Swedish punkrockers The Accidents will have a new 6-song 10" EP called "Stigmata rock'n'roll" released on June 8 via Bootleg Booze. 1000 copies total, all on black with black-stamped sleeves except for 100 mailorder-only copies with red stamped sleeves.
New releases available for preorder from Finland's Fonal Records:
Kiila - Tuota tuota CD/LP
Es - Kesämaan lapset CD/LP
Tomutonttu - s/t CD/LP (reissue)
Samples and more details are available at Fonal's website: https://www.fonal.com/
Recent Cold Meat Industry signees Die Weisse Rose will have their new album "A martyrium of white roses" issued on both CD and vinyl, the latter being available on black, white or green wax, each color limited to 133 copies.
The new Swedish TV program "Blomstertid" is soundtracked entirety with the music of Tobias Fröberg and will premiere on June 3, the same day a best-of collection from Tobias is released entitled "Love and misery". Almost all of the music used has been previously released except for the new single "Den blomstertid nu kommer", which will be sent to radio soon.
MIC Norway profiles pop artist Karin Park and her new album "Ashes to gold": https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009050814311244621194
Stereo Test Kit, the UK-based label who released many fine Swedish acts such as The Social Services, We Are Soliders We Have Guns and Dear Euphoria, has called it quits. Read their full statement and score deals on remaining stock: https://www.stereotestkit.com/
Denmark's Beta Satan are releasing a 5-track digital EP on May 11 called "Girls mistreated and remixed" featuring remixes by various fellow Danes, including The Tremolo Beer Gut, Marybell Katastrophy, Supertroels, Druggy Viggo Sommer and Oliver North Boy Choir. Full details and sample links: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=49769601&blogId=487918230
Julian Brandt (ex-Bobby, The Paper Faces) will release the new single "Love can turn us blind" on June 10. Said track features guest vocals from Kitty Jutbring (Kitty & The K) and will include a remix by Dynamikk as well as the b-sides "Labyrinth of love" (co-written by Carl DeLorean from the band Kamera) and "FreeLove" (by Martin Gore of Depeche Mode). Listen at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/julianbrandt
Malmö-based psych artist Ved will have his album "Taygetos" released this fall on LP, appropriately, via Psychic Malmö. There will also be a new release via Lugnet in the near future, but details are still tba. Hear a few samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/vedsound
RIYL The Goner.
New music from The Embassy on May 13? See here: https://srvc.se/
Nö Music have an interview with The Cumshots presented as a cartoon: https://www.nomusicmedia.com/2009/05/07/cumshots-toon/
It appears the band is setting their sights on the UK market.
The BBC has a bit more background info on that new Björn & Benny single: https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8038805.stm
De Lyckliga Kompisarna, best known for their novelty song "Ishockeyfrisyr", will have a new 5-song EP out this summer via Sound Pollution with an album to follow in the fall.
International snotty punk collaboration Lögnhalsmottagningen (feat. Martin from The Faintest Ideas/Javelins and Stuart from Boyracer) will release their new EP "Fina nyanser i nya finanser" via US label Local Cross "as soon as it's done."
Chronic Heist has officially called it quits -- keep an eye on the members' other bands: The Skull Defekts, The Je Ne Sais Quoi and Gösta Berlings Saga.