A preview of the new Lena Philipsson single "Nästa säsong", written by Björn Olsson and Kaah and produced by Mattias Glavå (Anna Järvinen, Broder Daniel, Joel Alme, etc.). Lena's as-yet-untitled upcoming album will be out on November 30 and boasts a diverse cast of other cowriters, including Veronica Maggio, Christian and Vanessa Falk, Kleerup, Kaah, Dungen, Mauro Scocco and Markus Krunegård.
will release the new Amanda Mair single "Doubt" on October 19.
has announced that they'll be releasing a new MCD from Cryo on October 26 entitled "Beyond". Said disc will contain seven new tracks, two of which will be premiered at their gig tonight at Club Target.
Swedish indie act You Say France & I Whistle has officially signed with and will be releasing their debut album "Angry men" in Europe on October 28, everywhere else in January. The band will also be coming over to the US in October to play House of Sweden in Washington DC, CMJ in NYC and Culture Collide in LA.
Casiokids will see their album "" released in Japan on October 19 via and will also be heading over for a short tour in support:
11/10 - Marz, Tokyo
11/11 - Unit, Tokyo
11/12 - R.A.D., Nagoya
11/13 - Shangri la, Osaka
Billboard reports that has purchased Denmark's , parent label to , and Sweden's , among others: https://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/universal-music-acquires-denmark-s-mbo-group-1005339372.story
Cult of Luna has gathered their forces back in Umeå to write songs for their next album. Expect recording to begin this fall.
Spain's multidisciplinary Scandinavian arts festival Días Nórdicos is back for a 2nd year this coming September and October. As before, featured events will include talks, art exhibitions, film and of course, music -- artists confirmed so far include Zebra & Snake, Andi Almqvist, Anna Brønsted (Our Broken Garden), The Megaphonic Thrift, Junip and more. Full details: https://www.diasnordicos.com/
Aversionline is into Finnish beatdown hardcore act .45 Stainless: https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2011/09/07/45-stainless-ogbd-cd/
Been awhile, but Soviac are finally back with new music. "French" is the first single from the band's forthcoming release "The back album", officially due out on October 7 via .
The lineup for Mikael Sörling's next two "Turist i tillvaron" Swedish punk/hardcore comp LPs has been confirmed: https://sirling.blogspot.com/2011/09/ingen-rast-ingen-ro-turist-i-tillvaron.html
A few names I've covered before, but plenty of stuff I have not. As for the first volume, it's available for preorder and can also be heard via Spotify.
The new album "Gentle stream" from Swedish psychrockers The Amazing is now available for preorder from : https://www.subliminalsounds.se/DOK/news.html
Stort grattis till Marit Bergman who recently became a new mom: https://twitter.com/#!/maritbergman/status/110390475214696449
In lieu of gifts, follow her advice and give a donation to Doctors Without Borders for those not fortunate enough to have easy access to quality healthcare: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/donate/
Norwegian act Heroes & Zeros have confirmed that their 3rd album "Ghostly kisses" will be released on September 30.
has confirmed that the upcoming debut album from Cigarette Crossfire will be called "In between the cure and the disease" and will be out on October 26. Expect samples to be posted soon.