Pitchfork wisely approves of Rising's new album "To solemn ash": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16214-to-solemn-ash/
As you know, I'm a long-time supporter of the band and am stoked to see them getting some well-deserved international attention. Buy the LP -- I just got my own copy this week and it's a stellar package at a totally decent price.
The new Baby Woodrose album "Third eye surgery" is now completely finished and has been sent off for mastering. Look for the first single "Nothing is real" to be released on February 20.
"Inside world" is latest single from Danish dance/rock act WhoMadeWho and here now is the creepy only vaguely SFW video.
"Tear it apart" is the latest video from Danish neofolk artist Of the Wand and the Moon. If you've never seen the original scene the visuals are from, I suggest that you check it out.
Italian website Onda Rock has assembled a new comp of Scandinavian music for free download, including tracks from artists such as Emerald Park, I'm Kingfisher, Old Lost John, Mylittlepony and much more: http://www.ondarock.it/speciali/ondadrops05.htm
Ring Them Bells, a new Danish indie/noiserock act featuring ex-members of the bands Campsite and Lampshade, are giving away their debut single "Technicolor" as a free download: http://www.ringthembells.dk/
Look for the band's debut album to be released later this spring.
Via Danish blog Passive Aggressive, check out Lower - a new postpunk-ish act featuring members from Sexdrome, Girlseeker and Maintitle: http://www.passiveaggressive.dk/introducing-lower/
The band will be releasing their debut EP "Walk on heads" via later this year.
New 2012 live dates for Danish neofolk artist Of the Wand and the Moon:
03/17 - Café la Palma, Madrid (ESP)
04/29 - The Villa Festival, Magione (ITA)
08/18 - Dark Bombastic Evening 4, Alba Lulia Fortress (RO)
Watch Danish electronic/dance/rock act You.You.You. make their debut live performance in an ice factory for an audience of no one as part of the Give Us A Crowd! Sessions.
Danish postrockers Lis Er Stille have announced that their new album "NOUS", their third overall IIRC, will be released on February 20.
"Settle with the signs" is the lead single from Anchorless' upcoming full-length debut "Every nook and cranny", due out February 6 via . Sounds like old REM to me which is not at all what I expected.
New visuals from Sleep Party People off their upcoming record "We were drifting on a sad song", due out April 8 via .
Danish artist CALLmeKAT has confirmed that her new album "Where the river turns black" will be released on March 26.
In case you missed it when it was streaming at Rock-a-Rolla Magazine, Rising's excellent new album "To solemn ash" is now streaming in full at The Obelisk for a limited time: http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2012/01/17/risingstream/