Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) is currently hanging around Göteborg where he will be producing the new Division of Laura Lee album. Pretty sure those guys are just about done with basic tracking so maybe we'll be hearing it by summer?
Yet another new video from the Finnish foursome. Direct link: m/watch?v=ymR06GBIryk" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymR06GBIryk
If you're a cheap bastard like me and have been waiting for a domestic US distro to pick up the latest Fun album on vinyl, you're now in luck: manufacturers_id=161&products_id=12544" target="_blank">https://stickfig1.securesites.net/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=161&products_id=12544
Norwegian experimental/electronic artists Phonophani, Sigbjørn Apeland and Alexander Rishaug will be heading to Japan in February:
02/16 - Gift, Tokyo
02/17 - Urbanguilde, Kyoto
02/18 - Common Cafe, Osaka
02/19 - Guggenheim House, Kobe
02/24 - Sample, Nara
02/25 - K.D.Japon, Nagoya
02/26 - Soup, Tokyo
Swedish crust/doom act Pyramido is keeping a studio diary while they are recording their new album "Salt": mido.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">https://pyramido.blogspot.com/
and are the labels that will be releasing the finished product.
Recent signees Rock N Roll Allstars have now officially completed work on their debut album which will be released in fall. Look for the very unsubtle-sounding lead single "Fuck me I'm famous" to debut in early march.
Disco Ensemble is heading to Switzerland and Germany this spring:
03/24 - ISC, Bern (CH)
03/25 - Sommercasino, Basel (CH)
03/26 - Etage Club, Biel (CH)
03/28 - musikbunker, Aachen (GER)
03/29 - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg (GER)
03/30 - Waschhaus, Potsdam (GER)
03/31 - Conne Island, Leipzig (GER)
04/01 - Stone, Düsseldorf (GER)
04/02 - Alter Schlachthof, Lingen (GER)
Fellow Nordic music blog All Scandinavian took their time, but they did finally get around to assembling their top 20 albums of the year: m/4931/the-20-best-albums-of-2010/" target="_blank">https://allscandinavian.com/4931/the-20-best-albums-of-2010/
Check elsewhere on their site for a few other best of-type posts.
Decibel did a video interview with two of the dudes from meshuggah discussing their upcoming album which will be out later this year: m/watch?v=K3JT7ivNIvm" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3JT7ivNIvm
Check out martin Senter covering the Familjen track "Det snurrar i min skalle": m/martinsenter/det-snurrar-i-min-skalle" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/martinsenter/det-snurrar-i-min-skalle
has confirmed that the new album "Goods" from Swedish singer/pianist Edda magnason will be released on march 30. Download the lead single "Handsome" here: m/Handsome-Singel_Edit.mp3" target="_blank">https://www.adrianfiles.com/Handsome-Singel_Edit.mp3
Look for a video for the track to appear soon.
Daniel Fagerström and Joachim Nordwall of The Skull Defekts (and a million other projects) do the "Listed" thing for Dusted, hyping some of their favorite Swedish acts: magazine.com/features/959" target="_blank">https://dustedmagazine.com/features/959
The brand new video from Umeå-based indierockers First Love, Last Rites. Download the mp3 method.se/imgone.mp3" target="_blank">here, preview/purchase the band's self-titled debut methodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/first-love-last-rites-s-t" target="_blank">here.
There's a brand new track from Norway's 120 Days streaming at Drowned in Sound: m/news/4141864-listen--120-days-dale-disco" target="_blank">https://drownedinsound.com/news/4141864-listen--120-days-dale-disco
Definitely going a bit more "out there" on this new recording it seems; not sure yet if that's good or not.
Nö music reports on this year's winner of the NRK Urørt prize for best unsigned act, Honningbarna: musicmedia.com/2011/01/24/honningbarna-crowned-ur%C3%B8rt-2011/" target="_blank">https://www.nomusicmedia.com/2011/01/24/honningbarna-crowned-ur%C3%B8rt-2011/