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  • Last month, Swedish metal outfit In Solitude put out its third studio album Sister, its most adventurous effort thus far. Case in point: The LP’s third track, “A Buried Sun;” a seven-minute-long piece of that exhibits band’s classic metal throwback sound, but with a welcome infusion of goth

  • Makthaverskan II by makthaverskan Sweden’s Makthaverskan embraces the tenants of jangle and noise pop on this new collection of tracks, II. While the band’s punk roots still remain on many tracks here–especially “Distance”–they show up in subtler ways: light distortion, fast tempos, and frontwoman Maja Milner’

  • Sweden’s Cult of Luna sticks to its guns on this new track from their forthcoming album, Vertikal, which is set to drop January 29th. The new track, “I: The Weapon” mixes the heavy, spacious sounds of atmospheric sludge metal with the melodic sensibilities of post-hardcore very nicely. The song

  • Stream: Jens Lekman- I Know What Love Isn’t On September 3, Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman will be releasing his third LP, titled I Know What Love Isn’t, via Secretly Canadian. The folks over at The Quietus have made it available to stream now; just follow the link above

  • On their debut LP, Niki & the Dove draw up some really catchy synth pop tunes, but fail to draw up their own take on the style. However, it still ends up being a reasonably enjoyable record based solely on the merits of their production and hooks. WATCH THE REVIEW