The new Timo Räisänen album "The anatomy of Timo Räisänen" will be out in March via . The first single "Numbers" comes out January 26. In other Razzia news, the upcoming Dundertåget record they will be putting out later this year now has a name and it is "Dom feta åren är förbi".
Rasmus Kellerman (Tiger Lou) reports from the studio that his new album "The 24th" is done and awaiting mixing: https://rasmuskellerman.com/?p=807
Swedish lo-fi indie act Tower of Foil have a new song single they are offering for free download: https://www.toweroffoil.com/drivingnorthsingle.htm
Long-running Swedish metal act Dark Tranquility are streaming new material at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/dtofficial
PopMatters weighs in on the Lindstrøm & Christabelle collaboration "Real life is no cool": https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/119177-lindstrm-and-christabelle-real-life-is-no-cool/
Dusted covers the record as well, in probably the best of the reviews I've seen so far: https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/5473
Via Discobelle, here's something new from The Embassy: https://vimeo.com/8701563
Linda Ström from Cookies'n'Beans is going solo and will be releasing her album "Utan skyddsnät, utan gud" on February 10. Samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/lindastroem
Unexpected: Susanne Sundfør has officially joined Hypertext as a permanent member.
Drowned in Sound list their top 10 favorite Nordic albums of 2009: https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4138867-the-view-from-the-north--ten-nordic-releases-from-2009
Check out a new interview with Jaga Jazzist at The Milk Factory: https://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/st/2010/01/interview-jaga-jazzist-a-family-affair/
is the name of a new Danish label founded by Noah Rosanes of The Freudian Slip with the concept that no album they release will cost more than 10k Danish kroner (~$2000/1350€) and the funds for each subsequent release will be raised by auctioning off an exclusive track for that starting price. Sounds like a whole lot of wishful thinking to me, but best of luck to 'em -- read more here: https://10000records.com/index/about/
Naturally, the label's first release will be from the founder's own act, The Freudian Slip. Their album "Positive/negative" comes out February 22.
2008 IAT favorites The Goner have just released a new record entitled "Behold a new traveller" via . Listen to a sample tune and get more details here: https://www.dwacres.com/node/2477
I played that track a few times in a row last night and am eagerly awaiting the chance to hear more.
Lapko's new album "A New Bohemia" is now officially confirmed for release on March 10. Hear the lead track "" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/lapko
The Raveonettes have unveiled their new video for "Boys who rape (should all be destroyed)": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JyvP0xoqoc
artist Anna von Hausswolff has posted a couple new tunes at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/vonhausswolff
Her new 2x7" release "Track of time" comes out February 5.