Doomsday's best of 2008

Swedish punk/crust site Doomsday mag's favorite picks of 2008: msdaymag.blogspot.com/2008/12/rsbstalista-2008.html" target="_blank">https://doomsdaymag.blogspot.com/2008/12/rsbstalista-2008.html

A Camp sings "Stilla natt"

Watch A Camp (Nina Persson) perform "Silent night" in Swedish + German: m/watch?v=QKSFt4SAgio&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKSFt4SAgio&fmt=18

All Scandinavian reviews "The more"

All Scandinavian on marybell Katastrophy's debut full-length "The more": m/466/marybell-katastrophy-the-more/" target="_blank">https://allscandinavian.com/466/marybell-katastrophy-the-more/

New Optic Nest CS on Moptaco Dics

moptaco Dics, the label of Knife and Ape/Chronic Heist/et al., will be releasing a new cassette from Optic Nest this Friday entitled "Plays The Buchla 200". I guess there's a record release show at Kolsyrefabriken in Stockholm as well, with Altar of Flies, Time Deleters, Jean-Louis Huhta and others, but I'm not 100% sure of the details.

They Live - Magic glasses

They Live, the solo sideproject of one of the dudes from Pistol Disco (m/mp3.php?t=826">remember?), has a new EP for free download: m/theylive.html" target="_blank">https://www.antiton.com/theylive.html

Digfi's top songs of 2008

Digfi's top songs of the year: m/default.aspx?id=12219" target="_blank">https://www.digfi.com/default.aspx?id=12219

MP3: Robert Svensson - 1991

Robert Svensson's first solo single was "1987", a track which featured guest vocals from Adam Olenius of Shout Out Louds. That was supposed to be a big selling point I guess, yet it ended up being one of the weakest tracks on his album. Nine months later, here we are with his latest single "1991" which actually happens to be my favorite track on the album. 4 years made the difference? Anyhow, the template for the sound isn't that different - we still get the same indierock with skittering beats and clever percussion, soft synths and a big, big chorus. "1991" also eschews more typical "rock" instrumentation, relying (almost?) solely on electronics. That helps separate the piece from Robert's work with his band mixtapes & Cellmates and it also provides a wider palette for him to dip his proverbial paint brush. Yes, it's a bit colder, but that too is fitting for the season as far as I'm concerned. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a fresh blanket of snow outside to go play in.

Robert Svensson - 1991

Top 10s for 2008: Mattias Alkberg (The Bear Quartet/MABD)

Musikknyheter.no best of 2008

musikknyheter.no lists their favorite Norwegian music of 2008: musikknyheter.no/news/4718" target="_blank">https://www.musikknyheter.no/news/4718

Lower than lo-fi, but free for download

Download a couple sample tunes from Norwegian act Lower Than Lo-fi, but Higher courtesy of metronomicon Audio: metronomiconaudio.net/audio/lowerlofi/mp3/No%20need%20for%20ladders%20-%20I%20couldn't%20be%20there.mp3" target="_blank">"I couldn't be there" / metronomiconaudio.net/audio/lowerlofi/mp3/No%20need%20for%20ladders%20-%20Words.mp3" target="_blank">"Words"
The band's new CDr "No need for ladders" is out now.

What does Fenriz see?

Fenriz from Darkthrone does Rorschach tests for Legacy Document: ment.blogspot.com/2008/12/rorschach-test-subject-6-fenriz-do-i.html" target="_blank">https://legacydocument.blogspot.com/2008/12/rorschach-test-subject-6-fenriz-do-i.html

Ill Omen: New breed of Finnish hardcore

Killing the Legacy on the new breed of Finnish hardcore and new demos from Ill Omen: m/2008/12/its-getting-colder.html" target="_blank">https://killingthelegacy.blogspot.com/2008/12/its-getting-colder.html

Absolut Noise talks 2008 with BQ

Absolut Noise talks to three of the dudes from The Bear Quartet (Jari, matti and Calle) and the band Hajen about their favorite music of 2008: m/2008/12/2008-swedish-artists-picks-part-1.html" target="_blank">https://absolutnoise.blogspot.com/2008/12/2008-swedish-artists-picks-part-1.html

New Lowood album via NONS

NONS has confirmed the release of Lowood's new album "Close to violence" for march 25. Preview a few tracks at the band's website, including the first single "Crash" which is out now: https://www.lowood.se/

Thus:Owls present "Climbing the Fjelds of Norway"

Download a free track from Swedish experimental/jazz/indie act Thus:Owls: m/" target="_blank">https://www.thusowls.com/
The group's debut album "Cardiac malformations" will be out in April via Hoob (The Splendor, musicmusicmusic).