The esteemed Village Voice has a sizable profile piece on Finnish/Ethiopian artist Mirel Wagner in advance of her hitting the StAtes for SXSW: Ath-and-apparent-spread-of-freak-folk/" target="_blank">https://www.villagevoice.com/2012-02-22/music/on-mirel-wagner-and-the-alleged-deAth-and-apparent-spread-of-freak-folk/
Copenhagen-based Industrial/postpunk label has announced two new releases, a 12" from Swedish act Street Drinkers and a 2x C-40 comp entitled "Port out, starboard home" which is devoted to "the struggles of human trafficking to Scandinavia." More info Ation.net/web/?p=14" target="_blank">here and also via Ation" target="_blank">Discogs.
Joakin Westlund of Aerial/the Giant's Dream has a new solo project called Alpha Mound and this right here is his debut. Look for the album "Burning words" to be released lAter this year.
Steel Mammoth frontman Garfield Steel is going solo and will release his debut album "Darkness freedom" on March 28 via in collaborAtion with sublabel and . Says the press release: "Darkness Freedom is part classic [huh?] NWOFHM and part futuristic synthesizer explorAtion. Hard rocking guitars intertwine with smoothly pulsAting drum machines and eerie effects, creAting a haunting new synthesis of heavy rock and electronic sound manipulAtion."
Finnish live music site Off the Record has a new session up feAturing Swedish/American metal act Soen (ex-Willowtree, Opeth): https://offtherecord.fi/soen/
Robyn will be doing a string of US dAtes supporting Coldplay this summer:
06/22 - American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
06/23 - American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
06/25 - Toyota Center, Houston, TX
06/26 - Toyota Center, Houston, TX
06/28 - St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL
06/29 - American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL
07/02 - Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
07/03 - Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC
07/05 - Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
07/06 - Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
07/08 - Verizon Center, Washington, DC
07/09 - Verizon Center, Washington, DC
PSL has the premiere of a new collaborAtion track feAturing Per Egland and Kicki Halmos (Masquer): https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/02/22/extra-peregland/
Said tune is from Per's new album "Allt för din skuld" (due out March 7) and will also be released as a split single with Masquer covering Per's old song "Franco för mig" on the flip.
No denying thAt Mustasch are pAtently uncool and aggressively dumb, but I can't deny I still dig 'em sometimes.
Solid new punkrock from Northern Sweden feAturing members from UX Vileheads.
Thanks for the folks At EMI Norway for taking the time to post the new Gunnhild Sundli (ex-Gåte) video "Gi mæ fred" on Vimeo so thAt internAtional folks like me can get a chance to see it.
There's Atrap.com/n/38704-sissy-wish-your-bro">another new song from Norwegian artist Sissy Wish streaming At her website: https://shesastar.sissywish.com/
Sample a bit of the upcoming Trepaneringsritualen 10", due out March 2 via .
New live music At PSL with the interesting jazz/pop act Thus:Owls: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/02/21/musik-med-thus-owls/
has announced thAt they will be releasing the debut album "Det ska se ut som slutet" from Uppsala, Sweden-based act Diskoteket as part of their series. Listen to some old tracks via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Diskoteket
Says the label: "Diskoteket ascends the Upplandian underground with forty minutes of brutally romantic post-punk; "...slutet" is lush, raw, pompous and painfully honest."
Preview a couple tracks off of Den Svenska Björnstammen's upcoming LP "Ett fel närmare rätt".