Norwegian artist Kari Harneshaug has joined the and will be releasing her debut album "Early morning memories" on March 2. Lead single "Don't walk upon my ground" is out now and should appeal to anyone into PJ Harvey and the like.
Swedish pop artist Amanda Jenssen will be releasing a new album this spring and will be premiering the first single "Dry my soul" at the Grammis on February 14.
Satan Takes a Holiday will be releasing a new album on March 9 called "Who do you voodoo?". Catch a quick teaser clip at their website: https://satantakesaholiday.com/
Here are the winners of the 2012 Manifest award, Sweden's indie/alternative Grammy:
Folk/Ballad: Siri Karlsson - Gran Fuego ()
Experimental: Hanna Hartman - H ^ 2 ()
Punk: Obnoxious Youth - The Eternal Void ()
Dance: Jonsson/Alter - Samlad årsproduktion ()
Hardrock: Opeth - Heritage ()
Rhythm: Simone Moreno - Planetas ()
Singer/Songwriter/Country/Americana: Ane Brun - It All Start With One ()
Rock: Pascal/Mattias Alkberg - Allt det här ()
Best Unsigned: Death By Armborst
Jazz: Jonas Holgersson - Snick Snack ()
Hip-Hop: Mofeta & Jerre - Briljanter & Smaragder ()
Synth: Necro Facility - Wintermute ()
Pop: Azure Blue - Rule of thirds ()
Best live act: This is Head ()
SKAP/Manifest Prize for best lyrics: Philip Ekström - Det Vackra Livet ()
SKAP/Manifest Prize for best composer: Maria Lindén - I Break Horses ()
Manifest Prize for best indie: Popkollo
Finnish John Carpenter-worshipping synth-rockers Nightsatan finally did the inevitable and recorded a movie soundtrack. Listen to the theme from "Outro" here: https://soundcloud.com/solinarecords/nightsatan-outro
Watch I Used to be a Sparrow, the duo of Dick Pettersson (In These Woods) and Italian expat Andrea Caccese (Songs For The Sleepwalkers), cover an old tune by Appleseed Cast. Look for the band's debut album "Luke" to be released in April via .
Solid female-fronted indierock from Norway, swapping out synths for guitars. The trio's new album "All that floats will rain" is out February 3 via .
is teaming up with French label to release the self-titled debut full-length album from Death and Vanilla. 300 copies on yellow vinyl, 150 CDs; preview some older tunes at Bandcamp: https://deathandvanilla.bandcamp.com/
Gaffa is reporting that there's a new Swedish "supergroup" called Fas 3 put together by Michael Alonzo of KSMB/Stockholms Negrer featuring Sören "Sulo" Karlsson (Diamond Dogs), Nicke Andersson (Imperial State Electric, The Hellacopters, etc.) and Inge Johansson (The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Totalt Jävla Mörker, etc.): https://gaffa.se/nyhet/57070
The new band's debut single "Dansa som en fjäril" will be released on Inge's label very soon and the band will make their live debut in Stockholm in 2 weeks.
Swedish postrockers Ef are heading to Russia for the first time at the end of the month:
02/23 - Avrora Zal, St Petersburg
02/24 - Plan B, Moscow
In other news, the band is having their 2008 album "I am responsible" reissued as a 2LP via German label in a newly remixed and remastered version put together by Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna, etc.). Official release date is February 8.
"A hint" is the brand new single from Swedish indiepop act Most Valuable Players. Purchase a piece of the cover art painting at the band's website: https://mostvaluableplayers.se/
Göteborg act Ikons will release their debut album on April 25.
New Norway-centric webzine Bad Sounds opened its virtual doors today: https://www.badsoundsmagazine.com/
Among the first batch of content is a by:Larm primer and an interview with David Daja of Pirate Love.
Umeå indierockers First Love, Last Rites are currently mixing their new record and will be releasing the first single in March.
Via The Living Doorway comes a heads-up on Danish act Hexis, a rare example of a band that's successfully able to combine elements of black metal and hardcore into something that's actually good! Seriously, give it a listen via Bandcamp and see what you think.