Oslo cassette label will soon be putting out their inaugural release, "At the Wörthersee Hotel" from lofi indie act The Uptights. Details: https://keepsecretrecords.net/shop/ksr01/
Free download/listen here: mp.com/" target="_blank">https://theuptights.bandcamp.com/
New skaterock outta Sweden, 10-song cassette on the way already sold out with m/2011/10/frisk-luft-ni-swedish.html" target="_blank">a repress in the works.
has a new 2-track single from Swedish indierock act Brine that they are giving away as a free download: m/" target="_blank">https://www.harboursea.com/
Dusted reviews the new Loney Dear record "Hall music": magazine.com/reviews/6721" target="_blank">https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6721
The Quietus runs down the discography of Swedish/Norwegian free-jazz monster The Thing: m/articles/07094-the-strange-frightening-world-of-the-thing" target="_blank">https://thequietus.com/articles/07094-the-strange-frightening-world-of-the-thing
Listen to Norway has a new episode of their "Live at the Office" series featuring Bergen-based folk/rock act Real Ones: mic.nsf/doc/art2011100413311291699702" target="_blank">https://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2011100413311291699702
The new Casiokids album "Aabenbaringen over aaskammen" is currently streaming in full at Consequence of Sound: m-casiokids-aabenbaringen-over-aaskammen-cos-premiere/" target="_blank">https://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/stream-casiokids-aabenbaringen-over-aaskammen-cos-premiere/
Watch Heroes & Zeros perform live in the studio with guest vocalist Hanne Hukkelberg. The band's new album "Ghostly kisses" is out now.
Iceland's Ólafur Arnalds is giving away a brand new, newly composed and recorded song every day this week as part of his "Living room songs" project: msongs.olafurarnalds.com/" target="_blank">livingroomsongs.olafurarnalds.com/
This is the future: The Hives release a new song as part of the new videogame "FIFA 2012". "Thousand answers" is said to be a leftover from the band's last record, 2007's "The black and white album".
This is Vit Päls' brand new single "Loving you was crazy shit". Said tune comes off the band's upcoming 6-song EP "Studio möllan sessions", due out October 17.
Scandinavian music mag Gaffa is expanding beyond Denmark and Sweden to Norway and will be opening their new website later this month with the free monthly print edition to follow in spring 2012. Øyvind Rones from Groove.no has been hired as editor.
Finnish gloom-rockers mystons are heading out for a few live dates around The Baltics and beyond:
10/04 - Ülase12, Tallinn (EE)
10/05 - Zavood, Tarto (EE)
10/06 - Nabaklab, Riga (LV)
10/07 - Fontaine Palace, Liepaja (LV)
10/08 - Pogo Baras, Šiauliai (LT)
10/10 - Estrada stagebar, Bydgoszcz (POL)
10/12 - Köpi/ Koma F, Berlin (GER)
10/15 - Pogo Baras, Vilnius (LT)
Keep an eye on Iconcrash's twitter for some sort of special event tomorrow, October 5th: m/#!/Iconcrash" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/#!/Iconcrash
Pitchfork is streaming the new Acid House Kings tune "Heaven knows I miss him now" which features guest vocals from Dan Treacy of Television Personalities: m/reviews/tracks/12526-heaven-knows-i-miss-him-now-ft-dan-treacy/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12526-heaven-knows-i-miss-him-now-ft-dan-treacy/