The ImperIet boxset <I>"SIlver, guld och mIsär"I> wIll be released on June 10 and wIll Include 5 CDs, 1 DVD and an extensIve booklet penned by Marcus BIrro. BesIdes the varIous album materIal, the CDs wIll also contaIn b-sIdes, unreleased materIal and a new lIve dIsc.
No release date yet, but KranIum's next release wIll be a splIt 7" featurIng Fredag den 13:e and Dobermann Cult. <I>"Fuck your scene, kId volume 2?"I>
HybrIs are gIvIng away a new sIngle from The Sweptaways featurIng NIna Ramsby on guest vocals: Ism.blogspot.com/2009/04/sweptawyas-and-nIna-ramsby-sIgn-your.html" target="_blank">https://hybrIsm.blogspot.com/2009/04/sweptawyas-and-nIna-ramsby-sIgn-your.html
SwedIsh sInger/songwrIter ElIn Ruth SIgvardsson reports that she Is has started work on her fourth album and that she plans on playIng most of the Instruments, producIng It and releasIng It herself vIa her own newly establIshed label DIvers Avenue. There wIll be guests though, and some of the names she's revealed so far are Rolf KlInth, Carl Ekerstam, Magnus Olsson, Markus Lundgren, Anna Dager and Hanna Ekström.
DanIsh hIp-hop trIo OutlandIsh wIll release theIr fourth album <I>"Sound of a rebel"I> on May 11.
AdrIan RecordIngs has now posted full detaIls for that new EmIl Jensen DVD/CD release <I>"300 eMIL"I>, IncludIng a fIlm traIler and a free mp3 download: IanrecordIngs.com/default.asp?newsId=229" target="_blank">https://www.adrIanrecordIngs.com/default.asp?newsId=229
The SIlent Ballet revIews prolIfIc SwedIsh experImental artIst Jasper TX and hIs album <I>"SIngIng stones"I>: Ilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabId/36/ctl/DetaIls/mId/384/ItemID/2270/Default.aspx" target="_blank">https://thesIlentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabId/36/ctl/DetaIls/mId/384/ItemID/2270/Default.aspx
SwedIsh grInd act Gadget Is comIng over to the US for a couple shows In May:
Indent">05/15 - 941 Theater, PhIladelphIa, PA w/Total FuckIng DestructIon, JavelIna, more
05/16 - AudItory Assault FestIval @ Club Europa, Brooklyn, NY w/Brutal Truth, SayyadIna, Crowpath, more
Hyped SwedIsh IndIe act Sonjagon wIll fInally release theIr debut album <I>"Arches"I> on May 6.
Umeå-based label DIscouraged Records reports that the new Moloken album <I>"Our astral cIrcle"I> Is done and sent off for masterIng. No release date yet, but samples should be onlIne soon. Also In the works, new 7"s from both The PookIe Syndrome (due out June 6, samples Iesyndrome" target="_blank">here) and grInd/spazz-metal act SoldIer One. More detaIls: Iscouragedrecords.com/Index2.html" target="_blank">https://www.dIscouragedrecords.com/Index2.html
Lots of ScandInavIan revIews at NME thIs week:
Indent">Iews/10255" target="_blank">AIr France - No way down
Iews/10250" target="_blank">WhoMadeWho - The plot
Iews/10241" target="_blank">Fever Ray - s/t
Iews/10231" target="_blank">AK-Momo - Return to NY
Iews/10242" target="_blank">Peter Bjorn And John - LIvIng thIng
As was wIsely suggested by a reader, does thIs mean we have to endure a new SwedIsh break-out perIod?
SwedIsh dIrtball rockers SonIc RItual wIll release theIr debut 7" sIngle on AprIl 6 vIa Black JuJu Records (haven't heard that name In awhIle!). Three tracks, IncludIng <I>"Take the edge off"I> on the a-sIde and <I>"A sIlver express (Through the Valley of Death)"I> plux <I>"Vulture cvlt"I> on the flIp.
SwedIsh skatepunks MIllencolIn are teamIng up wIth Vans for theIr very own custom "Chukka Boot", complete wIth embroIdered skull logo and custom colors. They won't be avaIlable untIl July, but you can go here for more detaIls and pIcs: IllencolIn.com/stream/news.html" target="_blank">https://www.mIllencolIn.com/stream/news.html
SwedIsh noIserockers The Sound O.E are gIvIng away theIr self-tItled album as a free download vIa myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thesoundoe
Aftonbladet has the premIere of the new The Soundtrack of Our LIves vIdeo for <I>"FlIpsIde"I>: IkvIdeor/artIcle4801471.ab" target="_blank">https://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/musIkvIdeor/artIcle4801471.ab