On May 30 esteemed Swedish experimental label will release the new LP "Paddan och hunden", a collaboration album featuring Joakim Åhlund (Caesars, Teddybears, Les Big Byrd, etc.) and visual artist Jockum Nordström. Full details: http://www.kningdisk.com/index_kd091.htm
New tunes from Red Doves, a new band featuring ex-members form Trapdoor Fucking Exit, Section 8 and Henry Fiats Open Sore. Look for the band's debut 12" "Off the grid" to be released on April 30 via .
Swedish melancholy alt-country/rock act Holmes are giving away their new single "Debris" as a free download via Bandcamp. Check it out; I especially dig the b-side "Luxury is treachery". You can also preorder their upcoming CD/LP "Burning bridges" here or listen to it in full here.
will be putting out a split 7" featuring Paper and Les Big Byrd -- no official release date yet, but expect it in a few weeks.
Visual stimulation from Death and Vanilla. The first press of the band's self-titled debut is sold out via , but another run of 300 on white are on order and should in around mid-April.
Preview a track from Smegma's forthcoming LP "Wild blue yonder", due out this coming April via . There will be a one-time pressing of 100 copies first available at the Perspectives Festival in Västerås, Sweden on April 20 with any leftovers getting posted to iDEAL's webshop on the 23rd.
Danish label is putting out a new 7" from postpunk/noiserockers Lower called "Walk on heads" -- full details and a sample download here: http://escho.net/esc25
Not sure if it'll end up as eBay gold like Iceage did before them, but I dig what I hear. Oh, and foreigners like me can snag a domestic pressing via if they wait til May.
An old track from Hexvessel circa 2009 soon to be (re?) released on 7" to coincide with the band's appearence at Roadburn. More info here.
"Doubtful mind" is the debut single from new Danish act Rough Days for Diamond Trade, the solo alias of Copenhagen/Berlin-based musician/filmmaker Frederik Sølberg (ex-Ghost Society, Lake Placid). Look for the debut EP "Somehow" to be released on April 16 via on both 12" vinyl and digital.
has announced the release of the new album "Wired" from improv/drone/jazz act Cakewalk, a new band featuring members from the groups Sacred Harp, Highasakite, The Sweetest Thrill and Hedvig Mollestad Trio.
Hebosagil's latest 7" "Herätys", now streaming in full via SoundCloud. Essential listening.
So, uh, apparently long-running Finnish hardcore act Terveet Kädet has a new live album out called "UGH!!! Terveet Kädet elävänä" which is half electric/half acoustic. Which also probably means it's only half-listenable, but who knows? I am definitely curious.
The Scrags new single "Void lodge" will be released via the esteemed Finnish label this coming spring on 7" vinyl.
has posted another tune from recent signees Haraball. The band's debut 7" "The rope" will be out on April 13.