From the Inbox: Volbeat, Lasse Passage, Underwater Sleeping Society, Familjen and more Categories: Alternative • Denmark • Electronica • Finland • Norway • Pop • Rock • Sweden • Tracks • Videos From the Inbox: Volbeat, Lasse Passage, Underwater Sleeping Society, Familjen and more Another edition of From the Inbox is ready, this one featuring free tracks from Finnish indierock outfit Underwater Sleeping Society (an eight song anniversary EP), Danish electronica duo Autofiction and a massive compilation of Nordic pop featuring no less than 114 songs. Also here is tracks by Volbeat and Lasse ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
SpaceScan10 #34: Crying Day Care Choir and Endless Dark Categories: Alternative • Features • Iceland • Metal • Sweden SpaceScan10 #34: Crying Day Care Choir and Endless Dark The two acts in this week’s SpaceScan work in very different ways. Icelandic six-piece Endless Dark dish out hard hitting pop-metal sharing characteristics with Swedish quintet Dead by April, while Crying Day Care Choir (SE) excel in alternative pop with a folksy touch. As usual all you have to do ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
SpaceScan10 #33: Astro Can Caravan and Philco Fiction Categories: Alternative • Features • Finland • Norway SpaceScan10 #33: Astro Can Caravan and Philco Fiction Continuing our tour of MySpace, this Friday we've got alternative pop and space jazz for your lucky ears. The first is offered by Norwegian trio Philco Fiction, who released their debut album back in April, and the latter by Finnish nine-man collective Astro Can Caravan, who's released quite a bit, ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
From the Inbox: Magenta Skycode, Erik Hassle, The Alexandria Quartet, Vomit Supreme, FM Belfast and more Categories: Alternative • Denmark • Electronica • Finland • Iceland • Norway • Pop • Rock • Sweden • Tracks • Videos From the Inbox: Magenta Skycode, Erik Hassle, The Alexandria Quartet, Vomit Supreme, FM Belfast and more It’s almost all about music videos in this edition of From the Inbox. We do, however, kick off with tracks by Sweden’s Boy Omega and Another Nation’s National Anthem plus Finland’s Saine, the first offering nothing less than a free EP, before we let images from Magenta Skycode, Vomit Supreme, ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
SpaceScan10 #32: Frederik Teige and Teleskop Categories: Alternative • Denmark • Electronica • Features • Sweden SpaceScan10 #32: Frederik Teige and Teleskop The SpaceScan selected two this week are two unsigned solo acts from Sweden and Denmark. First up is Teleskop aka Olof Svenblad, who work in somber electropop ways, and he’s followed by Frederik Teige, who is gearing up to release what could be a very, very good alternative pop debut ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Alcoholic Faith Mission: Let This Be The Last Night We Care Categories: Albums • Alternative • Denmark Alcoholic Faith Mission: Let This Be The Last Night We Care It took Alcoholic Faith Mission three years to finish and release their grand sophomore effort ‘421 Wythe Avenue’ (2009), which earned them solid critical acclaim and label deals in Japan and USA, but less than a year to release this followup, their third album. Which really is quite impressive in ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
SpaceScan10 #25: Moby The Pink Pilot and Pinkunoizu Categories: Alternative • Denmark • Faroe Islands • Features • Rock SpaceScan10 #25: Moby The Pink Pilot and Pinkunoizu The 25. SpaceScan of 2010 features two quartets from the Faroe Islands and Denmark. The latter call themselves Pinkunoizu and consist of four former members of Le Fiasko, who dabble in alternative folk and more, the first work under the moniker Moby The Pink Pilot and dish out succulent garage-prog-rock. ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Originalljudet: Originalljudet Categories: Albums • Alternative • Sweden Originalljudet: Originalljudet Hailing from Stockholm the collective of artists and musicians hiding behind the moniker Originalljudet released this self titled debut in Sweden in March. Their name (and hence the album title) translates to “original sound” or “odd sound”, which are both safe to apply to the album’s nine, mostly downbeat instrumentals ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
On the Meadow with Obliq, The Faux Noise and Svedberg & The Hillside Stranglers Categories: Alternative • Features • Pop • Rock • Sweden On the Meadow with Obliq, The Faux Noise and Svedberg & The Hillside Stranglers Guest blogger Pär Berglund from the great Meadow Music blog has had an inspirational month, which means that this edition of On the Meadow features three bands. So get ready to dig in to indiepop quartet Obliq, experimental duo The Faux Noise and the jazz meets pop meets the American ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Hjaltalín: Terminal Categories: Albums • Alternative • Iceland Hjaltalín: Terminal Two years ago Icelandic outfit Hjaltalín excited with their amazing orchestral pop debut, ‘Sleepdrunk Seasons’, receiving much and well deserved praise, and last year they released this second and just as great effort titled ‘Terminal’ in Iceland. On it they continue the debut’s enticingly playful blend of rock, pop and ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Complicated Universal Cum: Complicated Universal Cum Categories: Albums • Alternative • Denmark Complicated Universal Cum: Complicated Universal Cum ‘Complicated Universal Cum’ consists of only five songs, however three tracks clock in at more than ten minutes. The album is exclusively released digitally and on vinyl. The cover is a super close-up of a pink Hello Kitty-guitar. So if asked to boil Complicated Universal Cum down to one word ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
SpaceScan10 #13: Futuregrapher and Steso Categories: Alternative • Electronica • Faroe Islands • Features • Iceland SpaceScan10 #13: Futuregrapher and Steso Our thirteenth SpaceScan this year presents laptop composer Futuregrapher aka Árni Grétar (Iceland) and Faroese 12-piece Steso, counting members from Makrel, ORKA and Sic among others, who are both working on their debut albums (both with no release date yet). Check them out, let us know what you think and ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Lis Er Stille: The Real Children Categories: Alternative • Denmark • Tracks Lis Er Stille: The Real Children April 10 Danish alternative rock quartet Lis Er Stille will release their third album ‘The Collibro’. Building up they’ve made first single ‘The Real Children’, an intriguing mixture of Nick Cave gloom and doom, melodic (math)rock and a surprising metal-esque outro, available for free on their website. Also you should ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
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