There's a new Mattias Alkberg album (and book!) being released on September 21 via and it's called "Anarkist". The first single "Asterism & obelisk" is out now and, in addition to hearing the streams embedded here, can be listened to at Matti's website where he also has the lyrics posted: https://www.mattiasalkberg.se/
Check out a sample tune from Stanley Brinks and the The Kaniks, aka Herman Dune with members from Bergen Mandolinband and I Was a King: https://soundcloud.com/hype-city-recordings/stanley-brinks-and-the-kaniks
The band's album "Jamaica Inn" will be released on June 24 via .
Speaking of The Tallest Man on Earth, his self-titled debut EP will be re-released on 12" vinyl with a previously unreleased bonus track called "In the pockets" tacked on.
The new Firefox AK album "Color the trees" is now confirmed for release in Sweden on August via , with a G/A/S release on July 29 via / and also down under in Australia and New Zealand on at about the same time.
A new release from ? "Welcome to emotion", a new song from Nicolas Makelberge given only to Minna Enström: https://www.eeemotion.se/music/nicolasmakelberge/welcometoemotion/
Peter Bjorn and John are holding an art show at the TriBeCa Grand Hotel in New York City featuring all of the various illustrations that Jonas Torvestig created as inspired the band's most recent (and quite excellent) album "Gimme some" and the number 3. It opens tonight at 7pm ET and will eventually make its way to Chicago, Los Angeles and then back to the band's home country of Sweden.
Finnish death metallers Vorum will be heading to Uppsala, Sweden in late July to record their first full-length album.
Gaffa reports that the Swedish Grammis have split the Urban/Dance category back into electro/dance and hip-hop/soul for next year's awards: https://gaffa.se/nyhet/50120
They've also brought back the Best Video award and have followed the lead of P3 Guld by dropping the male/female artist categories to just have one Best Artist.
Jens Lekman recommends that you read Grace Paley as that's his chosen topic of the month for June: https://www.jenslekman.com/records/smalltalk.htm
I concur, though it probably helps if you're Jewish (and/or socialist). But seriously, besides her excellent short stories, she's one of the very few poets whose work I've read and consistently enjoyed. Oh, and Jens also says he's finishing up mixing a new EP too.
has posted details for the new In the Country CD/DVD "Sounds and sights": https://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/in_the_country/rcd-2113-in-the-country-sounds-and-sights-cd-dvd/
Also at PSL, news that Fibes, Oh Fibes! has recorded a new album with Pontus Winnberg of Miike Snow: https://psl.svt.se/psl/2011/6/8/extra-extra-fibes-oh-fibes-produceras-av-miike-snow-pontus-och-gastas-av-fontan-och-den-franska-trion/
/ will be releasing the debut LP from female-fronted Malmö-based punk band Vånna Inget this coming fall. Listen: https://soundcloud.com/vanna-inget/sets/v-nna-i/
Efterklang will be closing down their label , except to release their own albums at home in Denmark/Scandinavia: https://rumraket.tumblr.com/post/6313444049/new-canon-blue-record-the-end-of-rumraket
The label's final non-Efterklang release will be US artist Canon Blue's sophomore album "Rumspringa", due out August 29. Read more commentary from Efterklang bassist/manager Rasmus Stolberg at Gaffa: https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/50093
Danish bruisers Rising report that they are done recording their upcoming full-length debut and it is currently being mixed by Jakob Reichert Nielsen before being sent off to Alan Douches for mastering in July.
Seems like a silly headline, but it actually makes sense when you think about it: https://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/norwegian-government-provides-black-metal-training-for-diplomats/