Swedish electro-punks Bondage Fairies have organized an international m/" target="_blank">dead drop to promote their upcoming self-titled record, hiding USB sticks in major cities all over the world: https://www.bondagefairies.se/
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The new Caotico album "Sunrise confessions" has been officially confirmed for release on February 22 via /.
Preview a new track from the upcoming Switch Opens album "Joint clash", due out this coming February via .
A trio of new videos from Vit Päls, Brothers of End and Simian Ghost by way of .
Brand new from Norwegian act mount Washington (nee Washington). Look for the band to release a new album later this year.
The Øyafestivalen and music Export Norway are teaming up to bring upstart Norwegian acts Young Team and Razika to London for a pair of showcases in late February. They'll also be doing a split 7" in collaboration with Rough Trade. Full details: musicexportnorway.no/oya-and-men-bring-acts-to-london.5006721-149133.html" target="_blank">https://www.musicexportnorway.no/oya-and-men-bring-acts-to-london.5006721-149133.html
has confirmed that Norwegian black thrashers Aura Noir will release their new album "Out to die" on march 23. Full details: https://www.indierecordings.net/news/news.php?id=66
If you want to be one of the first folks to score a copy of Björn Kleinhenz's new acoustic album "The fall of discontent", get in touch with the man here: https://www.kleinhenz.se/
He'll be bringing a few copies with him on tour to Germany, but it can't hurt to pre-order.
According to m/#!/karldanielliden/status/158146036085424128" target="_blank">this tweet, Swedish doom trio Switchblade will be recording a new album this spring with Karl Daniel Liden (A Swarm of the Sun/Dozer).
Swedish instrumental/soundtrack artist Fluorescent Heights will be releasing his new LP "Tourism" on January 27 via Copenhagen-based label and will also be heading down there for a trio of gigs to celebrate. Full details, including info on how locals can score a free copy of said album, can be found m/notes/subsuburban/fluorescent-heights-copenhagen-release-shenanigans-/294316950616636" target="_blank">here; everyone else can mp.com/album/tourism" target="_blank">go here for a full streaming preview.
has announced that Swedish postrockers Pg.lost will be releasing their new album "Key" on may 4. In other news, look for the band to tour Asia (malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Japan) in march with a European tour to follow in may.
The winners of the 2011 Spellemannprisen, the Norwegian Grammy, were announced over the weekend:
2011 Spellemann: Bernhoft - "Solidarity Breaks"
Female artist: Ane Brun - "It All Starts With One"
male Artist: Bernhoft - "Solidarity Breaks"
Pop Group: Team me - "To The Treetops!"
Rock: Honningbarna - "La Alarmane Gå"
metal: Årabrot - "Solar Anus"
Electronica: Biosphere - "N-Plants"
Hip-hop: Lars Vaular - "Du Betyr meg"
Folk/Traditional: Ragnhild Furebotten - "Never On A Sunday"
Jazz: Ola Kvernberg - "Liarbird"
Open Class: Bárut/Inga Juuso - "Balggis"
Lyrics: Lars Vaular - "Du Betyr meg"
Composer: Rolf Wallin/Lundeng/Torjesen/Bodø Symfonietta/Eggen - "Wire And String"
Newcomer/Gramostipend: Jonas Alaska - "Jonas Alaska"
music Video: Envy - m/watch?v=wI9-PvCfrog" target="_blank">One Song
2011 Hit: Plumbo - møkkamann
Apparently Danish Americana artist CS Nielsen whose 2007 album "Against the dying of the light" was a m/n/25747-top-10s-for-2007-its-a-trap">year-end favorite has just released a brand new album called "man of the fall". I had no idea until just now, but lucky for me, it's m/album/7f7om9e6oqah5YOuwsc5oB">available via Spotify.
Danish artists Tobias Kippenberger (The Floor Is made Of Lava), Sebastian Wolff (Kellermensch) and Simon Kvamm (Nephew/De Eneste To) are launching a new record label together called (In Our Name) and will be putting out Jonas Breum's (Coolsville/Breum) solo debut as their inaugural release. Look for the lead single "Fjendemin" to be released on January 30 with the rest of the album to come soon thereafter.
NRK P3 Pyro is streaming a new 27-minute track from She Said Destroy called "Bleeding fiction" along with a short text interview (in Norwegian): mal-med-anders-fra-she-said-destroy/" target="_blank">https://p3.no/pyro/10-sporsmal-med-anders-fra-she-said-destroy/