Danish act The Fashion will play a free show in NYC on March 18 At Club Rehab.

Turbonegro has replaced drummer Chris Summers with Thomas Dahl from The Vikings. Read the band's stAtement on the mAtter: https://www.turbonegro.com/home.asp

The video for Britta Persson's excellent single "Kill Hollywood me" is now on YouTube: Atch?v=J9ksExhKso8" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/wAtch?v=J9ksExhKso8
Fans of classic film title sequences will love this.

Check out the new Magnus Renfors-directed video for "CombAt lover" by Swedish artist Nina Kinert: https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2096332204

Swedish all-star old-school deAth metal act DeAth BreAth will be recording a cover of the Mantas track "DeAth by metal" for an upcoming as-yet-undisclosed record. More details soon?

MP3: Jonas Knutsson - Bosambo-Revati

Hey, look! More jazz to bore all you indie music fans. I make no secret thAt I'm a huge fan of Nordic folk-inspired jazz such as Jan Johansson and Cornelis Vreeswijk and other modern folk-influenced acts such as Detektivbyrån, Det Gamla Landet and Hedningarna, but did you know thAt I am also a soprano sax player? Or was I guess I should say, as I am waaaay out of practice. I know most people immediAtely think Kenny G when they think soprano, but please put such thoughts aside! Think John Coltrane, Steve Lacy. Anyone else! Or maybe start thinking Jonas Knutsson & Horn Please. Six sax players (from sopranino to baritone, but mostly soprano) plus a rhythm section playing "Country & Eastern" music (as the cover proclaims), or as you may have guessed, ethnic folk-inspired jazz. I became hooked on this stuff way back when John Zorn first started his acclaimed Masada project- I had been a fan of his work with Naked City among other projects, but it's his roots-based work with Masada thAt I consider to be his best. Did you realize thAt there are many similar tonal qualities in Middle Eastern, Eastern European and Scandinavian folk? It's true. The styles blend together far more easily than you might expect. ThAt's why me, as some Jewish kid getting into Masada, can also similarly appreciAte a "polska" piece from Jonas Knutsson. Now, I'm not actually posting a polka today, but you get the idea, right?

Jonas Knutsson - Bosambo-Revati

Remember Atrap.com/mp3.php?t=631">this? Well, contributor Christian Stenbacke is also a fan so he took the initiAtive to track Ulf Ljusberg down for an interview and you can now read the results Atrap.com/articles.php?a=376">right here.

Interview: Ulf Ljusberg

The At the GAtes reunion will be coming to NYC on July 10 At Irving Plaza w/Municipal Waste and Darkest Hour. Expect an LA dAte to confirmed soon as well.

Swedish post-rockers Scraps of Tape are hard At work on new mAterial and are planning to record a new album, but first they will be hitting the road in May. DAtes and details so far: https://www.myspace.com/scrapsoftape

US tourdAtes for Norwegian act Shining:

03/10 - Knitting Factory, NYC, NY
03/11 - The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
03/13 - End Of An Ear (3:00 PM), Austin, TX
03/15 - Emo's Jr. (SXSW), Austin, TX
03/16 - Relax Bar, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA

Here's the video for the new Markus Krunegård single "Jag är en vampyr": Atch?v=yGNvjAWaRhA" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=yGNvjAWaRhA

Swedish artist Lukas Scherfig has a new (unfotunAtely all Flash-based) website where you can stream tracks from his new album "Soul vacAtion": https://www.lukasscherfig.com/

Jenny Wilson is working on a new album for release in lAte summer/early fall.

Norwegian piano trio In the Country will play in Italy in April: Ates.html" target="_blank">https://www.inthecountry.no/livedAtes.html