Dusted reviews Phonophani: https://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1846

Pitchfork gives a tepid review of the new Soundtrack of Our Lives album: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/soundtrack-of-our-lives/origin-1.shtml

The Tenderversion website has a new websingle from Kinesis Sonata, a new band featuring members from many of the label's acts including Audrey, Once We Were and Scraps of Tape: https://www.tenderversion.com/
More songs coming soon!

Check out a live video of Kemialliset Ystavat's first song from their set at the Avanto Festival: https://www.kemiallisetystavat.com/avanto.mpg

Christian Kjellvander will support Veirs for a couple dates in France and will also do a couple shows in Åre at the end of February:

02/25 - Åre (SWE)
02/26 - Åre (SWE)
03/11 - Reims (FRA)
03/12 - Paris (FRA)

I saw some discussion of this as soon as the song was released, but Håkan Hellström is in trouble for plagarism yet again: https://expressen.se/index.jsp?a=235905 (in Swedish)

Who thought this was a good idea? Ace of Base is planning a comeback: https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,596131,00.html (in Swedish)

Arcana is heading to Italy for a couple dates:

02/05 - Caffè Concerto, Piazza Grande, Modena
02/06 - Circolo degli Artisti, Via Casilina Vecchia, Roma

The latest Scandinavian music reviews from German webzine Sellfish:

Apocalyptica - s/t
Astral Doors - Evil is forever
Cloudscape - s/t
Frantic Bleep - The sense apparatus
Tristania - Ashes

Century Media rock n' roll offshoot Liquor and Poker Music has announced that they will release the "Cream Of The Crap! Vol. 2" b-sides and rarities collection from The Hellacopters in the US on February 22.

Check out a demo of the track "Superstar" from Finland's New York City Survivors: https://www.phinnweb.org/dum/mp3/

The top Scandinavian videos streamed last week at on-demand video service Musicbrigade.com:

01. Eric Prydz - Call On Me [Late Night Version]
02. Gunther feat. Samantha Fox - Touch Me
03. A-ha - Take On Me
04. Eric Prydz - Call On Me [Clean Version]
05. Gunther & Sunshine Girls - Teeny Weeny String Bikini

Requested Videos: 316,445
Total Streams: 502,668

Singer/songwriter Pekka Pörtfors has posted a new five-song acoustic EP for download: https://www.pekkaportfors.tk/

Download the song "The best time of the year" from Swedish singer/songwriter Boy Omega: https://kubot.ath.cx/kubotsite/villa_mp3/BoyOmega-TheBestTimeOfTheYear.mp3

To celebrate their 5th anniversary and Nina's 30th birthday, Cardigans fansite 'Sick and Tired' has posted an albums worth of rarities for download: https://perso.sickandtired.mageos.com/cd.htm