Tag: General

Battlekat announce 7", tour

Danish electro hype Battlekat (nee Just A Number 05272011) will be releasing a 7" via UK label and will also be doing a bit of touring in support:

10/02 - Magnet Club, Berlin (GER)
10/23 - SWN Festival, Wales/UK 10/25 - White Heat, London (UK)
10/27 - Lexington (JaJaJa), London (UK)
10/29 - The Nest, London (UK)

New Kite EP gets release date

Kite's next EP, cleverly entitled "IV", is confirmed for release on September 21 via and will be available on both CD and 12" vinyl.

Jag är min egen Dolly Parton/I'm my own Dolly Parton

How come I'm only learning about this today? "I'm my own Dolly Parton" is a documentary directed by Jessica Nettelbladt and starring Dollykollot aka producer Gudrun Hauksdottir plus singers Nina Persson, Cecilia Nordlund, Lotta Wenglén and Helena Josefsson -- "Five colourful women ready to take on whatever challenges life throws at them, inspired by Dolly Parton's strength to go her own way and defy the pressure to conform." Watch them perform "Jolene" below:

New Anna Ternheim on the way

Coming September 19, the new Anna Ternheim album "The night visitor": https://www.thenightvisitor.com/

Deportees - Islands and shores

"Islands and shores" is the lead single from the new Deportees album of the same name, due out October 26.

Simian Ghost get UK hookup

has picked up Simian Ghost for the UK and, besides referring to them as "chillwave", they will be releasing the mini-album "Lovelorn" over thereabouts on November 14 with "Free agent" being offered forth as the first single. Official press release: https://www.heistorhitrecords.com/category/blog/welcome-to-simian-ghost-the-newest-member-of-the-heist-family/

New solo album on the way from David Sandström

Coming soon via , the debut album "You're the lotion on darkness knuckles as it punches light in the face" from A Heavy Feather aka the new solo project of David Sandström: https://razziarecords.se/releases_details.asp?id=1075&artist=A

New Sinikka Langeland album in late September

Norwegian vocalist and kantele player Sinikka Langeland will release her new album "The land that is not" on September 23 via .

New album from The Embassy in September

Officially confirmed for release in September, a new LP from The Embassy called "Life in the trenches": https://srvc.se/the-embassy/life-in-the-trenches-lp

Amy Diamond in print

Swedish pop artist Amy Diamond will be launching her own magazine this November in cooperation with / and OKEJ editor Anders Tenger. Full details here: https://cosmosmusicgroup.com/index.php?newsdetail=36

Deer Bear confirm EP, tour

Danish duo Deer Bear have confirmed that their new 12" EP "The other side" will be released on September 26 via . Look for them to tour with like-minded melancholy countrymen The Alcoholic Faith Mission this fall with their full-length debut to follow in early 2012. Listen to sample tunes here: https://deerbear.com/music/

New stuff from Rune Grammofon: Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Fra Lippo Lippi

has posted details for their next release, the debut CD "Shoot!" from the guitar-based Hedvig Mollestad Trio: https://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/hedvig-mollestad-trio/rcd-2115-hedvig-mollestad-trio-shoot-cd/
RG has also just released a box set reissue of label mainman Rune Kristoffersen's old band Fra Lippo Lippi, available on both vinyl or CD.

New Monty album confirmed

The new Monty album "100 år senare" has been confirmed for release on October 12 via and will be preceded by a one-song-per-day online preview starting 10 days prior.

Robert Svensson announces final live show

Apparently Robert Svensson is saying that his show at Popaganda at Södra Teatern in Stockholm on August 25 will be his last show ever.

Rock Science, the game

Presenting "Rock Science", a new rock'n'roll boardgame featuring artwork and a themesong by Nicke Andersson of Imperial State Electric/The Hellacopters/Entombed. Check it: https://www.rockscience.tv/