Inspired by the British Mercury Music Prize, the folks behind Norway's By:Larm Festival have started the Nordic Music Prize which will feature 12 international nominees competing for a €20,000 prize, with the winner to be announced at the fest on February 19. For full details, including a who's who of the jury, see here: https://nordicmusicprize.com/
The Warmer Climes blog is releasing a new single from Romanian pop artist Loredana Groza in November which of course wouldn't be newsworthy for IAT except for the fact that a bazillion remixers have been attached to the project including many Swedes such as Henning Fürst (The Tough Alliance), Nicolas Makelberge, Kalle J and possibly many, many more. Full details: https://warmer-climes.blogspot.com/2010/10/loredana-rain-rain-remixed-by-vlad.html
is doing a 5x7" boxset featuring instrumental mixes of Dungen's new album "Skit i allt", some of which will be in glorious mono. 400 copies, officially released sometime around November 17.
has announced the signing of Copenhagen-based act Pinkunoizu, a band self-described as "an exotic mixture of lo-fi, high-life, modern composition music, ancient folkish songwriting, asian 60's pop and future post-apocalyptic underwater rock." Look for their debut full-length "Free time volume one" to get a digital release on November 8 with a physical edition to follow in March 2011 packaged with "Volume two" included.
Look for the new Säkert! single "Dansa, fastän" to be released on November 8.
has signed LCTRISC and will be releasing their debut 12" single "Last kiss" in November. Listen at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/lctrisc
Swedish power-pop act The Geniune Fakes are offering up their cover of Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable" as a free download: https://music.thegenuinefakes.com/album/irreplaceable
Look for their new album "The striped album" to be replaced on December 1 as a digital download with a limited CD run of 500 copies.
Vanhelgd's new 12" EP "Praise the serpent" will be released in time for the , happening in Berlin on November 19 and will include two exclusive tracks recorded during the same sessions the band recorded their upcoming full-length "Church of death".
Swedish psyche act The Amazing were selected as NPR's Song of the Day last week: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130719824
The Sound of Arrows are doing a few European dates next month:
11/07 - Jericho Tavern, Oxford (UK)
11/08 - Cargo, London (UK)
11/09 - HMV Institute, Digbeth, Birmingham (UK)
11/10 - Trof, Manchester (UK)
11/12 - Fish 'n' Chips club, Rome (ITA)
11/13 - Razzmatazz, Barcelona (ESP)
Look for a new album from the band in March/April 2011.
The Maharajas' new 4-song 7" EP "Sucked into the Seventies", their 2nd overall, was just released via : https://www.crusherrecords.com/
will release both Preacher & the Bear's "Suburban island" and Yersinia's "Efter oss syndafloden" CDs on December 8.
John Doran of The Quietus lists his picks for 10 of Norway's best heaviest/noisiest bands of the last 10 years as part of Drowned in Sound's 10 years of Nordic feature: https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4141357
Pitchfork reports that Jónsi has cancelled all of his upcoming scheduled acoustic in-store performances saying "it was the most uncomfortable experience of his ten years in the public eye": https://pitchfork.com/news/40484-jonsi-cancels-in-store-tour/
Goth reissue specialists have unearthed the old album "Years of struggle against the lies, the stupidity and the cowardice" from Danish act Pesteg Dred and released it on vinyl for the very first time after being originally available only as a bonus cassette with Danish art mag "Atlas". Read more/hear samples: https://www.darkentriesrecords.com/?p=718
Also note at the bottom that there is a split LP featuring Danish postpunks De Må Være Belgiere and End of Your Garden in the works as well.