For folks who are curious about the money trail, here's the latest list of Swedish labels receiving funding from Kulturrådet for production and marketing costs: http://www.musikindustrin.se/artikel/3541/KULTURRADET_3_5_miljoner_kronor_fordelade_pa_41_bolag.html
Following in the footsteps of Music Export Finland and the Finnish Music Information Centre, it was announced today that Norway's Music Information Centre and Music Export Norway will be merging to form a new consolidated international music promotion group under the header Music Norway. Read the press release here (in Norwegian).
Yet another long-time blogger is calling it quits in 2012: http://eardrumsmusic.com/2012/06/14/is-this-the-end/
Norwegian artist Dylan Mondegreen has been picked up by US label who will be releasing his new album this fall.
A short preview clip for the new Taken By Trees album "Other worlds", set for release on October 2 via .
is a new Norwegian label founded by a couple of the guys at dedicated to licensing music from abroad for their home market. Their first singing: Danish electropop hype Battlekatt. Read more: http://norgesvenn.no/
Danish indierockers The Floor Is Made Of Lava have announced that they will release the new single "Lost in the woods" on June 18, both as a 7" and a digital download. A new full-length album will follow sometime around September/October.
Swedish doom act Kongh has signed with for the release of their third album which they will be recording this summer with Karl Daniel Lidén (Dozer, Switchblade).
Danish blog Hits in the Car has unveiled a brand new single from a recently reunited Oliver North Boy Choir: http://stytzer.blogspot.com/2012/06/shadows.html
Music Finland, the new consolidated office of Music Export Finland and the Finnish Music Information Centre, has officially opened its doors as of this week: http://musicfinland.fi/
The websites of the two prior organizations will continue to function until this September when the merger is complete.
Look for Familjen's brand new single "Vi va dom" to be released on June 18 in combination with an online performance where the price of admission is a pic your recycling receipt -- details here. The new album "Allt på rött" will be released on September 5.
The new Nordpolen single "När mitt blod pumpar i dej" will be officially released on June 15 with an album to follow in October.
Swedish Southern-rockers Hellsingland Underground have announced that their 3rd album "Evil will prevail" will be released on September 19. Look for the first single/video "The lost river band" to be released in a few weeks.
will be doing an LP with Swedish artist/composer Matti Bye, one of my current favorite Swedish artists.
Remember Sex Dwarf? The band's debut cassette/demo is now available in physical form via D-takt & Råpunk.