SubSpace Communications has announced the signing of Swedish goth/electro act The Kick and will be releasing their debut single "The dancer" on March 2. Preview at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thekicksweden
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Design blog Elliot Jay Stocks on the elegant packaging of Swedish label Kning Disk: https://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/archive/2008/kning-disk-beautiful-swedish-design/
Crowpath has booked time at Berno Studios in Malmö with engineer Andy Andersson for the recording of their next album. They expect to go in on May 2 to record a grand total of 11 songs. No word yet on a release date (obviously), but they are shooting for fall.
Ola Salo of the The Ark will take on the title role in a Swedish-language adaption of the classic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Jesus Christ Superstar", set to premiere October 31 at the Malmö Opera House.
Finnish noiserockers Echo Is Your Love will celebrate their 10-year anniversary this year with the release of a new EP in April and a new full-length in autumn. The latter is still in the planning stages, but the EP will feature three new tracks, a remade old song and a remix by fellow Finns Boys of Scandinavia (who happen to be currently working on their own new album, something that I'm really looking forward to). The band also hopes to post all of their out-of-print material for free download (some already available here) and should have samples of the new stuff up around March.
Swedish punks (and recent Manifest Awards champions) Wolfbrigade have a new website: https://www.wolfbrigade.se/
The band recently recorded seven new tracks for a new 12"/CD and will be heading out on the road for a lot of dates this year. Plans are still being worked out for Australia and Japan, but here's what they have so far:
03/01 - PunkPartaj 6.66, Sandviken (SWE) w/Meanwhile, Counterblast, Kongh, more
03/09 - Kafé 44, Stockholm (SWE) w/DSB, Sista Sekunden
03/13 - Ar D'arto, Coimbra (POR)
03/14 - Porto Rio, Porta (POR)
08/29 - Balkanika Core festival, Kranj (SLO) w/ENT, Mob 47, more
09/06 - Play Fast or Don't 5, Hradci Králové (CZ) w/Selfish, Massgrave, more
Swedish label Compunctio will be putting out a new album from Norwegian jazz artists Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Håkon Kornstad. The duo will record in April.
US label Medical Abuse Records will be putting out a color vinyl edition of Totalt Jävla Mörker's recent self-titled release. 500 copies, hand-numbered and with an extra bonus track. Expect a March 18 release.
Surferosa have a terrible new website: https://www.surferosa.no/
Not only is it a Flash nightmare, it also doesn't display correctly on my laptop screen in a way that allows me to see everything. Nice one!
Check out Gabriel Fliflet, a Norwegian accordionist whose new live album "Rio Aga" will be released on February 18 via NORCD: https://www.myspace.com/rioagafliflet
If you like traditional Scandinavian folk, sea-shanties and the like, you'll dig this for sure.
The title of Håkan Hellström's new album will be "Försent för Edelweiss". It comes out March 26 with the first single "För en lång lång tid" preceding it on March 5.
Danish rockers Surfact are currently in the studio working on a new album. Søren Balsner from fellow Danish act Carpark North is producing.
Here are the nominees for the Myspace Prize (best up-and-coming/unsigned act) at the Danish Music Awards:
Factory 45
Kiss Kiss Kiss
No & The Maybes
Supershine
When Saints Go Machine
For more info and links, go here: https://www.myspace.com/danishmusicawards
Digfi on Emily McWilliam's Desert Soul, the winners of the Manifest award for best unsigned act: https://www.digfi.com/default.aspx?id=11553 (in Swedish)