Danish indie upstarts Annasaid have signed with Unity Sound and will be heading out on the road for a few UK and German dates this fall:
11/04 - The Redhouse, Sheffield (UK)
11/05 - Club NME, London (UK)
11/06 - Joseph´s Well, Leeds (UK)
11/07 - The Cross Kings, London (UK)
11/12 - NBI, Berlin (GER)
11/13 - Mensa Live Club, Freiburg (GER)
Can't say I'm all that thrilled by their myspaces samples, but we shall see...
Upcoming international dates for Moto Boy:
09/30 - Burundy Lion, Montreal (CAN)
10/02 - POP Montreal, Montreal (CAN)
10/15 - Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavik (ICE)
10/16 - Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavik (ICE)
10/19 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
10/21 - Moritzbastei, Leipzig (GER)
10/22 - Hasenschaukel, Hamburg (GER)
10/23 - Hafen2, Offenbach (GER)
10/24 - Subway, Cologne (GER)
10/25 - Fluc, Vienna (CH)
Swedish electropop act Name the Pet will release her self-titled full-length debut on October 14.
80s postpunk act Commando M Pigg will grace the stage once more at the MNW 40th anniversary party at Strand Hornstull on October 14.
Here's the full tracklist for the upcoming Leonard Cohen tribute "Cohen - The Scandinavian report":
01. Cockies n Beans - First we take Manhattan
02. Rebecka Törnqvist - Here it is
03. Moto Boy - If it be your will
04. Jan Malmsjö - Dansa mig till kärlekens slut (Dance me to the end of love)
05. Ane Brun - Ain't no cure for love
06. Bo Sundström - Everybody knows
07. Sara Isaksson - Hey that's no way to say goodbye
08. Lars Halapi - Sisters of mercy
09. Mikael Wiehe - USA är redo för demokrati (Democracy)
10. Anders Widmark - Hallelujah
11. Eva Dahlgren - Bird on the wire
12. Vidar & Peter - In my secret life
13. Jenny Wilson - The partisan
14. Olle Ljungström - Chelsea Hotel #2
15. Sophie Zelmani - Waiting for the miracle to come
16. Christel Alsos - Suzanne
The official release date is September 30.
Pitchfork has the new video for Jónsi and Alex and the song "Sometimes I get scared": https://pitchfork.com/news/36433-new-video-from-sigur-ros-frontman-jonsis-side-project/
Watch Moto Boy perform "Sledgehammer" on the streets of Stockholm as a tribute to Polar Prize winner Peter Gabriel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KynGtYe_Cs
Stereogum has a new track from Swedish act Fredrik along with the news that their recent EP trilogy "Trilogi" (duh) will get a consolidated released on November 10 via The Kora Records: https://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/new-fredrik-locked-in-the-basement_088881.html
More here: https://www.thekorarecords.com/press-trilogi.html
Watch [ingenting] perform the song "Medan vi sov" live at The Tram Sessions: https://thetramsession.blogspot.com/2009/09/ingenting.html
I was actually just listening to this track when I stumbled across the link.
Check out Danish artist Lars and The Hands of Light and their new video "Me me me": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z17P6fpBi9k
Release the Bats reports that the forthcoming No Balls LP has been sent off for pressing and should be ready in mid-October. The label says: This is Drajan and Råberg from Brainbombs going nuts. Incredible stuff that sounds like mix of Ruins, Brainbombs and DNA." Having picked up a new 7" from them recently, I'd say that's not too far from the truth though the far simpler "instrumental Brainbombs" descriptor would probably suffice, at least for record I have. Anyhow, looking forward to it. 300 copies, preview a track here: https://www.myspace.com/releasethebatsrecords
PSL reports that Jonas Game has started work on his sophomore album and will be singing in Swedish: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/09/09/extra-extra-jonas-game-spelar-in-skiva-pa-svenska-med-rasmus-hagg/
It's also worth noting that he will be recording with Rasmus Hägg (Studio) and his old Bad Cash Quartet bandmates Adam Bolméus och Martin Elisson will be joining him as well.
I don't normally post Swedish tourdates, but both The Bear Quartet and Mattias Alkberg are hitting the road this fall: https://www.mabd.se/?p=132
Also scroll down through the comments for a roundup of various reviews for the new album "89".
Swedish rap artist Adam Tensta will perform at the House of Sweden in Washington DC on September 19.
Deleted Art talks to Andreas Werliin of Wildbirds & Peacedrums about his other project Fire!, which includes Mats Gustafsson (The Thing, etc) and Johan Bertling (Häpna/Tape): https://deletedart.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/you-liked-me-five-minutes-ago/