Vice has set February 19 as the release date for the new Raveonettes album "Lust lust lust". Download the first single "Aly walk with me": https://www.vicerecords.com/download/raveonettes-aly_walk_with_me.mp3
Swedish postrock-centric label And the Sound (Ef, Immanu El) has a new website: https://www.andthesound.net/
I should hopefully be getting copies of their releases in the webstore any day now.
Airwaves Music will release Clark Nova's new album "Ticket out of here" in January, but will be holding a special pre-release party at KGB Bay in Stockholm on November 26 where they will be selling advance copies of the album for a special price.
The always-interesting Mutant Sounds blog has two albums posted from Finnish cult prog/psych/rock artist Jukka Hauru: https://mutant-sounds.blogspot.com/2007/11/jukka-hauru-information1972episode1975l.html
Up-and-coming Danish act Beta Satan has signed with Crunchy Frog who will release their debut album next fall. Look for the band's new split 7" with fellow Danes Lack any day now via the also-excellent label Play/Rec and hear more at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/betasatan
Danish indie act Mabarosi will release their sophomore album "No time wasted" on January 15 and you can preview a few tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/maborosimusic
Indie MP3 highlights Josse, a promising young Swedish artist with an EP available for free download: https://www.indie-mp3.co.uk/2007/11/josse-you-had-plan-ep.html
Good stuff, check it out.
Swedish indie label Songs I Wish I Had Written doesn't want to be known as a 'record label', they insist they are a 'music label'. Read more about the change and their thoughts regarding the future of the music industry: https://picky.be/blog/musikframtid/music-label/
Look for new releases from promising acts Moto Boy and Gentle Touch in the near future.
Esbjörn Svensson Trio's (E.S.T.) new live album "Live in Hamburg", their first in twelve years, will be out this week on November 21. Said album was recorded a year ago at Laeiszhalle in Hamburg (duh) and the first edition will include a big 16-page booklet. Hear a sample at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/esbjornsvenssontrio
Missing Toof has a bunch of Refused remixes posted for download: https://missingtoof.com/v2/2007/11/15/refused-the-finest-hardcore-punk-of-our-generation-gets-electro-fied-hip-hopd-out-by-shark-attack-hensforth/
MP3: Come Sleep - Be the end
As far as Isis derivatives go, Come Sleep does a pretty good job. It helps that they stick to the band's heavier mid-period sound (see "Celestial" or "Oceanic") as opposed to their drawn-out, more atmospheric (read: more boring/indulgent) recent work ("Panopticon", "In the absence of truth"). Come Sleep does sometimes exhibit a more melodic approach ala Khoma/Koma as well, and I think that also works to their advantage. There's a crapload of bands out there taking the mid-tempo heaviness formula and running with it, but too few of 'em stick with the basics: writing decent, straightforward, heavy songs. Come Sleep gets that right and it's essential. Hardly original, sure, but they fill a niche in the scene that's strangely vacant. One could certainly do far worse.
Come Sleep - Be the end
GBG-based drone act Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words has a new limited edition CDR release out now on the label Mystery Sea. Check out their website for samples and more info: https://www.mysterysea.net/
As for the future, look for a new netrelease on Zeromoon entitled "The other kind of falling" (which I imagine is a companion piece to the superb album "Fall, fall, falling" released earlier this year) as well as two new releases for Ideal Recordings including a new CD and a 2xC60 cassette and much, much more. More info: https://www.deadwords.org/
Swedish indie artist Doctors & Dealers has a new song posted for free download that will be appearing on an upcoming film soundtrack: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=100010030&blogID=329766098
Ida Maria's new Andreas Nilsson-directed video for "Oh my god" is streaming at NME: https://www.nme.com/mediaPlayer&function=player&playlist_id=1386&track=0
She is definitely an artist to keep an eye on.