Pitchfork reviews the new Datarock

Pitchfork reviews the new Datarock album "Red": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13207-red/

New Khoma album underway

Khoma reports that they have officially started recording their next album: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=35884178&blogId=508252758
Expect an early 2010 release.

The Tiny - Last weekend (video)

Check out The Tiny's brand new video for the single "Last weekend": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJZ0T9OQb-4

Out now on Country & Eastern: Bengt Berger - Beches brew

Country & Eastern, the label that lovingly mixes Swedish jazz and Eastern folk, has just released a new album from Bengt Berger entitled "Beches brew". The record was recorded live and in the studio with Thomas Gustafsson, Lindha Kallerdahl, Jonas Knutsson, Max Schultz, Mats Öberg and mixed by Sigge Krantz. Head to the label site for more info and samples: https://countryandeastern.se/

New Nicolai Dunger album 'Play' coming in October

Swedish singer/songwriter Nicolai Dunger will be releasing his new album "Play", his first proper "pop" album since 2004's "Here's my song...", on October 14 via Flesh Boat Recordings/Bonnier Amigo. It was recorded with Mats Schuberts from Bo Kaspers Orkester and co-produced by Staffan Andersson (Lars Winnerbäck, Olle Ljungström). Mats also plays in the backing band along with drummer Federico de Costa (Qoph), renown reeds player Jonas Kullhammar and the illustrious Per Wikström on congas, who you might recognize from this video.

Saluting the Crunchy Frog-a-logue preview

Crunchy Frog has established a myspace page for their new tribute comp "Saluting the Crunchy Frog-a-logue" and are streaming a good number of the tracks: https://www.myspace.com/frogalogue
In case you missed my earlier mentions of it, the comp features 25 current Danish acts each covering a song from the label's vast back-catalogue. Acts featured include: As in RebekkaMaria, Baby Woodrose, Choir of Young Believers, Decorate Decorate vs Cody, Figurines, I Am Bones, Marybell Katastrophy, Robert Johnson and Punchdrunks, Slaraffenland, The Asteroid Galaxy Tour, The Blue Van, The Fashion, The Kissaway Trail, The Wong Boys, When Saints Go Machine, Who Made Who and lots more.

Superfamily - Commit self-portrait

Superfamily's new album "Guns tonight" is now officially released and they've added yet another new song to myspace: https://www.myspace.com/superfamily

Bad Hands - Bad hands (video)

Bad Hands, the solo project of Per Nordmark (Fireside, etc.), has a new video for his eponymous song with vocals from Nina Kinert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyzqR1h6ckg

Great Northern Recordings compilation #4 is here

Now in stock: Great Northern Recordings compilation #4, both on CDr and cassette and both packaged in beautiful black-on-black silkscreened sleeves with artwork by Ragnar Persson. As for the music, once again it's some of the best the Swedish underground has to offer: Lakes of Grass and Gold (aka Erik Enocksson), Tape, The Magic State and Tsukimono. Looks good, sounds good, is good!

New tourdates for Kristofer Åström

Kristofer Åström is hitting the road in December with his backing band The Rainaways:

12/07 - Knust, Hamburg (GER)
12/08 - Magnet Club, Berlin (GER)
12/09 - Groove Station, Dresden (GER)
12/10 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER)
12/11 - Gebäude 9, Köln (GER)
12/12 - Nachtleben, Frankfurt (GER)
12/13 - Hirsch, Nürnberg (GER)
12/14 - Universum, Stuttgart (GER)
12/15 - Atomic Café, München (GER)
12/16 - Volkshaus, Basel (CH)
12/17 - ISC, Bern (CH)
12/19 - Moritzhof, Magdeburg (GER)
12/20 - Falkendom, Bielefeld (GER)

The Mary Onettes - Puzzles

Download the new The Mary Onettes single "Puzzles": https://www.labrador.se/Puzzles/TheMaryOnettes_Puzzles.mp3
The official release date is September 30.

A-ha confirm new single

"Nothing is keeping you here" has been selected as the 2nd single from A-ha's latest record "Foot of the mountain". The official release date is September 21.

Musik med Pasadena

Live music with Dreamboy sideproject Pasadena at PSL: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/08/31/musik-med-pasadena/

New Radio Dept. album pushed back to February 2010

The Radio Dept.'s long-awaited new album "Clinging to a scheme" is now set for a February 2010 release via Labrador Records.

Viola - Sea curtain

Viola's new free giveaway single for the month of September is an autumnal number entitled "Sea curtain": https://www.violamusicclub.com/2009-09-sea-curtain