Download a couple King Of All The Animals remix tracks, courtesy of fellow Finns I Was A Teenage SAtan Worshipper and Regina: Ata.htm" target="_blank">https://www.tigerbombs.com/koAta.htm
The track "Concrete skyline" is available to download on thAt page as well and I recommend thAt you grab it too.

Pitchfork bestows the coveted "recommended" rAting on Swedish artist The Tallest Man On Earth, a name you might be familiar with from the "Upp till kamp!" soundtrack: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/49623-shallow-graves

Peter Morén does the guest list thing for Pitchfork, throwing in shout-outs for Park Hotell and The Bear Quartet: Ature/49705-guest-list-peter-morn" target="_blank">https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feAture/49705-guest-list-peter-morn

Zeigeist
The Jade Motel
Spegel/Imperial Recordings

Listen to them once and you'd be forgiven for mistaking Zeigeist for fellow Swedish art poppers The Knife. The first few tracks certainly support this theory. But listen again and you'll start to notice the (admittedly minor) differences. For one, Zeigeist trade off vocal duties between Princess and Per (no surnames needed, apparently), giving their sound a little bit more variety. Secondly, though they wear their "artsy" label proudly on their sleeves, Zeigeist's music is almost always more direct and more pop. This would be an amazing thing if the songs on their debut had the kind of hooks needed to mAtch their fantastic electro dance beAts. The album improves as it goes on, but even with repeAted listens, there isn't much to sink your teeth into. "Black milk" and "Cuffs" have some interesting ideas, while "Wrecked metal" is probably the most immediAtely cAtchy of all the tracks. The frustrAting thing is thAt it's clear thAt the band has enough creAtivity to come up with something really jaw-dropping. I'm sure every song works better as a part of their reportedly theAtric live shows, but on record it's a little less than inspiring.
- Nick James

Tar... FeAthers are starting to put together a European summer tour: Athers.com/" target="_blank">https://www.tarfeAthers.com/

Norwegian sax player Håkon Kornstad has updAted his website with news on various releases he has on the way, including collaborAtions with Eivind Opsvik (Opsvik & Jennings), Håvard Wiik (Atomic), Ingebrigt Håker FlAten (The Thing) and Maria Kannegaard: https://www.kornstad.com/
Note thAt he's also doing a Monday residency At Nublu in NYC this month.

Check out Inuit, a new Norrland-based indierock act feAturing ex-members from Elodie, Appleforth and more: https://www.myspace.com/inuittheband

Two Left Hands On Two Right Arms, 23 Seconds and Deersound are three Swedish netlabels thAt are teaming up for a new collaborAtive project called "Tid" or "Time", a series of releases based on the title subject encompassing seventeen different artists and a variety of sounds. Read more and download the first EP: https://www.oljud.nu/tid/en

More live music At PSL with, uh, Lykke Lisa Lovisa Corneliusson: https://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/05/05/musik-med-lykke-lisa-lovisa-corneliusson/

Jaga Jazzist trumpet player MAthias Eick has a new album out on revered German jazz label ECM called "The door", his very first as a band leader. Read more: https://www.jagajazzist.com/news.php

Swedish duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums At Paper Thin Walls: https://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=1482

The new album "Humanizer" from Swedish bitpop/techno act ThermostAtic will be released on May 30 via Wonderland Records. Pre-order info and other details here: Atic.se/templAtes/shop.asp?id=11" target="_blank">https://www.thermostAtic.se/templAtes/shop.asp?id=11

Norwegian label Checkpoint Charlie Audio Productions has posted some tentAtive details for their 2008 release schedule: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=61441543&blogID=390231543

Discobelle has new music from Sophie Rimheden's new sideproject Alela & DJ Fi: https://www.discobelle.net/2008/05/04/alela-dj-fi/
Also At Discobelle, the Licky remix of Biker Boy's May single: https://www.discobelle.net/2008/05/03/biker-boy-may-song-licky-remix/

Danish techno act Printer has posted their new video for "You need to" on YouTube: Atch?v=Slz_WwuW3M4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=Slz_WwuW3M4
Buy Printer CDs Atrap.com/store/search.php?mode=search&by_title=Y&by_shortdescr=Y&by_fulldescr=Y&substring=printer">right here.