New melancholic navel-gazing out of Göteborg. I'm not big on crowd-sourcing, especially when it comes to bands looking to fund their vanity projects, but you can pitch in to help him put out his EP href="https://fundedbyme.com/projects/2012/09/euphoria-lazy-boy-ep/" target="_blank">right here.
Pitchfork is not too terribly impressed with The Raveonettes latest record "Observator": href="https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17027-observator/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17027-observator/
Speaking of href="https://www.itsatrap.com/n/40902-easy-october-baby-blue-feat-elin-ruth-sigvardsson">new bands with Kristofer Åström, he's also got another new project called Fuck Tornadoes that's a bit more rock'n'roll like the name implies. Hear a 2nd tune href="https://soundcloud.com/kristoferastrom/fuck-tornadoes-dinacorns" target="_blank">here.
Check out a new live session with the excellent Min Stora Sorg (and family!) at PSL: href="https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/09/10/musik-med-min-stora-sorg-2/" target="_blank">https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/09/10/musik-med-min-stora-sorg-2/
I don't have the time to listen to all of this stuff myself to filter out the good from the bad, aside from those Desperat tracks which I href="https://www.itsatrap.com/n/40852-desperat-split-12-preview">already posted, so head over to Mosher to check out a round-up of new Swedish punk/hardcore tunes: href="https://www.mosher.se/musik/nytt-fran-desperat-diskonto-vicious-irene-och-mycket-mer/" target="_blank">https://www.mosher.se/musik/nytt-fran-desperat-diskonto-vicious-irene-och-mycket-mer/
Umeå metal act Plector has announced that their forthcoming album "Punishment day", due out October 31 via and currently streaming in full href="https://soundcloud.com/plec/sets/punishment-day" target="_blank">at SoundCloud, will be their last. The band's final show will be at the href="https://www.discouragedfest.se/" target="_blank">Discouraged Festival in their hometown on September 15 alongside Moloken and Khoma.
Icona Pop and Mirel Wagner are the two Scandinavian representatives on Stereogum's top 40 best new bands of 2012 list, alongside local-to-me friends Milk Music who are also well worth checking out: href="https://stereogum.com/1142542/stereogums-40-best-new-bands-of-2012/franchises/listomania/" target="_blank">https://stereogum.com/1142542/stereogums-40-best-new-bands-of-2012/franchises/listomania/
Stagnant Waters, the French/Norwegian avant/black metal act featuring Svein Egil Hatlevik (Zweizz, Fleurety, Umoral, etc.), has finally confirmed that their self-titled debut album will be out on October 29 via . Check a sample tune href="https://soundcloud.com/neuroparecords/stagnant-waters-s-t-of-salt" target="_blank">here.
Easy October = Kristoffer Hedberg, Kristofer Åström, Nikke Ström (Nationalteatern, etc.) and Johan Håkansson (A Camp, Freddie Wadling, etc.). Look for an album this fall?
New indie/psychrock outta Denmark from an artist known as Halasan Bazar. Order the cassette from the label href="https://moonglyph.com/catalog/mg46" target="_blank">right here or hit up a full album stream/paid download href="https://halasanbazar.bandcamp.com/album/how-to-be-ever-happy" target="_blank">via Bandcamp.
Dusted gives praise to Mika Vainio's latest solo record "Fe3O4 - Magnetite": href="https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/7348" target="_blank">https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/7348
The tracklist for volume 5 of Mikael Sörling's much-heralded punk/hardcore compilation series "Turist i tillvaron" is now confirmed: href="https://www.sirling.blogspot.se/2012/09/latordning-vol-5.html" target="_blank">https://www.sirling.blogspot.se/2012/09/latordning-vol-5.html
Expect a November/December release.
Coming October 1 via , "Weapons of mass destruction" -- the debut "full-length" (uh, 10 songs in 14 minutes?) from Swedish thrashers Damage. Pre-order info href="https://gaphals.bandcamp.com/album/damage-weapons-of-mass-destruction-12" target="_blank">at Bandcamp.
Scandipop has the much-anticipated premiere of Petra Marklund's (September) brand new solo single "Händerna mot himlen": href="https://www.scandipop.co.uk/petra-marklund-handerna-mot-himlen-premiere/" target="_blank">https://www.scandipop.co.uk/petra-marklund-handerna-mot-himlen-premiere/
Due out September 10, the new Randy Barracuda LP "Random works of Randy Barracuda Vol. II".