Agent Side Grinder repress

is doing a new pressing of Agent Side Grinder's excellent self-titled debut LP and it will be available on July 1 in an edition of 400 copies on black, 100 on blue. However, you can also still purchase a first-edition pressing on direct from me for $13 + s/h -- I've got 2 copies left in ye ol' mailorder distro.

Kellermensch - Army ants (video)

"Army ants" is the latest single from Danish act Kellermensch. View the full clip at the band's website: https://www.kellermensch.com/

Jacob Faurholt - Creatures in the sea (video)

"Creatures in the sea" is the first taste of Danish artist Jacob Faurholt's upcoming album, "Dark hours", due out August 15.

jj - Celebris

Just in time for Swedish Midsommar, a new track from Spêcial Club aka jj via : https://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0167.php

Hooded Menace signs with Relapse

Finnish doom/death metal act Hooded Menace has been officially picked up by . Read the press release at Lambgoat: https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=16430

De:Nihil to release Dead Man 7"

has announced that they'll be putting out a 2-song 7" from Swedish psych-rockers Dead Man in late summer.

Where Marcus Söderlund finds inspiration

asks Swedish video director Marcus Söderlund to list his favorite, most inspirational websites: https://www.modularpeople.com/recommends/marcus-soderlund/7220.html

Pallers - Come rain, come sunshine

There's a free download of the new Pallers single "Come rain, come sunshine" at Spinner: https://www.spinner.com/2011/06/23/pallers-come-rain-come-sunshine-premiere/

Ansiktet - X (video)

Is this for serious? Or maybe they're trying to recreate the era of the Swedish Sensationfilm?

SWEHC/LXO interview Hårda Tider

SWEHC has posted their long, extensive interview with Malmö's Hårda Tider from their zine Law and Order, issue #2: https://www.swehc.com/2011/06/21/harda-tider-interview/

Musik med Serenades

Watch Serenades perform a live version of "Birds" for PSL: https://psl.svt.se/psl/2011/06/22/musik-med-serenades/

New Katzenjammer on the way

Norwegian pop/folk act Katzenjammer will be releasing a new album later this year and the first single "When the laughter is gone" is out now https://www.propellerrecordings.no/katzenjammer-releases-first-single-in-norway

Victims reissue debut, confirm US dates

Victims' debut album "Neverendinglasting" from 2001 will be getting a vinyl reissue via in an expanded edition with all of the bonus cuts from the CD which includes the "Harder than it was meant to be" 7" and the tracks from the Acursed split. More info: https://www.punkdistro.de/shop/shopnews.php?news_id=12
The band has also posted dates for their upcoming East Coast tour:

08/13 - St Vitus Bar, NYC, NY w/Ringworm, more
08/14 - This is Hardcore Fest, Philadelphia, PA w/From Ashes Rise, Madball, more
08/14 - The Barbary (Late show/TiHF after party), Philadelphia, PA w/Death First
08/15 - Valentines, Albany, NY
08/16 - Great Scott, Boston, MA
08/17 - tba
08/18 - tba, NJ
08/19 - Charm City Arts Space, Baltimore, MD
08/20 - tba
08/21 - Best Friends Day, Richmond, VA w/Corrosion Of Conformity, Iron Lung, more
08/22 - The Get Down, Asheville, NC
08/23 - Little Hamilton, Nashville, TN w/Symptoms
08/24 - tba, Chicago, IL
08/25 - Now Thats Class, Cleveland, OH
08/26 - tba, Pittsburgh, PA
08/27 - The Lost Horizon, Syracuse, NY w/Another Breath (their last show)
08/28 - Acheron, NYC, NY

Just a Number 270511 now Battlekat, sign with Good Tape

Danish electro hype act Just a Number 270511 has officially rechristened themselves Battlekat and have signed to . They'll also be heading abroad to play the SWN Festival in Wales this coming October: https://goodtaperecords.dk/?p=210

Razika - Eg vetsje

There's a new track from Norwegian postpunk/ska? act Razika streaming in the Pitchfork Forkcast: https://pitchfork.com/forkcast/15961-eg-vetsje/