Jonathan Johansson takes to the stage
Swedish artist Jonathan Johansson is composing music for a musical stage production of "Dracula" set to debut this fall and will also appear as an actor in said production.
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Tomorrow We Move To Hawaii - Leon
New Norwegian electropop just released as a 7" single via the oh-so-humbly named .
Azure Blue working on new material
New pre-production sounds from Azure Blue. More about his latest goings-on and so forth can be found here.
Wanna wanna Tiger Bell?
Swedish punk ladies Tiger Bell have announced that they'll be releasing "Wanna wanna" (b/w "German boy") as their first-ever 7" single. No word yet on an exact release date, but digital versions are linked here and ordering info should be coming soon.
Suis la Lune reissues on the way
and are teaming up to reissue both "Heir" and "Quiet, pull the strings!" from Swedish screamo purists Suis la Lune. They haven't revealed all of the various pressing details yet, but they'll both be on 180g vinyl with thick matte jackets and available in a variety of colors. Preorder here.
From Nerverna to Begravning
Matti Alkberg has a new band and that band is Mattias Alkbergs Begravning. Read more: https://www.mabd.se/?p=936
Bye Bye Bicycle - Believe me/Leave me (video)
Bye Bye Bicycle's new single "Believe me/Leave me" is out today via imprint . Look for the band's new album "Nature" to be released in September.
BSR to do Keep Rising 7"
will be doing a 7" with Gävle hardcore act Keep Rising, a new-ish band featuring members from Meleeh, Gadget and In Ruins.
Metal Blade signs Entrails
Swedish death metal act Entrails, possessors of one of the chunkiest guitar tones ever, have signed with for their third album, currently set to be recorded this summer.
Autarkeia gets revenge
Lithuanian industrial label has just released a new CD collection entitled "Revenge?! Yes! Nordic Audio Modern 2012" which is pretty much exactly what it says it is: https://www.autarkeia.org/main.php?lang=en&menu=label&ac=releases&id=1841
Said comp features brand new music from Deutsch Nepal as well as In Slaughter Natives, Trepaneringsritualen, Survival Unit and more. There was also a live festival to coincide with the project, but it already happened earlier this month and I wasn't paying close enough attention to give you a heads-up.
The Kingfisher Waltz
Swedish songwriters Thomas Denver Jonsson (I'm Kingfisher) and Markus Svensson (The Tarantula Waltz) have started a new collaborative project and are planning on doing an EP together.
New EP coming from Cocoanut Groove
has announced that Swedish indie/psychpop act Cocoanut Groove will release their new EP "Colours" on May 25 on both 10" vinyl and digital.
Lars Winnerbäck to be backed by The Hellacopters (sorta)
Kind of old news at this point I suppose, but too weird not to mention: Nicke Andersson, Anders "Boba" Lindström and Robban Andersson of The Hellacopters have been enlisted as Lars Winnerbäck's new backing band for his summer tour along with Ola Nyström (Weeping Willows), Johan Persson (Hovet) and Jerker Odelholm. Read more. (in Swedish)
So long, Dagensskiva
After 13 years and over 6000 reviews, Swedish music site Dagensskiva is throwing in the towel with one last review looking back at the Beastie Boys' landmark album "Paul's Boutique". RIP!
New music from The Pain Machinery and other CCP news
Brand new music from Swedish EBM act The Pain Machinery off their forthcoming album "Restart", due out this coming June via . In other related news, CCP has also announced that they are assembling a comp called "Inside the volcano" that will gather a number of similar-minded artists who are making new music with "old" influences. In addition to acts already on the label's roster such as The Pain Machinery, Infiltrator, Severe Illusion, Guilt Trip and so on, they've also enlisted a bunch of other great names such as Agent Side Grinder, Portion Control and //TENSE//. Full press release: https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=405819126106157