Fluxblog posts a track from Sophie Rimheden: https://www.fluxblog.org/2006/01/lights-on-ceiling-dont-know-sophie.html

Dusted reviews the new Darkthrone EP "Too old, too cold": https://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2647

The Swedish student radio top 20 chart is back from vacation:

01. Dub Sweden - "We're So Loud"
02. Arctic Monkey - "When the Sun Goes Down"
03. Martha Wainright - "Bloody Mother F***ing A**hole"
04. SwingFly - "Something's Got Me Started"
05. Belle & Sebastian - "Funny Little Frog"
06. Whyte Seeds - "Bold as Love"
07. The Sounds - "Song With a Mission"
08. Christian Kjellvander w/Nina Persson - "Roaring 40's"
09. Alf - "Manchester Man"
10. Dilated Peoples - "Back Again"
11. Stars - "Your Ex-lover is Dead"
12. Irene - "Baby I Love Your Way"
13. Death Cab For Cutie - "Crooked Teeth"
14. Absentee - "Weasel"
15. Maxïmo Park - "I Want You to Stay"
16. Beth Orton - "Conceived"
17. Damian Marley med NAS - "Road to Zion"
18. Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - "Rise Up With Fists"
19. Ashanti - "Still on it"
20. Daddy Yankee - "Rompe"

Aftonbladet on the In Flames collaboration with pop-artist Lisa Miskovsky: https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,770499,00.html (in Swedish)

Nordic reviews in the latest High Bias update:

Dozer - Through the eyes of heathens
Hellacopters - Rock & roll is dead
Slideshaker - In the raw

Check out an e-card for the new Aerial album "Black rain from the bombing", out tomorrow on Nomethod: https://www.nomethod.se/Ecard/Ecard060131.htm
As I said before, this is one of 2006's first great releases. The record will be available here as a paid download with physical copies arriving in stock eventually.

Pitchfork has posted a track review of José González' Kylie Minogue cover "Hand on your heart": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/tracks/06-01-30.shtml

Blood Music, the "solo" project of Karl-Jonas Winqvist from First Floor Power, is now on myspace and has posted two unreleased songs for streaming: https://www.myspace.com/singasongfighter

Swedish indie label Songs I Wish I Had Written has signed Gentle Touch and will be releasing their debut EP on February 22. Download a taste right here: https://www.songsiwish.com/GT/GentleTouch-Memories.mp3

In other SIWIHW news, the upcoming Le Sport full-length will be out in mid-March and the new Lovekevins album will be released by summer.

God Damn Trio has posted four new songs for free download: https://www.goddamntrio.com/

The David & the Citizens song "Big chill" is a couple years old now, but the reason I'm posting it today is because it's on a new EP, coming out on March 7 via US label Friendly Fire Recordings. I know most of my Scandinavian readers should be already familiar with D&tC, but this EP is the band's first proper US release. Yes, frontman David Fridlund had his solo album released here last year, but it doesn't count - this is The Citizens I'm talking about. I've been a fan of these guys for awhile now (and even included them on my own "Reader's companion" compilation), but I have to say that I like them best in small doses. The albums are good, but it's on the EPs where they really shine. This new collection is perfect at a terse six songs: just enough to get you started without overwhelming you. It's hard to take a band with a long discography like D&tC and distill it down to a manageable size, but FF did a wonderful job. This particular song I'm posting today is one of my favorites. Not only because of Matti from the Bear Quartet's haunting guest vocals, but also because of the excellent video from Anders Weberg of Recycled Image Studio (viewable here). "A funny thing about the video," says Anders, "is that It was aired like once and then pulled back because apparently it was ok to sing the word "bullshit" but when the subtitle said it .. it wasn't .. at least thats the reason we got from the network .. no comment." Anders has also been kind enough to provide a link to the previously unseen director's cut of said video: [click here]
Good stuff - be sure to check it out.

"Open the gates of Mimer", the latest from noise collective The Skull Defekts, is now available as a paid download: [click here]
CDs in stock soon.

Swedish alt.country singer/songwriter Thomas Denver Jonsson has launched a new label called Going Places that will specialize in 7" releases. First up is a split with Swedish act Bobby Baby and US artist Daniel Smith. More details: https://www.goingplacesrecords.com/

IAT.MP3 artist Pacta Sunt Servanda has posted a brand new track for free download: https://www.pactasuntservanda.se/Pacta_Sunt_Servanda-they_lied.mp3
Recommend, of course.