Look for new CDs from Élodie, Tar... Feathers and Knife and Ape in the webstore now! Also note that all Hello Saferide CDs and back in-stock and ready to ship.

NME is sponsoring a tour featuring overrated Norwegian electro act Datarock alongside The Klaxons and Shitdisco. Dates:

09/27 - Waterfront, Norwich
09/28 - Underground, Stoke
09/29 - Stanley Theatre, Liverpool
09/30 - Plug, Sheffield
10/02 - Empire, Middlesborough
10/03 - Empire, Manchester
10/04 - Tunnels, Aberdeen
10/05 - Arches, Glasgow
10/07 - Faversham, Leeds
10/08 - Stealth, Nottingham
10/10 - Custard Factory, Birmingham
10/11 - Soundhaus, Northampton
10/13 - KOKO, London
10/14 - Concorde, Brighton
10/16 - Zodiac, Oxford
10/17 - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth

The Tiny's most recent album "Starring: someone like you" will finally get a US release in February. Maybe a tour, too. Look for them to tour Europe this fall.

Ny Våg just posted a big update on various things they have going on including new releases from The Vicious and Knugen Faller and talk of North American and Australian tours for Regulations: https://www.nyvag.com/

Swedish twee indiepop act Irene has posted a new song on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/ireneswe

Hjärtats Orkester has posted a new song for download: https://www.hjartatsorkester.se/files/45/överträffaren.mp3

The video for Eskobar's latest single "Devil keeps you moving" is now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBJnFB0rE6A
The band's most recent self-titled album has also now been confirmed for release in Germany and Austria on September 22 via the label Tenstaag. It comes out September 1 in Austria.

The tracklist has been confirmed for Thomas Dybdahl's new album "Science": https://thomasdybdahl.net/site/pivot/entry.php?id=163

MIC Norway profiles Susanna and the Magical Orchestra and their new album "Melody mountain": https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2006081812050684791943

Norwegian avant-metal act DHG aka Dødheimsgard will finally release their new album "Supervillain outcast" in October via Moonfog Records. The long-awaited follow-up to 1999's landmark "666 international" has been greatly anticipated for many, many years.

The planned international release of Callisto's latest album "Noir" and European planned European tour have been postponed to January 2007.

Ex-Granada frontwoman Anna Järvinen is now on myspace with some new solo demos: https://www.myspace.com/annajarvinen

Blabbermouth is reporting that Jon Nödtveidt of Dissection has committed suicide: https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=56681

Ghost Sessions, the collaborative sideproject of Richard from Racingpaperplanes, has a new video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n9rZO7dTig

This week's video mix is now online: [click here]