New Kent in April
Kent's next album "Jag är inte rädd för mörkret" has been confirmed for release in April.
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Wolfbrigade signs with Southern Lord
Lambgoat reports that has picked up legendary Swedish d-beat act Wolfbrigade and will be releasing their new album "Damned" in early 2012: https://lambgoat.com/news/17342/Southern-Lord-signs-Wolfbrigade
New WhoMadeWho in February
The new WhoMadeWho album "Brighter" has been officially confirmed for release on February 27. Lead single "Inside the world" is out now and will be released on 7" in January b/w a cover of the same by John Grant.
Absolut Noise top 5 Swedish songs of 2011
Absolut Noise recounts his top 5 favorite songs of 2011 (and more in the archives): https://www.absolutnoise.com/2011/12/best-of-2011-%E2%80%93-my-top-20-favourite-songs-1-5.html
Look for a slightly different top 10 list of Swedish music from Absolut Noise to be published here sometime next week.
New website for Fysisk Format
, the stellar in-house label of Oslo's likewise excellent Tiger Records Shop, has a nice new website: https://www.fysiskformat.no/
They are also taking a poll as to everyone's favorite release which will also enter you in a raffle to win 5 free albums of your choosing: https://fysiskformat.tigernet.no/wp_ff/poll/
New Mustasch in February
The new Mustasch album "Sounds like hell, looks like heaven" will be released on February 1.
GAFFA-Prisen DK 2011
Here are the domestic winners of Gaffa Denmark's annual GAFFA-Prisen:
Album: Malk de Koijn - "Toback to the fromtime"
Band: Malk de Koijn
Female Artist: Oh Land
Male Artist: L.O.C.
Newcomer: Kato
Hit: Fallulah - "Out of it"
Music Video: Veto - "Am I awake or should I wake up" (dir: Rasmus Weng Karlsen)
Rock Album: Veto - "Everything Is Amplified"
Pop Album: Oh Land - "Oh Land"
Hip-hop Album: Malk de Koijn - "Toback to the fromtime"
Hard Rock Album: Hatesphere - "The great bludgeoning"
Electronic Album: Kato - "Discolized 2.0"
Go here for the full list: https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/55462
New Skriet video, new [ingenting] album
PSL has the premiere of Skriet's new video "Oceandåren": https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2011/12/08/titta-skriets-ny-bara-pa-psl/
Also via PSL comes word that [ingenting] is planning to (finally!) release a new album next fall.
Nomethod winter update
has provided us with their winter/spring release schedule, as well as a couple excellent sample tunes. Listen above/read below:
Dec 23 - Tennis Bafra - Knox Harrington [digital single]
Dec 24 - Åbe - Leland [digital single]
Jan 01 - Åbe - King of Pellargonia [CD/digital]
Feb 06 - Tennis Bafra - Abulia Jubilee [CD/LP/digital]
Feb 22 - Soviac - The aack album [CD/LP/digital]
Mar 03 - Simian Ghost - Youth [LP]
Later in 2012, look for new albums from De Montevert, First Love Last Rites and Daymare.
The Kissaway Trail down to a trio
Danish act The Kissaway Trail has parted ways with bassist Rune Pedersen and guitarist Daniel Skjoldmose and will continue on as a trio for the time being while they work on new material. Read more: https://www.facebook.com/kissawaytrail/posts/10150408327558173
Gimme some dogs
Peter Bjorn and John are doing an Advent calendar thing and normally I wouldn't care because I'm a Scrooge, but I can't pass up some behind-the-scenes footage from their dog photo shoot: https://peterbjornandjohn.com/blog/2011/12/gimme-some-advent-calendar-7/
Vädret - Sista
will be releasing a 7-track mini-album from Vädret, the new solo project from Scraps of Tape guitarist Marcus Nilsson. Release date TBA.
The Ark to release posthumous DVD
The Ark are officially done as a band now, but they'll be putting out (at least) one final release: a live DVD filmed at last summer's Peace & Love Festival as part of their farewell tour. Official release date is February 15 and 10% of the proceeds will be donated towards the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation.
Timbuktu and Damn! to release anniversary album
Swedish rapper Timbuktu and live backing band Damn! will be celebrating 10 years of collaboration by recording a new album containing studio versions of songs previously only heard in concert. No word yet on what it will be called or when it will be released, but I'll keep you posted.
Two new releases from Throat
Finnish noisecore bruisers Throat have two new 7"s out now, one being a split with fellow Finns Fleshpress, the other a two-song number entitled "Pee": https://ihatethroat.blogspot.com/2011/12/two-brand-new-releases.html