apr 18 2026
(Paraply Records/Hemifran) 2026.
EP CD/digital
Americana/roots music/folk/country rock – SWEDEN
Behind the name Catcher Evo stands the Swedish musician Stefan Leoson, who released a debut EP with 6 songs. The material was created with a group of collaborators and made in the style of the Americana/roots music tradition, with all the postulates of the genre and related stylistic forms.
mar 31 2026
(Bearman Music/Hemifran) 2026.
CD/digital
Rock/classic rock/melodic rock – SWEDEN
Bodinrocker aka Anders Bodin is a musician whose releases I have had the opportunity to write about several times. He has been present on the scene for a long time, and the fact is that he is one of those musicians who have not changed much over the course of their career, remaining faithful to their basic expressive principles.
feb 14 2026
(Polythene Records) 2026.
CD/LP/digital
Power pop/indie rock/various genres – SWEDEN
The Plastic Pals are a Stockholm-based quartet who celebrated twenty years of existence last year. Over those two decades — counting their latest release — they’ve released four albums and played countless shows in cities like : New York, London, Liverpool, Milan, and, of course, all across Sweden’s club scene. Along the way, they’ve shared stages with names such as The Dream Syndicate, Chris Cacavas, Chuck Prophet, Dan Stewart, The Fleshtones, and The New Christs.
feb 2 2026
(Vendetta Records) 2026.
CD/LP/digital
Black/death metal/various genres – SWEDEN
From the well‑known Swedish city of Uppsala comes the band Circular Rain, formed back in 2019. Their first EP dropped in 2023, and just recently they unveiled a full‑length album featuring seven tracks under the title „A Sermon in Tongues“.
dec 6 2025
(Heptown Records/Hemifran) 2025.
CD/Digital
Roots music/Americana – SWEDEN
Sigvard & The Bone Whispers come from Lund, Sweden, and „Land Of The Midnight Sun“ is the second album that the band’s leader has released together with his collaborators. As the press material announces, this is an emotional journey through darkness, light, and everything in between.
apr 12 2025
(Hill Songs/Hemifran) 2025.
CD/Digital
Americana-SWEDEN
Eva Hillered is a Swedish, Grammy-nominated recording and touring artist in the Americana, folk, indie, and country realms. She has a respectable career, and believe it or not, 10 solo albums, 13 singles, and 2 EP’s. Also, she has collaborated with many known and lesser-known artists and toured around the world.
dec 13 2024
(Prophone Records/Hemifran) 2024.
CD/digital
Jazz – SWEDEN
Mr. Erik Palmberg is a Swedish trumpeter/composer, based in Stockholm, who is during the previous several years deserves recognition in national area and also in international. Together with his band, he has released with actual one, 3 albums : „First Lines“ (2018.), „In Between“ (2021.), and current „Faces“, where we can find 10 instrumental tracks.
maj 6 2024
(Self-released/Hemifran) 2024.
CD/digital
Progressive – SWEDEN
Till last months, Swedish trio Parallels was mostly a lesser known group. They recently released their debut album called „Parallels“, which is conceptual and related to the events of the war.
mar 23 2024
(Paraply Records/Hemifran) 2024.
CD/digital
Folk/country/pop/rock – SWEDEN
Thomas Blomgren is one of those personalities who in his later years, first announced himself discographically. But his interest in music dating back to his youth days, but different life paths, led him to different direction.He was studying engineering, and went on to spend his working life in the construction industry.
mar 10 2024
(Zoharum) 2024.
CD/digital
Electronic/ dark wave/ dark ambient /gothic rock – SWEDEN
The Swedish act White Stains released an album called „Dreams Shall Flash“, back in 1991. 33 years later, „Zoharum“ enables to release of a reissue with 2 bonus tracks, realized in a limited edition of 300 CD’s, as well as in digital form.
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jun 11 2026
RAG AND BONE – „Strain“
(Self-released/Hemifran) 2026.
LP/CD/digital
Various genres – SWEDEN
Rag And Bone is a team led by the main figure and author Mats Nilsson. They started their career about twenty years ago, and their current work „Strain“ is supposed to represent, on one hand, a kind of comeback, and on the other hand, a musical recapitulation and inclusion of some different thinking compared to what was the case on their previous three albums.
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