French Films - You don't know (video)

New Finnish indie with somewhat of an 80s vibe, apparently making waves in Germany. The album "Imaginary future" comes out November 11; RIYL Figurines or maybe Jaill.

Black Twig - Lake song

Soliti Records is giving away a new song from Black Twig, the first sample of the band's upcoming debut album "Paper trees" which will be out in January. There's some definitely Sonic Youth vibes going on here, so be sure to check it out if you're into that sort of noise.

Hector FR - Espera

From Hector FR's self-titled debut EP, out now via Swedish Columbia.

Juho Salmi & Suuri Voima - Kevätlaulu (video)

"Kevätlaulu" ("Spring song") is the second single from Juho Salmi & Suuri Voima's sophomore album "Kesä tulee, tunnetko", out now via Punos Sound and m/album/6UUr6AHPzIShqQiIxGiJsI">available on Spotify here in the US. maybe not seasonably appropriate, but maybe that's a good thing.

Lowe US tour

Swedish electropop act Lowe is coming back to the US for a week and a half of dates in support of their new album "Evolver":

10/13 - Darkroom, Chicago, IL
10/14 - The Shrunken Head, Columbus, OH
10/15 - 31st Street Bar, Pittsburgh, PA
10/16 - Digital Ferret, Philadelphia, PA
10/17 - Real Radio Show, New York, NY
10/19 - R Bar, New York, NY
10/20 - DJ-set@Breezeaway, manchester, NH
10/21 - Asylum , Portland, mE
10/22 - Elm Bar, New Haven, CT

Anna Maria Engberg - Wonderland (video)

The first sample of Anna maria Engberg's upcoming debut album, due out in January 2012.

The Silent Ballet reviews Roll the Dice

The Silent Ballet reviews the latest work "In dust" from Swedish ambient/electronic act Roll the Dice: m/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/4447/Default.aspx" target="_blank">https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/4447/Default.aspx

The Friend - This hour (video)

A new video from Finnish indie/pop act The Friend.

New website, new releases from Raison d'Être

Swedish dark ambient act Raison d'Être has a nice new website that's no longer purely Flash-based: https://raison-detre.info/
As always, Raison d'Être mastermind has lots of new releases on the way including "music for film and exhibition I + Natura Fluxus" 2CD+DVD under his legal nom de guerre Peter Andersson, a new version of the Necrophorus album "Underneath the spirit of tranquility" and an upcoming live album from Raison d'Être entitled "When the Earth dissolves in ashes" that will be released via Cold meat Industry. Definitely looking forward to that last one for sure -- samples and more info at the link above.

Fenriz' Band of the Week: Obnoxious Youth

Fenriz has selected Uppsala hardcore thrashers Obnoxious Youth as his band of the week: myspace.com/officialdarkthrone/blog/544502897" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/officialdarkthrone/blog/544502897
Personally, I'm not so into this style, but in no way can I deny that they excel at it.

Loney Dear - D major

Loney Dear's interpretation of Nobel Prize winner and fellow Swede Tomas Tranströmer's poem "C-dur", off his latest record "Hall music". Very prescient.

Scraps of Tape - Wieldless (video)

Here we go, the m/n/37788-scraps-of-tape-video-shoot-this-friday">long-promised video from Scraps of Tape filmed during the band's artwork photo shoot last June. How many malmö friends in the audience do you recognize?

Anna Ternheim - The longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss (video)

The first official clip from the new Anna Ternheim album "The night visitor" featuring Anna performing "The longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss" together with Dave Ferguson on his porch in Goodletsville, Tennessee.

White Willow - Hawks circle the mountain

The new album "Terminal twilight" from Norwegian progressive rock wizards White Willow is out today and here's a nice full-length sample tune to whet your appetite. If you dig dark, moody rock with layers of odd analog synths, you'll be into this.
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Division of Laura Lee - Cabin jam

Brand new tunage from Division of Laura Lee, only 2 more free downloads as of posting time. This is the first sample of the band's upcoming record which was produced by Jason Lytle (Grandaddy).