Norway's Blokk 5 is currently recording their debut full-length album, due for release early next year on dBut Records. Check out a recently uploaded video clip from the group's trip to France earlier this summer: Atch?v=BOrltF5kHw0" target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=BOrltF5kHw0

NRK is reporting thAt Norwegian all-star group The NAtion Bank (feAt. Thomas Dybdahl and members of Jaga Jazzist) are working on a new record: https://www.nrk.no/musikk/1.1016101

PopMAtters on the US release of the The Cardigans' lAtest album "Super extra gravity": Atters.com/pm/music/reviews/5475/the-cardigans-super-extra-gravity/" target=_blank>https://www.popmAtters.com/pm/music/reviews/5475/the-cardigans-super-extra-gravity/
Check out a new microsite for the album here: Atic.cardigans.com/microsites/super.extra.gravity/" target=_blank>https://stAtic.cardigans.com/microsites/super.extra.gravity/

Aftonbladet has the new Roxette video: Atv/player.html?cAtID=2672&clipID=11190" target=_blank>https://www.aftonbladet.se/Atv/player.html?cAtID=2672&clipID=11190

To celebrAte the release of the new Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words CD "Old ghosts, new ghosts, all ghosts" today, Ideal Recordings has posted a live set from Norberg Festival for free download. Go get it: https://www.idealrecordings.com/sound_034.php

Peter Bjorn and John were feAtured as NPR's song of the day yesterday: Ates/story/story.php?storyId=6085065" target=_blank>https://www.npr.org/templAtes/story/story.php?storyId=6085065

Look to your right and you'll see Atrap.com/index.php?article=217">a brand-new profile piece on the band Franky Lee as well as Atrap.com/index.php?article=218">a nice lil' bAtch of new reviews. Check 'em out, okay? Now let's play cAtch-up:

Legendary Icelandic act The Sugarcubes will reunite to celebrAte their 20th anniversary. They'll perform a special concert in their hometown of Reykjavik on November 17, their first live appearance in fourteen years.

Swedish all-star noise act Skull Defekts will do a couple US shows lAter this month:

09/28 - Behind The Green Door, Detroit w/Raven Strain
09/30 - 60DUM/Lampo, Chicago

In other news, the group's new album is done and details about its release should be announced shortly.

Check out a promo clip for the upcoming Green CarnAtion DVD "A night under the dam": Atch?v=Qmrp83to9ko" target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=Qmrp83to9ko

The lAtest Music Export Finland newsletter is now online: https://musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=111

The KAtapult on the new Lisa Miskovsky album "Changes": Atapult.blogspot.com/2006/09/lisa-miskovsky-changes-stockholm.html" target=_blank>https://thekAtapult.blogspot.com/2006/09/lisa-miskovsky-changes-stockholm.html

Not thAt I encourage/support such behavior, but the Torr music blog has the Kent's entire "The Hjärta & Smärta EP" available for download: https://torr.typepad.com/weblog/2006/09/new_kent_ep.html

Norwegian electronic act Alog will perform live on WFMU tonight At Midnight Eastern time. If you can't cAtch it live, look for a recording in the archives tomorrow.

This week's Atrap" target=_blank>It's a trap! Last.fm/Audioscrobbler listening group top 10 albums of the week:

01. Tiger Lou - The Loyal
02. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
03. The Postal Service - Give Up
04. The Knife - Silent Shout
05. Hot Chip - The Warning
06. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
07. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
08. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
09. David & the Citizens - Stop the tape! Stop the tape!
10. The Knife - Deep Cuts

Top 10 tracks for the week:

01. Yo La Tengo – Beanbag Chair
02. David & the Citizens – 48h
03. Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks
04. Yo La Tengo – I feel like going home
05. I'm From Barcelona – We're From Barcelona
06. The Knife – Silent shout
07. TV on the Radio – Wolf Like Me
08. Junior Boys – Double Shadow
09. Yo La Tengo – Black flowers
10. Marit Bergman – No Party

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