Swedish act Surrounded has signed with renown indie label One Little Indian. No word yet on when their most recent album "The nautilus years" will get an international release, but I'll keep you posted.
Swedish punkrockers Smalltown have a new song on myspace: www.myspace.com/smalltownsweden
Rune Grammofon has announced that they'll be releasing the new album "Commuter anthems" from Opsvik & Jennings on March 26 and a new record from my favorite electronic act Alog somewhere near the end of April.
Kaizers Orchestra will play only one show in 2007 and it will be at the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary on August 9.
For the Eardrums interviews Norwegian indie/shoegaze/dreampop act The Lionheart Brothers: https://eardrumsinterviews.blogspot.com/2007/02/eardrums-interview-lionheart-brothers.html
Celebrity Lifestyle will release a new Pistol Disco album entitled "Radiation" in late March/early April.
Swedish electro duo Bobby will finally release their new single "Another day (No ones fault)" on April 13. Listen at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/bobbymusic
New tourdates for Anna Ternheim:
03/09 - Grünspan, Hamburg (GER)
03/11 - Kalkscheune, Berlin (GER)
03/12 - Prime Club, Köln (GER)
03/13 - Brotfabrik, Frankfurt (GER)
03/14 - Manufaktur, Stuttgart (GER)
03/15 - Ampere, München (GER)
03/16 - Birdland, Wien (AUS)
03/18 - ISC, Bern (CH)
03/19 - Kaserne, Basel (CH)
03/20 - Kaufleuten Festsaal, Zürich (CH)
03/24 - Pardiso, Amsterdam (NL)
03/25 - Cultreel Podium, Ottersum (NL)
Her latest album "Separation road" was just released in most of Europe with France to follow in April and the UK in June.
Swedish indierockers Pinto have yet another new song posted for free download: https://www.myspace.com/pintopintopinto
Nomethod has posted a new Mixtapes & Cellmates single for download: https://nomethod.se/Mixtapes_and_Cellmates_Quiet.zip
The track "Quiet" is the first taste of what's to come from the band's forthcoming debut full-length, due out March 21 in Scandinavia with Italy and Japan to follow soon thereafter.
Plugged Records is putting together a boyband and openly soliciting for members. Swedish teens between the ages of 15-20 are encouraged to apply: https://www.plugged.se/
Crunchy Frog has signed Epo-555 sideproject Oliver North Boy Choir. Read more at Gaffa: https://gaffa.dk/nyheder/view.php/news_id=17412 (in Danish)
pHinnWeb compiles an unofficial collection of Nuggets-style rock'n'roll from Finland: https://phinnweb.blogspot.com/2007/02/finnish-nuggets-original-artyfacts-from.html
Video footage from the Labrador 100 party is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKy_EGQqUZ4