Norwegian indierockers The Low Frequency In Stereo are back after an extended break in sideprojects such as The Megaphonic Thrift and The Gin & Tonic Youth and are working on a new album to be released in fall 2013.
Refused guitarist Kristofer Steen will be making his debut as a Stage Director next February when he stages his interpretation of Puccini's opera "La Bohème" at NorrlandsOperan in his old hometown of Umeå, Sweden. Read the full press release: https://www.norrlandsoperan.se/sve/press/pressmeddelanden/refused-gitarrist-operadebuterar (English + Swedish)
Icona Pop gets a boost with an inclusion in Pitchfork's "Rising" column series: https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/8848-icona-pop/
will be doing a limited LP reissue of early 70s Swedish psych/proggrock act Resan with in-depth bio/liner notes provided by Reine Fisk (The Amazing/Dungen). Read more/preorder here.
The blog Invisible Guy is interviewing all of the bands involved with the "Hotet från Skogarna" Swedish punk comp project and up first is Grundskolan: https://invisibleguy.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/interview-with-grundskolan/
No official release date yet, but will be releasing the new album "The serpent's redemption" from Swedish death-metal crusters Bombs of Hades. The label's reissue of the band's first album "Chambers of abominations" is out now.
Excellent Finnish occult rockers Hexvessel have announced that their sophomore album will be called "No holier temple" and will be released on September 5 via , both on CD or 2LP. And speaking of Svart, their latest release from similarly-minded act Jess and the Ancient Ones is streaming in full now via Terrorizer: https://www.terrorizer.com/blog1.php/2012/05/22/terrorizer-stream-jess-and-the-ancient-ones
Pitchfork is hyping Danish hardcore act Lower by tagging their recent 7" track "Craver" as "Best New Music": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13641-craver/
Swedish experimental label is calling it quits after 10 years with two final releases, one of which is a compilation spotlighting their biggest genre specialty -- new dark, electronic sounds from the Swedish underground: https://releasethebats.com/
has announced that they will be releasing new singles from both Miss Li and The Baboon Show on May 30. Miss Li's track is called "My heart goes boom" and comes off her upcoming album, due out in September along with extensive touring and so on. As for The Baboon Show, their tune is called "Dancehall Killers" and is the first taste of the band's next album which is coming this fall. Hear more new stuff (Little Marbles, Kristian Anttila) from at SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/national
has picked up eclectric electronic/jazz act Bendik Baksaas Band for their roster and will be releasing their debut 5-song EP on June 22. More info (in Norwegian) and a sample tune here: https://www.dayladore.no/artists/bendik-baksaas-band/
Alpha Mound, a new project from Joakim Westlund of Daymare/Aerial/The Giant's Dream, has just released their debut LP "Burning words" and you can listen to the whole thing at Bandcamp or on Spotify, as well as most other digital retailers. For folks who prefer the real-deal physical object, ordering details for the vinyl can be found here.
YAST is back in the studio working on new material.
New Norwegian house music from (Jon-Eirik) Boska, due out June 18 via Mental Overdrive's label . Also be on the lookout for a new 12" via Capracara's label as well as a split 10" with Swedish artist Petter Nordkvist on .
New straightforward hardcore punk outta Tønsberg, Norway; no songs over 1:30.