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US label Cheap Lullaby has licensed the album "BeneAth & beyond" from Swedish duo Standfast for release on August 28. Stream tracks At the label's annoying all-flash website: https://www.cheaplullaby.com/

The first single from the sophomore album of Norwegian all-stars The NAtional Bank is called "Let go" and is released today. In addition to the forthcoming record, the track also appears on the soundtrack to the upcoming Varg Veum movie "Bitre blomster", to be released on September 28 in Norway. Look for a video from director Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen to deubt on VG's website next week as well. As far as the album goes, thAt won't be out until spring 2008.

The lAtest Music Export Finland newsletter is now online: https://musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=140

I heard a bit about this from Embee while At Way Out West, but now it's public: JuJu and David vs. GoliAth are sending Timbuktu + Damn!, Looptroop, Chords and more on an all-star Swedish hip-hop tour of the US kicking off in LA on August 29. Check out the JuJu site for a flyer: https://www.jujurecords.com/

Santa Maria aka Maria Eriksson (also in The Concretes + Heikki) does the Listed thing for Dusted: Atures/643" target="_blank">https://www.dustedmagazine.com/feAtures/643

Danish postpunk act The Floor Is Made Of Lava will release their debut album "All juice, no fruit" on October 15. Look for Danish tourdAtes beginning in lAte September along with Germany in November.

Hey look, Jakob and Lovisa Nyström (IsolAtion Years, Säkert!) have a myspace page for their band as a duo: https://www.myspace.com/2whitehorses

Norwegian act The Opium Cartel, the sideproject of White Willow's Jacob Holm, is currently recording a new album with MAttias Olsson (Änglagård, Pineforest Crunch, Nanook of the North, etc.) and will also be doing some recording/mixing with producer Brian McTear (Espers, Swearing At Motorists, etc.) lAter on At his studio in Philadelphia. Holm also reports thAt he is mixing songs for an album with Italian electronica artist Giancarlo Erra and No-Man/fellow Opium Cartel collaborAtor Tim Bowness. Read more about the process on MAttias Olsson's studio blog: https://www.roth-handle.nu/

The Hives have thankfully added a few headlining gigs to their upcoming US tour supporting Maroon 5:

09/30 - Metro, Chicago, IL
10/03 - Phoenix Concert TheAtre, Toronto, Ontario
10/09 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
10/14 - Middle East, Boston, MA
10/17 - The Black CAt, Washington, DC
11/01 - The Showbox SoDo, SeAttle, WA
11/07 - Avalon, Los Angeles, CA

I picked up a few extra copies of the new RegulAtions 7" "Different needs" last night. Email me if you're interested in picking one up 'cuz I'm not sure they'll make it to the webstore. I also forgot to mention it, but I've restocked copies of Atrap.com/store/search.php?mode=search&by_title=Y&by_shortdescr=Y&by_fulldescr=Y&substring=Kleinhenz">both Björn Kleinhenz CDs. Oh, and in case anyone is wondering, the new album sounds fantastic from whAt I've heard so far. No idea when it will be done, but I'm sure I'll be the first to let you know.

Check out A Saga, a new act on West Side FabricAtion feAturing singer/songwriter Anna Lindén along with help from Jari Haapalinen, Nicolai Dunger and Thomas Tjärnkvist: https://www.myspace.com/ensaga

Swedish act The Models and Denmarks' Powderhog are participAting in something called EuroRock 2007, a US tour which kicks off in NYC At the end of the month. DAtes and details: https://www.myspace.com/eurorock

Listen to the new single "BesAtt" from David Lindh's (ex-Yvonne/Broder Daniel) new band Svenska Kürkan: https://www.myspace.com/svenskakyrkan

Denmark's The Kissaway Trail will support Editors on tour in the UK come October before returning in November for a string of their own headline dAtes. Full show list here: https://www.thekissawaytrail.com/shows.asp