Resident Advisor reports that Sasu Ripatti (Luomo, Vladislav Delay) will be releasing two new albums this summer under his newly revived moniker Sistol: https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=12080
MIC Norway profiles the excellent fiddle trio Valkyrien Allstars: https://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2010012214084435003891
The latest issue of The Swede Beat is now online: https://www.theswedebeat.com/magazine/varkanslor/
The featured band this time out is This Is Head.
is putting out a limited 3xLP boxset for legendary Swedish psych act Pärson Sound, the band that later morphed into similarly legendary acts International Harvester and Träd, Gräs och Stenar. Said collection will include various recordings from 1967/68 (both live and studio) as well extensive liner notes (in English) and plenty of photos. Limited to 1000 copies and officially out on May 28 -- preorder/more info here: https://www.subliminalsounds.se/DOK/news.html
Kråkesølv are currently at Grand Sport Studio in Oslo working on a new album for release this fall. If you can read Norwegian, follow their studio blog at myspace: https://blogs.myspace.com/krakesolv
has announced that they'll be putting out The Bombettes' debut full-length "Get out of my trailer, sailor!" at the end of May on both LP and CD.
Danish math-rock label reports that the new split 12" featuring Nightpass andMy Polaris Artillery will be released on Friday and will be celebrated with a show at Walker in Middelfart. Samples and more info at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/redtapedk
Pallers new single "The kiss", due out May 26 via , will include a b-side remix by Suburban Kids with Biblical Names.
The vinyl edition of Moloken's excellent "Our astral circle" album is now available for preorder from : https://www.discouragedrecords.com/shop
Iron Lamb will be going into the studio on Friday with Bobbi Rokk to begin recording their debut full-length. "Expect the worse (sic)" they say, sarcastically I'd imagine, but I'm not so sure I doubt it. Listen to a newly-posted 7" track at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/ironlambofficial
Finnish rockers Sweatmaster are finally back with a new single called "Turnover" which is now airing on Finnish radio and will be released on 7" in the near future with "15 years", a leftover from the "Animal" sessions, tacked on as a b-side. Listen to both at their website: https://www.sweatmaster.net/news/turnover
Swedish rockabilly act Fatboy has signed with for the release of their third album, due out this fall.
Lo-Fi-Fnk has officially joined the roster of .
Preview Parken's new single "Ser du stjärnan i det grå", due out May 12 via : https://soundcloud.com/florafauna/parken-ser-du-stjarnan-i-det-gra
Parken's sophomore album "Framtiden var här" will follow on October 6.
In case you've ever wondered what exactly MIC Norway is and does, they've just posted an article that spells it all out in a very clear and concise manner: https://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2010050414171536379949