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Regina: Päivät Valuvat 
It’s no secret that I like Finnish electropop trio Regina and have done so since their third album ?Puutarhatrilogia? came my way. Last year the excellent ‘Soita Mulle’ followed, now backed with a great short-film trilogy by director Osma Harvilahti. Part I (further down) was for ‘Mustavalkeaa’, Part II for ‘Päivät Valuvat’ and Part III [...]
af Peter Krogholm (tags: electropop finland iisa pykäri j-pop mikko pykäri mikko rissanen osma harvilahti pop regina video videos )
Sameblod: Loud
Last year Swedish duo Sameblod aka Frederick Rundqvist and Mikael Mattisson released the five track EP ?Our Future? and in December we featured ?Almost Virgin?, the first single from their upcoming debut album (out March), in a SpaceScan. A couple of weeks ago the second, grand single ?Loud? was released, offering more of their 80s-tinged, [...]
af Peter Krogholm (tags: 1980s electropop frederick rundqvist mikael mattisson pop sameblod sweden tracks )
Bullet Train Blast: Nothing Remains
Here?s a track called ?Bang Bang Bang? from a band called Bullet Train Blast. Quick hint: It ain?t indie. The Danish rockers with a fondness for bullets and things that go “bang” are once again kicking it old school on their sophomore effort ?Nothing Remains?. The album consists of 10 energetic, guitar driven tracks with nods [...]
af Thomas Brunstrøm (tags: 1980s albums bullet train blast denmark kings in exile mötley crüe rock skid row van halen )
The Megaphonic Thrift: Moonstruck
I loved their debut, ‘Decay Decoy’, and well over a week ago alternative rockers The Megaphonic Thrift released their second and eponymous full length which apparently is even better, trusting reports from their native Norway. As you’ve probably guessed I haven’t heard the full album, but a couple of days ago this video for ‘Moonstruck’, [...]
af Peter Krogholm (tags: alternative rock fredrik vogsborg linn frøkedal njål clementsen noiserock norway richard myklebust rock the megaphonic thrift video videos )
Malrun: Moving Into Fear
ALL SCANDINAVIAN favorites Malrun will release their second album, ‘The Empty Frame’ next month. If you’re excited about this (and you should be) check out this first single from the album that’s just been released for streaming. The track promises a more metal-ish sound compared to the epic debut album ‘Beauty In Chaos’, but that [...]
af Thomas Brunstrøm (tags: denmark hard rock malrun metal progressive metal track tracks )
Highasakite: Indian Summer
Norwegian indiepop trio Highasakite aka Trond Bersu (Pelbo), Ingrid Helene Håvik (Your Headlights Are On) and Øystein Skar (Sacred Harp) released their debut album ‘All That Floats Will Rain’ in Norway on February 3 – an album I haven’t heard, but rather feel the need to check out. Here’s the excellent single ‘Indian Summer’, which [...]
af Peter Krogholm (tags: highasakite indiepop ingrid helene håvik norway pelbo pop sacred harp track tracks trond bersu your headlights are on øystein skar )
Siamese Fighting Fish: Don?t Try This Alone
According to us (which would make it a non-negotiable truth) Siamese Fighting Fish were responsible for the best Danish album of 2011. The followup should be out later this year but the SIFIFI lads have been kind enough to upload three new tracks already, and I have to say that even if their sophomore album [...]
af Thomas Brunstrøm (tags: alternative rock andreas krüger denmark incubus jonas klitgaard metal mirza radonjica morten b. jakobsen muse progressive rasmus krøyer rock siamese fighting fish system of a down track tracks villads e. berg )
The ALL SCANDINAVIAN post #1000 and album giveaway!
