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Tag: General
Svensk Musik: The history of Swedish club music
Svensk Musik has published a great new article on the history of Swedish club music, from the mid-80s through today: https://svenskmusik.org/article/the-history-of-swedish-club-music/
Shining to release live album and DVD
Shining will release the live album + DVD "Live blackjazz" on November 11 (11/11/11).
New 7" from Skogen Brinner on Gaphals
New Swedish hardrock just released on 7" via . In case the font face didn't tip you off, Skogen Brinner is described as "Black Sabbath mixed with Pugh Rogerfeldt" and they ain't lying.
Giana Factory unveil "The remake collection"
Danish act Giana Factory will be putting out a 4x7" boxset featuring four tunes off their "Save the Youth" plus a cover of the same by a different act. The four songs and bands: "Dirty snow" and Trentemøller, "Rainbow girl" and Glasvegas, "Pixelated truth" and Autolux and "Change of heart" and VETO. The official release date is October 3.
Sahara Hotnights fall tour to be their last?
Sahara Hotnights will be taking an extended break after the conclusion of their fall tour. 'Tis a shame I think since their latest record is pretty great.
Moloken - Thin line
The first official sample from Moloken's much-anticipated 2nd album "Rural", due out November 25 via . Look for a video for the song "The titan above us" to be posted online soon.
New Franky Lee album in November
Franky Lee, the indierock-ish sideproject of Mathias Färm (Millencolin) and Magnus Hägerås (The Peepshows), will release their sophomore album "There is no hell like other people's happiness" on November 4.
Rune Grammofon to release Albatrosh
will be releasing the new Albatrosh album "Yonkers" on October 21: https://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/albatrosh/rcd-2117-albatrosh-yonkers-cd/
Albatrosh is the duo of young Norwegian jazz musicians André Roligheten on sax and pianist Eyolf Dale.
New 120 Days album confirmed
120 Days' new album "II", the follow-up to their much-hyped 2006 debut, has been confirmed for release on November 7.
Shelflife announces Balloon Magic EP
has announced that they will be releasing a new EP from Danish indiepop act Balloon Magic on November 17 entitled "Mornings". Full details and a sample tune: https://www.shelflife.com/catalogue/LIFE076.html
Arcana to the UK + new Peter Bjärgö solo album
Swedish dark ambient act Arcana will be doing a special one-off UK appearance at the Dark Reverberations festival in the city of York on October 22. Details here: https://www.darkreverberations.co.uk/
In related news, Arcana mainman Peter Bjärgö reports that he has completed work on his sophomore solo album "The architecture of melancholy" and you can hear a sample tune here: https://peterbjargo.bandcamp.com/track/the-architecture-of-melancholy
Emotion to release 7" from Duvchi
has announced that they will be releasing a new 7" from Duvchi (aka Jens Duvsjö) featuring the tune "Turtleduvs" backed with a Boeoes Kaelstigen remix of the same. Official release date is October 11, preview/order here: https://eeemotion.se/music/duvchi/
Drontheim - Deadlight (video)
Drontheim is a Trondheim-based band whose entire artistic concept is based on "a dystopic [and strictly non-political, they say] scenario where Germany won World War 2. As a result of this they managed to succeed with their plans to build a Scandinavian capitol in the middle of Norway: Neue Drontheim (New Trondheim)." The single "Deadlight" is the band's first release, with a 2nd to follow in November.
New When album in October
Norwegian psych/prog/weirdos When will be releasing the new album "Mishimmisshimmisshim" in mid-October.