Razika - Vondt i hjertet (video)

Razika's first-ever music video.

Kakkmaddafakka - Gangsta (video)

This is embarrassing in so, so many ways.

Hårda Tider - Medans vi faller (video)

An official video from "Crime City" hardcore heroes Hårda Tider. Looks like the band will be touring Asia over New Year's too -- stick around to the end for a flyer with dates.

Vanbot - Make me, break me

Some serious Robyn-worship going on in this new clip from fellow Swede Vanbot.

MP3: Säkert! - The flu

Having finally heard "Säkert! på engelska", it's no wonder that Annika Norlin was reluctant to translate her work to English. This is wordy, complicated stuff and while she did a more than admirable job making it work, it's still kinda messy at times, much like the emotional content of the material. Fitting, I suppose, though perhaps not quite as poetic as the original. Still, even less-than-stellar Annika is far, far better than most, whether it's with Säkert! or Hello Saferide or whatever else she sets her mind to, and I'm sure that all of us with lackluster Svenska skills are more than glad she took the time to bother.

Säkert! - The flu

10x4 with Mesak

Electronic Beats interviews Finnish skweee mastermind mesak: music/interviews/10-x-4-mesak" target="_blank">https://www.electronicbeats.net/music/interviews/10-x-4-mesak

CHARTattack interviews MF/MB/

CHARTattack interviews lead vocalist Victor Nillson of Swedish krautrock act mF/mB/: m/features/2011/nov/15/five-questions-with-victor-nilsson-of-mfmb" target="_blank">https://www.chartattack.com/features/2011/nov/15/five-questions-with-victor-nilsson-of-mfmb

Adolf Filter - River of Chebar

Enfant Terrible is streaming m/n/38676-kord-i-sexuality">another track from their excellent "Svensk bonnasynth" "hillbilly synthpop" comp.

Kristofer Åström 2012 tourdates

Kristofer Åström will be spending a lot of time in Germany this march:

03/11 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
03/12 - mephisto, Hannover (GER)
03/13 - Apex, Göttingen (GER)
03/14 - Falkendom, Bielefeld (GER)
03/15 - Tower, Bremen (GER)
03/16 - Alter Schlachthof, Lingen (GER)
03/17 - Gebäude 9, Köln (GER)
03/18 - FZW, Dortmund (GER)
03/19 - Garage, Saarbrücken (GER)
03/20 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER)
03/21 - Jubez, Karlsruhe (GER)
03/22 - Schuur, Luzern (CH)
03/23 - White Rabbit, Freiburg (GER)
03/24 - Kulturladen, Konstanz (GER)
03/25 - Ampere, münchen (GER)
03/26 - Hirsch, Nürnberg (GER)
03/27 - Objekt 5, Halle (GER)
03/28 - Beatpol, Dresden (GER)
03/29 - Comet, Berlin (GER)
03/30 - Café Koeppen, Greifswald (GER)
03/31 - Volksbad, Flensburg (GER)

Portrait on tour

Swedish metal act Portrait will be touring abroad in the new year:

01/10 - modra Vopice, Prague (CZ)
01/11 - Club 202, Budapest (HUN)
01/12 - mega Club, Katowice (POL)
01/13 - Progresja, Warsaw (POL)
01/14 - Estrada, Bydgoszcz (POL)
01/15 - Alte Zuckerfabrik, Rostock (GER)
01/17 - Backstage Halle, munich (GER)
01/18 - Bitte, milano (ITA)
01/19 - Rock It, Aalen (GER)
01/20 - Jugendhaus, Wangen (GER)
01/21 - Kiff, Aarau (CH)
01/22 - Werkstatt, Cologne (GER)
01/24 - La Scene Bastille, Paris (FRA)
01/25 - Cafe Central, Weinheim (GER)
01/26 - 013, Tilburg (NL)
01/27 - Atak, Enschede (NL)
01/29 - Hafenklang, Hamburg (GER)
01/31 - Bastard Club, Osnabrück (GER)
02/01 - Garage, Saarbrücken (GER)
02/02 - Schweinebärmann, Braunschweig (GER)
02/03 - Biebob, Vosselaar (GER)
02/04 - Live-Club, Bamberg (GER)
02/05 - Vortex, Siegen (GER)

Video interview: Grande Roses

Check out a video interview with Grande Roses, one of my current favorite bands.

Thräshers in the studio

Swedish skate-punks Thräshers are currently in the studio working on laying down 9-12 tracks for an upcoming flexi 7" to be released via flexi-specialist label Signaler Från Ovan: m/2011/11/thrashin-up-studio.html" target="_blank">https://dbeatrawpunk.blogspot.com/2011/11/thrashin-up-studio.html

PopMatters reviews Korallreven

Popmatters is less impressed than most when it comes to Korallreven's debut full-length: matters.com/pm/review/150870-korallreven-an-album-by-korallreven/" target="_blank">https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/150870-korallreven-an-album-by-korallreven/

Lissi Dancefloor Disaster - Pop musiiic (video)

The lead track from m/n/38696-lissi-dancefloor-disaster-as-we-plz">the new Lissi Dancefloor Disaster EP now has a video.

Liam Murray & Johan Gustavsson - Skuggorna

Liam murray is a poet from malmö working on his debut album which will feature him reading his words over background music provided by an array of Swedish artists. First up, a cut with friend-of-the-site Johan Gustavsson aka Jonas G Winther of Scraps of Tape/Tsukimono/Thee Gutted String. Other contributors include Lotta Wenglén and Polar City, plus a few who apparently have yet to be asked. Wait and see!