Blog: It's a trap!

Another pre-anniversary festival interview from Millencolin , this one featuring Stockholm's Beast : http://millencolin20year.se/ho me/?p=346

Ingrid has posted their upcoming spring/summer release schedule: http://www.ingrd.com/2012/ingr id-springsummer-2012/ Look for new stuff from all three Peter Bjorn and John dudes -- Smile ( Björn Yttling + Jocke Åhlund ), Peter Morén (solo) and Hortlax Cobra ( John Erikssson ) -- plus Starlight Serenaders and more.

New from Swedish jazz/world music label Country & Eastern , "The Vedbod tapes" , an old collection of recordings featuring the trio of Roland Keijser , Bengt Berger and Kjell Westlin jamming out in woods of Dalarna back in '77. Check out samples and liner notes from Keijser right here .

This is exactly what a dance/pop anthem should be. "I don't care! I love it!" (via PSL )

Always nice to hear new hardcore with actual riffs as opposed to merely sounding damaged and unhinged or hiding behind questionable imagery. Anyhow, should've talked this one up ages ago, but life gets in the way, y'know? Norway's Black Hole Crew delivers the goods as usual.

• Problems - Stop reproducing

The first Turbonegro single with new singer Tony Sylvester and it's just as good/bad as you'd expect/fear. The band's new album "Sexual harrassment" comes out June 13.

I'm a few days behind the curve on this one, but Cvlt Nation has a full album stream of the new Future Ruins (ex- Massmord ) record: http://www.cvltnation.com/excl usive-cvlt-nation-streaming-fu ture-ruins/ RIYL modern arena-crust ala Tragedy , etc.

Get past the undistinguished vocals and you'll be rewarded with some killer crusty, blackened sludge. Better yet, wait until the coda when the vocals drop out completely and the organ comes it and prepare to be obliterated by total heaviness. Don't be fooled by the false ending either, somehow they manage to take it up yet another notch before the actual finale happens. This Gift is a Curse 's full-length debut "I, guilt bearer" will be officially released on May 11 via Discouraged Records .

• This Gift is a Curse - I will swallow all light

New Swedish hip-hop from Mange Hellberg featuring a guest spot from Näääk .

The new Nutid album "Cityflowers" is streaming in full at The Fader: http://www.thefader.com/2012/0 5/01/stream-nutids-album-cityf lowers/

Seriously? Yet another new video heavily trafficking in mirror-image visuals? This is the laziest bullshit ever.

A brand new jam from Finnish act Kiki Pau off their forthcoming album, due out in June. Mixed by Gustav Ejstes ( Dungen ) and apparently somewhat different from how the rest of the record will sound.

A new video from Swedish hip-hop crew Supersci for the tune "Wristwatch" which comes off the album "Timelines" , released way way back in 2010.

I do believe this is the 3rd Magnus Renfors -directed video to be released from Ane Brun off her latest work "It all starts with one" .

Miss Li will be releasing a new album in September after playing a handful of shows around Sweden this summer. Dates here .

For those that are interested, the new Lapko album "LOVE" is now available on Spotify a full week ahead of its official release date.

A preview of the new Mats Grönmark album "Roller coaster blues" , out now via Rhythm Ace .

I won't pretend that I get more than a fraction of this, but it's making the rounds.

The new Marcus Price & Carli video "Du och jag mot rös" is now streaming over at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/0 5/03/premiar-marcus-price-carl i-du-och-jag-mot-ros/ No idea what's up with the appropriation of Doom patches and Black Flag t-shirts or why mirror-image videos are suddenly de rigueur, but there you go.