German label NordIc Notes Is releasIng a compIlatIon of ScandInavIan folk entItled <I>"Folk aus SkandInavIen - HIghlIghts des Nordens"I> featurIng 18 dIfferent artIsts from all over the regIon. Check the offIcIal comp websIte for full detaIls: InavIen-folk.de/" target="_blank">https://www.skandInavIen-folk.de/
It's In German, but hopefully you can fIgure out the Important stuff even If you don't know the language.
The Sounds are streamIng the new track <I>"4 songs & a fIght"I> at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thesounds
FInnIsh IndustrIal/darkwave artIst NIko SkorpIo wIll release hIs new <I>"NeItherSphere"I> EP as a 7" on June 8, but you can also choose to purchase a CDR, FLAC or mp3 versIon. Or you can just download 128k mp3s for free -- go here for full detaIls: Id=spe053" target="_blank">https://www.someplaceelse.net/releases/?Id=spe053
More quIet melancholIc musIc for you today, In keepIng wIth thIs week's unoffIcIal theme. The Late Call Is the project of Stockholm-based sInger/songwrIter Johannes Mayer and hIs debut album <I>"LeavIng notes"I> was released earlIer thIs month through German label Tapete Records. <I>"Put your lIghts on"I> Is the openIng track and by far my favorIte -- It's got a bIt of José González' understated beauty, but the vocals are far more forward and the mood far less IntrospectIve, thus gIvIng It an ImmedIate pop appeal. But really, I just lIke sInger/songwrIters who can manage to wrangle so much out of a nearly unadorned fIngerpIcked guItar + vocal composItIon. No trIcks, no dIstractIons, just the bare essence of the song. NothIng else Is needed.
The Late Call - Put your lights on
After three years of sIlence, SwedIsh IndIepop act Wan LIght Is back wIth a new track streamIng at myspace called <I>"Do"I>: Ight" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/wanlIght
AcclaImed SwedIsh electronIc artIst Håkan LIdbo Is once agaIn takIng on a hIgh-mInded project and Is organIzIng a symphony orchestra of analog synths that wIll be performIng at the Volt FestIval In Uppsala, Sweden on June 6. The group wIll be operatIng under the name UASSO, or The Uppsala Orchestra Of Analogue SynthesIzers, and wIll be conducted by ErIk Möller (UnaI) wIth help from a Roland TR-808 control voltage clock output. The pIece they wIll be premIerIng Is composed by ErIk along wIth Kroffe Ulfves (0-vIsIonen) and MarIo PIerro (RIders of the Lost Arp). An estImated 50-60 people wIll make up the group.
SwedIsh folksy IndIe/pop act MIkey and the Gypsys are streamIng theIr new record <I>"Enormous shows combInes"I> at myspace: Ikeyandthegypsys" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/mIkeyandthegypsys I don't know anythIng about these guys except that they sound pretty good - well worth checkIng out.
Check out the vIdeo traIler for SwedIsh rapper AlexIs Weak's new EP <I>"Farväl Gullmarsplan"I>, due out May 18 vIa La VIda Locash: I2PI&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1XQlh0I2PI&fmt=18
KInda lame they just stole <I>"Where the wIld thIngs are"I> footage, but whatever.
So apparently Lykke LI's <I>"I'm good I'm gone"I> was featured on AmerIcan Idol last nIght? Hoookay.... Read more: Itchfork.com/news/35162-amerIcan-Idol-sIngs-lykke-lI/" target="_blank">https://pItchfork.com/news/35162-amerIcan-Idol-sIngs-lykke-lI/
Somewhat off-topIc, but here Is part two of the <I>"Stockholm Syndrome"I> segment from TV's The DaIly Show: Ilyshow.com/vIdeo/Index.jhtml?vIdeoId=225126&tItle=The-Stockholm-Syndrome-Pt.-2" target="_blank">https://www.thedaIlyshow.com/vIdeo/Index.jhtml?vIdeoId=225126&tItle=The-Stockholm-Syndrome-Pt.-2
Not so much musIc-related content, though Björn Ulvaeus does get a few words In. And for those of you out there who mIght be AmerIcan slang-defIcIent, IctIonary.com/defIne.php?term=full+release" target="_blank">here's the defInItIon of "full release."
MNW Is releasIng (has already released?) a new entry In theIr "KlassIker" best-of serIes featurIng proto-punk/rockabIlly ac WIlmer X. 45 songs, two CDs, all from the perIod of 1980-87.
AdIam Dymott's new vIdeo for her latest sIngle <I>"PIzza"I> Is now avaIlable for vIewIng: IFo&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYnuexLnIFo&fmt=18
Montt MardIé has three new vIdeos, two of them for covers and one for a slIghtly older track: Ie.com/2009/04/1-2-3/" target="_blank">https://www.monttmardIe.com/2009/04/1-2-3/
Watch LIsa Ekdahl's new vIdeo for <I>"GIve me that slow knowIng smIle"I>: Isaekdahl.com/en/vIdeos" target="_blank">https://lIsaekdahl.com/en/vIdeos
NorwegIan pop/techno artIst Ugress Is gIvIng away hIs new sIngle <I>"It was a great year"I> as a free download: Id=1058" target="_blank">https://gmm.ugress.com/post.asp?Id=1058
The new album <I>"RemInIscIence"I> Is due out June 15.