Tag: General
Swedish Columbia is the name of a international new record label/art collective founded by Carcrash Records partners Håkan Johansson (Division of Laura Lee, Gbg) and Shelby Cinca (Frodus, DC). Besides collaborating on various bands (Frantic Mantis, etc.) and design projects, they've also found time to put out music from other people. The first batch of releases is heavy on Americans, so I won't tell you about most of 'em, but they are releasing a new single from the Swedish techno duo BMK aka Blandmissbruk which is supposedly yet another DoLL sideproject. Listen/purchase/download: https://bmkmusic.bandcamp.mu/
For more on Swedish Columbia, go here: https://www.myspace.com/swedishcolumbia
Too Many Notes is a new Swedish label home to Nutid and Alf: https://www.toomanynotes.se/
Look for Nutid's debut album in March.
Word on the street has it that the new Cats On Fire album will be called "Our temperance movement". Assuming everything is going according to plan, it will be released on March 14 via Johanna Kustannus.
Lisa Milberg of The Concretes has a new myspace page for her solo project: https://www.myspace.com/milbergmakesmusic
We Live In Trenches (remember?) will be going into the studio later this month to record a 12" for an unnamed German label. More details when I get 'em.
Nö Music lists many of the prominent Norwegian albums due out this coming year: https://www.nomusicmedia.com/2009/01/09/the-future-in-albums/
Danish indie act Factory45 will release their as-yet-untitled debut album on April 6.
Indiepop clubnight/record label Cosy Den will celebrate their 5th birthday with a five-day celebration in Stockholm at the end of July: https://www.smallstepforward.com/cosy/wordpress/?p=386
Swedish songstress Jonna Lee reports that her new album is done and will be sent off for pressing in about a month and a half. Look for the first single "My high" to be released soon.
Keep up with the V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble as they create their next album: https://vsnje.wordpress.com/
The nominees for Sweden's Manifest award for best unsigned act have been announced. Read more/vote: https://myspace.com/manifestgalan
If that links doesn't work well enough for you (myspace = shitsystem), MI also has the lowdown: https://www.musikindustrin.se/artikel/377/Dom_ar_Sveriges_basta_osignade_band.html
Danish mag Gaffa's predictions for bands that will blow up in 2009: https://www.gaffa.dk/artikel/30497
I'm ashamed to say that the only name I'm really familiar with is The Late Parade.
Umeå-based all-girl powerpop act The Koo-Koo's will release their self-titled debut album on February 7 and will be celebrating with a show at Scharinska. Hear a few sample tunes: https://www.myspace.com/thekookoos
Green Carnation frontman Kjetil Nordhus has a new band called Head Disco: https://www.myspace.com/headdisco
Kleerup is reportedly working together on a new project with Markus Krunegård of Laakso: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article4144423.ab (in Swedish)
I suspect it will fit the exact same formula as the rest of his vocal-based work, but who knows? Maybe he'll actually forgo the usual stringlines for once.