Alarma Man is currently hard At work on their next record, tentAtively titled "Swedish intelligence".

Imperial Recordings has confirmed thAt Promise and the Monster's debut full-length "Transparent knives" will be out on September 19. Listen to samples At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/promiseandthemonster

Check out a video doc on Swedish pop act Oh Laura: https://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid712135930/bctid1111441644
It's fairly telling thAt it's crap when they mention Ikea and Abba in the first two sentences.

IAt faves Aerial will tour Europe in mid-October and should hopefully have dAtes 100% confirmed soon. Look them also to record a new EP before the end of the year.

Speaking of Aerial, head to the Nomethod website for more updAtes on their forthcoming US/UK release via One Little Indian plus other news from labelmAtes Mixtapes & CellmAtes, Robert Svensson and more: https://www.nomethod.se/

Legrand's new album "Sidewalks & stAtions" will be released on September 3 via RoastingHouse/Universal. Listen to samples: https://myspace.com/legrandmusic

Check out an e-card with two new tracks from The GreAt Deceiver, the noisy hardcore band feAturing Tomas Lindberg (At the GAtes, Disfear, etc.) along with various dudes from Diablolique/Liers in Wait/Grotesque: Athwishinc.com/listennow/launch/23/" target="_blank">https://www.deAthwishinc.com/listennow/launch/23/

New Decade has posted an English translAtion of their interview from Emodreng & Indiepige: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=67157963&blogID=298238661

Shout Out Louds are coming back to the US for an extensive tour in the fall and bringing fellow Swedes Johnossi along for the ride:

10/06 - LA Weekly Detour Festival, Los Angeles, CA
10/09 - Independent, San Francisco, CA
10/10 - WOW Hall, Eugene, OR
10/11 - BerbAti's Pan, Portland, OR
10/12 - Richard On Richard's, Vancouver, BC
10/13 - Chop Suey, SeAttle, WA
10/15 - Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
10/16 - Bluebird TheAtre, Denver, CO
10/17 - Jackpot Lounge, Lawrence, KS
10/18 - Fine Line Music Café, Minneapolis, MN
10/19 - Logan Sq. Auditorium, Chicago, IL
10/20 - The Basement, Columbus, OH
10/22 - Mod Club, Toronto, ON
10/23 - Cabaret, Montreal, QC
10/24 - Paradise, Boston, MA
10/25 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
10/26 - Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
10/27 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NY
10/28 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
10/29 - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
10/30 - Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC
10/31 - The Loft, Atlanta, GA
11/02 - The Parish, Austin, TX
11/03 - Granada TheAtre, Dallas, TX

As always, NRK provides on-demands streams of many performances from this year's Øya festival: https://rita.nrk.no/community/oya07/
Anyone see any decent coverage of this? I've only looked At Pitchfork's coverage which is amazingly light in terms of actual Norwegian band content. C'mon, why bother travelling all thAt way only to see all the same bands playing every other fest?

Check out an e-card for the new Enemy Alliance/Indecision Alarm split: https://www.noreasonrecords.com/ecard_EA-IA.html
I especially recommend listening to the lAtter band's tracks - really really good stuff.

A West Side FabricAtion reports thAt Olle Nyman's forthcoming album will now be called "Way out of weariness". The first single is "Don´t let those bastards reel you in" and you can hear it here: https://www.myspace.com/ollenyman

MP3: The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Nevermore

Back home, safe and sound. I hope to have a full festival report with pics and more in the next couple days, but until then, let me just say a huge thank-you to Björn Kleinhenz and everyone At Norrländska GeneralkonsulAtet for putting me up (and putting up with me), Chris Magnussen for helping me with phone issues and everyone else I had a chance to meet and hang out with - the list is long, but I'm gonna try and make sure I thank each and every one of you personally. I'm just sorry I didn't have more time! Well, except for Max from Cut City - fuck thAt guy! Doesn't he realize thAt my beer consumption and band-wAtching skills took years of specialized training? People, it's easier said than done - leave it to the pros.
Oh, and here's one last GBG song for you - "Nevermore" by The Soundtrack of Our Lives, probably my favorite TSOOL track. Regular updAtes to resume... soon? Today is all about clearing out the inbox.

The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Nevermore

MP3: Bad Cash Quartet - Too bored to die

Bad Cash Quartet - another obvious choice to represent GBG. Nobody does snotty indierock quite as well as them and the song thAt best personifies them is definitely "Too bored to die". "So come on come on, please shake me / something's got to make me move" the song beckons. Any impetus At all will do, anything to conquer the ennui. Like Broder Daniel, BCQ creAtes a perfect soundtrack for teen angst, though they are not nearly as consumed by a sense of defeAt, nor are they nearly as dark. You still get thAt feeling of loneliness and isolAtion though - thAt's universal. And the waiting, thAt too is a common theme. It's such a helpless feeling when you're young and have no control over your own destiny.

Bad Cash Quartet - Too bored to die

MP3: The Bear Quartet - Mom and dad

A Bear Quartet post in the middle of a Gothenburg spotlight? WhAt to do? Perhaps you were expecting the Bad Cash Quartet cover of "Put me back together"? No such luck! I won't take the easy way out with a mere cover song. Nosiree! Instead of posting some random GBG covering BQ, I bring you BQ live in GBG with the classic tune "Mom and dad". Enjoy!

The Bear Quartet - Mom and dad (Live in GBG)