Swedish metal clowns Hammerfall are recording their next album in Nashville with veteran producer James Michael (Mötley Crüe, Meat Loaf, Scorpions, etc... full list of credits here). A tentative release date has been set for May 20.
"Transparent is OK" is the 3rd single off Simian Ghost's forthcoming album "Infinite traffic everywhere", due out November 29 via . Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AVqlJdjhB0
Download the new JJ track "Let them" via : https://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0150.php
will also be releasing that Radio Dept. singles collection on 2xLP fwiw.
Check out Voice Of..., a new solo project from Joakim Westlund of Aerial/The Giant's Dream: https://www.voiceof.se/
RIYL Logh or any of Joakim's other bands.
Malmö-based act Fredrik will be releasing new 7" EP called "Origami" on November 16 via featuring the group's very first recordings as a trio following the addition of multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Anna Moberg as a permanent member. Full details: https://www.thekorarecords.com/fredrik-origami.html
Otherwise, the band is hard at work on their new album, due out next March.
Episode #2 of my new podcast Harsh R is now online: https://www.harshr.com/
Features new music from Fun, Rising, Johan Heltne and others, plus a whole bunch of other things I've been listening to. Feedback is appreciated!
Nö Music has the lowdown on the first batch of Scandinavian artists confirmed for by:Larm 2011: https://www.nomusicmedia.com/2010/11/10/first-nordic-artists-confirmed-for-bylarm/
Glad to see Margaret Berger is coming back!
Unlike Pitchfork, PopMatters seems to think the new Concretes album is okay: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/131662-the-concretes-wywh/
Dusted agrees: https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6086
Go to Idolator to hear the new Max Martin-produced Robyn track "Time machine": https://idolator.com/5682542/robyn-time-machine-max-martin-body-talk
Atomic Swing mainman Niclas Frisk has signed with for a solo album called "Deeper down in Chinatown", to be released in early 2011.
I haven't really paid attention to Vincent before, but his new song/video "Baby Hurricane" is pretty good: https://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/musikvideor/article8101248.ab
Reminds me a lot of some of Caesars Palace's best material.
Pascal's "Orkanen närmar sig" is one of the nominees for Art Vinyl's top album covers of 2010: https://www.artvinyl.com/en/nominate/nominations.html
Swedish synthpop act Lowe is coming over for a North American tour, including a performance at Times Square on "The Real Radioshow":
11/22 - The Real Radioshow, New York City, NY
11/24 - R Bar, New York, NY
11/26 - Plague, Portland, ME
11/27 - Darq, Salem, MA
11/28 - Cafe Dekcuf, Ottawa, ON
11/29 - The Cameron House, Toronto, ON
12/01 - Blue Room above The Trash, Peterborough, ON
12/02 - 31st St. Pub, Pittsburgh, PA
12/03 - Riviera Theater, Three Rivers, MI
12/05 - Dystopia, Toledo, OH
has confirmed that the new Balroynigress 2xLP "Dress the Ship in Black" will be released on December 15. Samples and more info: https://soundcloud.com/kning-disk/sets/balroynigress-dress-the-ship-in-black-kd077