Scraps of Tape's new album "Grand letdown" will be out in March via Tenderversion. I'm not sure if the tracklist has been 100% confirmed yet or not, but I've been told that the band has recorded covers of both "Filler" by Minor Threat (awesome) and "Eric" by Carpet People (more awesome). And the five songs I've had the pleasure of hearing so far: very, very awesome. Be patient!
Textura reviews Auton: https://www.textura.org/reviews/auton.htm
A Camp, the solo project of Nina Persson from The Cardigans, will release their new album "Colonia" in the US/North American on April 28 via Nettwerk.
Check out a teaser video for the new Skambankt album "Hardt regn", due out in January: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjezbVvNIkc
Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat top albums of the year: https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/artikkeli/HS+listasi+kuluneen+vuoden+kiitellyimm%C3%A4t+levyt/1135241971157
Swedish noiserockers EL-SD are streaming a new track at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/hellelsd
Expect a new EP from the band in 2009.
SR (Swedish Radio), SVT (Swedish Television) and Radiohjälpen are teaming up for Musikhjälpen, an international benefit program aimed to help refugees. In this particular Swedish case, three DJs will be locked inside a glass home in central Malmö for three days where they will only be allowed to consume liquids and will be expected to broadcast 24-hours a day for 6 days, from December 13-19. As for the money raising part, listeners will be able to request songs for 50 SEK and in addition, you can also hire the staff of SR to do pretty much whatever you want. Got a big pile of dishes building up in the sink? Get a DJ to take care of it and help out some refugees at the same time. It's win-win! Read more: https://www.sr.se/musikhjalpen
Kamera is hard at work in the studio and have already completed the the rhythm tracks for their new album.
Upcoming European tourdates for Norway's Pirate Love:
01/21 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
01/29 - Schaubude, Kiel (GER)
01/30 - tba, Haarlem (HOL)
02/01 - Die Bliksem, Den Helder (HOL)
02/03 - 1210, Stuttgart (GER)
02/04 - tba, Darmstadt (GER)
02/05 - tba, Geneva (CH)
02/06 - Kofmehl, Solothurn (CH)
02/07 - Gaswerk, Winterthur (CH)
02/08 - tba, Ravensburg (GER)
02/09 - tba, Vienna (AUS)
02/11 - Traffic, Roma (ITA)
02/13 - Lio Bar, Brescia (ITA)
02/14 - Onircia, Parma (ITA)
02/15 - Ungawa Tiki Bar -Bergantino, Rovigo (ITA)
02/16 - Thunderbird, St. Etienne (FRA)
02/18 - tba, Toulouse (FRA)
02/18 - Mondo Bizarro, Rennes (FRA)
02/21 - tba, Lausanne (CH)
02/26 - tba, Würzburg (GER)
02/28 - Cortina Bob, Berlin (GER)
David Åhlén's new album "We sprout in thy soil", his first under his own name, will finally be out in February via Compunctio. Swedish tourdates at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/davidahlen
Watch a tour doc/beer commercial from Danish metalcore act The Psyke Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnFGGnq-Hf8
Check out the new homemade video for "Lonely city" from Swedish indie act The Open Up and Bleeds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkWe-m5divk
Two White Horses, the brother/sister duo of Jakob and Lovisa Nyström from Säkert!, have posted their own Swedish version of Simon and Garfunkel's "7 o'clock news/Silent night" on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/2whitehorses
They say about the piece: "The original featured news about murder and the war. We added sad local news, stories about people losing their jobs in Västerbotten (due to the financial crisis) instead. It's called Västerbottensnytt 21:30/Stilla Nat."
Fever Ray's debut single "If I had a heart" is out now. Preview/purchase: https://www.klicktrack.com/klicktrack/releases/fever-ray/if-i-had-a-heart/1
Fever Ray is the new solo project of Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife.
The video for the new Robert Svensson single "1991" is now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCE2o0eCCNQ
This is my favorite song from the album.