Journalist Ben Murray will be attempting to tweet reviews of as many new and interesting bands as possible while attending Iceland Airwaves this weekend: https://twitter.com/benhmurray
Expectt a more in-depth follow-up account next week as well.
Hey look! Rasmus Kellerman (Tiger Lou) has a brand new demo track on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/rasmuskellerman
Pitchfork reviews Slaraffenland's new record "We're on your side": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13534-were-on-your-side/
Jonas Linngård from Pets has a new solo project called Labbet and he will be releasing his debut single "Heart and soul of a lion" on November 2. Preview here along with the b-side "I'm gonna miss you when you're gone": https://fairtilizer.com/users/Labbet
The 3rd annual "Spot on Denmark" showcase, as presented by ROSA (The Danish Rock Council), the SPOT festival and MXD (Music Export Denmark), will be happening in Brussels, Belgium on November 26. Acts to be featured include Fagget Fairys, I Got You on Tape, Lucy Love and Prins Nitram. Full details: https://www.abconcerts.be/en/concerts/p/detail/spot-on-denmark-iii-feat-fagget-fairys-lucy-love-i-got-you-on-tape-prins-nitram-26-11-2009
Imperial Recordings has partnered with fellow Swedish label Novoton is a joint deal to re-release the excellent album "An object" from Kraut/postpunk act Paper on February 10, 2010. Said album will be repackaged in new artwork and will be available on both CD and, at long last, vinyl.
They missed their intended launch date, but it seem that the folks behind the Ja Ja Ja Nordic clubnights in London have finally got themselves their first showcase at The Lexington on November 19. As for the bands selected to grace the stage at this inaugral event, they were selected by Huw Stephens of Radio 1 Introducing and include a representation from every Scandinavian country except poor Denmark: Kira Kira (Iceland), I Was A King (Norway), TV Off (Finland), Francis (Sweden). Go to their website for more: https://www.jajajamusic.com/
Abort Magazine interviews Norwegian industrial/metal act Red Harvest on the occasion of their upcoming 20th anniversary: https://abortmag.com/?p=11281
Finnish act Downstairs has a new track posted for free download via New Music Community along with a brief interview: https://www.newmusiccommunity.org/new/?page_id=5&postid=561
Calle Olsson is blogging the just-started Bear Quartet tour: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=42904576&blogId=514272542
Check out The Submarine Sessions, a new Danish multimedia site featuring pared-down live performances from a number of artists such as The Raveonettes, Oh Land, Cody, Baby Woodrose and more recorded in the belly of a submarine: https://www.submarinesessions.com/
Icelandic artist Ólöf Arnalds will finally see her debut album "Við og Við" released in North America on November 17 via One Little Indian. She's also reportedly finished with her follow-up record "Ókídókí" which will be out next spring.
Annie is doing a couple London gigs this week:
10/16 - Shepherds Bush Empire
10/17 - The Social
Jonas Pertersen aka Hymns from Nineveh is currently recording his full-length debut (and additional Christmas EP) together with Aske Bode from Bodebrixen and is keeping a blog as he goes: https://hymnsfromnineveh.wordpress.com/
It appears that Jakob Brixen from excellent fellow Danish act Mechanical Bird stopped by the other day to lay down some banjo and saw -- sounds good to me!
Brothers of End have a new website: https://www.brothersofend.se/