Swedish indie artist major major has recorded an English version of the classic Adolphson & Falk tune "Blinker blå" and posted it for free download: m/2008/12/13/124/" target="_blank">https://backgroundnoiserec.wordpress.com/2008/12/13/124/
mmy-nilsson/" target="_blank">PSL is reporting that markus Krunegård (Laakso) has started a new band with Jari Haapalainen (The Bear Quartet) called Fear of Love. Expect an album this summer?
Röyksopp are celebrating their birthday with a free download track called, appropriately enough, "Happy birthday": m/" target="_blank">https://www.royksopp.com/
mando Diao's new single "Dance with somebody", their first from the upcoming album "Give me fire" (due out February 13), will be released on December 19.
Scraps of Tape's new album "Grand letdown" will be out in march via Tenderversion. I'm not sure if the tracklist has been 100% confirmed yet or not, but I've been told that the band has recorded covers of both "Filler" by minor Threat (awesome) and "Eric" by Carpet People (more awesome). And the five songs I've had the pleasure of hearing so far: very, very awesome. Be patient!
Textura reviews Auton: m" target="_blank">https://www.textura.org/reviews/auton.htm
A Camp, the solo project of Nina Persson from The Cardigans, will release their new album "Colonia" in the US/North American on April 28 via Nettwerk.
Check out a teaser video for the new Skambankt album "Hardt regn", due out in January: m/watch?v=GjezbVvNIkc" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjezbVvNIkc
Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat top albums of the year: mm%C3%A4t+levyt/1135241971157" target="_blank">https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/artikkeli/HS+listasi+kuluneen+vuoden+kiitellyimm%C3%A4t+levyt/1135241971157
Swedish noiserockers EL-SD are streaming a new track at myspace: myspace.com/hellelsd" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/hellelsd
Expect a new EP from the band in 2009.
SR (Swedish Radio), SVT (Swedish Television) and Radiohjälpen are teaming up for musikhjälpen, an international benefit program aimed to help refugees. In this particular Swedish case, three DJs will be locked inside a glass home in central malmö for three days where they will only be allowed to consume liquids and will be expected to broadcast 24-hours a day for 6 days, from December 13-19. As for the money raising part, listeners will be able to request songs for 50 SEK and in addition, you can also hire the staff of SR to do pretty much whatever you want. Got a big pile of dishes building up in the sink? Get a DJ to take care of it and help out some refugees at the same time. It's win-win! Read more: musikhjalpen" target="_blank">https://www.sr.se/musikhjalpen
Kamera is hard at work in the studio and have already completed the the rhythm tracks for their new album.
Upcoming European tourdates for Norway's Pirate Love:
01/21 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
01/29 - Schaubude, Kiel (GER)
01/30 - tba, Haarlem (HOL)
02/01 - Die Bliksem, Den Helder (HOL)
02/03 - 1210, Stuttgart (GER)
02/04 - tba, Darmstadt (GER)
02/05 - tba, Geneva (CH)
02/06 - Kofmehl, Solothurn (CH)
02/07 - Gaswerk, Winterthur (CH)
02/08 - tba, Ravensburg (GER)
02/09 - tba, Vienna (AUS)
02/11 - Traffic, Roma (ITA)
02/13 - Lio Bar, Brescia (ITA)
02/14 - Onircia, Parma (ITA)
02/15 - Ungawa Tiki Bar -Bergantino, Rovigo (ITA)
02/16 - Thunderbird, St. Etienne (FRA)
02/18 - tba, Toulouse (FRA)
02/18 - mondo Bizarro, Rennes (FRA)
02/21 - tba, Lausanne (CH)
02/26 - tba, Würzburg (GER)
02/28 - Cortina Bob, Berlin (GER)
David Åhlén's new album "We sprout in thy soil", his first under his own name, will finally be out in February via Compunctio. Swedish tourdates at myspace: myspace.com/davidahlen" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/davidahlen
Watch a tour doc/beer commercial from Danish metalcore act The Psyke Project: m/watch?v=VnFGGnq-Hf8" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnFGGnq-Hf8