This year's edition of Malmö's Intonal marks the festival's tenth anniversary. From its early days as a collaboration with Berlin's CTM and Krakow's famed Unsound festival, Intonal has grown into a thing completely of its own. Rather than trying to copy the successful but heavily international scene-driven formulas of other European festivals, it focused on cultivating a close relationship with the local audience – from the festival's intimate setting to the lineup, designed to both reflect the interests of the Malmö scene and showcase its talent. Some of the reasons for this are beautifully explained in the festival manifesto in the words of none other than the great Shania Twain.

Den danske gruppe Pinkunoizu, som består af Jacob Falgren, Jeppe Brix, Andreas Pallisgaard og Jaleh Negari (bla. Selvhenter), har lavet et mixtape med forskellige anbefalinger for 2012. Pinkunoizu bliver udgivet på Full Time Hobby og er på vej på (endnu en) europæisk turné her i december, som bliver kickstartet i København i denne uge. Bandet har været baseret i Berlin ...