Pitchfork reviews The Field's new digital-only EP "Sound of light" which was commissioned by the Nordic Light Hotel: media.com/article/record_review/47967-sound-of-light-ep" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/47967-sound-of-light-ep

Les Issambres
Merry Christmas
Fifth Week Records

This CD's got the feel of a batch of still-warm cookies a friend just baked and brought over. You can easily imagine the siblings who lead this band and their friends sitting round at home dreaming up silly and sad Christmas songs (one which spent way too many days stuck in my head is titled "It's a sad sad Christmas Day, Sadaam Hussein") and recording them right then and there. The hand-wrapped-in-Christmas-wrapping-paper packaging only adds to the informal feel of a friendly gift. But spontaneous and lightweight as the record may be, there's some real talent in this band, and like their more serious (and better) 2007 release, "Late fairytales", it's got some really nice lo-fi indie songs that combine strong pop sense with some late 1970s New York art rock influence.
- Nancy Baym

The Tarantula Waltz on tour in Italy:

01/26 - Spazio Retroscena, Como
01/27 - Arci mirabello, Cantù
01/28 - Locomotiva, Osnago
01/29 - Birimbo, Brienno
01/30 - TV and Radio shows, Zoagli
01/31 - Happy New Club, Casnigo
02/01 - Pegaso, Arcola
02/02 - Il Banco, Zoagli
02/03 - Savona, Raindogs

To celebrate the release of their new album "Na na ni", Fredrik has unveiled a new website: musik.com/" target="_blank">https://www.sagomusik.com/

Stars in Coma will tour Italy in march:

03/20 – Relé Café Bistro, San Giovanni Teatino (ITA)
03/21 – Lego Café, Cesena (ITA)
03/22 – ARCI Ponterotto, montelupo F.no (ITA)
03/23 – mattatoio, Carpi (ITA)

Cake On Cake has signed with US label Sleepy Records for the release of her third album, due out later this year.

The nominees for the 2008 Danish DeeJay Awards have been announced: m_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=36" target="_blank">https://ddja.dk/2008/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=36

Digitalmetal reviews the new Opeth live collection "The Roundhouse tapes": magazine.ws/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1137" target="_blank">https://www.eclipsemagazine.ws/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1137

The Pastry Club is presenting a night of (mostly) Danish music at 93 Feet East in London on February 19 with Epo-555 and Jong Pang. more details: m/event/470263" target="_blank">https://www.last.fm/event/470263

The nominees for Finland's music industry awards, the Emma-gaala, have been announced: mmagaala.fi/artistit/" target="_blank">https://www.emmagaala.fi/artistit/

There's now a video for the new Benea Reach track "New waters" at the band's website: m/" target="_blank">https://www.beneareach.com/

motorpsycho's new album is reportedly delayed due to "technical reasons" and will probably not be ready for a march/April release as planned.

Bianca's entire new album "Wasting our time" is now streaming on their website: m/" target="_blank">https://www.biancaband.com/

The initial lineup for the second annual Nordklang Festival in St. Gallen, Switzerland has been announced for February 15-17 and will include Speaker Bite me, Harald Haugaard & morten Alfred Høirup, Efterklang and Our Broken Garden (Denmark), Amiina and Pétur Ben (Iceland), Rasmus Lyberth (Greenland), Dánjal and The Ghost (Faroe Islands), Frigg (Finland), Jackman (Norway) and Taxi Taxi (Sweden). The festival won't just promote Scandinavian music either, side-events include a focus on Nordic cinema as well as focus on Nordic books at historical monastery library Stiftsbibliothek. For more info, go here: https://www.nordklang.ch/

The nominees for this year's manifest Awards, Sweden's alternative Grammy, have been announced:

Rhythm:
Kapten röd - Stjärnorna finns här (SwingKids/Border)
million stylez - From a far (Bonnier music/Bonnier Amigo)
Governor Andy – Underhållningsmaskinen (KBC music/Border)
Livelihood - Sagans Sånger (SwingKids/Border)