Today we celebrate. Because today we publish post number 1000 on your favorite (we know you love us, so don?t be shy) Scandinavian music blog. In fact, you?re looking at it, and if you look a little further you?ll see good stuff can become yours with the Pretty-Big-Best-Albums-Giveaway we?ve created with the kind help from [...]
af Peter Krogholm (tags: all scandinavian best albums best of 2011 denmark faroe islands finland giveaway iceland norway sweden )
Spleen United: School Of Euphoria
They have taken their good time, Spleen United, getting this third full length out. ?School Of Euphoria?, following the awesome ?Neanderthal? (2008), has in fact been announced a couple of times, latest about a year and half ago with 6+ minute single ?Sunset To Sunset? which inspired an improvised 24 hour outdoor set (check the [...]
af Peter Krogholm (tags: 1990s 2 unlimited albums bjarke parbo niemann dance denmark eurodance faithless gaute parbo niemann house janus nevel kasper nørlund london beat michael patterson rock rune wehner spleen united synthrock the flaming lips trance )
Korallreven: An Album By Korallreven
Another of the albums we failed miserably at sharing with you last year (although we did point you to them in a September SpaceScan) was ?An Album By Korallreven? by… well, Korallreven. Sharing our philosophy of ?better late than never?, the Swedish duo aka Marcus Joons and Daniel Tjäder (also keyboards in The Radio Dept.) [...]
af Peter Krogholm (tags: 1980s albums daniel tjäder dream-pop electropop julianna barwick korallreven marcus joons pop sweden synth-pop taken by trees the radio dept victoria bergsman )
Siinai: Finish Line
Last year Finnish synth-krautians Siinai (Markus Joensuu, Risto Joensuu, Saku Kämäräinen and Matti Ahopelto) released their grand debut album ?Olympic Games? and about a week ago this really cool video for album closing ?Finish Line?, directed by Caleb Dunham and quite fittingly taking us back in time to the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, hit [...]
af Peter Krogholm (tags: caleb dunham finland joensuu 1685 krautrock markus joensuu matti ahopelto risto joensuu rock saku kämäräinen siinai synthrock video videos zebra & snake äänijännite )
Anchorless: Settle With The Signs
Back in December I featured Danish indierock six-piece Anchorless in the Music Alliance Pact mixtape with ?A Step Too Steep? from their 2010 debut EP, which you can download by clicking here! Earlier this month the gang released single ?Settle With The Signs?, the first off their debut full length ?Every Nook And Cranny? (out [...]
af Peter Krogholm (tags: 1960s anchorless denmark indie-rock indierock rock track tracks )
Autoband: Sunbeam
January 16 Gudmund Østgård released his eponymous debut album as Autoband – an album I haven?t heard in full but am rather curious to hear, as first single ?Sunbeam?, featuring his sister Ingvild Østgård on vocal, really is a downbeat, melancholic electronica gem more than fit for the season in this part of the world. [...]
af Peter Krogholm (tags: ambient autoband electronica glitch gudmund østgård ingvild østgård jazz norway track tracks )
SLKJ: The Angel Of Death
Back in 2009 I was quite excited about Vuk aka Finnish-American singer Emily Cheeger?s second album, ?The Plains?, which made it on our 20 Best Albums hit-list. Since then she?s started a new synthpop project with Junnu Alajuuma (Kap Kap) called SLKJ, which is short for Suomi-Leijona ja Kuollut Jänis and – according to my [...]
af Peter Krogholm (tags: doom pop electropop emily cheeger finland junnu alajuuma kap kap pop slkj suomi-leijona ja kuollut jänis synth-pop track tracks vuk )
Kúra: Anchor
A few hours ago this video for Icelandic/Danish electronica trio Kúra?s awesome track ?Anchor?, co-produced by acclaimed DJ and producer Buda (Lulu Rouge, who?s been working with Kúra singer Fanney Ósk Þórisdóttir), hit the www. It is directed by Kristian Touborg and Jesper Dalgaard and quite pleasing to the eye…
af Peter Krogholm (tags: brynjar bjarnfoss buda denmark dub electronica fanney ósk þórisdóttir iceland jesper dalgaard kristian touborg lulu rouge rasmus liebst video videos )
Hymns From Nineveh: Hymns From Nineveh
Recently we published our 20 Best Albums of 2011 list painfully aware of all the albums we never got around to mention, one being Jonas Haahr Petersen?s eponymous solo debut as Hymns From Nineveh. Chances are you might already have heard of him and then you?re free to move on. If not, spend a minute [...]
