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Rasmus Kellerman has a new band, but he won't tell us what it's called, or who else is in it. If you've wanted more of the arrestingly heart-felt acoustic music that Kellerman began to explore with the album "The 24th" , you won't be getting it (or at least, not right now). The album that Kellerman released under his own name was marked by a stripped-down honesty carried by his clear voice and lone guitar, with lyrics more autobiographical than his project Tiger Lou . It's brave when a musician takes on [...]

Apparently Oslo and Stockholm are ahead of the curve when it comes to music discovery (and rejection): http://www.wired.co.uk/news/ar chive/2012-04/18/cities-musica l-taste

Essential first-wave Swedish hardcore that's raging fast, surprisingly melodic and also a heckuva lot of fun. Even better, the rare tracks culled from various cassette releases, live sessions and so on are every bit as good as the band's all-too-few official vinyl recordings, limited to a mere split 7" with fellow Swedes Panik and the first volume of the "Really fast" comp series. Hopefully most folks who fit the target audience for this LP will have already picked it up by now, but for dabblers there's always Spotify . - Avi Roig [...]

The official video for the new Graveyard single "Goliath" .

Solid Swedish pop balladeering from The High and Lows .

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Swedish cult/psychrockers Goat have an exclusive live video up at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/0 9/24/premiar-goat-goatman/ Strobe-sensitive folks are advised to open said clip in a hidden tab.

Pitchfork likes the new Enslaved album "RIITIIR" , but perhaps not quite as much as some folks: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/a lbums/17147-riitiir/

Check out the Facebook page for "Den Svenska Synthen" , an upcoming book by Bengt Rahm (one of the founders of Labrador Records ) on the Swedish synth scene including interviews with tons of bands, labels and more: https://www.facebook.com/DenSv enskaSynthen Swedish-only unfortunately, but that's the way these things go.

Yep, the crusties will love this! Hombre Malo kick off proceedings off and, to be honest, they do take a while to hit their stride. Once they do though, they just click and you're right in there with them, tearing shit up. The first three tracks are essentially punked-up stoners while closing track "Burial ground for a past life" showcases the Oslo-based sludgers at their finest. The punky stuff might sound cool and all, but when Hombre Malo hit mid-pace before slowing to a drawn-out, doomed halt, it's as pummelling as a bag of [...]

Death metal in-jokes abound! This is the title track of the band's upcoming 7" EP, due out November 6 via Relapse .

New from Finnish cult/psychrockers Hexvessel off their latest record "No holier temple" .

PSL has the premiere of the new Woodlands ( remember ?) video "River running wild" : http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/0 9/21/premiar-woodlands-river-r unning-wild/

Swedish dubstep? Sure, okay.

In i dimman by In i dimman Cool! A Swedish band whose sound harkens back to the early days of Kent and other similar 90s-era alt-rock.

Add together stop/motion animation + Swedish Kraut/pop and you get Spagyrikerna . Look for an album this fall via White Line Recordings .

It's far too smooth for my tastes, but here's the latest from Swedish pop/rap act Norlie & KKV .

The latest from Swedish electro/pop trio Artymove .

Ghost and Jess & the Ancient Ones have a lot to answer for. Between them they seem to have started this classic rock-tinged occult psychedelic thing where the next, more underground generation think that loose 'n' lo-fi is the way to go. Although Seremonia sound nothing like fellow countrymen Beherit , they have gone for an odd production choice similar in ethos to "Drawing down the moon" . The difference is that going out on a pre-planned lo-fi limb like that really worked for Beherit back in '93 and resulted in [...]

Presenting the Ligetizer, a new 6-metronome instrument designed and constructed by Espen Sommer Eide of Alog / Phonophani . Full details here .

Pitchfork is not too impressed by Efterklang 's latest: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/a lbums/17087-piramida/