Niki and The Dove to Sub Pop
has signed Swedish act Niki and The Dove: https://www.subpop.com/channel/blog/swedens_niki_and_the_dove_sign_to_sub_pop_records
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Øresund Space Collective prepares 2011 releases
Swedish/Danish improv/prog act Øresund Space Collective has a long list of new releases in the works, including an expanding CD reissue of "Dead man in space", a 2LP live album recording at Roadburn in 2010 and a trilogy of vinyl LPs culled from their September 2010 studio sessions: https://www.transubstans.com/?module=main&news=46
New Torpedo album gets release date
The new Torpedo album "We" is confirmed for release on April 22 in GAS, April 29 everywhere else.
Subliminal Sounds preps Träd Gräs och Stenar, Tom Zacharias reissues
will reissuing 2LP collections from both legendary progg act Träd Gräs och Stenar and psych/funk/erotica artist Tom Zacharias in early April. Details: https://www.subliminalsounds.se/DOK/news.html
The Crypt begets Cult Demo Series
vinyl reissue label offshoot is launching a new sub-imprint called which will "focus exclusively on unsigned bands who only ever released demo material and have never had an official release." The first release will be a split between two Swedish acts, Embryo (featuring Mattias Borgh pre-Crypt of Kerberos) and Stigmata (featuring Peter Eklund of Dark Funeral).
Skudge ready with debut LP "Phantom"
P3 Guld Dance award winners Skudge will release their long-awaited full-length debut "Phantom" in April via the duo's own . Hear samples/preorder: https://rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=58884
Faster Katt demo to get cassette release
Doomsday Mag's new cassette label will be putting out a physical edition of the new Faster Katt demo: https://doomsdaymag.blogspot.com/2011/03/faster-katt-demo-2.html
Pascal/Mattias Alkberg split details
Details have been revealed for the upcoming Pascal/Mattias Alkberg split: https://www.kyssmig.com/
Pascal contribute 5 tunes, including a cover of Peter LeMarc's "Håll om mig" with Matti on guest vocals while Matti gives us 4 tunes with his cover selection being "Regnet i Södertälje" by Conny Nimmersjö. The official release date is April 13 via .
Björn Kleinhenz reveals new album, tour
Björn Kleinhenz reports that his new album "Djago Bråk", which I do believe is his planned acoustic album, is just about done and will be released in May. Just in time for tour, too -- he'll be setting out to Germany once again, this time with Karin Wiberg on violin and Jonathan Larsson on accordion as accompaniment. Dates:
04/30 - Hasenschaukel, Hamburg
05/01 - Brause, Duesseldorf
05/02 - King Georg, Cologne
05/03 - Walhalla Spiegelsaal
05/04 - Kino Maxim, Munich
05/05 - Thalia Kino, Dresden
05/06 - Grüner Salon, Berlin
05/07 - AMP, Münster
The Berlin show will be a special one too, because Björn will be playing with Pink Moth and they'll have a new split CD/download for the show featuring one song each "based on notes made during our travels together in the spring of 2010." More details and maybe even some samples soon...
New 22-Pistepirkko 7" for Record Store Day
22-Pistepirkko will be releasing a special 7" version of their old single "Birdy" for this year's Record Store Day with a flipside cover of the same as done in dub by countrymate Jimi Tenor. Full details here: https://www.bonevoyagerecordings.com/component/content/article/91-special-22-pistepirkko-7q-for-record-store-day
Roxette rip off?
Gaffa reports that Roxette has been accused of plagiarism by Norwegian act Hollywood Vampires: https://gaffa.se/nyhet/47764 (in Swedish)
I say we lock 'em both up and throw away the key.
New single coming from Bombus
Swedish rockers Bombus have a new single coming out on April 23 featuring the track "Safe passage" b/w "Cult leader". They're also playing Svalbard on March 25 which is pretty insane/awesome.
Moloken confirm new album release
Swedish prog/crust/metal champs Moloken report that they have finished recording their new album "Rural" and will be releasing it on August 27 via with a European tour to follow in support. In other news, the band's excellent full-length debut "Our astral circle" will be getting a South American release in May via in Ecuador and in Mexico.
Susanne Sundfør signs to Grönland
Susanne Sundfør has officially signed a European deal with ,the label founded by Herbert Grönemeyer. Look for Susanne's latest album "The brothel" to be released in Germany on May 20 with Austria, Switzerland, France, Benelux, Italy, Spain and Portugal to follow on the 23rd.
Sista Sekunden update (+ more)
Swedish hardcore act Sista Sekunden will be releasing a new 7" single in May and will be celebrating will a fully stacked show on the 7th at KB in Malmö featuring Regulations, Night Fever, Bäddat För Trubbel, Hårda Tider and Tysta Mari. Not to be missed, obviously.
In related news, Andy from Sista Sekunden's other band Terrible Feelings have recorded a bunch of new stuff and have a number of new releases on the way. First is a single on German label in cooperation with vocalist Manuela's own imprint featuring "Impending doom" b/w "Death to everyone". They've also got another 7" coming via (also German) featuring "Tied up" b/w "No meaning" as well as a CD coming out in Japan through that has six new songs recorded for it so far and will possibly (probably?) feature more.