Viola - This year it will be different
Viola's free single for the month of December is Christmas-themed and is now available for download: musicclub.com/" target="_blank">https://www.violamusicclub.com/
Viola's free single for the month of December is Christmas-themed and is now available for download: musicclub.com/" target="_blank">https://www.violamusicclub.com/
Swedish label Diskret Förlag is releasing The Bear Quartet's latest album "89" on vinyl, 100 on transparent red, 400 on black. Go here to order: m/thebearquartet-eng.html" target="_blank">https://www.diskretforlag.com/thebearquartet-eng.html
Adrian Recordings are doing their annual "Sunday Advent mixtapes" and the first edition of this year's batch was put together by Finnish producer Tomi Kiiosk and is up for download: m/default.asp?newsid=247" target="_blank">https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=247
Finnish artist Astrid Swan has signed with Cargo Records in Germany who will be releasing her latest album "Better than wages" over yonder on January 29. She'll also be heading down for some shows too:
01/27 - Private Show, Brussels (BEL)
01/30 - tba, Furstenwalde (GER)
02/03 - Bassy, Berlin (GER)
02/05 - Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld (GER)
02/06 - Lothars alte nähfabrik, Schrobenhausen (GER)
Lisa milberg (The Concretes) has a new Christmas single posted for free download on her blog: missmilberg.blogspot.com/2009/11/merry-christmas.html" target="_blank">https://missmilberg.blogspot.com/2009/11/merry-christmas.html
The video for the new Rupesh Cartel single "Kick me into action" (feat. Firefox AK) is now on YouTube: m/watch?v=H9mDLcV477g" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9mDLcV477g
Djerv, the new band of ex-Animal Alpha vocalist Agnete Kjølsrud, now have a myspace presence with a few videos from the studio: myspace.com/djervmusic" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/djervmusic
Superb Norwegian artist Susanne Sundfør has announced that her new project The Brothel, a collaboration with artist/painter Kristin Austreid, is just about done and will be released in the spring.
Bouvet, the new Oslo act featuring members from Death Is Not Glamorous and The First Cut, have finally confirmed that their debut 7" will be released on January 5. 250 copies, transparent blue vinyl, packaged in a letterpress arigato pack.
The excellent Swedish jazz/world music label Country & Eastern has delayed their planned December releases and pushed them back to late January, 2010, but they will be doing their annual Advent calendar of unorthodox Christmas music starting December 1: https://www.countryandeastern.se/
Check out Swedish duo Taxi Taxi! covering the American evergreen "Oh my darling Clementine" which they recorded for the Swedish juice company Brämhults: mhults.se/" Target="_blank">https://www.bramhults.se/
It's a tenuous connection between the subject of the song and the fruit, but whatever -- it sounds alright.
Issue #10 of Swedish fashion + music newsletter The Swede Beat is out now and available for reading at their new website: m/blog/magazine/10-streets-of-sweden/" target="_blank">https://www.theswedebeat.com/blog/magazine/10-streets-of-sweden/
Kristofer Åström will be releasing a new EP called "When her eyes turn blue" on December 4 which will be available on both CD and 10" gatefold vinyl. 6 songs, including 4 previously unreleased cuts from the "Sinkadus" sessions.
The Silent Ballet reviews the latest Erik Enocksson record "man tänker sitt": m/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/2922/Default.aspx" target="_blank">https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/2922/Default.aspx
Kashmir has revealed that their next album, due out February 1, will be called "Trespassers".