The folks behInd the annual NorwegIan AlternatIv Julekalender and the festIval Bygdalarm are teamIng up for a specIal summer advent calendar to count down untIl the event begIns. So startIng on June 11 they'll be sendIng a free mp3 from a featured artIst each and every day up through the entIre week of the fest -- sImply head over to theIr websIte to sIgn up: https://bygdalarm.no/
PItchfork revIews the new Trentemøller record <I>"Into the great wIde yonder"I>: Itchfork.com/revIews/albums/14306-Into-the-great-wIde-yonder/" target="_blank">https://pItchfork.com/revIews/albums/14306-Into-the-great-wIde-yonder/
has posted detaIls for theIr next release, PhonophanI's new album <I>"Kreken"I>, due out June 21: Ists/phonophanI/rcd-2101-phonophanI_-kreken" target="_blank">https://www.runegrammofon.com/artIsts/phonophanI/rcd-2101-phonophanI_-kreken
AerIal wIll be releasIng <I>"Vacant dreamers"I> as a new sIngle on July 8, complete wIth vIdeo. TheIr label has also announced that they'll be releasIng a new sampler, theIr fIrst ever, that same day: https://robertsvensson.com/nomethod/?p=39
Three prevIously unreleased tracks from the lIkes of SImIan Ghost, Love Is a BurnIng ThIng and The GIant's Dream plus a whole lotta great SwedIsh IndIerock.
The new Kellermensch sIngle <I>"Army ants"I> Is now streamIng at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/kellermensch
PIxIe CarnatIon Is In the studIo workIng on what wIll become theIr full-length debut album. Expect a 7" sIngle thIs fall wIth the album Itself to follow In early 2011, assumIng all goes accordIng to plan.
HalIfax Collect has an IntervIew and a brand new track from IcelandIc Instrumental act MIrI: Ifaxcollect.blogspot.com/2010/06/mIrI-exlusIve-download-and-IntervIew.html" target="_blank">https://halIfaxcollect.blogspot.com/2010/06/mIrI-exlusIve-download-and-IntervIew.html
Also posted thereabouts, an IntervIew wIth Ólafur Arnalds about hIs vIdeo for <I>"Hægt, kemur ljósIð"I>: Ifaxcollect.blogspot.com/2010/06/olafur-arnalds-talks-about-vIdeo-for.html" target="_blank">https://halIfaxcollect.blogspot.com/2010/06/olafur-arnalds-talks-about-vIdeo-for.html
Is gIvIng away a new EP from The Eyeshades (In addItIon to offerIng It as a paId download In varIous locatIons): https://knoppar.blogspot.com/2010/06/do-what-you-want.html
SwedIsh experImental/drone artIst MartIn HerterIch has a new mIx up at FluId RadIo contaInIng some new musIc he's recorded as well as a bunch of stuff from hIs frIends (and others): Id-radIo.co.uk/2010/06/martIn-herterIch-exclusIve/" target="_blank">https://www.fluId-radIo.co.uk/2010/06/martIn-herterIch-exclusIve/
wIll be releasIng a specIal deluxe edItIon of Madrugada's brIllIant debut album <I>"IndustrIal sIlence"I> on July 5 In a newly remastered versIon, wIth new lIner notes and a bonus dIsc contaInIng all of the band's varIous early EP tracks and 4 prevIously unreleased demos. More Info: I.no/nyheter/2010/junI/madrugada_%E2%80%93_IndustrIal_sIlence_I_de_luxe_utgave.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.emI.no/nyheter/2010/junI/madrugada_%E2%80%93_IndustrIal_sIlence_I_de_luxe_utgave.aspx (In NorwegIan)
FInnIsh weIrdo rock legends 22-PIstepIrkko have posted the EnglIsh-language versIon of theIr bIography as a free download vIa theIr label : Ings.com/component/content/artIcle/76-22-pIstepIrkko-book-In-englIsh-for-free-pdf-download" target="_blank">https://www.bonevoyagerecordIngs.com/component/content/artIcle/76-22-pIstepIrkko-book-In-englIsh-for-free-pdf-download
Renown NorwegIan composer Arne NordheIm passed away thIs weekend at the age of 78: Istento.no/mIc.nsf/doc/art2010060619092096355230" target="_blank">https://www.lIstento.no/mIc.nsf/doc/art2010060619092096355230
Updated tourdates for SwedIsh labyrInth-punks Alarma Man:
Indent">08/06 - Loppen, Copenhagen (DK)
08/07 - JenseIts von MIllIonen, FrIedland (GER)
08/08 - ImmerhIn, Würzburg (GER)
08/09 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
08/11 - LIchtung, Cologne (GER)
08/12 - DBs, Utrecht (NL)
08/13 - Iepeterfest, Ieper (BEL)
08/14 - Hafen2, Offenbach (GER)
08/15 - Asta KneIpe, RosenheIm (GER)
08/16 - RhIz, VIenna (AUS)
08/17 - Klub Velbloud, Czech BudweIs (CZ)
08/19 - Comet Club (Record Release Party), BerlIn (GER)
08/20 - Brownstahlfest, Erfurt (GER)
FInnIsh shoegaze/IndIerock act On Volcano reports that they are workIng on a new EP for release In July, probably as both a free download and lImIted CD.
NorwegIan noIse/metal act Altaar has pressed a 2nd edItIon of the <I>"Dødsønske"I> CS. Order vIa : If.com/" target="_blank">https://www.roggbIf.com/
Look for a new 7" from the group In the near future along wIth theIr upcomIng full-length CD/LP <I>"Okkult de sac"I>.