OT, but worth noting: Nordisk Film and TV Fond have partnered with Eurocinema and Diva.AG to create an on-demand Scandinavian film festival which will be making its North American premiere on may 1. Read the press release: ma.com/festivals.php" target="_blank">https://eurocinema.com/festivals.php
Dusted reviews the new record "Heijastuva" from mika Vainio (Pan Sonic) alias Ø: magazine.com/reviews/6293" target="_blank">https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6293
Not exactly an official video, but it does make me appreciate how much hand-folding went into assembling those CDs. Direct link: m/watch?v=xpPLZlJSZ3c" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpPLZlJSZ3c
(Förmögenhet, The Bear Quartet) will be handling the vinyl edition of the mew Gösta Berlings Saga album "Glue works". Not sure what the release date will be exactly, but they say it'll be out at the same time as the CD edition on .
Fatboy recently went into the studio to record a pair of Roy Orbison covers as a tribute to what would have been the man's 75th birthday: https://fatboy.se/2011/03/the-orbison-session/
The tracks they chose were "mean woman blues" and "The actress", but as for when/how they'll be released, that's yet to be revealed.
malmö-based indie act Pixie Carnation will be launching a live-in-studio webseries this weekend; this is a preview. Direct link: meo.com/21170891" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/21170891
Pantherman, aka the trip-hop solo alias of Spleen United frontman Bjarke Niemann, has a new wood-housed USB album released in collaboration with design studio AIAIAI and clothing brand Libertine Libertine: man-usb/" target="_blank">https://www.aiaiai.dk/blog/libertine-pantherman-usb/
reports that they'll be putting out a new 4-song Circle 7" called "mylläri" to coincide with the Roadburn Festival in April. If copies are left over after the fest, they will be made available to the public. Otherwise, the label also reports that they'll be doing vinyl editions of Swedish retro rockers Brutus and Burning Saviors, both of which have records originally released via . Again, out in April. Beyond that, Svart will also be doing a live Pharoah Overlord album called "Horn" featuring a live set from Torvi in Lahti, Finland featuring all new/unreleased tracks and a Spaceman 3 cover.
Even with all of the gratuitous self-promotion and image recycling in this clip, Video Violence does a commendable job with this audio/visual remix though it's hard to top the ridiculousness of m/watch?v=3y435EzA-TU" target="_blank">the original. Direct link: m/watch?v=Kg6P2ydcTV0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg6P2ydcTV0
With the current mass exodus from myspace, Fenriz of Darkthrone has moved his much-valued "band of the week" blog to its own website: https://www.bandoftheweek.net/
Not all the acts he selects are Scandinavian, but if you're into organic-sounding heavy rock/metal, you can't go wrong with his recommendations.
has announced the signing of Bjørst and will be releasing their debut LP "Blandt de levende" on may 2 with a record release show celebrating the occasion on April 29 at Raahuset in Copenhagen. Hear a few sample tunes at SoundCloud: m/jkrogholt/sets/fg-1/" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/jkrogholt/sets/fg-1/
Check out a short sampler from The Davidic Order, David Åhlén's new project: m/david-ahlen/the-davidic-order-sampler-1" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/david-ahlen/the-davidic-order-sampler-1
has signed Swedish act Niki and The Dove: m/channel/blog/swedens_niki_and_the_dove_sign_to_sub_pop_records" target="_blank">https://www.subpop.com/channel/blog/swedens_niki_and_the_dove_sign_to_sub_pop_records
Håkan Johansson and Jonas Gustafsson of Division of Laura Lee take a break from recording their new album to guest on the Danger Radio podcast, selecting the tunes and also discussing said recording: musicisawful.com/2011/03/danger-radio-episode-99-selected-by-division-of-laura-lee/" target="_blank">https://www.yourmusicisawful.com/2011/03/danger-radio-episode-99-selected-by-division-of-laura-lee/
Swedish/Danish improv/prog act Øresund Space Collective has a long list of new releases in the works, including an expanding CD reissue of "Dead man in space", a 2LP live album recording at Roadburn in 2010 and a trilogy of vinyl LPs culled from their September 2010 studio sessions: m/?module=main&news=46" target="_blank">https://www.transubstans.com/?module=main&news=46