Miike Snow - Paddling out (video)

A new video from director Andreas Nilsson is almost always worth checking out. Not nearly as dark as a lot of his other work, but far more crowd-pleasingly entertaining.

Nordic by Nature - 2 years of good taste

Berlin-based Scandinavian clubnight Nordic By Nature has posted a new mixtape for free download to celebrate their 2-year anniversary: https://soundcloud.com/nordicbynature/nordic-by-nature-2-years-of-1

The Goner - Sun on stone/Illumination

"Sun on stone" b/w "Illumination", a brand new two-track single from IAT faves The Goner. More of an anxious rock sound than their earlier folk/drone work, but very cool all the same.

Nightsatan - Outro

Finnish John Carpenter-worshipping synth-rockers Nightsatan finally did the inevitable and recorded a movie soundtrack. Listen to the theme from "Outro" here: https://soundcloud.com/solinarecords/nightsatan-outro

Elefantkvinnan - Contemporary worldly music

An audio retrospective of Elefantkvinnan, the 2005-2009 label curated by Viktor Sjöberg (V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble, Jens Lekman) and Gustav Rosengren (Kalligrammofon).

Henric de la Cour - My machine (video)

PSL Has the premiere of Henric de la Cour's new vogue-heavy video "My machine": https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/02/03/premiar-henric-de-la-cour-my-machine/

I Used To Be A Sparrow - Innocent vigilant ordinary (video)

Watch I Used to be a Sparrow, the duo of Dick Pettersson (In These Woods) and Italian expat Andrea Caccese (Songs For The Sleepwalkers), cover an old tune by Appleseed Cast. Look for the band's debut album "Luke" to be released in April via Paper Wings Records.

HighasaKite - Son of a bitch

Solid female-fronted indierock from Norway, swapping out synths for guitars. The trio's new album "All that floats will rain" is out February 3 via Riot Factory.

Musik med Promise and the Monster

Live music at PSL with the excellent downer pop act Promise and the Monster: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/02/02/musik-med-promise-the-monster/

Kalligrammofon/Hands in the Dark to release Death and Vanilla

Kalligrammofon is teaming up with French label Hands in the Dark to release the self-titled debut full-length album from Death and Vanilla. 300 copies on yellow vinyl, 150 CDs; preview some older tunes at Bandcamp: https://deathandvanilla.bandcamp.com/

Firefox AK cancels tour

Firefox AK has sadly been forced to cancel her upcoming "A New Devotion" tour due to doctor's orders. Full statement: https://www.firefoxak.com/

Uppgång och Fall - Demo 2012

New rough & tumble punkrock outta Malmö with trade-off male/female vox. Good stuff!

I Break Horses on tour worldwide

I Break Horses will be spending a lot of time on the road in coming months:

02/03 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
02/04 - Grammatikof, Duisburg (GER)
02/05 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER)
02/06 - Comet (Karrera Klub), Berlin (GER)
02/10 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
02/11 - La Flèche d'Or, Paris (FRA)
02/12 - Rotonde, Brussels (BEL)
2/16-18 - By:Larm Festival, Oslo (NOR)
04/22 - Fillmore, San Francisco, CA *
04/25 - Roseland, Portland, OR *
04/26 - Neptune, Seattle, WA *
04/27 - Vogue, Vancouver, BC *
04/29 - In the Venue, Salt Lake City, UT *
04/30 - Ogden, Denver, CO *
05/01 - Granada, Lawrence, KS *
05/02 - Pageant, St Louis, MO *
05/04 - Vic, Chicago, IL *
05/05 - Majestic, Detroit, MI *
05/06 - Sound Academy, Toronto, ON *
05/07 - Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY *
05/09 - House Of Blues, Boston, MA *
05/10 - Terminal 5, New York, NY *
05/11 - Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA *
05/12 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC *
05/14 - Buckhead Theater, Atlanta, GA *
05/15 - Marathon Music Works, Nashville, TN *
05/17 - House of Blues, Houston, TX *
05/18 - Stubb's, Austin, TX *
05/19 - Granada, Dallas, TX *
05/21 - Crescent, Phoenix, AZ
05/22 - Casbah, San Diego CA
05/23 - Echo, Los Angeles, CA
05/25 - Sasquatch Festival, The Gorge, WA
05/29 - Lincoln Hall, Chicago, LA
05/30 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY

* supporting M83.

Presenting: Fas 3

Gaffa is reporting that there's a new Swedish "supergroup" called Fas 3 put together by Michael Alonzo of KSMB/Stockholms Negrer featuring Sören "Sulo" Karlsson (Diamond Dogs), Nicke Andersson (Imperial State Electric, The Hellacopters, etc.) and Inge Johansson (The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Totalt Jävla Mörker, etc.): https://gaffa.se/nyhet/57070
The new band's debut single "Dansa som en fjäril" will be released on Inge's label Ny Våg very soon and the band will make their live debut in Stockholm in 2 weeks.

Linkoban - Like this (video)

"Like this" is the debut single from new Danish rapper/Lucy Love protegé Linkoban. Expect an EP this spring and an album later in the fall.