af Peter Krogholm (tags: albums alt-folk alternative bon iver choir of young believers christian denmark folk folk-pop hymns from nineveh indie-psalms jonas haahr petersen jonas petersen sufjan stevens )
Burning Hearts: Extinctions
February 1 Finnish duo Burning Hearts aka Jessika Rapo (Le Futur Pompiste, Magenta Skycode) and Henry Ojala (Cats On Fire, Magenta Skycode) will release their second full length album, ?Extinctions?, to follow up on their 2009 debut, ?Aboa Sleeping?, and 2010s four song EP ?Into the Wilderness?. Anyway, if you are the impatient type, Burning Hearts [...]
af Peter Krogholm (tags: albums burning hearts cats on fire download finland free henry ojala indiepop jessika rapo le futur pompiste magenta skycode pop suzanne vega the cranberries track )
Burning Hearts: Burn Burn Burn
February 1 Finnish duo Burning Hearts aka Jessika Rapo (Le Futur Pompiste, Magenta Skycode) and Henry Ojala (Cats On Fire, Magenta Skycode) will release their second full length album, ?Extinctions?, to follow up on their 2009 debut, ?Aboa Sleeping?, and 2010s four song EP ?Into the Wilderness?. The new album is a neat collection of indiepop [...]
af Peter Krogholm (tags: burning hearts cats on fire finland henry ojala indiepop jessika rapo le futur pompiste magenta skycode pop suzanne vega the cranberries track tracks )
Ring Them Bells: Technicolor
Together and between them Danish noise-rockers Ring Them Bells aka Moogie Johnson (bass), Jan Johansen (guitar) and founders Johannes Dybkjær Andersson (drums) and Johannes Nidam (vocal, guitar) have toured the continent – Europe, that is – quite a lot the past 10-15 years with acts like Our Broken Garden, Lampshade, Munch/Johnson, Diefenbach, Glorybox, Campsite and [...]
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Murmansk: Mercury
This year will see the release of the much anticipated third full length by Finnish post- n’ noise-rock quartet Murmansk, following up on 2009′s excellent ‘Eleven Eyes To Shade’. And by the sound (and look) of new single (and video) ‘Mercury’ more goodness can be expected…
af Peter Krogholm (tags: finland murmansk noiserock post-rock rock shoegaze video videos )
The Concept: Gimme Twice
They’re headed for world domination it could seem, Swedish indiepop quartet The Concept. Three singles, three hits – the latest driving gem ‘Gimme Twice’, which is accompanied by this video and offered as free download along with ‘D-D-Dance’ (look below) – and lots ‘n lots of well deserved blog lovin’. The video is shot by [...]
af Peter Krogholm (tags: david larson download filip bekic frans povel free indiepop magnus robert pop sweden the concept track tracks video videos )
Sólstafir: Fjara
It’s no secret that ALL SCANDINAVIAN like Sólstafir (we can only hope it’s reciprocated). In fact the Icelandic experimental metal outfit’s third full length, ‘Svartir Sandar’, took home second place on our Best Albums of 2011 list. Yesterday the gang premiered the brand new and epic video for equally epic, 7+ minutes song ‘Fjara’, which [...]
af Peter Krogholm (tags: alternative metal experimental metal iceland metal solstafir video videos )
Music Alliance Pact ? January 2012
We are halfway through January and it is time for another edition of the World?s Greatest Mixtape, bringing you 36 free songs from 36 countries around the planet courtesy of the Music Alliance Pact. This month we welcome Austria’s Walzerkönig and South Korea’s Korean Indie to the ranks, but other than that we’ve changed nothing [...]
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The 20 Best Albums of 2011
2011 was another splendid year in Scandinavian music and while painfully aware of all the albums in the ever-growing to-do-pile we haven?t gotten around to mention, we are still happy and proud to offer the culmination on our ALL SCANDINAVIAN year-end retrospect: The 20 Best Albums of 2011 – as we heard it. We?ve said it [...]
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10 Most Popular SpaceScans of 2011
Friday, December 30, it was curtains for the longest running regular feature on ALL SCANDINAVIAN, the SpaceScan. Every Friday (except one) since August 29, 2008, we’ve presented a wide range of signed and unsigned Scandinavian artists in an easily handled sitting, and we hope it’s been as rewarding for you as it has been for [...]
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