Mad For It has debuted the new Parker Lewis single "The only loving boy in New York", the first taste of what's to come from his forthcoming album: https://www.madforit.se/
The free download comes with a b-side from Kalle J.
Check out the trailer for "Skinskatteberg", the new Erik Enocksson live DVD being released by Kning Disk later this fall: https://vimeo.com/1809810
The latest edition of the Swedish Music Information Centre's English-language newsletter "Hit Facts" is now available for free download: https://www.hitfacts.com/
It looks like the excellent Finnish music blog FinnArtic is being forced to close up shop: https://finnishrock.blogspot.com/2008/10/end.html
Better act fast if you want to educate yourself in Finnish musical obscurities.
Swedish käng hardcore act Fy Fan will hit the UK in November:
11/21 - The Grosvenor, London w/Freedom
11/22 - The Junction, Bristol w/Freedom
Existensminimum reports that his new Tobias Fröberg-produced album is currently being mixed and is scheduled for a February 2009 release.
Finnish act Lapko will tour Germany in December:
12/11 - Maschinenhaus, Berlin
12/12 - Cafe-Glocksee, Hannover
12/13 - Kuz Sägewerk, Neukirchen
12/14 - The Londoner, Gotha
12/16 - Backstage Club, München
12/17 - Kulturladen, Konstanz
12/18 - Underground, Cologne
12/19 - Klubhaus, Saalfeld
Teeth of the Divine on the international release of The Psyke Project's most recent album "Apnea": https://teethofthedivine.com/site/reviews/the-psyke-project-apnea/
It's a solid release, but definitely not their best work.
Black Star Foundation has announced the signing of Swedish hardcore act Jesaiah and will be releasing their debut album sometime early next year. Preview a couple tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/jesaiahband
Billie the Vision & the Dancers will be supporting The Pipettes on tour in the UK:
10/23 - The Cokpit, Leeds
10/24 - The Royal, Derby
10/25 - The Cooler, Bristol
10/26 - Academy, Oxford
10/27 - The Marquee, Hertford
10/28 - The Tower, Winchester
10/29 - The Soul tree, Cambridge
10/30 - The Charlotte, Leicester
Read a Phil Freeman interview with Norwegian artist Runhild Gammelsaeter (Khlyst, Thorr's Hammer) from the October issue of The Wire: https://runningthevoodoodown.blogspot.com/2008/10/rapture-of-metal.html
Swedish roots/alt-country act Baskery has licensed their album "Fall among thieves" to Glitterhouse for a European release. It will come out in Germany and Austria on October 17; Belgium, Netherlands, Italy on November 21 and finally in the UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece on January 23.
New European dates for Witchcraft followed by a Scandinavian tour supporting Motörhead:
11/29 - MTC, Cologne (GER)
11/30 - W2, Den Bosch (NL)
12/02 - Universum, Stuttgart (GER)
12/03 - 59:1, Munich (GER)
12/04 - Arena, Vienna (AUS)
12/05 - Cheminice, Prague (CZ)
12/07 - Knaack Klub, Berlin (GER)
12/08 - Logo, Hamburg (GER)
12/09 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
12/10 - Scandinavium, Göteborg (SWE)
12/12 - Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad (SWE)
12/13 - Hovet, Stockholm (SWE)
12/14 - Spektrum, Oslo (NOR)
12/16 - Jaahalli, Helsinki (FIN)
As promised, those first 26 Cato tracks are now available for free download via Adrian Recordings: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=201
NONS will be releasing a new EP from Montys Loco Swedish-language sideproject Tantkillen on October 27. Preview here: https://www.myspace.com/tantkillen