Italian website Onda Rock has assembled a new comp of Scandinavian music for free download, including tracks from artists such as Emerald Park, I'm Kingfisher, Old Lost John, Mylittlepony and much more: https://www.ondarock.it/speciali/ondadrops05.htm
Swedish indie label mainstay is putting out a new comp at the end of the month (1/31) featuring a wide selection of tunes from their 25 years as a label plus four brand new ones written especially for this release. Full tracklist:
Oh My! - Fifteen minutes
Heikki - Former hero
Bedroom Eyes - Hand-in-hand grenade
The Drowners - Summer break my fall
Light Parade - Moonlight run
Little Red Snapper - Call me on Tuesday
Olle Nyman - Don't let those bastards reel you in
Oscar & Ronja - Bad manners
Amber Oak - Audrey (radio version)
Wade - Freak or a star
Music of Things - Self destructive
Holiday With Maggie - Make it, don't break it
Mufflon 5 - Waverer
The Concretes - Just locals
Tupelo Honeys - The return of the weeping man (autumn edit)
The Bear Quartet - It only takes a flashlight to create a monster
Ring Them Bells, a new Danish indie/noiserock act featuring ex-members of the bands Campsite and Lampshade, are giving away their debut single "Technicolor" as a free download: https://www.ringthembells.dk/
Look for the band's debut album to be released later this spring.
New brutal hardcore/metal out of Norway flying under the banner Heksed. The band's self-titled debut album was just released and can be streamed in full at Bandcamp.
Via Danish blog Passive Aggressive, check out Lower - a new postpunk-ish act featuring members from Sexdrome, Girlseeker and Maintitle: https://www.passiveaggressive.dk/introducing-lower/
The band will be releasing their debut EP "Walk on heads" via later this year.
has posted details for the upcoming Motorpsycho double-album concept work and Ståle Storløkken collaboration "The death defying unicorn": https://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/motorpsycho/rcd-2124-motorpsycho-and-stale-storlokken-the-death-defying-/
Lambgoat reports that classic Swedish goregrind/death metal act General Surgery has resigned with : https://lambgoat.com/news/17602/Relapse-Records-re-signs-General-Surgery
Look for the compilation "A collection of depravation" to be released on March 27 with a new 7" EP and album to follow later this year.
Swedish retro hardrockers The Graviators have signed with and will be releasing a new album this coming fall.
A Nighthawk, the husband/wife musical duo of Ted Malmros (Shout Out Louds) and Sarah Snavely (Dag för Dag), have finished up work on their debut EP "Until I faltered I wasn't free" and are currently looking into how they want to release it. The clip above is the first sample.
New postpunk/hardcore from Pig Eyes, a new act featuring current and ex-members from bands such as Nitad, In Solitude, Trapdoor Fucking Exit and Kvoteringen. Look for a 12" EP to be released via later this year.
Swedish indierockers Loosegoats are back in the studio again after 11 years of silence, working on a new album with producer Andreas Ejnarsson.
Jenny Hval on the new Hanne Hukkelberg album "Featherbrain", due out February 17 via : https://www.propellerrecordings.no/hanne-hukkelberg-introducing-featherbrain
Norwegian pop act Donkeyboy will release their sophomore album "Silver moon" on March 2.
, the same folks who did the recent Breach reissue, will be co-releasing the upcoming Blessings tape along side the band's own label.
Here are the winners of the 2012 P3 Guld awards:
Artist: Kapten Röd - Fläcken som aldrig går bort
Group: Deportees - Islands & shores
Song: Vart jag mig i världen vänder - Den Svenska Björnstammen
Newcomer: Den Svenska Björnstammen
Guldmicken (Best Live Act): Kapten Röd
Pop: Syket - With love
Hip-hop/Soul: Ison & Fille - För evigt
Dance: L-Wiz - Samlad produktion
Rock/Metal: Graveyard - Hisingen blues
It may come as a surprise, but I'm actually a fan of the latest Kapten Röd record and am glad to see that he won.