The Musebox PR people have a microsite to help promote many of the Scandinavian acts appearing At this year's SXSW festival: https://nordicnights.imeem.com/

Efterklang has posted a new track At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/efterklang
The song is called "Towards the bare hill" and is from their forthcoming minialbum "Under giant trees", due out April 2.

Goddamn I'm a Countryman! Records has posted details for the new album "Gentle pAth highway" from Norrland psych-rockers The Spacious Mind: https://www.countrymanrecords.com/
I'm fortunAte enough to have received a promo of the disc and it's fantastic. I liked the last album a lot too, but the new one is way better.

Swedish stonerrockers Asteroid have announced thAt their next album will be released all over Europe on May 21 via Plastic Head.

Scandinavian artists playing the GreAt Escape Festival in Brighton this May: Adjagas, Oh No Ono, Lionheart Brothers, 120 Days, Damn Seagulls and Johnossi. Read more: At.com/artists/" target=_blank>https://www.escapegreAt.com/artists/

Warfare Records has confirmed thAt the upcoming Ehlers/Thejsen album will be released on April 2. The first single will be "Art of loneliness" and it should be playing on Danish radio shortly.

Viola has just posted the first taste of whAt's to come from their forthcoming album "Wonderabilia ": https://www.ifsociety.com/files/Viola%20-%20Outsider%20Code.mp3
Really looking forward to this one - it comes out April 4 on the Jupiter label.

German tourdAtes for Finnish act CAts on Fire:

03/28 - Schaubude, Kiel w/Staring Girl
03/29 - Roter Salon, Berlin
03/30 - Grüner Jäger, Hamburg
03/31 - GroovestAtion, Dresden
04/01 - Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig

Magnet's new album "The simple life" has been confirmed for a Norwegian release on March 26. Listen to two tracks At myspace: https://myspace.com/magnet

Magnus Uggla appears to beon a campaign to anger Sweden's Polish populAtion: https://www.thelocal.se/6561

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) Lily Allen - Littlest things
02. (03) The Ark - Absolutely no decorum
03. (05) Asha Ali - Coward heart
04. (02) Tingsek - Proud to be part of these days
05. (06) The Moonbabies - War on sound
06. (07) Badly Drawn Boy - A journey from A to B
07. (04) Regina Spektor - Samson
08. (08) Sahara Hotnights - Cheek to cheek
09. (09) Joss Stone - Tell me about it
10. (12) The Kooks - Ooh la
11. (11) The Shins - Phantom limb
12. (14) Pelle Carlberg - I love you, you imbecile
13. (NY) Maia Hirasawa - And I found this boy
14. (18) Cold War Kids - Hang me up to dry
15. (15) Amerie - Take control
16. (NY) The Long Blondes - Giddy strAtospheres
17. (NY) The Mary Onettes - Void
18. (NY) Grinderman - No pussy blues
19. (NY) Tokyo Police Club - NAture of the experiment
20. (ÅT) Marit Bergman - Mama I remember you now

Leaving the chart:
The Pipettes - Judy
The Concretes - Oh no
Koop - I see a different you
Kleerup w/Robyn - With every heartbeAt
Red Hot Chili Peppers - DesecrAtion smile
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - SAtan said dance

Nomethod has confirmed the release of the new Mixtapes & CellmAtes album for March 21. A release party will be held the very same evening At Landet in Stockholm. Release dAtes for other territories (EU/Italy) still TBC, but it looks like May for Japan. In relAted news, the "If there is silence..." EP is officially sold out (though I still Atrap.com/store/product.php?productid=387">have a few copies) and will not be repressed. Instead, Nomethod will rerelease it bundled with their debut EP "Juno" as a new limited edition disc. Look for it in May.

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Askil Holm - Harmony Hotel
02. Christel Alsos - Closing The Distance
03. Sondre Lerche - Phantom Punch
04. Sivert Høyem & The Volunteers - Exiles
05. Ane Brun - Live in Scandinavia
06. William Hut - Nightfall
07. Øystein Sunde - Sundes verden
08. Vamp - I full symfoni (med KORK)
09. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Nåde
10. Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes og Askil Holm - Hallelujah - Live
11. Somebody's Darling - Walls
12. Herodes Falsk/Tom MAthisen - De beste
13. Skambankt - Elixir
14. Kristin Asbjørnsen - Wayfaring Stranger - A Spiritual Songbook
15. Blind Archery Club - The Union
16. Marit Larsen - Under The Surface
17. 120 Days - 120 Days
18. Tungtvann - 96% Tungtvann
19. Ole Ivars - Jag trodde änglarna fanns
20. Pleasure - Pleasure 2

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Timbuktu - Oberoendeframkallande
02. Erik Segerstedt - A different shade
03. Caroline Af Ugglas - Joplin på Svenska
04. Sophie Zelmani - Memory loves you
05. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
06. Weeping Willows - Fear & love
07. Lena Philipsson - Lena 20 år
08. Lasse Stefanz - 40 ljuva år!
09. Calaisa - Calaisa
10. Veronica Maggio - VAtten & bröd
11. Nisse Hellberg - Snackbar blues
12. Laleh - Prinsessor
14. Säkert! - Säkert
15. Fläskkvartetten - Voices of Eden
16. Jill Johnson - The woman I've become
17. Östen Med Resten - 19 bästa och resten med Östen
18. Moneybrother - Pengabrorsan
19. Martin Stenmarck - Nio sanningar och en lögn
20. Anna Ternheim - SeparAtion road

Tigerbombs have updAted their myspace with four new songs from their forthcoming album "Things thAt go boom", including two tracks thAt feAture guest vocals from Paola: https://www.myspace.com/tigerbombs