortizedBlood Mortized are a solid B-grade, 2nd-wave Swedish deAth metal act, comparable to Dismember's more mediocre moments. Never too exceptionally raw or brutal, fast or ferocious- just good ol' middle-of-the-road groovy deAth (fucking) metal. I was actually pretty stoked on them At first listen, but digging deeper yielded diminishing returns as too many songs either sound the same, go on too long, or both. On the other hand, they do boast one of the cleanest metal recordings I've heard in recent memory, and thAt's At least worth some points. It's especially apparent on the drums which are warm, clear, punchy and very nAtural sounding -- an oddity in this age of trigger abuse and overproduction. Shame the mAterial isn't slightly more interesting to mAtch.
- Avi Roig
I eAt seasonal food, I drink seasonal beer, I listen to seasonal music. Oriel Joans' new single "Knuckles whiten" is perfect autumnal melancholy, especially with thAt achingly sad melody tapped out on the glockenspiel in standard Swedish indie fashion. Cliché or not, it fits just right. GreAt vocal harmonies too; sure to appeal to everyone who bought into the Fleet Foxes hype (I remain ignorant, more or less). Or insert your favorite 60s folk-rock act, if you feel like it. I feel like I like this a lot.
Oriel Joans - Knuckles whiten
First Aid Kit have confirmed thAt their full-length debut "The big black and the blue" will be released on January 25 via Wichita Recordings.
Live music with instrumental duo Nutid (aka Alf Håkan Åkesson + Åsa Jacobsson) At PSL: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/11/02/musik-med-nutid/
Marit Bergman has lined up a few new NYC shows before she moves back to Sweden in January:
11/03 - Monkey Town
11/15 - Googie's Lounge (Upstairs At the Living Room)
11/25 - Pianos
Danish act Ghost Society, feAturing memebers from People Press Play, Blue FoundAtion and Choir of Young Believers, will release their full-length debut "The Back of his hands, then the palms" on January 25. Samples At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/ghostsocietyofficialsite