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P3 Guld 2011

The nominees for the 2011 Swedish P3 Guld Awards have been announced:

Best newcomer:
First Aid Kit
Anna von Hausswolff
Jasmine Kara
Royal Republic
Tove Styrke

Best song:
Daniel Adams-Ray - Gubben i lådan
Salem Al Fakir - Keep On Walking
Johnossi - What's The Point
Oskar Linnros - Från och med du
Robyn - Dancing On My Own
Swedish House Mafia feat. Pharrell - One (Your Name)

Best group:
Hästpojken - Från där jag ropar
Johnossi - Mavericks
Kent - En plats i solen
The Radio Dept. - Clinging To A Scheme
Swedish House Mafia - Until One

Best artist:
Daniel Adams-Ray - Svart vitt och allt däremellan
Håkan Hellström - 2 steg från Paradise
Oskar Linnros - Vilja bli
Robyn - Body Talk Pt 1
Säkert! - Facit

Guldmicken (best live act):
Familjen
Håkan Hellström
Hoffmaestro
Melissa Horn
Robyn

More here: https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3964&artikel=4220806

Soulseller signs Devil

has announced the signing of classic-sounding Norwegian metal act Devil. Hear demo tunes at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/devilband

New PB&J gets release date

has confirmed that the new Peter Bjorn and John album will be released on March 29.

Smalltown Supersound signs Razika

has signed Razika, female quartet from Bergen, Norway Rough Trade describes as "a killer mix of Slits-style get-up-and-go, ultra catchy pop-hook mayhem and a shamble-punk attitude." Read more: https://www.smalltownsupersound.com/2010/12/04/introducing-razika/

Maim album gets title, samples now posted

Swedish death metallers Maim have confirmed that their new album "Deceased to exist" will be released in early 2011 via and are now streaming three new sample tunes at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/maimdeathmetal
You can peep the new cover art from Mattias Frisk (Vanhelgd) over there as well.

Save the future Christlight

Coming soon via .

Vendlus to release Wolf Father

will be doing a US release of Nidingr's excellent "Wolf father" album on January 18.

New website for The Giant's Dream

It's a Trap! Netlabel alumni/Aerial sideproject The Giant's Dream have a new website: https://www.thegiantsdream.com/

Förmögenhet album in January

Swedish punks Förmögenhet will release their new album "Nej tack, jag tål inte mjölk!" in early January via in the form of a 16-track 2x7". Order at their website: https://www.formogenhet.com/

Sounds of Stockholm

"Sounds of Stockholm", a documentary from French director Valerie Toumayan on the artists of the Swedish capitol city featuring music from Peter Bjorn and John, Those Dancing Days, Panter, Little Marbles, Tobias Fröberg, Jennie Abrahamson and more. Direct link: https://vimeo.com/17425162
More here, including direct links to all the songs: https://www.ilovesweden.net/

New MF/MB/ EP in January

MF/MB/ will be releasing "Seconds away" as a new single in January along with a video for the tune and three new b-sides, which I guess makes it an EP in my book.

CEO 7" on the way from Modular

CEO will be releasing the track "Illuminata" on a 7" via UK label with the exclusive cut "Halo" on the b-side.

New Kaka coming in February

Look for the new Kaka album "The two" to be released on February 22 via .

Nightsatan in the 'Zone

Nightsatan (remember?) makes it to Pitchfork blog subsidiary Altered Zones: https://alteredzones.com/posts/586/nightsatan-karelian-starmaster-evil-lucifer/

Skatterbrain's top albums of 2010

Indiepop blog Skatterbrain lists The Radio Dept. and Tiger Tape as two favorites for 2010, the latter of which I fully back: https://www.skatterbrain.org/2010/12/au-revoir-2010.html