Much like STIM recently did with the Swedish Music Information Centre, The Finnish Composers’ Copyright Society Teosto is spinning off the Finnish Music Information Centre into its own entity: https://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/0/A50EC6EE1490F25AC225768C00324BD1?opendocument
Turboweekend, CALLmeKAT, Marie Fisker, Jonna Lee, Oh No Ono, Kaspar, Murmansk and Adam Tensta are among the latest confirmations for SXSW.
Sean Adams from Drowned in Sound will curating the January edition of London-based Scandinavian music showcase event Ja Ja Ja. The date is January 21 and the first act confirmed is Norwegians Simon Says No!.
The Göteborg Post follows up on The Bear Quartet's refusal of their Swedish Grammis nomination: https://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.266444-bear-quartet-vagrar-grammis (in Swedish)
Note that the band has indeed been removed from the voting roster: https://vote.grammis.se/kategorier/arets-rock.aspx
Norwegian noise masters Jazkammer will be doing a 12 CD subscription series for 2010 featuring a new release every month of the year. Planned releases include a new record with the "Metal music machine" lineup as well as various collaborations with artists such as John Wiese and Putrefier, plus lots more. Read here: https://jazkamer.blogspot.com/2009/11/jazkamer-2010-monthly-cd-series.html
The Swedish Music Information Centre has changed the name of their regular print newsletter from "Hit Facts" to "Sounds of Sweden" -- check out the first issue in pdf format: https://www.mic.se/avd/mic/prod/bilagor.nsf/dl/sos_2009_1.pdf/$file/sos_2009_1.pdf
Issue #10 of Swedish fashion + music newsletter The Swede Beat is out now and available for reading at their new website: https://www.theswedebeat.com/blog/magazine/10-streets-of-sweden/
Scandinavian acts confirmed for SXSW 2010: Ólöf Arnalds, Julian Berntzen, Adiam Dymott, Francis, The Kissaway Trail, Unni Lovlid, Lowood, Mixtapes & Cellmates, Michael Monroe (Hanoi Rocks), Movits! and Surrounded.
Sweden's Jenny Wilson is the sole Scandinavian honoree of the 2010 European Border Breakers Awards: https://www.europeanborderbreakersawards.eu/
Taken By Trees is shilling for the UK-based department store chain John Lewis with her cover of Guns 'n' Roses' "Sweet child o' mine": https://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/14/johnlewis-gunsnroses
London-based Scandinavian clubnight Ja Ja Ja has announced that XFM DJ John Kennedy has been selected to curate their Christmas party on December 17 and the acts picked are: Bloodgroup (Iceland), Harrys Gym (Norway) and Sofia Talvik (Sweden).
Friendly Noise has launched a magazine and issue one is up now: https://www.friendlynoise.se/fzn/1
It's in Swedish which is bad for me, but the layout + navigation is fantastic. Artists featured include Liminals, Auton and Studio (among others) and there's also a huge Friendly Noise sampler for download (see the "Friendly Noise Survival Kit").
The latest issue of email newsletter The Swede Beat just went out and it's a special feature on "Swedish Melancholia", in music, fashion and film: https://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=80b566c77cc8873e0857b5dea&id=9a56b61423
There will be a "Spotlight on Norway" feature on the upcoming Scotland Showcase world/folk music festival in January 2010 and MIC Norway has the full details plus profiles on all of the artists performing: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2009102113264521605859
Nö Music has the lowdown on the 41 various up-and-coming/demo acts selected to play By:Larm next year: https://www.nomusicmedia.com/2009/10/20/bylarm-demo-bands-announced/