(Ironville, Tvärvägen) and , a new subsidiary of , are teaming up to release the debut 7" from Malmö-based indie act Yast. Not sure what the release date is, but the a-side tune is called "Believes" and can be previewed above.
The new WhoMadeWho album "Brighter" has been officially confirmed for release on February 27. Lead single "Inside the world" is out now and will be released on 7" in January b/w a cover of the same by John Grant.
, the stellar in-house label of Oslo's likewise excellent Tiger Records Shop, has a nice new website: https://www.fysiskformat.no/
They are also taking a poll as to everyone's favorite release which will also enter you in a raffle to win 5 free albums of your choosing: https://fysiskformat.tigernet.no/wp_ff/poll/
has provided us with their winter/spring release schedule, as well as a couple excellent sample tunes. Listen above/read below:
Dec 23 - Tennis Bafra - Knox Harrington [digital single]
Dec 24 - Åbe - Leland [digital single]
Jan 01 - Åbe - King of Pellargonia [CD/digital]
Feb 06 - Tennis Bafra - Abulia Jubilee [CD/LP/digital]
Feb 22 - Soviac - The aack album [CD/LP/digital]
Mar 03 - Simian Ghost - Youth [LP]
Later in 2012, look for new albums from De Montevert, First Love Last Rites and Daymare.
A second track off of EL-SD's excellent new 7" EP "Repeating patterns".
Finnish noisecore bruisers Throat have two new 7"s out now, one being a split with fellow Finns Fleshpress, the other a two-song number entitled "Pee": https://ihatethroat.blogspot.com/2011/12/two-brand-new-releases.html
Oslo record store Tiger has posted their top 7" picks for 2011, almost all of which I fully back: https://www.tigernet.no/shop/browsefull.php?lst=018
is doing a number of vinyl pressings of back-catalogue releases, including the following:
Elephant9 - Live at the BBC (LP)
Scorch Trio w/Mars Williams - Made in Norway (2LP)
Fire! w/Jim O'Rourke - Released! (10" EP)
The Last Hurrah!! - The great gig in disguise (10" EP)
All are officially released on December 9.
At long last, new music from Swedish punk/powerpop act Hanna Hirsch. Pre-order the band's new 12" EP "Gå hem över himlen" here: https://www.adagio830.de/news/hanna-hirsch-pre-order-starts-today/
ÅBE report that they have recorded 13 new songs for release on 12"/CD/digital via on December 31, 2011. No confirmed name yet, but the working title is "King of Pellargonia".
José Saxlund is resurrecting his legendary old Umeå sXe label to release a new 12" from his current band Out of Vogue. Listen/download the band's debut EP here: https://outofvogue.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-vogue-ep
The a-side of the new Maribel 7", officially released tomorrow via .
will be catering to the vinyl-impaired by compiling Swedish metal act Noctum's two records, "The seance" and "The fiddler" -- both previously released on wax via , onto one CD for release on December 14. If you dig occult metal with a retro vibe ala Mercyful Fate or Witchcraft, you should definitely check these dudes out.
Swedish skate-punks Thräshers are currently in the studio working on laying down 9-12 tracks for an upcoming flexi 7" to be released via flexi-specialist label : https://dbeatrawpunk.blogspot.com/2011/11/thrashin-up-studio.html
Falling way behind on all the music I want to post, but a promise is a promise and I'd be seriously remiss if I didn't talk up the new EL-SD because they are absolutely one of my favorite bands right now. I kid you not, I've been jamming their demo tracks on the regular for over a year now and it's well past due I had something to share so, at long last, here is the lead track from the band's new 7" EP "Repeating patterns", due out November 30 via /. So if you're like me and you dig so-called "angular" guitar rock with discordant leads and a sharp-edged rhythm section, you'll definitely dig this. And if you're in Stockholm, you should check out the record release show at Walla Scen in Årsta on December 3 with Estroboscorpio. I know I'd be there if I could.