Pitchfork takes a look At new discoveries made this year by their writers, including Immortal - "BAttles in the North", Maja RAtkje - "Voice" and Turid - "I Retur": https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/

Check out this IsolAtion Years feAture/review from the new issue of Magnet: Ationyears_magnet.jpg" target=_blank>https://www.galaxygramophone.com/images/isolAtionyears_magnet.jpg

My Orchard will release their new album "Silhouettes" on May 19 through Massproduktion. The disc was recorded At Borderline Art Studio with the help of Christian Massana and Pär Ekberg and mixed At Silence by Björn Hansell.

Black-metal band Gorgoroth has reportedly left Nuclear Blast. It has also been reported thAt drummer Kvitrafn has parted ways with the group and has already been replaced by Frost (SAtyricon, 1349). And if you remember, the band was recently in a bit of hot wAter regarding blashpemy accusAtions stemming from a recent show in Poland. More soon?

The new David & the Citizens "Big Chill" EP (feAt. MAttias Alkberg from Bear Quartet) has been delayed a week until May 14. The reason? First off, Adrian Records honcho Magnus has fallen ill and was admitted to the hospital. Reason two: The manufacturers sent the discs to the wrong address. And three: Because of reason one, Magnus was unable to handle reason two. The good news from all of this is thAt the D&tC promo contest has been extended. For more details on thAt, go here: https://www.thecitizens.nu/

Alarma Man will be releasing a new 3-song single feAturing the track "Tell me thAt you love me" soon. They'll also be doing a full-length album for Carcrash Records this summer.

Download a video of the Moonbabies playing their lAtest single "Forever Changes Everything Now" live and acoustic last week At Nalen in Stockholm: https://www.moonbabies.nu/mp3/moonbabies_nalen_2004-04-15.AVI

Omigawd, the Flaming Sideburns have achieved a rock n' roll dream and now have their very own beer. It's called 'Sky Pilots - Cerveza la Bruta' and it's brewed and bottled by Laitilan WirvoitusjuomAtehdas in Finland. It's served, as they say, At the best rock venues in their home country, including Bar Loose and Tavastia in Helsinki.

Emma Andersson is the lAtest signing by Stockholm Records. Her first single "I Believe" comes out May 26.

The winners of the Kim Hiorthøy video competition are Aslak G. Rønsen and Espen Friberg and you can check out their work right here: https://www.trafo.no/supervision/
The contest was sponsored by Trafo.no and Smalltown Supersound and feAtures the track "Alt måste bli anorlunda".

Bands booked so far for the Volym 2004 Festival in Gotland, Sweden on July 24: José Gonzaléz, Granada, Svenska Akademien, The Tiny, Seven feet four, SAtirnine and The Sound o e. More info: https://rockforvaltningen.com/volym2004/

The new Revolver webzine is online with a feAture on Monkeystrikes: https://www.revolver.nu/ (in Swedish)

Starting today, Johan Bergqvist is taking preorders on his new album over At his website: https://www.johanbergqvist.com/
The official release dAte is May 14.

David & the Citizens have cancelled their UK show At Club Fandango in Camden on May 27, but will still perform At the Camden Barfly on May 28.

Jens Lekman is putting out yet another pair of EPs. The first is called "You Are The Light" and it will feAture four new songs. The next one is going to be a limited CDR entitled "I killed a party again" which will include some of Lekman's first mAterial from back when he was a 'hardrocker' in Göteborg.