The new video for "Crucify my heart" from Danish pop act Private is now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD4bXOf7AiI
Check out a short video clip previewing the artwork and a song from the new Barra Head album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt5CFaT-W3E
Note that artist Sarah Bodil Hansen is the same person responsible for the cover of Imagine I Had Hands' IAT.MP3 release "Work EP".
Torpedo's MTV Phaser performance (and interview) is now available on-demand: https://www.mtv.se/overdrive.php?StoryId=115&action=search&keyword=torpedo
You can also now hear the track "Hospital" on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/torpedo
Dagensskiva discusses new Swedish music for children: https://dagensskiva.com/2007/12/02/kop-en-skiva-till-ett-barn/ (in Swedish, but with samples)
Niccokick, WTF? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7kBa8jYv2k
Ida Maria will be filming a new video this week for the song "Drive away my heart" with director Magnus Renfors (Tiger Lou, Säkert!, Familjen, etc.).
Danish act Munich has a brand new website: https://www.munichband.dk/
Great band - check out the songs they have streaming there.
Listen to the Will Eastman remix of "Walk the line" by The Tallest Man on Earth: https://www.gravitation.nu/green.asp
TTMoE's new album "Shallow grave" will be available soon.
Daniel Änghede has parted ways with Swedish goth/electronica act Hearts of Black Science, leaving Tomas Almgren as the sole remaining member. Read a statement from the guys at myspace: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=69628231&blogID=333785247
The Deer Tracks, the new electronica duo featuring David Lehnberg (Ariel Kill Him, Ikaros), has signed with Finnish label Next Big Thing and will be releasing their debut album in February. The group is also now working with EMA Telstar for booking in Scandinavia. Listen to samples at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thedeertracks
The nominees for the Swedish Radio P3 Guld awards have been announced:
Pop:
Anna Järvinen - Jag fick feeling
Friday Bridge - Intricacy
Jens Lekman - Night falls over Kortedala
Sambassadeur - Migration
Taken By Trees - Open Field
Dance:
Aril Brikha - Ex machina
Axwell - collected work
Minilogue - collected work
The Field - From here we go sublime
Tiger Stripes - collected work
Rock/metal:
Arch Enemy - Rise Of The Tyrant
Dark Tranquility - Fiction
Kongh - Counting heartbeats
Marduk - Rom 5:12
Mustasch - Latest version of the truth
Hiphop/soul:
Petter - God damn it
Ken - Äntligen hemma
Adam Tensta - It's a Tensta Thing
Million stylez - From A Far
Basutbudet - Svensk bas
Newcomer:
Adam Tensta
Maia Hirasawa
Million Stylez
Neverstore
Those Dancing Days
Female artist:
Laleh - Prinsessor
Maia Hirasawa - Though, I'm Just Me
Miss Li - God Put A Rainbow In The Sky
September - Dancing Shoes
Säkert! - Säkert!
Male artist:
Danny - Heart. Beats.
Jens Lekman - Night falls over Kortedala
Lars Winnerbäck - Daugava
Mange Schmidt - Känslan kommer tillbaks
Salem Al Fakir - This Is Who I Am
Group:
Kent - Tillbaka till samtiden
Mando Diao - Never Seen The Light Of Day
Sahara Hotnights - What If Leaving Is A Loving Thing
Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills
The Ark - Prayer For The Weekend
Song:
Kleerup with Robyn - With Every Heartbeat
Mange Schmidt feat. Petter - Giftig
Oh Laura - Release Me
Sahara Hotnights - Cheek To Cheek
Säkert! - Vi kommer att dö samtidigt
Guldmicken (live):
Laakso
Mustasch
Salem Al Fakir
Säkert!
Timo Räisänen
More info: https://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/p3/nyhetssidor/index.asp?programID=3014
Danish metal act Scarred By Beauty has posted their new 4-song EP "The heritage of ash" for streaming on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/scarredbybeauty
I'm pretty burnt on the metalcore influenced by Swedish death-metal, but these guys do a decent job with it if you're into that style.
Pitchfork reviews the latest Supersilent record "8": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/47065-8
MP3: Jonna Lee - And your love
As mentioned on Saturday, the new Record of the Month for December is Jonna Lee's "10 pieces, 10 bruises", a very pretty and understated album that reminds me a bit of "Emmerdale" or "Life"-era Cardigans. The music is very sweet on the surface, but there's always a tender melancholy underneath. There's a touch of that same sort of retro/lounge vibe as well, though far less kitsch in Jonna's case. "And your love" is her latest single and it's a duet with frequent collaborator/current tour partner Ed Harcourt. Subdued and breathy, the piece slowly builds on its steady rhythm, layering increasingly languid melody lines on top of one another until the foundation set by the acoustic guitars is barely audible. The simple syncopation lends the tune a slight edge of urgency, but it never sounds hurried. As they say themselves, it finds its way. Listen carefully at the end and you'll hear Jonna exclaim "That was amazing!" Hard not to agree.
For Scandinavian tourdates, go to myspace: https://www.myspace.com/jonnaleemusic
Buy the CD here or here.
Jonna Lee - And your love (ft. Ed Harcourt)