Aftonbladet reports that marit Bergman will have the honor of composing this year's theme for Stockholm Pride: musik/article5184739.ab" target="_blank">https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article5184739.ab (in Swedish)
Bonnier Amigo will release Swedish folk artist Esbjörn Hazelius' debut solo album "Blunda och du ska få se" on June 3. Hear a couple tracks at myspace: myspace.com/esbjornhazelius" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/esbjornhazelius
Esbjörn is probably best known for being a member of Sofia Karlsson's backing band. If you like her music (as you should), you'll probably like this too.
Samuraj Cities have a new video for the track "Spoonful of talk": m/watch?v=p4UB-BKPyHk&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4UB-BKPyHk&fmt=18
Day 7 in the studio with The Bear Quartet: myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=42904576&blogId=490083933" target="_blank">https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=42904576&blogId=490083933
Norwegian drone artist Sten Ove Toft is currently streaming his entire "Lit de parade" album at myspace: myspace.com/stenovetoft" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/stenovetoft
Check out the Assid remix of Kristofer Åström's song "Conjure me": mblr.com/post/110412147/conjure-me-assid-remix" target="_blank">https://kristoferontour.tumblr.com/post/110412147/conjure-me-assid-remix
Håkan Lidbo and the folks behind Swedish Radio electronic music program Ström have put together m/?n=27639">a collection of new music for national mourning, m/?n=25776">sent music into space and now they've gathered a crew of some of Sweden's finest electronic artists to cover the music they hate. Instead of paraphrasing, let's cut + paste:
In 2009, the radio show Ström gave an assignment to Swedish artists that make electronic music.; to make an interpretation of a song that they really do not like, sometimes even hate. The purpose was some sort of musical regression therapy. By making a cover of a song they dislike and make it into their own, the artists could get in touch with their musical origin, the place in their soul where the creativitiy is coming from. And by doing so, get a deeper understanding of themselves as humans - and as artists. The influential songs are easy to point out, and easy to cover, but the hated ones can be shameful and hard to confront. Sometimes those can partly explain why the artist sound the way he or she does.
The result: "musiken vi hatar", due out June 10. Tracklist:
01. Fever Ray - Here Before (Vashti Bunyan)
02. Roos - Polly (Nirvana)
03. Andreas Tilliander - Dub that she wants/All That She Wants (Ace Of Base)
04. Familjen - mine Øyne De Ska Se (Lis Sørensen)
05. Little Jinder - Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground)
06. Cilihili & DaBook - Orinoco Flow (Enya)
07. Ebb - Trash (Suede)
08. Trig - Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice)
09. Lisa Nordström - LIke To Get To Know You Well (Howard Jones)
10. Håkan Lidbo - Born In The USA (Bruce Springsteen)
11. Alf Tumble - Klubbland (Håkan Hellström)
12. Vaerelsen - Diska!/Washing Up (Tomas Andersson)
13. Den Finska Nikotintanten - 122 Hours Of Fear (The Screamers)
14. Roll the Dice - motorcycle Emptiness (manic Street Preachers)
See the m/index.php?n=30452#comments">comments area for a track-by-track breakdown of why each artist chose the song they did.
Pitchfork reviews the new Svarte Greiner album "Kappe": m/reviews/albums/12862-kappe/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12862-kappe/
The Soundtrack of Our Lives' latest album "Communion" will receive a UK release on August 24 so they're building up to the event by giving away a new single on the third Sunday of every month until the big day. Read more and download the first track "Ra 88" at the band's website: https://www.tsool.net/
The people behind the Øya Festival and the new Norwegian fanzine "Fan" have put together a comp of Norwegian indierock for free download: m/pages/nor/365-fansampler_tilgjengelig_naa" target="_blank">https://www.oyafestivalen.com/pages/nor/365-fansampler_tilgjengelig_naa
P.Trash Records will be releasing the debut LP from Agro Jive, the new band of Kasper maarbjerg from No Hope for the Kids. Hear some demo tunes at myspace: myspace.com/agrojive" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/agrojive
Chromewaves reviews Cats on Fire and Liechtenstein live in NYC: mewaves.net/2009/05/nyc-popfest-with-cats-on-fire-liechtenstein-the-tartans-and-don-lennon-at-don-hills/" target="_blank">https://www.chromewaves.net/2009/05/nyc-popfest-with-cats-on-fire-liechtenstein-the-tartans-and-don-lennon-at-don-hills/
Danish act Late Night Venture are streaming a bunch of new demo tracks on myspace along with their upcoming 4-track EP "Illuminations", which is due for release soon: myspace.com/latenightventure" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/latenightventure
Swedish rapper Lazee has a new video for the track "Pusherman": m/watch?v=z6J0skyXtEg&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6J0skyXtEg&fmt=18