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Stereo Test Kit has confirmed the tracklist for their upcoming "Records make great pets - Volume 2" compilation featuring 20 tracks from 20 Swedish indie artists: https://www.stereotestkit.com/pets.htm
Hard to pick specific highlights since the tracklist is incredibly strong, but some of the names are Alarma Man, Björn
Kleinhenz, Convoj, Hajen, Lowood, Park Hotell, Rickard Jäverling, Scraps of Tape, The Social Services, Two White Horses and Winter Took His Life.
Simon Says No! will be doing a few extra US dates around SXSW before they head out to LA to record:
03/13 - Pianos, New York, NY
03/14 - Trash Bar, Brooklyn, NY
03/16 - Fontana's, Mew York, NY
03/18-03/22 - SXSW
03/24 - Starline, Fresno, CA
04/01 - The Harlot, San Francisco, CA
04/02 - 3 of Clubs, Los Angeles, CA
Yesterday I told you there was a new Sweptaways album on the way, today I give you full details. Once again, the release date is April 15 and here now is the tracklist with full guest + songwriter details:
01. Democracy – The Sweptaways and Sir Eric Beyond [Erik Aalto]
02. Sign your name – The Sweptaways and Nina Ramsby [Terence Trent D'Arby]
03. They don't know about us – The Sweptaways and Anders Wendin aka Moneybrother [Kirsty MacColl]
04. Electric – The Sweptaways [Dag Volle, Martin Sandberg, Herbert Crichlow, Leila K]
05. Time of the season – The Sweptaways and Pelle Almqvist (The Hives) [Rod Argent, originally performed by The Zombies]
06. Happiness will be my revenge – The Sweptaways and Jens Lekman [Jens Lekman]
07. I've got your man – The Sweptaways and Robyn [Marion Hall, Richard Martin, Rickardo Ducent, originally performed by Lady Saw]
08. With every heartbeat – The Sweptaways and Simone Rubi (Rubies) [Robin Carlsson, Andreas Kleerup]
09. Vintersaga – The Sweptaways and Uje Brandelius [Ted Ström]
10. The world's greatest – The Sweptaways [R Kelly]
11. Something special – The Sweptaways and Asha Ali [Dolly Parton]
12. Tjörn – The Sweptaways and Björn Olsson [Björn Olsson]
Expect the first single (tbd) in mid-March.
The new Montt Mardié album "Skaizerkite" will be released on April 8 via Hybris. In the meantime, download the free all-covers EP "Direkt till svenska" right here: https://www.box.net/shared/vvjd89jk9e
Here's the first batch of artists confirmed for this year's Rookiescenen at Hultsfred: Twiggy Frostbite, Meleeh, Pretty Whores, The Koo Koo's, Walking With Strangers and The Sacred Sailors.
Wildbirds and Peacedrums, Hjaltalin and Marching Band will be touring Europe together in April:
04/12 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
04/13 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
04/14 - Centraltheater, Leipzig (GER)
04/15 - Prater, Berlin (GER)
04/16 - Chelsea, Vienna (AUS)
04/17 - E-werk, Erlangen (GER)
04/18 - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg (GER)
04/19 - Jugendheim, Haldern (GER)
Icelandic act Dikta is streaming their new single "Let go" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/dikta
Kinda reminds me of Lapko.
According to Supersilent's fansite, the Norwegian avant/freejazz group is now a trio as drummer Jarle Vespestad has left the band. A new album featuring the pared-down lineup has already been recorded.
That other Swedish indie-choir The Sweptaways will release their second album "The Sweptaways show" on April 15. I'm not sure what material they'll be covering or who will be making a guest appearance, but I'll keep you posted.
The new Superfamily album will be out in August: https://www.superfamily.no/
Shining will do a couple UK dates in May:
05/13 - Corsica Studios, London
05/16 - The Great Escape Festival, Brighton
I've seen a few mentions of this here and there, but this is the first place I've found the full reprint: https://www.musikindustrin.se/artikel/565/tbc_090227.html (in Swedish)
As promised, here are West Coast tourdates for Moneybrother:
04/21 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
04/23 - Ike Box, Salem, OR
04/24 - The High Dive, Seattle, WA
04/25 - East End, Portland, OR
04/27 - Press Club, Sacramento, CA
04/28 - The Cellar Door, Visalia, CA
04/29 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
Swedish bitpop artist Goto80 will be doing a few UK dates later this month:
03/14 - tba, Sheffield (UK)
03/15 - Makerfaire @ The Other Rooms, Newcastle (UK)
03/16 - Chipfest 3 @ Korova Basement, Liverpool (UK)
03/18 - Crawdaddy, Dublin (IRL)
03/19 - tbc, Galway (IRL)
The Perfect Hoax, the label run by the dudes behind Like Rats from a Sinking Ship, will be releasing the new album "The vulture conspiracy" from fellow Norwegians Mishka on March 15. Samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/miksha
Expect the two bands to tour together this spring.