New mp3, website from Pello Revolvers

Indie/folk act Pello Revolvers have a new website with a new track available for download: https://pellorevolvers.wordpress.com/

'If I had a heart' coming to vinyl

The new Fever Ray single "If I had a heart" will be released on 7" vinyl on January 26 and will include various (?) b-side remixes.

Cloudberry Cake Proselytism recommends: Saturday Kids

Cloudberry Cake Proselytism on obscure Swedish act Saturday Kids: https://cloudberryrecords.com/blog/?p=384

Hallelujah 2

Norwegian all-star singer/songwriters Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes and Askil Holm are reuniting for another album and tour. See their new myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/lindnilsenfuentesholm

St. Hood signs to Combat Rock, preps new album

Finnish hardcore act St. Hood has parted ways with Fullhouse Records to join the roster of Combat Rock Industry. Look for their new album "For the dead" in late April/early May.

New album from Regulations soon?

Regulations recorded 12 new tracks for their next LP this past week with Fredrik Lyxzén at home in Umeå. No release date yet or anything, but I'll keep you posted.

Jeniferever license 'Spring tides' to Japan, more

Japanese label Thomason Sounds has licensed the forthcoming Jeneferever album "Spring tides" for release in Japan, Honk Kong and Taiwan in April.

Rumraket to release new albums from Slaraffenland, Taxi Taxi!

Danish label Rumraket reports that they'll be releasing Slaraffenland's 3rd album in April and will also be putting out Taxi Taxi!'s much-anticipated full-length debut (produced by Johan Berthling of Tape/Häpna) later on in 2009, as well as a live album/DVD from labelheads Efterklang.

Dead Birds to unearth Java (ex-Ashram) rehearsal recording

Before there was Trapdoor Fucking Exit, there was Ashram. After Ashram parted ways with their vocalist in '96, the band continued on as an instrumental act under the name Java. That band never officially released anything, but the new label Dead Birds will be putting out an old 5-song rehearsal tape as their first release. More details and samples soon?

SR P3 Guld 2009

Here are the winners of this year's Swedish Radio (SR) P3 Guld Awards:

Guldmicken (best live act): Håkan Hellström
Best hip-hop/soul: Afasi & Filthy
Best dance: Style of Eye
Best newcomer: Lykke Li
Best song: Markus Krunegård – Jag är en vampyr
Best pop: El Perro del Mar
Best group: Johnossi
Best rock/metal: In Flames
Best artist: Håkan Hellström

Tiger Lou tour doc

Tiger Lou had a couple fellows following them around on their recent German tour with video cameras shooting a documentary feature. The finished product isn't ready yet, but you can watch a teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABfVEqTsH8k

Motorpsycho and Jello Biafra team up for Patrick Fitzgerald tribute

Motorpsycho have recorded a track with Jello Biafra for a Norwegian Patrick Fitzgerald tribute record: https://www.myspace.com/440482258
Other relevant contributors include The School and 3rd & the Mortal, among others.

Yet another social networking site: Snowfish

MI reports on Snowfish, a new social networking/revenue sharing site being run by a team of Swedish and American music execs: https://www.musikindustrin.se/artikel/392/Snowfish__framtidens_satt_att_publicera_sig_online.html (in Swedish)
The one thing they left out, and probably one of the most important details, the url: https://snowfish.com/

Jokeren to release new album in February

Denmark's biggest hip-hop artist Jokeren will be back with the new album "Den tørstige digter" on February 23. Hear the first single "Gå væk" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/eljokerino

Danish DeeJay Award nominees announced

Gaffa has the lowdown for this year's nominees for the Danish DeeJay Awards: https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/30648 (in Danish)