TLOBF talks to Murmansk
The Line of Best Fit interviews Finnish shoegazers Murmansk ahead of their appearance at this month's Ja Ja Ja Nordic showcase in London: https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2011/01/ja-ja-ja-murmansk/
The Line of Best Fit interviews Finnish shoegazers Murmansk ahead of their appearance at this month's Ja Ja Ja Nordic showcase in London: https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2011/01/ja-ja-ja-murmansk/
Adrien Begrand has published his entire unedited Ghost interview from the recent Decibel for online reading: https://abegrand.pitas.com/
In other Ghost-related news, this is quite entertaining: https://wp.me/p19mQC-72
SWEHC interviews Micke Persson, the longtime proprietor of Refused fansite refusedfan.com: https://www.swehc.com/2011/01/15/micke-persson-on-refused/
interviews Amber Oak, a week before the release of their debut full-length "Illt": https://www.westsidefabrication.se/news/more-amber-oak/
Spin interviews Peter Morén of Peter Bjorn and John about a few of their songs off the forthcoming album "Gimme some": https://www.spin.com/articles/exclusive-peter-bjorn-and-john-talk-new-album
The 405 has a new audio interview up with Norwegian artist Bellman: https://thefourohfive.com/articles/4862
Two of the guys from Anchor hitchhike from Reno to SF and live to tell the tale: https://www.swehc.com/2010/12/25/saturday-early-morning-vgn-powa-with-claes-anchor/
interviews Norway's Monzano as part of their week-long takeover of the site The 405: https://thefourohfive.com/articles/4844
Check out the full English text version of an interview that Haust vocalist Vebjørn Guttormsgaard did with Brazilian blog Intervalo Banger: https://okkultokrati.blogspot.com/2010/12/uma-entrevista-com-vebjrn-de-haust.html
It's mostly in Swedish, but maybe worth a peep anyhow: avant/electronic/experimental music website Sound of Music invites a number of scene luminaries to sum up their year: https://www.soundofmusic.nu/artikel/musik%C3%A5ret-2010-0
Contributors include Maja Ratkje, Mats Gustafsson, Lisa Nordström (Midaircondo), Dag Rosenqvist (Jasper TX), Lasse Marhaug (Jazkammer, etc.), Joachim Nordwall (The Skull Defekts) and lots more.
Avant-garde Metal talks to Mathew "Kvohst" McNerney about Hexvesssel, his intriguing new dark-folk project: https://www.avantgarde-metal.com/content/stories2.php?id=195
I'm Kingfisher aka Thomas Denver Jonsson talks about his new album "Arctic" and performs the song "Feline funeral" live with help from Dear Euphoria. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yodce0-HHc
Okkultokrati has republished the full English text of their semi-recent interview from Ox Fanzine: https://okkultokrati.blogspot.com/2010/12/okkultokrati-interview-in-ox-fanzine.html
Ralf Gyllenhammar of Mustasch flips out on a reporter from the Dala-Demokraten. More here: https://www.medievarlden.se/nyheter/2010/12/anvande-iphone-for-intervju-hotades-med-stryk
The Mary Onettes and Club 8 both participated in Under the Radar's year-end artist survey feature.