Carpark North signs international deal
Danish act Carpark North has signed an international deal with new Sweden-based subsidiary .
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"Islands" now on vinyl
The Mary Onettes' latest album "Islands" is now available on vinyl from Labrador Records: https://www.labrador.se/shop.php3
Friendly Noise #2
Issue #2 of the excellent online zine Friendly Noise is out now: https://www.friendlynoise.se/fzn/2
It's worth noting that there is now English-language content mixed in with the Swedish.
Doomsday 2009 best-of
The Doomsday blog lists their favorite albums of the year: https://doomsdaymag.blogspot.com/2009/12/aret-enligt-undertecknad.html
All Scandinavian 2010 preview: Norway
All Scandinavian has Knut from the Eardrums Music blog talking about his most anticipated 2010 releases from Norway: https://allscandinavian.com/2888/best-of-2010-norwegian-style/
Black metal as a discourse
Slightly OT, but maybe of some interest: The NY Times reports on the Brooklyn Black Metal Symposium: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/arts/music/15metal.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Fever Ray and jj in Pitchfork's top 50 tracks
Fever Ray and jj are both in the top 50 of Pitchforks top tracks of 2009 list: https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7742-the-top-100-tracks-of-2009/
Musik med Kommun, more
Live music with all-star Swedish indie act Kommun at PSL: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/12/14/musik-med-kommun/
Also see their 2010 anticipated release list: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/12/14/vilken-svensk-musik-langtar-du-mest-efter-2010/
Quite a few good titles there! I'm especially eager to hear the new Ison & Fille actually.
PopMatters top albums of 2009
Jonsi and Alex, jj and Fever Ray all made it to PopMatters' top albums of 2009 list: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/117680-best-60-albums-of-2009
Aversionline covers Opium Warlords
Aversionline on wacky Finnish act Opium Warlords: https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2009/12/14/opium-warlords-live-at-colonia-dignidad-cd-2xlp/
Moloken Euro tour diary
Moloken's full European tour diary is now online: https://www.moloken.net/
Adore signs Jonas Schwartz
Adore Music (Torpedo, Kusowsky) has announced the signing of new artist Jonas Schwartz and will be releasing a trio of singles from him over the course of 2010. Preview here: https://www.myspace.com/jonasschwartz
Captain Cougar confim new album
Female-fronted Finnish indie act Captain Cougar reports that their new album "Of dreams long gone" is done and confirmed for release on January 15.
Fever Ray, Annie, more in Pitchfork top 100 tracks of 2009
Pitchfork has started to post their top 100 tracks of 2009 and so far in the bottom 50 we have Scandinavian artist representation from Frida Hyvönen (#77), Röyksopp (feat. Robyn) (#68), The Tough Alliance (#65), Annie (#64) and Fever Ray (#58). See here: https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7742-the-top-100-tracks-of-2009/
Novellpriset 2009: Alexis Weak
Swedish rapper Alexis Weak has been awarded the 2nd annual Novellpriset from Novell magazine for excellent storytelling in music: https://magasinetnovell.se/2009/12/11/novellpriset-till-alexis-weak/ (in Swedish)