Swedish pop band Saft reunites for a concert in Stockholm on May 9. [more...]

Don’t miss And One’s new video for the song “Unter meiner Uniform” (watch below), taken from the album “Magnet”. [more...]

“Digital Citizens” is the title of Autodafeh’s new single (February 27) and album (March 27). [more...]

Tonight, the annual Manifest Awards for Swedish independent music were held in Stockholm. Wulfband won the “synth” category. They did not attend but sent a video greeting.

The new video for “Shine” from German synthpop trio Camouflage was released today. It’s Camouflage in good form delivering strong and shameless stadium synthpop. Watch it below. “Greyscale” album review in progress. [more...]

It’s been 25 years since Depeche Mode’s masterpiece “Enjoy the Silence”. Many of us will never forget when it made its debut on Peter’s Pop Show 1989. Goose bumps. Watch the clip below. [more...]

Ten years after the latest album from Swedish synthpop trio Blipp, “Eko” will be released physically and digitally on February 17. Blipp was called Poetica Grotesque 1990-1992 and were covered in Release back then. Recently Dödsdans Records released a LP and Poetica Grotesque performed live in Stockholm. [more...]

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Release writer Sebastian Hess caught up with Alison Moyet about a week before the start of her 2015 tour. The tour kicks off in Malmö, Sweden on February 12 and takes her to Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy. “There will be Yazoo songs and it will be a show for the fans who love the electronic music”, she says.

The interview came to touch subjects as diverse as her thoughts on touring, her experiences of the music business – and why she hasn’t been to any Southend United FC games this year.

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Tobias Eliasson has published his 2014 list with his favourite albums, songs, live artists, newcomers and artists. There’s a Spotify playlist too. Click here to see Tobias’ list.