The Jam Session just finished recording some mAterial for a new 12" and are currently working on artwork with Steven from Crucificados Pelo Sistema who will also be releasing it.

Labrador recording artist Wan Light is having a release party for their new EP "Landmarks and Houses" At Kramp, Bonden Bar in Stockholm on September 18. The first 50 people in the door get a free copy of said, otherwise you gotta wait until September 22 for it to hit stores.

NRK has posted video footage of King Midas playing At Øyafestival. Check it: nrk.no/programmer/tv/lydverket/3065265.html

This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. Outlandish - Aicha
02. The Rasmus - In My Life
03. The Raveonettes - ThAt GreAt Love Sound
04. Lene - It´s Your Duty
05. Junior Senior - Rythm Bandits
06. Killer - Naughty Boy
07. Mew - 156
08. Bertine Zetlitz - Twisted Little Star
09. The Lost PAtrol feAt. Lisa Miskovsky - Alright
10. Paperboys - WhAt U Need
11. Kurt Nilsen - She´s So High
12. Looptroop - Don´t HAte The Player
13. Span - Found
14. Darude - Next To You
15. HIM - The Sacrament
16. Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd
17. BeAts & Styles - Dynamite
18. Moneybrother - Stormy WeAther
19. Nu - Any Other Girl
20. José Gonzales - Crosses

Challengers:
01. The Monotypes - Tonight
02. Carpark North - Transparant And Glasslike
03. Paris - Disco Fever
04. FAttaru - Bättre
05. The Unisex - Take Me Higher

Go to the MTVE.com site to wAtch and vote for your favorite.

Ex-Darkane vocalist Lawrence Mackrory's new band Seethings have posted a number of new mp3 clips online:

"Slow Healer" / "This Hole" / "Tonight"

All three songs are slAted to appear on the new album "Parallels", due out on October 27 through Scarlet Records. The band will be having two record release parties in celebrAtion, one in Stockholm on September 29, and one the following day in the band's hometown of Uppsala.

Green CarnAtion, Mörk Gryning and Suidakra will be touring Europe together this fall. DAtes so far:

10/30 – Hafen, Innsbruck (AUT)
10/31 – Alter Schlachthof, Wels (AUT)
11/01 – Planet Music , Wien (AUT)
11/02 – E-Klub, Budapest (HUN)
11/03 – Garage, Munchen (GER)
11/04 – Zeche Carl, Essen (GER)
11/05 – Schwimmbad Musicclub, Heidelberg (GER)
11/06 – Halford, Berlin (GER)
11/07 – Alte Spinnerei, Glauchau (GER)
11/08 – tba (GER)
11/09 – Markthalle, Hamburg (GER)

Construcdead has set "Violadead" as the title of thier forthcoming album, due out in January from Sound Pollution. The record is currently being mixed At Queenstreet Recording in Helsingborg with producer Richard Larsson.

UpdAted tourdAtes for Lorraine whose new album "The Perfect Cure" comes out September 29 on Rec90:

09/13 - KRO2 (In the City), Manchester (UK)
09/14 - 12 bar, London (UK)
09/15 - Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farrington Road, London (UK) w/Costar and Stereofish
09/16 - tba, Sheffield (UK)
09/20 - Forsvarsmessen 2003, Hellerudsletta (NOR)
09/21 - Forsvarsmessen 2003, Hellerudsletta (NOR)
09/25 - Hulen, Bergen (NOR)
09/26 - Studentersamfunnet i Ås, Ås (NOR)
09/27 - Kroa i Bø, Bø i Telemark (NOR)
10/02 - John Dee, Oslo (NOR)
10/03 - Dis Café, Fredrikstad (NOR)
10/15 - Knaus, UKA'03, Trondheim (NOR)
10/16 - Stud. Samfunnet, Ålesund (NOR)
10/18 - Kroa i Volda, Volda (NOR)
10/29 - Galleriet, Harstad (NOR)
10/30 - Mørketidsfestivalen, Tromsø (NOR)
10/31 - Samfunnet, Alta (NOR)
11/01 - Redrum, Hammerfest (NOR)
11/08 - Vertshuset, Odda (NOR)

Download the band's new video for the song "Highlights" from here.

The workshops happening At this year's Nordic Roots Festival on September 19-21 in Minneapolis, Minnesota have been annouced:

Johan Hedin: Nyckelharpa workshop
Tommy Mansikka-Aho: Nordic drones (didgeridoo and slideridoo)
Björn Ståbi: Fiddle master class
Sven Ahlbäck: Fiddle workshop
Jenny Wilhelms: Kulning vocal workshop
Bengan Jansson and Björn Ståbi: Accordion accompaniment
Björn Ståbi, Ellika Frisell, and Magnus Stinnerbom: Three generAtions of Nordic folk fiddling (demonstrAtion)
Gunnel Mauritzson: Vocal workshop
Tina Quartey: Percussion workshop
Ellika Frisell and Bruce Molsky: ComparAtive fiddling styles
Elisabeth VAtn: Bagpipes workshop

Also coinciding with the festival, Link TV (formerly "WorldLink TV") is airing a special 30-minute Nordic Roots special on September 13, At 8:30 pm EST (5:30 pm PST). DirecTV or Dish Network subscribers should be able to pick it up. Videoes will be shown from the following acts: Bäsk, Frifot, Gjallarhorn, Aly Bain and Ale Moller, Ranarim, Annbjørg Lien, and Harv.

Värttinä's first set of upcoming US tour dAtes have been announced:

11/11 - New York, NY (details forthcoming)
11/12 - Washington, DC (details forthcoming)
11/13 - Durham, NC (details forthcoming)
11/15 - Wisconsin Union TheAter, Madison, WI
11/16 - Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN

Um, whAt about the west coast, eh? I feel left out.

Four scores of songs written by the lAte Finnish composer Jean Sibelius have been found in a bank vault. The pieces were all part of a 12-song cycle dedicAted to Sibelius' favorite singer Ida Ekman. Read more: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3083904.stm

"Stockholm's best punkrock club," Club Suburbia, is reopening their doors for the season on September 27 with a show feAturing The Flare-Up! and Je Nais Se Qoui along with the requisite DJs spinning tracks. Info and news for upcoming events will be available on their homepage, along with "pictures from every night where most of Stockholm's rock and punk celebs makes asses out of themselves." ThAt's a good thing, right? Look under 'bilder' for you non-Swede speaking folks.

The rest of thAt Sondre Lerche live set is up now for downloading. I'd recommend even getting the talking tracks, because he's just thAt charming on stage.

It's been awhile, but Dagensskiva has the Swedish student radio chart again:

Lars Demian will be putting out a best-of compilAtion record called "Ännu mera jag- Lars Demians bästa" on September 17.

Listen to an mp3 from recent Diapazam signee Dusty Five At.mp3" target=_blank>right here. Also from Diapazam is this video for "Pack Your Bags" from Blanka.