2011 Watchlist
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And the Novell prize goes to...
The winner of this year's Novell prize from the Swedish mag of the same name for excellent story-telling in music goes to Johan Duncanson of The Radio Dept. for the song "You stopped making sense". Read more: https://magasinetnovell.se/2010/12/15/och-vinnaren-ar-2/ (in Swedish)
The Lionheart Brothers - The desert
A new song and video from The Lionheart Brothers plus a fan challenge to create their own version of the same: https://vimeo.com/17761903
MRR new band spotlight: 1981
MRR features Finnish act 1981 in their new band spotlight: https://maximumrocknroll.com/2010/12/15/new-band-spotlight-1981/
Misantropic to get vinyl release via Southern Lord
Female-fronted Norrland crust act Misantropic will have their album "Insomnia" released on vinyl via US label : https://blog.southernlord.com/?p=312
Doomsday best of
Doomsday Mag lists his top picks for 2010, albums and otherwise: https://doomsdaymag.blogspot.com/2010/12/bast-2010-listalistalista.html
New Sin Fang album in March, single sooner
Sin Fang nee Sin Fang Bous aka Sindri Már Sigfusson of Seabear will be releasing his new solo album "Summer echoes" this coming March with a 7" to precede it, featuring covers of "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac and "The only living boy" by Simon & Garfunkle.
New PB&J gets a name
The forthcoming Peter Bjorn and John album, confirmed for release on March 29, now has a name: "Gimme some".
22-Pistepirkko vinyl reissues on the way
has announced that they'll be going back through 22-Pistepirkko's extensive back-catalog to do a number of limited vinyl reissues: https://www.bonevoyagerecordings.com/component/content/article/87
PopMatters says Ólöf Arnalds best world music
Iceland's Ólöf Arnalds made PopMatters' best world music list: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/134393-the-best-world-music-of-2010/
Thomas Ekelund + Terence Hannum collaborate on Heresies
Thomas Ekelund (Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words) and American artist Terence Hannum (Locrian) have collaborated on a new zine/CDr as the 12th penultimate edition in Hannum's year-long zine series "Heresies". The music is a massive 34-minute drone piece which can be sampled here, but it's also worth checking out the physical object because it comes in a very cool letterpressed package -- head to Thomas' site for a preview: https://www.whenskiesaregrey.se/
Nöjesguiden top 20 Swedish albums for 2010
Nöjesguiden's top 20 Swedish albums of 2010:
01. Robyn - Body talk, part 2
02. Håkan Hellström - 2 steg från paradise
03. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a scheme
04. Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
05. The Bear Quartet - Monty Python
06. This is Head - 0001
07. Robyn - Body talk, part 1
08. Säkert! - Facit
09. Ludwig Bell - Jag har försökt förklara
10. Daniel Adams-Ray - Svart, vitt och allt däremellan
11. Britta Persson - Current affair medium rare
12. Moto Boy - Lost in the call
13. The Concretes - WYWH
14. Joel Alme - Waiting For the Bells
15. Tove Styrke - Tove Styrke
16. Andreas Söderlund - Daustralien
17. Orup - Född i November
18. Embee - The mellow turning moment
19. Various Artists - Sonja Åkesson tolkad av
20. Bandjo - Bandjo
Link: https://nojesguiden.se/artiklar/arets-svenska-skivor-2010
The Tallest Man on Earth makes the Pfork top album list
The Tallest Man on Earth comes in at #33 on the first portion of Pitchfork's top 50 albums of 2010 list.
The 50 Nordic candidates
The initial 50 candidates for the inaugural Nordic Music Prize have been announced: https://nordicmusicprize.com/eng/pages/8-the_50_nordic_candidates
Axe - New song, more
Swedish noisepunks Axe recently recorded 15 new songs at The Dustward Studio in Stockholm and are now currently streaming one of them at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/weareaxe
And on a related note, Axe guitarist David Fried also sends word that his other band Munnen will be doing a 7" in the not-so-distant future on the label . More details on that to come...