Pop/Electronica:
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala (Service/Border)
The Honeydrips - Here Comes The Future (Sincerely Yours/Playground music)
Erik de Vahl - Oh! my Spine
The mary Onettes - The mary Onettes (Labrador/Border)

Rock/Rockabilly/Blues/Garage:
murder by Guitar - On Parade (Human audio recordings/Sounds of Subterrania)
maharajas - In Pure Spite (Low Impact Recordings/Sound Pollution)
Alex Face - Smell Like A Woman (Alleycat/Sound Pollution)
High Hats - Too much Is Never Enough (Alleycat/Sound Pollution)

Hardrock/metal:
Arch Enemy - Rise of the tyrant (Century media/EmI)
Dark Tranquillity - Fiction (Century media/EmI)
Hardcore Superstar - Dreamin' in a casket (Gain/Sony BmG)
Watain - Sworn to the dark (Season Of mist/Sound Pollution)

Hiphop/R&B/Soul:
Timbuktu - Oberoendeframkallande (Juju Records/Playground music)
Adam Tensta - It's A Tensta Thing (K-Werks/Border)
Ken - Äntligen hemma (Pope/Playground music)
Basutbudet - Startpaketet/Pluspaketet (Devrim/V2/Bonnier Amigo)

Experimental:
Jean-Louis Huhta - Halfway Between the World and Death (Slottet Records/Dotshop.se)
mårten Falk - Eclectric Guitar Experience (dB Productions/CDA)
Rolf Enström - Quarks (Caprice Records/CDA)
Tape & minamo - Birds of a Feather (Headz/Dotshop.se)

Dance:
mikael Stavöstrand - Various productions 2007
The Field - From here we go sublime (Kompakt)
minilogue – Orglar (minilogue Rec)
Hug - Heroes (Kompakt)

Folk/Ballad:
Ale möller Band - Djef Djel (Amigo/Bonnier Amigo)
Various Artists - Poem, ballader och lite blues - Återbesöket (Amigo/Bonnier Amigo)
Lisa Rydberg och Gunnar Idenstam - Bach på svenska (Gazell Records AB/Bonnier Amigo)
Sofia Karlsson - Visor från vinden (Amigo/Bonnier Amigo)

Jazz:
Ludvig Berghe Trio - An unplayed venue (moserobie music Production/Bonnier Amigo)
e.s.t. (Esbjörn Svensson Trio) - e.s.t Live in Hamburg (ACT/Bonnier Amigo)
Adåker, milder, Stenson, Danielsson, Öström - miles by Five (Touché music AB/CDA)
Lennart Åberg & Norrbotten Big Band - Up north (Caprice Records/CDA)

Synth:
Emmon - The art and the evil (Wonderland records)
Endless Shame - Price of Devotion (KTOWN Records/misty music)
mr Jones machine – Återvändsgränd (Progress Productions/Border music)
Terror Punk Syndicate - Extended Playtime (Progress Productions/Border music)

Punk/Hardcore:
Wolfbrigade - Prey to the world (Agipunk/Unrest/mCR/Sound Pollution)
The Accidents - Summer dreams (Burning Heart/Epitaph/Bonnier Amigo)
Auktion - Spader ess (Cage match Federation/Border)
The mockingbirds - Always late and not even close (HepTown Records/Sound Pollution)

Singer/Songwriter:
Christian Kjellvander - I Saw Her From Here/I Saw Here From Her (Startracks/V2/Bonnier Amigo)
Kristofer Åström - Rainaway Town (Startracks/V2/Bonnier Amigo)
José González - In Our Nature (Imperial/Playground music)
mattias Bärjed - Originalmusiken till Upp till kamp! (Razzia/Bonnier Amigo)

Best Live Artist:
Familjen
Säkert!
maia Hirashawa
Laakso

Digfi-prize (unsigned act):
Cocoanut Groove (Umeå)
Emily mcWilliam's Desert Soul (Stockholm)
Cartwall (Piteå)
Knivderby (Jönköping)

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