Fullsteam Records has announced the signing of Helsinki-based act Cosmobile. Look for a new single from the band this summer with their sophomore album to follow in the fall; in the meantime, preview the band at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/cosmobile
Efterklang reports that their upcoming live CD/DVD (or LP/DVD) "Performing Parades", recorded with The Danish National Chamber Orchestra in Copenhagen last September, will be released on October 19. Besides the full 55-minute show, the DVD will also include a behind-the-scenes documentary and all of the videos made for the songs off the album "Parades". To celebrate the release, Efterklang will stage a special re-creation of the album at the Barbican Hall in London together with The Britten Sinfonia on October 28.
Teasers of The Knife's opera "Tomorrow, in a year" are beginning to come to light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gtsCMFjQtw
Swedish glamrockers Crashdiet have enlisted Simme from Jailbait as their new vocalist. Hear some new demo tunes at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/crashdiet80
Discobelle has new music from Swedish bitpop act (and friends of Slagsmålsklubben) Svenska Björnstammen: https://www.discobelle.net/2009/06/12/svenska-bjornstammen/
Antenna talks to viking metal act Týr: https://www.antenna.nu/?p=1406
Surprise! Pitchfork does not enjoy The Sounds' new album "Crossing the rubicon": https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13155-crossing-the-rubicon/
Swedish indie act Spoonfork are giving away an edited version of their album "All is well" as a free download: https://www.spoonthefork.com/
Marit Bergman's anthem for Stockholm Pride "Casey, hold on", a song "about a young girl who just came out to her parents and it didn't go very well", will be released as a proper single in late July.
Swedish postrock act Immanu El report that they've started tracking the nine songs they plan to record for their next album "Moen" and also that the song "Agnes Day" will be released online sometime in July. More details to come...
BigBang will be filming their performance at the Norwegian Wood Festival in Oslo on June 13 for an eventual DVD release. Expect various guests to join the band on stage for the special event.
There's a new single + video from Biker Boy and it's a cover of "Where do you go to?" by Peter Sarstedt and Hybris has it available for free download: https://hybrism.blogspot.com/2009/06/biker-boy-where-do-you-go-to-new-single.html
DN on Swedish rapper Osten af Mozzarella (aka Fredrik Engström) whose new video for the song "Farväl Örebro" is apparently Sweden's first music video performed in sign language: https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/musik/sveriges-forsta-musikvideo-for-horselskadade-1.889526 (in Swedish)
The clip itself is viewable here: https://www.dn.se/webbtv/film-ljud/osten-af-mozzarella-farval-orebro-1.889485
Swedish rappers Lorentz & M. Sakarias have a new video for the track "Baby!": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKhrxyU0E_k&fmt=18
Check out the new video for "Kristallklare natta" from Paddington Distortion Combo: https://www.vimeo.com/4785338