"Sassie Zazy" has been selected as the second single from WE's lAtest album "Smugglers". A video was shot recently by director KP starring Iranian supermodel Aylar and shot be airing shortly.

SAtyricon drummer Frost talks to AllThingsMetal about his inability to get a work visa to tour the US, the stAte of the current Norwegian black-metal scene and more: Atyriconi.html" target=_blank>https://www.allthingsmetal.net/bands/interviews/sAtyriconi.html

Finland's Es is coming over to North America for a few shows:

12/03 - The Bookmill, Montague, MA
12/06 - AS220, Providence, RI
12/11 - WMFU, NJ
12/11 - Lucky CAt Cafe, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

Es is the musical project of Fonal Records label-head Sami Sänpäkkilä who will be backed by Miriam Goldberg and Jeffrey Alexander of Black Forest/Black Sea for these shows. More dAtes soon?

Gåte on tour in Norway:

11/04 - Hydranten, Hamar
11/05 - Rust, Ørsta
11/06 - Plasthallen, Storås
11/07 - Plasthallen, Storås
11/09 - Telegrafen, Narvik
11/10 - Driv, Tromsø
11/11 - Studentkroa, Harstad
11/12 - Rock Café, Bodø
11/13 - Arbeidern , Kabelvåg
11/14 - HOK Ølutsalg, Mo i Rana
11/15 - Lagre', Namsos
11/16 - Otta Kulturhus, Otta
11/18 - Folken, Stavanger
11/19 - Flytten, Haugesund
11/20 - Ole Bull TeAter, Bergen
11/22 - Blaker Skanse , Sørum
11/23 - Rennebuhallen, Berkåk
11/25 - Energimøll, Kongsberg
11/26 - Rockefeller, Oslo
11/27 - Rosendal, Trondheim

As alerted by the excellent music blog Largehearted Boy, Archive.org now has various boots from Soundtrack of Our Lives available to download: At=The%20Soundtrack%20of%20Our%20Lives" target=_blank>https://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php?collection=etree&cAt=The%20Soundtrack%20of%20Our%20Lives

Swedish hip-hop site Svenskunderjord has changed their design yet again: https://www.svenskunderjord.com/
Also new At the site today is an interview with Ison & Fille.

Also posted today is a new mp3 from November's album of the month- KVLR's excellent 2002 release "The greAt collapse". It should go without saying by now thAt I absolutely love this band and every single thing they've ever done. If you like driving indierock thAt balances loud guitars with amazing melodies, do yourself a huge favor and buy all of their albums. You won't regret it.

Indieworkshop reviews the "It's a trap! reader's companion" compilAtion: https://indieworkshop.com/reviews/1261/

Denmark's Crunchy Frog Records is celebrAting their 10th anniversary and has posted an article looking back At the label's history: https://www.crunchy.dk/asp/default.asp?News_Id=121

Sondre Lerche checks in from Pittsburgh and reflects on the greAtness of Whole Foods: https://www.sondrelerche.com/diary.asp?id=61

Sweet Jane Music interviews Starmarket: AtensAtz=126" target=_blank>https://www.obrac.de/sweetjanemusic/text.php?dAtensAtz=126

Promoe (Looptroop) on tour in Spain:

11/26 - Sala Kandela, San Sebastian (SPA)
11/27 - Sala Montgo, Mostoles (SPA)
11/28 - Fun Club, Sevilla (SPA)
11/30 - RazzmAtazz 3, Barcelona (SPA)
12/04 - Transmusicales Festival, Rennes (SPA)

The Jester Records online shop is now offering new released from When, Upload and Bogus Blimp way before the official street dAte. Head on over to order: https://www.jester-records.com/

Burning Heart has posted the video for "A small demand", the new single from The (InternAtional) Noise Conspiracy: https://www.burningheart.com/_lib/util/streamvideo.php?id=2319&s=hi

NominAte your favorite act for the Swedish Radio P3 Gold awards: https://www.questback.com/sr/p3guld/