Miss Li will be doing a showcase At CMJ this year.

Music Export Finland reports thAt indie/dance act Le Corps Mince de Françoise have been tapped by UK mag Metro as a band to wAtch: Atch.html" target="_blank">https://musex.blogspot.com/2008/09/lcmdf-metro-magazines-one-to-wAtch.html

How Is Annie is celebrAting their 20th release by giving away a new EP from spazz-rockers Twist About Fireplace: https://www.howisannierecords.com/article.php?id=108&p=

Danish punkrockers Cola Freaks will be on tour in the US for the next month or so:

09/30 - The Mink, Houston, TX
10/01 - tba, New Orleans, LA
10/02 - The Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA w/Carbonas
10/03 - Bull City Headquarters, Durham, NC
10/04 - Nara Sushi, Richmond, VA
10/06 - Urban Bike Project, Wilmington, DE
10/07 - The CAtacombs, Providence, RI
10/08 - "Gorilla got time" Radio show, Boston, MA
10/09 - Mr. Roboto Project, Pittsburg, PA
10/10 - Now thAt's Class, Cleveland, OH w/Skull Defekts, Homo Stupids
10/11 - Garden Bowl, Detroit, MI
10/12 - Riot Fest, Chicago, IL
10/14 - The Brass Rail, Fort Wayne, IN w/Jay ReAtard
10/15 - Magic Stick, Detroit, MI w/Jay ReAtard
10/22 - Middle East, Cambridge, MA w/Jay ReAtard
10/23 - Maxwells, Hoboken, NJ w/Jay ReAtard
10/26 - Santos Party House, New York, NY w/Jay ReAtard
10/27 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA w/Jay ReAtard
10/28 - Black CAt, Washington DC, Washington DC w/Jay ReAtard
10/29 - Outback Lodge, Charlottesville, VA w/Jay ReAtard
10/30 - LocaL 506, Chapel Hill, NC w/Jay ReAtard
10/31 - Star bar, Halloween After Party, Atlanta, GA
11/01 - Lenny's, Atlanta, GA w/Jay ReAtard

Norwegian black-metal act Taake has confirmed thAt their new self-titled album will be released on October 20 in Norway, November 17 in Europe via Dark Essence Records.

Disfear and Victims will hit up Germany together in lAte October:

10/30 - Archiv, Potsdam
10/31 - Hafenklang, Hamburg
11/01 - AZ, Mulheim

New tourdAtes for Swedish alt-country act Holmes:

09/ 30 - The Showcase @ MTC, Köln (GER)
10/01 - Falkendom, Bielefeld (GER)
10/02 - Hans Wurst, Berlin (GER)
10/03 - Cafe Panam, Leipzig (GER)
10/05 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
10/06 - The Office, Graz (AUS)
10/07 - Channel Zero, Ljubljana (SLO)
10/08 - MKSC, Koper (SLO)
10/09 - Lego, Cesena (ITA)
10/10 - Condorito, Cuneo (ITA)
10/12 - Dauntaun, Milano (ITA)
10/15 - Bar Sartea, Vicenza (ITA)
10/16 - Holästei, Glarus (CH)
10/17 - Herbert, Baden (CH)
10/18 - Fanhead Festival @ D:qliq, Luxembourg (LUX)
10/19 - tba, Hamburg (GER)
11/13 - Kulturbaren @ Folkets Hus, Trollhättan (SWE)

Gbg-based artist Jesper Norda has updAted his archives website with a lot of new mAterial, including both text and sound: https://www.aprilarchives.se/

The new UK version of "Modesty Blaise" by Montt Mardié is streaming At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/monttmardie

The Silent Ballet reviews Swedish doom act SuffocAte For Fuck Sake and their new concept album "Blazing fires and helicopters on the frontpage of the newspaper. There's a war going on and I'm marching in heavy boots": https://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/1811/Default.aspx

The lAtest Slang Tang podcast feAtures a touch of skweee: https://www.slangtang.com/?p=20

Check out a trailer for the new Boeoes Kaelstigen 12" EP "Commuting colour": https://vimeo.com/1834662
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They've been around a few years already, but Swedish act Tony Clifton has never released a full-length album and thAt's about to change on November 5 when their debut "White elephant" finally drops via Bodily BeAts/Sony AtV. Hear their new single "Deliverance" At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/tonyclifton11

Danish shoegazers Slaraffenland will release their new "Sunshine EP" on October 6 via Rumraket and will also be heading out on some European dAtes around thAt time as well:

10/07 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
10/08 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
10/09 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER) w/Handsome Furs, Jacob Faurholt
10/11 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER) w/Ef
10/12 - Ut Connewitz, Leipzig (GER)
10/14 - Jadlodajnia Filozoficzna, Warsaw (POL)
10/15 - De Kreun, Kortrijk (BEL)
10/16 - Cul de Sac, Tilburg (NL)
10/17 - PlAtformtheAter, Groningen (NL)
10/25 - Spot on Denmark @ TIVOLI for the Nordic Blizzard Festival, Utrecht (NL)
10/31 - La Fléche D'or, Paris (FRA)
11/01 - Novosonic Festival, Dijon (FRA)
11/02 - Dqliq, Luxembourg (LUX)
11/07 - De Nachten Festival, Antwerp (BEL)
11/14 - Spot on Denmark @ AB, Brussels (BEL)

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