New Aura Noir in March
has confirmed that Norwegian black thrashers Aura Noir will release their new album "Out to die" on March 23. Full details: https://www.indierecordings.net/news/news.php?id=66
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The fall of discontent is ready
If you want to be one of the first folks to score a copy of Björn Kleinhenz's new acoustic album "The fall of discontent", get in touch with the man here: https://www.kleinhenz.se/
He'll be bringing a few copies with him on tour to Germany, but it can't hurt to pre-order.
New Switchblade underway this spring
According to this tweet, Swedish doom trio Switchblade will be recording a new album this spring with Karl Daniel Liden (A Swarm of the Sun/Dozer).
New album on the way from Fluorescent Heights
Swedish instrumental/soundtrack artist Fluorescent Heights will be releasing his new LP "Tourism" on January 27 via Copenhagen-based label and will also be heading down there for a trio of gigs to celebrate. Full details, including info on how locals can score a free copy of said album, can be found here; everyone else can go here for a full streaming preview.
New Pg.lost in May
has announced that Swedish postrockers Pg.lost will be releasing their new album "Key" on May 4. In other news, look for the band to tour Asia (Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Japan) in March with a European tour to follow in May.
2011 Spellemann winners
The winners of the 2011 Spellemannprisen, the Norwegian Grammy, were announced over the weekend:
2011 Spellemann: Bernhoft - "Solidarity Breaks"
Female artist: Ane Brun - "It All Starts With One"
Male Artist: Bernhoft - "Solidarity Breaks"
Pop Group: Team Me - "To The Treetops!"
Rock: Honningbarna - "La Alarmane Gå"
Metal: Årabrot - "Solar Anus"
Electronica: Biosphere - "N-Plants"
Hip-hop: Lars Vaular - "Du Betyr Meg"
Folk/Traditional: Ragnhild Furebotten - "Never On A Sunday"
Jazz: Ola Kvernberg - "Liarbird"
Open Class: Bárut/Inga Juuso - "Balggis"
Lyrics: Lars Vaular - "Du Betyr Meg"
Composer: Rolf Wallin/Lundeng/Torjesen/Bodø Symfonietta/Eggen - "Wire And String"
Newcomer/Gramostipend: Jonas Alaska - "Jonas Alaska"
Music Video: Envy - One Song
2011 Hit: Plumbo - Møkkamann
Read more: https://www.spellemann.no/index.php?option=com_winner&Itemid=29&year=2011
CS Nielsen - Man of the fall
Apparently Danish Americana artist CS Nielsen whose 2007 album "Against the dying of the light" was a year-end favorite has just released a brand new album called "Man of the fall". I had no idea until just now, but lucky for me, it's available via Spotify.
All-star Danes launch new label
Danish artists Tobias Kippenberger (The Floor Is Made Of Lava), Sebastian Wolff (Kellermensch) and Simon Kvamm (Nephew/De Eneste To) are launching a new record label together called (In Our Name) and will be putting out Jonas Breum's (Coolsville/Breum) solo debut as their inaugural release. Look for the lead single "Fjendemin" to be released on January 30 with the rest of the album to come soon thereafter.
Alog present new live album/Manga "Tokio Heaven"
Alog picked up a small stack of cardboard sleeves on their way through Portland, OR and, after pondering awhile what to do with them, finally settled on making them into covers for a new live album. However, they did not settle for a standard cover design -- instead they enlisted Japanese Manga artist Junko Harada to do a 50-panel strip, one for each edition of the record. See the result here, entitled "Tokio Heaven": https://alog.net/tc/index.html
Svensk Musik is done
Well, this is disappointing: the website Svensk Musik is shutting down after one year of publishing a diverse array of content, both text and video: https://svenskmusik.org/tema/thank-you/
Massgrav German tour diary
Massgrav recently went down to Germany for a pair of shows and, as usual, came back with a full, entertaining report on what went down: https://www.massgrav.com/giglog_germany.html
New Liehtenstein album coming soon
will be releasing the new LP "Fast forward" from Swedish indiepop act Liehtenstein on January 25. More info and a sample mp3 here.
Landcrabs CS out now
Out now via , the self-titled debut from ex-Knife & Ape act Landcrabs. Listen via Spotify.
New from Hubro: Erland Dahlen, Scent of Soil
Up next from the exceptional Norwegian label , the solo debut "Rolling bomber" from drummer/percussionist/saw player (!!!) Erland Dahlen. Seriously: drums, percussion and singing saw and nothing else -- it's awesome.
After that, the new album from pop/jazz act Scent of Soil. Haven't heard that one yet beyond this one sample tune, but considering the label's track record, I'm sure it will be worth checking out. Details here.
Anarkist on vinyl
has issued a gatefold LP edition of Mattias Alkberg's excellent most recent album "Anarkist": https://nyvag.weebly.com/1/post/2012/01/its-finally-here.html