Enta Omry is the most expansive and intimate work to date from experimental/drone project Maulén. Built around a single, uninterrupted 57-minute composition, the album is a radical reinterpretation of the iconic song by Oum Kulthum, shaped not in a studio, but across Morocco and the Sahara Desert—through travel, endurance, and deep listening. Maulén is the brainchild of composer, musician, and visual artist Carlos Ibarra. Named after his grandmother, a member of the Mapuche people of Chile, Maulén translates to “a wet valley.” Since its inception, the project has sought out environments that leave a mark on the music—places where sound,...

Today, Swedish rock duo The Gristle release their new single Misfit via Icons Creating Evil Art — the final taste of their upcoming debut album Urban Myths, out March 6, 2026. Raw, riff-driven and unapologetic, Misfit distills the essence of The Gristle: groove, garage and punk filtered through a distinctly Swedish lens. Think the desert swagger of Queens of the Stone Age, the sharp-edged urgency of Jack White and the stripped-down punch of The Black Keys — but dirtier, looser, and defiantly their own. A rock duo at heart, The Gristle prove that two people can sound like a full-force...

London-based Norwegian–Scottish duo amilost unveil Live from Fish Factory Studios on February 13th — a deeply intimate acoustic EP that revisits the emotional core of their acclaimed release Chapters of a Heartbreak. The five-track collection strips away cinematic production and electronic textures, returning the songs to the fragile space in which they were first written. Recorded live at Fish Factory Studios, the EP captures amilost in their most exposed and essential form. Across the past months, the duo have gradually introduced this acoustic chapter with the releases of Acoustic Versions of Tiny War, Bloom, and Afterthought — each revealing new...

Grymlings släpper nya singeln ”Räkna med mig” – första nya musiken på 21 år ”Bättre sent än aldrig.””Skam den som ger sig.” Skämtsamheterna haglar när man frågar Grymlings varför de nu bryter sin 21-åriga tystnad med nya singeln Räkna med mig, som släpps fredagen den 13 februari. 36 år efter succédebuten 1990 är de tillbaka med sin första nya inspelning på över två decennier. Och bakom beslutet ligger en oväntat enkel sanning. Allt började med att Mikael Rickfors en dag gjorde något han normalt inte brukar göra – lyssnade på sina egna gamla inspelningar. Han gick igenom Grymlings tre första...

Swedish artist Bonander releases her second album 'and we stood there' February 13 via Icons Creating Evil Art. “The album is about different stages of powerlessness,” Bonander explains. “I think that comes from feeling a simultaneous apathy and panic toward the chaos of the world right now.” Bonander has been described by GAFFA and Hymn as one of Sweden’s most underrated artists—an irony not lost on an artist whose project has existed and evolved for years beneath the surface. With and we stood there, she takes a decisive step into a more confrontational musical language, tracing how ordinary people are...

Swedish “bubblegum emo” outfit Tribe Friday return on February 6 with The Band Formerly Known As Tribe Friday — an EP shaped by burnout, reinvention, and the strange, never‑ending process of moving forward. The release marks a full-circle moment for the group: a return to their garage-band beginnings after years of intense touring, lineup changes, and creative fatigue. Written and recorded together in one room for the first time in years, it’s a quiet rebellion against algorithmic slop and AI-optimized art — a deeply human record, unafraid of sonic imperfection and discomfort. At its heart, the EP is a series...