Danish label will be doing a 5-way split 7" featuring some of the best DK hardcore going right now: Death Token, Night Fever, Love Potion, Ripping Headache and Hjertestop. No idea exactly when that's happening, but soon...
Check out The Cherished Season, a new Swedish act featuring Andreas Hagman from Celestial and his brother David: https://www.myspace.com/thecherishedseason
Swedish Radio (SR) has just released the third version of their iPhone app and are now offering access to every channel: https://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/press/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2938&artikel=3323463 (in Swedish)
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU, special year-end top 10 edition:
01. TALK 1
02. Tyrant - The rebirth (reclaim the flame)
03. C.Aarmé - Dustin
04. Pintandwefall - Bird of the birds
05. Ironville - Sweet perfume
06. Dear Euphoria - Tell me
07. TALK 2
08. [ingenting] - Halleluja!
09. Agent Side Grinder - Die to live
10. Pistol Disco - Beat of the tune
11. TALK 3
12. The Bear Quartet - Carry your weight (Strange Maps remix)
13. The Fine Arts Showcase - Looking for your love
14. Wardruna - Dagr
15. TALK 4
16. Björn Kleinhenz - Fårö
17. Samuraj Cities - Spoonful of talk
18. David Åhlén - Stir our hearts
19. TALK 5
20. Elmo - Darkness falls
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Finnish label is shutting down their mailorder, so they're holding a big sale to get rid of existing inventory: https://www.ifsociety.com/shop
The label itself will continue on as it has these recent years, putting out one or two new albums each year.
Rasmus Kellerman (nee Tiger Lou) has a new demo tune streaming at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/rasmuskellerman
(yes, it is a Twisted Sister cover)
continue their Sunday Advent mixtape series with a contribution from Strange Maps, aka Petter Granberg of Park Hotell: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=251
Scandinavian House in NYC is hosting a "Northern Realms Showcase" on January 11 featuring live performances from artists such as acclaimed jazz duo Mats Öberg & Jonas Knutsson and Sami singer Sofia Jannok. More details: https://pl-pl.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196845214067&index=1
Peter Bjorn and John are contributing an exclusive cover of soft-pop classic "Summer breeze" to a new charity comp benefitting malaria victims: https://www.malarianomore.org/news/features/indie_rocks__a_benefit_album_for_malaria_no_more/
Nöjesguiden lists their favorite Swedish albums of 2009: https://www.nojesguiden.se/artiklar/haer-aer-arets-baesta-svenska-skivor
Groove has a new track from Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson for free download: https://www.groove.no/html/news/87796959.html
The band's new 2CD album will be out in January via
Swedish synth act Mobile Homes have apparently turned themselves into quite an all-star act all of a sudden with the recruitment of two new members. First is Kent guitarist Sami Sirviö who produced the band's most recent album "Today is your lucky day"; second is famed electro artist Andreas Tilliander.
The full lineup for January's Ja Ja Ja Scandinavian showcase show in London on January 21 has been confirmed and will include Simon Says No!, Leaves and Sudden Weather Change. More info: https://www.jajajamusic.com/events.php?id=6
MBV has a new track from Serena-Maneesh for free download: https://www.mbvmusic.com/2009/12/17/new-serena-maneesh-mp3-ayisha-abyss/19722
Apparently Watain will be performing a 45-minute Bathory tribute set at next year's Sweden Rock festival to commemorate the anniversary of Quorthon's death. Whether that alone makes Sweden Rock worth attending remains to be seen.