Our friend Per J Andersson will release his new book “För den som reser är världen vacker” (Ordfront) at Södra Bar in Stockholm (Mosebacke Torg) on January 25th at 6 pm, and Stellan Wahlström will be contributing some appropriate acoustic music.  

Here’s some enjoyable song & dance – the new video of “Crawler”, the first single taken from Un Rodo Cora‘s new album Love Thy Neighbor.  

The melodic indie world of Un Rodo Cora resembles our own. But with fewer restrictions and more surprises. Their fourth full-length album is a departure from previous trips. Where the earlier albums were inspired by geographical locations, with titles like “New York-Barentsburg” and “Beijing-Bangalore”, the focus is here rather on a trip with religious and…

Just about to be released, “Crawler” will be the first single from Un Rodo Cora‘s coming new album Love thy neighbor. It’s a melodic feast and a nice taste of what’s to come. The album will be released later this year.

Amy Madden will be playing bass with the Ricky Byrd Blues Band at Iridium in New York (1650 Broadway at 51st st) on Wednesday June 29th. Ricky Byrd has been playing with people like Ian Hunter, Roger Daltrey and Joan Jett and is now out playing from his new solo album “Lifer”. All info here!…

The new Latvian Radio album “Until tomorrow gets in the way” is now ready and released. It blends straight up power pop, UK post punk, new wave and lush ballads, and has already gotten a great review in US magazine The Big Takeover. Latvian Radio mastermind Patric Westöö has again left his base in New…

The 2016 wheels of the Belpid factory have started spinning already, two albums are being finished and about to be released later this spring. Here you can see a photo from the studio in Stockholm of Bo Schager, Jochum Forsell and Danielle Dahlström perfecting the multi-layered sonic landscapes of the new Un Rodo Cora album “Jerusalem…

Zac O’Yeah, long time friend of Belpid, collaborator, conspirator, general inspirator, and member of Un Rodo Cora, has published a great new novel – “Operation Operation” (Ordfront Förlag). Here you can watch him talk about it (and hear Stellan Wahlström Drift Band lamenting in the background). More info at Ordfront and it can be bought…

Belpid is not only about music, we also publish literature under the name Belpid Books. We’re very happy to now release the new poetry collection “Scars” by Amy Madden Taylor (who is also a Belpid recording artist). The book has been described as ‘nostalgic, dark and enchanting’. It is the story of a year in…

Stellan Wahlström Drift Band’s new album Hotel Continental is now ready and about to be released. If you’re in Stockholm, come to Babajan Bar at Katarina Bangata 75 (T-Skanstull) Thursday May 28th at 21.30. The band will play live, the album will be available on vinyl and CD, and a good time will be had…