Sweden

Graveyard releasing new LP, touring, playing Lincoln Hall

Graveyard @ NYC’s Bowery Ballroom in January (more by Greg Cristman) Swedish rockers Graveyard are set to release their new LP, Lights Out, in North America on November 6…

Bon Iver's new iTunes session, Bjork's new program at the NYPL & the full Oya & Way Out West festival lineups

Bon Iver at Bonnaroo 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Bon Iver recorded an iTunes session at East West studios which is available exclusively from iTunes starting today…

Refused played the Glass House & Coachella (setlists/videos)

Refused @ Coachella 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) One day before Coachella on Friday, the reunited Refused played a warm up show at the Glass House in Pomona, CA…

watch a lot of Refused's surprise 10/30 Stockholm, Sweden show (video & setlist)

With less than 2 weeks until their first of two Coachella performances which are followed played a warm up show in their home country of Sweden the other day (again)…

OFF! announce LP & more shows (NYC on sale now) ---------- tour dates & belated Way Out West pics

As we were just saying, Off! were putting the finishing touches on their new album. This new press release from Vice Records has even more info:In a creative pace to match the breathless vehemence of their music, punk/hardcore luminaries OFF…

iamamiwhoami returns (with a short video), made their live debut @ Way Out West in August (belated pics)

Swedish electronic art, music & multimedia project iamamiwhoami, who has been accused of being Karin Dreijer Andersson of the Knife (who iamamiwhoami now shares a manager with), has been pretty quiet lately…

Pulp coming to the US! -- playing Coachella(s), played Way Out West during European tour (pics)

The Coachella 2012 lineup was supposed to be announced in full by now (update: ANNOUNCED), so that may explain why Pulp just announced that they will in fact be playing the festival on both of its weekends: April 13 & 20…

Robyn played SNL & Way Out West (videos & live pics)

Robyn was one of the highlights of the Way Out West Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden over the summer. I took a whole bunch of pictures of her performance in her home country, but never got to post them, so here they are along with videos of her performance on Saturday Night Live over the weekend (Katy Perry who she opened some shows for in the past was the host)…

SBTRKT now in NYC, played with surprise guest Shabazz Palaces in Seattle (video & some belated pics from Sweden)

DOWNLOAD: SBTRKT – “Wildfire” (Drumma Boy remix ft. Shabazz Palaces) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: SBTRKT – “Wildfire” (Feat. Little Dragon) (MP3) Watching SBTRKT with vocalist Sampha, an inch from the small stage at Nefertiti Jazz Club in Gothenburg, Sweden back in August was a highlight of my trip over there for the Way Out West festival…

James Blake talks frat-boy dubstep (aka Skrillex), played in a church in Sweden with Low (belated pics)

As many are posting, James Blake told Liz Pelly at the Boston Phoenix that:”I think the dubstep that has come over to the US, and certain producers– who I can’t even be bothered naming– have definitely hit upon a sort of frat-boy market where there’s this macho-ism being reflected in the sounds and the way the music makes you feel…
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