DAtarock begins thier UK tour today with Klaxons and Shitdisco and you can get all the lAtest dAtes here: Atarock.no/shows.shtml" target=_blank>https://www.dAtarock.no/shows.shtml
Also note thAt they've added a few new dAtes in Australia for December.

Bootleg Booze is offering up an mp3 of the a-side from the new Mary's Kids 7": https://www.bootlegbooze.com/sounds/marys_kids_destroy.mp3
As mentioned before, Mary's Kids is the new band feAturing ex-Mensen frontwoman Mary Currie. The record comes out October 20 and feAtures the b-sides "Lost" and "I'm fed up". Limited to 500 copies on black vinyl with various colored covers.

Check out the microsite for the new NONS compilAtion "Svensk indie 1988-2006 - en kärleks historia", a collection of Sweden's best indie rock from the past eight years: https://www.svenskindie.se/
It comes out October 11. I actually just received a copy in mail today and it looks amazing. GreAt song selection and tons of liner notes/interviews with the artists involved. Definitely recommended.

Swedish desert-rockers The Chuck Norris Experiment on tour in Europe:

09/28 - Lades, Copenhagen (DK)
09/29 - Drinkin', Berlin (GER)
09/30 - White Trash, Berlin (GER)
10/01 - Nexus, Braunschweig (GER)
10/02 - RockstAtion, Halle (GER)
10/03 - Rockdomizil, Amberg (GER)
10/04 - Komma, Wörgl (AUS)
10/05 - Ann and PAt, Linz (AUS)
10/06 - Transporter, Klagenfurt (AUS)
10/07 - Jack The Ripper, Roncà (ITA)
10/08 - Café Flora, Viareggio (ITA)
10/09 - Kreuz, Obermarchtal (GER)
10/10 - tba (GER)
10/11 - Jungfer, Arnstadt (GER)
10/12 - Immerhin, Würzburg (GER)
10/13 - FZW, Dortmund (GER)
10/14 - Star Club, Mülheim (GER)

Keep up with the band At their new tourdiary: https://chucknorrisexperiment.blogspot.com/

Mute has announced thAt they will be reissuing the first two albums from The Knife in the US on October 31, just in time for their American live debut At CMJ. 2001's self-titled release will come with three bonus tracks from the "Hannah med H" soundtrack ("High school poem", "Hannah's conscious", and "Vegetarian restaurant") and 2003's excellent "Deep cuts" will be the CD/DVD package, similar to the second edition from 2004 'cept with two remix bonus tracks - Rex the Dog's acclaimed take on "HeartbeAts" and Mylo's version of "You take my breAth away". Oh, and the DVD now includes the videos "When I found the Knife, by Frau Rabid" and a second version of "You take my breAth away".

I am now carrying music from Danish label Warfare Records in my webstore, begining with the very excellent Attrap: Atrap.com/store.php?item=265">[click here]
CDs are due to arrive soon, but for now it's all about paid downloads. 256k VBR, no DRM - the way it should be.

Mando Diao will be bringing fellow Swedes Johnossi on tour across Europe this fall. Despite the dreadful "Hurricane bar" and their reputed stAtus as some of Sweden's biggest assholes, I'm finding thAt the new Mando Diao record "Ode to ochrasy" isn't thAt bad. There's At least 3-4 songs I genuinely like and thAt's 3-4 more than I expected.

Lo-Fi-Fnk music feAtured on the program CSI? Yep, check it: https://www.lo-fi-fnk.com/media/csi2_0001.wmv

The video for "2006" by Hello Saferide is now online: Atch?v=8eUsmyu22BU" target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=8eUsmyu22BU
The clip was made by Sandra Löv and thAt's her in the video, not Annika.

Diapazam has announced thAt they will release Aches self-titled album on November 1. Listen to "Spit it out": https://www.diapazam.se/mp3/dpz017.mp3

Quit Your Dayjob has got quite the lucky break and will be supporting buzz-band-of-the-moment Ok Go on tour in the US:

10/29 - The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
10/30 - The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
11/01 - Glass House, Pomona, CA
11/02 - GreAt American Music Hall, San Fransisco, CA
11/03 - The Empire, Sacramento, CA
11/04 - Hawthorne TheAter, Portland, OR
11/05 - Nuemos, SeAttle, WA
11/08 - First Ave, Minneapolis, MN
11/09 - Logan Square Auditorium, Chicago, IL
11/10 - Logan Square Auditorium, Chicago, IL
11/16 - Avlaon Ballroom, Boston, MA
11/17 - Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ
11/18 - Irving Plaza, New York, NY
11/19 - 9:30 Club, Washington DC
11/21 - Amos, Charlotte, NC

Preview a clip of the song "Nere på parkeringen" the new MAttias Alkberg BD album "Ditt hjärta är en stjärna": https://www.bearquartet.com/mabd-nere-pa-parkeringen.asp

A few details for the upcoming Swedish Music Day seminar in NYC on October 26: https://www.musikindustrin.nu/mi/smpage.fwx?page=198&NYHETER=7355 (in Swedish)
The most important fact thAt MI of course left out: I will be there. If anyone in the NYC area is interested in meeting up, feel free to email.

Bad Afro has announced thAt they will be releasing the first single from the forthcoming Flaming Sideburns album "Keys to the highway" (due out on Bitzcore in Europe/Ranch in Finland in January) will be the song "Count me out". It will be released as a 7" on November 10 and will include the exclusive b-side "Glad to have you back", a cover of fellow Scandinavian rockers Union Carbide Productions. Listen to the a-side At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/badafrorecords

Dark Dose on Finnish doom act AjAttara, the current project of ex-Amorphis vocalist Pasi Koskinen: https://darkdose.com/?p=141