Finnish undergroup CDr label 267 LAttajjaa has a bunch of new releases:

LTJ-08 - Tivol - Loud & psychedelic spacekraut.
LTJ-09 - Grey Park - From Psych-Folky guitar strumming to weird electronics.
LTJ-10 - Uton - Warm droney sounds from the mystical forests of Tampere.
LTJ-11 - Rauhan Orkesteri - Organic & barefooted free jazz.
LTJ-12 - Braspyreet (coming lAte 2003)
LTJ-13 - Pylon - DIY-psychedelia
LTJ-14 - Pekko Käppi - Archaic folk music played with Jouhikko (the horsehair lyre)

For more info go here: Attajjaa/releases.html" target=_blank>https://www.dlc.fi/~hhaahti/267lAttajjaa/releases.html

Musique One Stop has been updAted with new pics from David & the Citizens, Shout Out Louds, Ultrasport, The Hommos, First Floor Power, and Rocky Dennis.

A ton of new music today for your listening enjoyment: first off we've got a streaming spotlight on Norway's Motorpsycho. They've been getting a lot of much-deserved Attention for their recent "In the Fishtank" collaborAtion with the Jaga Jazzist horn section, so if you're curious about hearing more, this is a greAt place to start. I also put up the first bAtch of tracks from a Hederos & Hellberg live set. If you've been coming to this site for awhile, you'll notice thAt this one is different than the one I had put up before. Enjoy!

Trapdoor Fucking Exit, or should I say Trapdoor *@#1%@! Exit or whAtever they decided to print, are reviewed in the lAtest issue of Punk Planet. Seems the test pressings of the new album finally arrived, so it should actually be out sometime soon. Look for a feAture in the December issue of Close-Up, too. Otherwise, tentAtive plans are to tour the UK in February or March, but there's no dAtes yet. I'll keep you informed.

Dimmu Borgir will have two songs feAtured in trailers for the upcoming film "Hellboy". The movie, based on a character from the Dark Horse Comics series, is directed by Guillermo Del Toro ("Blade 2") and is set to open on April 2, 2004. More details: https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/hellboy/

Brighter DeAth Now has a brand new Athnow.com/" target=_blank>website feAturing multimedia footage of the "legendary drunken disaster At The Ballroom, Copenhagen 18th March 2000." They also have a brand new Internet-only free release of the EP "Discipline Through Mental-illness". It's not actually new music, but rAther the rerelease of one of BDN's first recordings from waaaaay back in 1983. Check it out here: At.se/cAtalogue/cmi/cmi123.html" target=_blanK>https://www.coldmeAt.se/cAtalogue/cmi/cmi123.html

Dead Frog Records has updAted their website with a ton of new demo reviews.

The new Shout Out Louds single will be for the song "Please Please Please" and will have a new unique version of "Shut Your Eyes" as the b-side.

Mustasch's recent album "RAtsafari" will be released in Holland on January 12. They will be touring over there in support soon, too.

Don't forget thAt you can download oodles of free Norweigan music this week in celebrAtion of TONO's 75th b-day. Go here and get busy: https://www.musikkonline.no

The FIMIC (Finnish Music InformAtion Centre) has compiled their 2003 jazz compilAtion. "The promotional disc highlights the current developments in Finnish jazz and offers interesting excursions to the rich array of various line-ups and stylistic trends" and is available free to journalists and DJs. Read more.

Via DJ Martian comes this link for E.S.T. Live At the London Jazz Festival from Jazz on 3 in the UK.

Upcoming Scandinavian dAtes for Tomas Ledin:

02/13 - Louis De Geer Hallen, Norrköping
02/14 - Louis De Geer Hallen, Norrköping
02/17 - Konserthuset, Gävle
02/18 - Konserthuset, Gävle
02/19 - Lisebergshallen, Göteborg
02/26 - Arena Skövde, Skövde
02/28 - Konserthuset, Jönköping
03/01 - tba, Norway
03/02 - tba, Norway
03/03 - Konserthuset, Linköping
03/05 - Sporthallen, Eskilstuna
03/07 - Cirkus, Stockholm
03/08 - Cirkus, Stockholm
03/12 - Teleborgshallen, Växjö
03/17 - Sporthallen, Kalmar
03/18 - Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg
03/19 - Universitetsaulan, Uppsala
03/23 - tba, Finland
03/24 - tba, Finland
03/26 - Västeråshallen, Västerås
03/31 - Sporthallen, Sundsvall
04/02 - Pontushallen, Luleå
04/03 - Gamliahallen, Umeå
04/09 - Agnebergshallen, Uddevalla
04/10 - Conventum, Örebro
04/16 - Lugnet, Falun
04/17 - Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad
04/23 - Baltiska Hallen, Malmö

Swedish singer/songwriter Isak has set December 26 as the release dAte for his new album "Honesty Files". The first single will be for the song "Cuts Deep".

Long-running Swedish deAth metal act Unleashed reports they are currently working on songs for their new album and will hopefully be entering the studio in January to start recording. They say the sound will be "in the same style as always" but "the overall pace will be faster and more intense than on the previous [album]."

Apparently things are not so hot for StrAtovarius At the moment. Guitarist/bandleader Timo Tolkki recently posted thAt he's "95% sure thAt 3 bandmembers have to leave." Atovarius.com/index2.php?section=readnews&newsid=811" target=_blank>Read more.